House Report 117-82 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill, 2022
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Report 117-82 of the 117th Congress, 1st Session, dated July 2, 2021, from the Committee on Appropriations on H.R. 4356, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2022, submitted by Mr. Bishop of Georgia together with minority views. Seven titles run from Agricultural Programs to General Provisions. In the closing minority views, Kay Granger and Jeff Fortenberry say USDA can protect its workers without reverting to an antiquated inspection model and state hope for a bipartisan and bicameral agreement on spending.
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117TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
1st Session 117–82
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS BILL, 2022
JULY 2, 2021.—Commmitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4356]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in
explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies for fiscal year 2022.
CONTENTS
Page
Title I—Agricultural Programs ............................................................................... 3
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs ...................................... 49
Title III—Rural Development Programs ............................................................... 62
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs ........................................................................ 78
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs ............................................. 86
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration ......................... 89
Title VII—General Provisions ................................................................................. 107
OVERVIEW
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) except for the Forest Serv-
ice, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Commodity Fu-
tures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Farm Credit Adminis-
tration (FCA). The Subcommittee’s responsibility covers issues that
impact Americans every day of the year.
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The fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending in this bill totals
$26,550,000,000, $2,851,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 enacted
level and $297,000,000 below the President’s budget request for fis-
cal year 2022.
In this report, ‘‘the Committees’’ refers to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The Subcommittee held eight hearings related to the agencies it
funds. Those hearings were:
1. USDA Inspector General—February 25, 2021
2. FDA’s Foreign Inspection Program—March 9, 2021
3. The Rural Economy—March 24, 2021
4. The U.S. Department of Agriculture—The Year Ahead—
April 14, 2021
5. Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services—April 20, 2021
6. USDA Rural Development Mission Area—May 6, 2021
7. USDA Research, Education and Economics Mission Area—
May 12, 2021
8. Member Day—May 18, 2021
Advertising Expenditures.—The Committee believes that, as the
largest advertiser in the United States, the federal government
should work to ensure fair access to its advertising contracts for
small disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by minori-
ties and women. The Committee directs each department and agen-
cy to include the following information in its fiscal year 2023 budg-
et justification: expenditures for fiscal year 2021 and expected ex-
penditures for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for (1) all contracts for
advertising services; and (2) contracts for the advertising services
of socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses con-
cerns (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637 (a)(4)); and women- and minority-owned businesses.
Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and OPEN
Government Data Act.—The Committee directs USDA to inform the
Committee on the implementation of the Foundations of Evidence-
Based Policymaking Act of 2018 and the OPEN Government Data
Act (P.L. 115–435) and the progress being made across USDA
agencies to comply with this legislation.
Training Programs.—The Committee notes that the Commerce,
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 di-
rects the Attorney General to continue efforts to implement train-
ing programs to cover the use of force and de-escalation, racial
profiling, implicit bias, and procedural justice, to include training
on the duty of Federal law enforcement officers to intervene in
cases where another law enforcement officer is using excessive
force, and make such training a requirement for Federal law en-
forcement officers. The Committee further notes that several De-
partments and agencies funded by this Act employ Federal law en-
forcement officers and are Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ters partner organizations. The Committee directs such Depart-
ments and agencies to adopt and follow the training programs im-
plemented by the Attorney General, and to make such training a
requirement for its Federal law enforcement officers. The Com-
mittee further directs such Departments and agencies to brief the
Committees on their efforts relating to training no later than 90
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In addition, the Committee directs such Departments and agen-
cies, to the extent that such Departments and agencies have not al-
ready done so, to submit their use of force data to the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation (FBI)’s National Use of Force Data Collection
database. The Committee further directs such Departments and
agencies to brief the Committees no later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act on their current efforts to tabulate
and submit their use of force data to the FBI.
Performance Measures.—The Committee directs USDA and FDA
to comply with title 31 of the United States Code, including the de-
velopment of their organizational priority goals and outcomes such
as performance outcome measures, output measures, efficiency
measures, and customer service measures. The Committee looks
forward to receiving the briefing requested in House Report 116–
107.
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $46,998,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 86,773,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 64,755,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +17,757,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥22,018,000
The following table reflects the amount provided by the Com-
mittee for each office and activity:
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
enacted estimate provision
Office of the Secretary ........................................................................................................ 5,101 14,801 10,203
Office of Homeland Security ............................................................................................... 1,324 13,429 4,749
Office of Tribal Relations ................................................................................................... ––– 2,860 2,860
Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement ................................................................. 7,002 13,294 9,294
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ......................................................... 881 1,399 1,649
Departmental Administration .............................................................................................. 21,440 26,001 24,036
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental
Affairs ............................................................................................................................. 3,908 4,480 4,480
Office of Communications .................................................................................................. 7,342 10,509 7,484
Total, Office of the Secretary .................................................................................... 46,998 86,773 64,755
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Secretary, the Committee provides an ap-
propriation of $64,755,000.
Similar to prior years, the Committee does not include direct
funding for activities that are currently funded through other re-
sources such as the Working Capital Fund or that have historically
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The Committee provides a total of $2,860,000 for the Office of
Tribal Relations, including an increase of $1,845,000 for additional
staff.
The Committee provides $9,294,000 for the Office of Partnerships
and Public Engagement (OPPE), including an increase of $750,000
for additional staff. The Committee strongly supports the Outreach
and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program and provides an in-
crease of $2,500,000 for grants to aid in increasing the accessibility
of USDA programs to underserved constituents, specifically assist-
ance to underrepresented and underserved producers, agricultural
workers, and communities. OPPE is directed to use not more than
five percent of this sum for administrative costs. In addition, the
bill provides $5,000,000 for the Farming Opportunities Training
and Outreach Program as authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill. This
funding is in addition to the $40,000,000 in total mandatory funds
available in 2022.
The Committee provides an increase of $2,254,000 for Depart-
mental Administration for additional staff.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI)
Participation. The Committee urges the Secretary to draft and im-
plement a plan to collect disaggregated data on the numbers of
AAPI farmers applying to and participating in the Outreach and
Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and
Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program, as well as the percentage
of AAPI farmers benefiting from loan forgiveness as part of the
American Rescue Plan, and to submit a report to the Committee
within 250 days of the enactment of this Act.
California Drought Assistance.—In California, many regions of
the state have been deemed to be in severe, extreme, or exceptional
drought condition. On March 5, 2021, the Secretary designated 50
counties in California as primary natural disaster areas due to a
recent drought. The Committee endorses the objective process used
by USDA in the Secretarial drought designation and encourages
the Secretary to use emergency and non-emergency authorities al-
ready in law to the maximum extent possible to assist these agri-
cultural producers during the ongoing drought. The Secretary is
also encouraged to use his authorities to assist agricultural pro-
ducers experiencing similar conditions elsewhere in the country.
Climate Change Funding.—The Committee provides a total of
$347,400,000 for various offices and agencies to support USDA’s ef-
forts in addressing the climate change crisis, specifically on how it
affects American farmers and rural communities. Funding is pro-
vided for new investments across USDA to focus on climate change
research and assessment; measurement and monitoring; green-
house gas emissions mitigation; carbon sequestration; and clean en-
ergy technologies. Given that these are new initiatives, the Com-
mittee awaits a carefully developed and articulated plan with more
specificities than available in the budget and looks forward to
working with USDA on this issue.
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Report.—The Committee
directs the Secretary to provide a report on November 15, 2021,
and May 15, 2022, on planned uses of funding under the authori-
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ties of Section 4 and Section 11 of the CCC Charter Act.
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CCC Obligations and Commitments.—The Secretary is directed
to notify the Committees in writing 15 days prior to any announce-
ment on the use of funds from the CCC or to the obligation or com-
mitment of any emergency funds from the CCC.
Communication from USDA.—A collaborative working relation-
ship between the Committee and USDA is necessary to ensure effi-
cient and effective implementation of Congress’ funding decisions.
USDA is directed to ensure that the Committee is notified of major
changes to existing policies and any significant developments in its
operations, before providing non-governmental stakeholders such
information, before making the changes public and before imple-
menting them.
COVID–19 and Farmworkers.—The living and working condi-
tions of farmworkers make them extremely vulnerable to COVID–
19 exposure and illness. The Committee directs the Secretary to
ensure that funding provided for COVID–19 addresses the extreme
needs in farmworker communities.
Customer Service.—The Committee continues to support efforts
to improve customer service in accordance with Executive Order
13571. The Committee directs the Secretary to develop standards
to improve customer service and incorporate the standards into the
performance plans required under 31 U.S.C. 1115 and to update
the Committee of its efforts in this regard.
Emissions Reduction Plan.—The Committee directed USDA to
submit a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of the
fiscal year 2021 bill outlining its plans to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. The Committee looks forward to receiving the report.
ERS/NIFA Move.—It has been almost exactly two years since
the previous Secretary announced his decision to relocate the Eco-
nomic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture (NIFA) outside the greater Washington, D.C. area.
Despite objections from the Committee, members of the House and
Senate, numerous current and former staff of both agencies, and
stakeholders who depend on the information and support provided
by each agency, the Department relocated both agencies, starting
in the summer of 2019. One of the stated reasons for the move was
to improve the Department’s ability to attract and retain highly
qualified staff. At the time of the relocation announcement, both
ERS and NIFA each had close to 300 employees. Today, the total
number of employees for each agency is still below 75 percent of
total capacity. ERS and NIFA remain shells of their former selves
and the loss of institutional knowledge each agency has suffered
will take years to overcome. The Committee urges the Secretary in
the strongest possible terms to take whatever actions are necessary
to restore these agencies to their full employment levels.
Explanatory Notes.—The Committee appreciates the Depart-
ment’s work to restore the Explanatory Notes to the same format
as they had been presented prior to fiscal year 2021 and directs
that this format be maintained for fiscal year 2023 and beyond.
Grain Terminals.—The Committee notes the ongoing contract ne-
gotiations between West Coast grain terminal operators and the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union and recognizes the
importance of reaching an agreement that works for both parties.
A failure to reach an agreement could result in an interruption in
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grain terminal service that would negatively impact the nation’s
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grain exports. The Committee urges all parties to continue negoti-
ating in good faith to ensure an equitable outcome for both grain
terminal operators and their workers is expeditiously reached.
Hemp.—The Committee is concerned that the level of allowable
THC content in hemp may be arbitrary and pose a burden on hemp
producers that is not supported by science. The Committee directs
USDA to work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
to study and report to Congress on whether there is scientific basis
for the current limit of .3% THC in hemp and suggest alternative
levels if necessary.
The 2018 Farm Bill included a provision that restricted partici-
pation in legalized hemp production of any individual convicted of
a drug-related felony for 10 years after their date of conviction, un-
less they are part of a hemp pilot program authorized by the 2014
farm bill. This drug felony ban will disproportionately impact com-
munities of color and create another barrier to entry in the hemp
industry to populations targeted by past drug policies. The Com-
mittee directs USDA to identify barriers to entry for communities
of color and provide recommendations on how to ensure commu-
nities of color have equal access and opportunity to participate in
the hemp industry.
Hemp Extract Regulation.—The Committee is concerned about
the inconsistencies in the regulation of the production of hemp by
USDA and DEA. Congress vested primary regulatory authority in
USDA and expects other regulatory actions to align with it. Con-
gress intentionally expanded the definition of hemp to include de-
rivatives, extracts and cannabinoids in an effort to avoid the crim-
inalization of hemp processing. Committee understands that in-
process hemp extract may temporarily exceed the delta-9 THC con-
centration of 0.3% before being packaged and sold as a finished
product for consumption. Therefore the Committee directs USDA to
coordinate directly with the DEA to present the industry with guid-
ance and information on in-process extracted material.
Linking Food and Health.—The Committee understands that
many chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, arthri-
tis and inflammatory diseases, and maternal health and child de-
velopment can be managed cost effectively by improved nutrition.
The Committee understands that the Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) five-year plan includes work on how culturally appropriate,
food-based solutions can improve health outcomes and save money.
The Committee encourages USDA to keep working closely with the
Department of Health and Human Services on these issues.
Loan and Grant Programs.—The Committee directs that if an es-
timate of loan activity for any program funded in Titles II and III
of this bill indicates that a limitation on authority to make commit-
ments for a fiscal year will be reached before the end of that fiscal
year, or in any event when 75 percent of the authority to make
commitments has been utilized, the Secretary shall promptly notify
the Committees through the Office of Budget and Program Anal-
ysis (OBPA). The Committee directs the Department, through
OBPA, to provide quarterly reports to the Committees on the sta-
tus of obligations and funds availability for the loan and grant pro-
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Military Service.—The Committee is concerned that 71% of
Americans between the ages of 17 to 24 are ineligible for military
service because of obesity, mental and other physical health issues,
or substance abuse. The Committee recognizes that federal support
for childhood nutrition, food security, physical education, mental
and physical health, and substance abuse prevention will benefit
all Americans, including those Americans who intend to serve in
the Armed Forces. The Committee encourages the Secretary to
work with the Secretaries of Defense and HHS to help assist in
communicating nutritional standards to state local, and tribal gov-
ernment for children attending early childhood programs and K–12
schools.
National Finance Center.—The National Finance Center (NFC) is
the largest designated Federal Government Payroll Shared Service
Provider and it provides integrated payroll and personnel services
for over 640,000 Federal employees. To ensure that thousands of
Federal employees’ pay and human resources services are not in-
terrupted or adversely impacted by major organizational changes,
the Committee maintains the requirements under current law re-
lating to NFC payroll and shared services operations, missions,
personnel, and functions. The Committee also directs USDA to pro-
vide quarterly reports on full-time equivalent (FTE) levels for each
of the current NFC divisions, operations, and functions, as well as
each of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) and Office
of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) divisions, operations, and
functions currently co-located with the NFC. The reports also are
to include a detailed breakdown of the FTEs for each and any of
these same divisions, functions, or operations for the NFC and the
co-located OCFO and OCIO functions compared to those during fis-
cal year 2017 and 2018.
Native Plant Use Preference.—The Committee continues to sup-
port the use of locally adapted native plant materials in the under-
taking of land management activity on Federal lands under the ju-
risdiction of USDA, including in maintenance and in restoration in
response to degradation caused by human activity or natural
events (such as fire, flood, or infestation). The Committee continues
to direct that it be the policy of USDA that preference shall be
given, to the extent practicable, to the use of locally adapted native
plant materials in these cases.
New Initiatives.—The Committee requests USDA, no later than
120 days after enactment, to submit an execution plan for each
new initiative funded in this Act. This strategy should include, but
is not limited to, the steps necessary to make funding available, the
timeline thereof, targeted beneficiaries, and expected results. The
Committee requests quarterly reports on these initiatives until the
initiative has been fully implemented.
Notification Requirements.—The Committee reminds the Depart-
ment that the Committee uses the definitions for transfer, re-
programming, and program, project, and activity as defined by the
Government Accountability Office (GAO). As noted in the 2021
Joint Explanatory Statement, a program, project, or activity (PPA)
is an element within a budget account. PPAs are identified by ref-
erence to include the most specific level of budget items identified
in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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ports, explanatory statements, and budget justifications. The Com-
mittee notes that the most specific level of budget items in the
USDA budget justifications is not limited to tables titled ‘‘Project
Statement’’.
Pacific Ants.—The Committee requests APHIS, ARS, and the
Forest Service to provide a report, within 90 days of enactment of
this Act, on the Biosecurity Plan for Invasive Ants in the Pacific.
The report should describe components of the plan related to (1) re-
search; (2) the development of technologies and methodologies for
prevention, eradication, and control of invasive ants; and (3) the
collaborative implementation of projects to prevent, monitor, and
control invasive ants in affected Pacific islands.
Pay Costs.—The Committee provides the requested pay cost and
FERS costs for all offices and agencies of USDA funded in this bill.
Protecting Animals with Shelter Grants Program.—The Com-
mittee provides $3,000,000 for the program. It directs the Secretary
of Agriculture to continue coordinating with other federal agencies
to efficiently implement the grant program for providing emergency
and transitional shelter options for domestic violence survivors
with companion animals.
Spending Plans.—The bill continues a provision in Title VII that
requires USDA to submit spending plans to the Committee within
30 days of enactment. Previous versions of these plans have not in-
cluded adequate details that would be useful for Committee over-
sight. The Committee requests that the USDA spending plans in-
clude for each program, project, or activity: (1) a comparison be-
tween the congressional budget justification funding levels, the
most recent congressional directives or approved funding levels,
and the funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and
(2) a clear, concise, and informative description/justification. The
Committee reminds USDA of notification requirements, also in-
cluded in Title VII, for all applicable changes.
Status of House and Senate Report Language.—The Department
is directed to include in its fiscal year 2023 Congressional Justifica-
tion, as a single exhibit, a table listing all deliverables, with a col-
umn for due dates if applicable. OBPA is directed to provide up-
dates on the status of House and Senate reports upon request from
the Committees.
USDA-owned Vehicles.—The Committee continues to await the
report requested in the fiscal year 2020 report on how the Depart-
ment plans to better manage its vehicle fleet.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $24,192,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 31,050,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 26,399,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,207,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥4,651,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Chief Economist, the Committee provides
$26,399,000, including $500,000 for the food loss coordinator posi-
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tion. The Committee maintains the base funding for the National
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Drought Mitigation Center in the amount of $3,800,000, including
the increase of $500,0000 appropriated in fiscal year 2021 for the
National Drought Monitor.
While there has been significant effort to raise public awareness
surrounding food loss and waste, there has been less focus on rec-
ommending solutions that can be easily implemented by con-
sumers. The Committee recommends that USDA enter into a pub-
lic-private partnership, similar to the Partnership for Food Safety
Education, to provide consumer-facing outreach on food loss and
waste and prevention strategies.
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $15,394,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 16,173,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 16,173,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +779,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Hearings and Appeals, the Committee provides
$16,173,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $9,629,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 12,760,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 12,760,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,131,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the Committee
provides $12,760,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $66,814,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 101,001,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 84,746,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +17,932,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥16,255,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Committee
provides an appropriation of $84,746,000, including an increase of
$17,473,000 to fully fund cyber security costs. In addition,
$12,000,000 is provided in Title VII of the bill for the remaining
costs of the Goodfellow move. Similar to prior years, the Committee
does not include direct funding for activities currently funded
through other resources such as the Working Capital Fund or have
historically been funded through other means.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,109,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 7,118,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 7,118,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,009,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of $7,118,000. The Committee provides the
Department more flexibilities by expanding the usage of refunds
and rebates from purchase cards as requested. The Committee
urges USDA to prioritize small one-time projects to maximize the
impact of limited resources.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $908,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,426,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,426,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +518,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, the
Committee provides an appropriation of $1,426,000.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $22,789,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 29,328,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 35,328,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +12,539,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +6,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Civil Rights, the Committee provides an appro-
priation of $35,328,000, which includes an increase of $6,000,000
over the budget request for the Office’s highest priority needs.
OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $23,218,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 27,034,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 23,306,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +88,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥3,728,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Safety, Security, and Protection, the Committee
provides an appropriation of $23,306,000. Similar to prior years,
the Committee does not include direct funding for activities cur-
rently funded through other resources such as the Working Capital
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Fund or have historically been funded through other means.
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $108,124,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 133,443,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 180,623,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +72,499,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +47,180,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Agriculture Buildings and Facilities, the Committee provides
an appropriation of $180,623,000. The Committee strongly supports
the One Neighborhood Initiative and maintains the same funding
level as provided since 2020. Including the 2022 amount, a total of
$204,600,000 has been provided for this project. As USDA prepares
for the return of employees post pandemic and develops a plan pur-
suant to Memorandum 21–25, the Committee requests an update
on the Initiative and future space needs for the Headquarters Com-
plex.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,514,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,545,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 8,540,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,026,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +1,995,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Hazardous Materials Management, the Committee provides
an appropriation of $8,540,000. The Committee directs the Haz-
ardous Materials Management Program and the Hazardous Waste
Management Program to coordinate their work to ensure there is
no duplication.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $99,912,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 106,309,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 106,309,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +6,397,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Inspector General, the Committee provides an
appropriation of $106,309,000.
Animal fighting.—The Committee is very concerned about illegal
animal fighting activity. The OIG is encouraged to increase its ef-
forts to combat this illegal activity and to investigate animal fight-
ing as soon as it has any evidence of such illegal activity. The Com-
mittee also encourages the OIG to audit and investigate USDA en-
forcement of the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and
the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act to help improve compliance
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completion of the Horse Protection Act and Animal Care Program
Oversight of Breeders audits.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $45,390,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 60,723,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 60,723,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +15,333,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the General Counsel, the Committee provides
an appropriation of $60,723,000.
OFFICE OF ETHICS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $4,184,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 4,277,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 4,277,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +93,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Ethics, the Committee provides an appropria-
tion of $4,277,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND
ECONOMICS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $809,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,327,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 4,327,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,518,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥2,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education,
and Economics, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$4,327,000.
1862, 1890, and 1994 Land Grant Institutions.—The Committee
directs USDA to make every effort to strengthen partnerships and
expand cooperation between 1862, 1890, and 1994 Land Grant in-
stitutions, wherever regionally appropriate, to help close gaps in
extension and leverage joint collaborative efforts.
1890 Capacity Building.—The Committee recognizes the impor-
tance of the 1890s in providing technical assistance and outreach
to underserved farming populations and directs ARS and NIFA to
collaborate with agencies in the Rural Development and Farm Pro-
duction and Conservation Mission Areas to help increase aware-
ness of USDA farm programs and rural development funding op-
portunities through 1890 extension programs.
Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority
(AGARDA).—The Committee notes that Section 7132 of the 2018
Farm Bill directed the Office of the Chief Scientist to complete a
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AGARDA. As the Committee awaits this plan, the Committee pro-
vides $2,000,000 for the Office of Under Secretary for Research,
Education, and Economics to further build out the planning and
management structure of AGARDA and hire staff.
Food Prescriptions.—The Committee encourages USDA to work
with local farmers and hospitals/clinics to build or improve on food
prescription programs to better facilitate a patient’s ability to at-
tain a food prescription and fill it with a local farmer.
Human Health and Soil Health Study.—The Committee provides
$1,000,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine within
60 days of the enactment of this Act to conduct an analysis of cur-
rent scientific findings to determine the links between human
health and soil health by reviewing existing research on the con-
nections between the human microbiome and soil microbiome and
the direct interaction of humans with soils, identifying linkages be-
tween soil management practices and the nutrient density of foods
for human consumption, determining how to best leverage healthy
soil management practices to maximize benefits and minimize ad-
verse impacts on human health, and exploring areas for future re-
search. A report including the study’s findings and recommenda-
tions shall be submitted to the Committee not later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this bill.
Next Generation Fertilizers.—The Committee supports efforts to
build on the EPA–USDA Next Gen Fertilizer Challenge and sup-
port further development and evaluation of better fertilizers, in-
cluding fertilizers with slow release and organic components.
Nutritional Value of Food.—As USDA develops a comprehensive
innovation strategy for U.S. agriculture, the Committee encourages
USDA to fund research efforts assessing the nutritional value of
agricultural crops in a changing climate. In addition, the Com-
mittee notes the fiscal year 2021 House report required USDA to
create a plan to coordinate ongoing and future research efforts at
ARS and NIFA related to the effects of rising atmospheric carbon
dioxide levels on the nutritional value of food through USDA’s Ag-
riculture Innovation Agenda. The Committee looks forward to re-
viewing this plan.
Public Access to Research.—The Committee commends USDA on
issuing its Implementation Plan to Increase Public Access to Re-
sults of USDA-funded Scientific Research in November of 2014.
However, the Committee notes that there is still no implementa-
tion date. The Committee urges USDA to issue an implementation
date and continue its efforts to fully develop its plan, and requires
an update be included in USDA’s fiscal year 2023 budget request.
Screening Technologies.—The Committee encourages the develop-
ment of technologies that will provide rapid, portable, and facile
screening of food fish species at port sites and wholesale and retail
centers.
Sustainable Farming Transitions.—The Committee supports
USDA efforts to help farmers implement more sustainable or re-
generative farming methods. The Committee encourages USDA to
further help farmers who are interested to understand the costs,
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necessary upgrades, viability, and profitability of these methods.
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $85,476,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 90,594,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 88,594,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,118,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥2,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Economic Research Service (ERS), the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of $88,594,000. The Committee includes a
total increase of $1,118,000 for pay and retirement contributions
and $2,000,000 for ERS to expand data modeling capabilities to en-
hance its understanding of the impacts of climate change on the
farm economy and production.
Agricultural Trade Imports.—The Committee directs ERS to
study and report back within 120 days of the enactment of this Act
findings on the top 15 nations, within the last five years, from
which the United States imports agriculture products. The report
shall also include the average wages for farmworkers of those coun-
tries and a discussion, if possible, of health benefits, safety regula-
tions, and working conditions of their farm labor per commodity to
those found in the U.S.
Benefits of Conservation and Soil Health Practices.—The Com-
mittee notes that the environmental benefits of participating in vol-
untary conservation practices such as those administered by the
Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation
Service have been studied but the long-term economic dividends of
these practices are not well understood and may not be readily ap-
parent to those who are eligible and considering enrollment. The
Committee directs ERS to produce a study on the relationship be-
tween conservation and soil health practices, farm financial health,
and crop yield variability rates. The Committee notes that the fis-
cal year 2021 House report directed ERS to produce a study on the
relationship between conservation and soil health practices as they
relate to the long-term profitability of farms and crop yield varia-
bility rates and the Committee looks forward to reviewing the re-
sults of the study.
Carbon Sequestration.—The Committee directs ERS to provide
within one year of the enactment of this Act a report on incentive
programs for incentivizing carbon sequestration in soil through var-
ious management practices. The Committee encourages ERS to
consider how alternative policies or programs would manage the
tradeoff between inducing new adopters and rewarding and sus-
taining existing adopters of techniques that sequester soil carbon,
regional and geographic differences in incentive programs, social
and behavioral obstacles, and the differences across program de-
signs.
Continuous Living Cover.—The Committee directs ERS to
produce a study on the relationship between continuous living
cover practices and economic development, which shall include a
discussion of the demand side of continuous living cover practices
and potential markets, and the projected long-term economic im-
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Cover Cropping and Livestock Integration.—The Committee notes
that the fiscal year 2021 House report directed ERS to produce a
study detailing current best practices as well as the projected long-
term economic impacts for farmers and the Committee looks for-
ward to reviewing the results of the study.
Land Access Report.—The Committee notes ERS is in the process
of finalizing a report on Land Access in response to Section 12607
of the 2018 Farm Bill. The Committee looks forward to reviewing
the results of this effort.
Soil Health Experts.—The Committee appreciates ERS’ recent ef-
forts to hire staff with expertise in soil health, an area of continued
importance to U.S. farmers and the food and agriculture industry.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $183,921,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 193,662,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 189,175,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +5,254,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥4,487,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the
Committee provides an appropriation of $189,175,000, of which
$46,850,000 is for the Census of Agriculture. The Committee in-
cludes a total of $2,191,000 for pay and retirement contributions
and $2,000,000 to expand the existing geospatial program to pro-
vide more information on the impact of critical weather events. The
Committee strongly supports efforts to contribute to baseline data
for climate change tracking. However, the budget request for this
activity did not provide sufficient information to support the fund-
ing. The Committee requests NASS to better highlight where gaps
in the data exist and how NASS proposes to supplement ongoing
efforts. The Committee expects NASS to continue its ongoing ac-
tivities at the frequency levels assumed in fiscal year 2021, includ-
ing Acreage, Crop Production and Grain Stocks; Barley acreage and
production estimates; the Bee and Honey Program; the Chemical
Use Data Series; the Floriculture Crops Report; and Fruit and Veg-
etable Reports, including in-season forecasts for non-citrus fruit
and tree nut crops such as pecans.
Agri-Tourism Study.—The Committee directs NASS to plan to
conduct as a follow-on study to the census of agriculture conducted
in the calendar year 2022 under section 2 of the Census of Agri-
culture Act of 1997 (7 U.S.C. 2204g) to collect additional informa-
tion on the census related to agritourism, including information
about educational experiences, outdoor recreation, entertainment
and special events, direct sales, entertainment, accommodations,
other as determined by the Secretary.
Data Collection on Urban, Indoor, and Emerging Agricultural
Production.—The Committee directs NASS to continue its outreach
to stakeholders to develop a better understanding of how to collect
more accurate information on urban, indoor, and emerging agricul-
tural production. The Committee recognizes that the current cen-
sus of agriculture definition may not fully address the landscape
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tion will be critical to the policy development and outreach carried
out by the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.
The Committee requests NASS to brief the Committee on how this
information can be better addressed in the upcoming Census of Ag-
riculture.
Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land
(TOTAL) Survey.—The Committee notes that the next TOTAL sur-
vey is part of planned NASS activities in the next Census of Agri-
culture. The Committee expects the next TOTAL survey to provide
comprehensive data on land ownership, tenure, landowners’ transi-
tion plans, and lease agreements available to beginning and so-
cially disadvantaged farmers to understand the trends that lead to
secure land tenure and thriving farm businesses. The Committee
encourages the program to look at emerging trends in land acquisi-
tion connected to innovations in farming on small acreage. The
Committee also encourages collaboration with ERS so that new
data provided on the economics of the farm of the future can be
better utilized.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,491,784,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,849,590,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,638,046,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +146,262,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥211,544,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Salaries and Expenses of the Agricultural Research Service
(ARS), the Committee provides an appropriation of $1,638,046,000,
including a total increase of $17,806,000 for pay and retirement
contributions.
The Committee expects that extramural and intramural research
will be funded at no less than the fiscal year 2021 levels, unless
otherwise specified.
The Committee strongly supports the Administration’s request
for ARS to conduct additional research and development to enhance
its capabilities to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the ag-
ricultural sector. Through its numerous laboratory locations around
the country, ARS is uniquely positioned to develop agricultural so-
lutions to climate change on a national, regional, and local scale.
The Committee recommends funding for the Administration’s clean
energy and climate science goals in targeted areas, as noted below,
to build upon ongoing research activities and lay the groundwork
for innovative approaches in the future.
While the Committee is supportive of the goals of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency—Climate (ARPA–C) proposal, the budget
request lacks an adequate justification of ARS’s role and therefore
the Committee includes no funding for ARPA–C.
1890s Partnerships.—The Committee recognizes the importance
of 1890s Land Grant Institutions and the collaborative relation-
ships that have developed with ARS research facilities over the
years. The Committee directs ARS to expand coordination of re-
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the same region, to the greatest extent possible. The Committee
notes the longstanding partnerships that exist where 1862s and
ARS facilities are in the same area and encourages ARS to
strengthen similar efforts with the 1890s.
Advanced Greenhouse Research.—The Committee directs ARS to
consider supporting the development of new advanced greenhouses
at sites that serve ARS scientists who access the facility to advance
their research programs.
Aerial Application.—The Committee recognizes the importance of
aerial application to control crop pests and diseases and to fertilize
and seed crops and forests. Aerial application is useful not only to
ensure overall food safety and food security, but also to promote
public health through improved mosquito control and public health
application techniques. The ARS Aerial Application Technology
Program conducts innovative research making aerial applications
more efficient, effective, and precise. This program has yielded
more effective public health control programs, as well as increased
efficiencies and greater crop production. Research for aerial appli-
cation serves the public interest as a vital tool for the future.
Agroforestry.—The Committee is aware of the promise of adop-
tion of systems that would diversify farm enterprises through pro-
ductive agroforestry including specialty tree fruit and nut crops
that produce marketable and profitable products.
Alfalfa Research.—The Committee supports research into alfalfa
seed and forage systems, which hold the potential to maximize crop
yields, increase milk production, and improve genetics.
Alternative Protein Research.—The Committee supports research
focused on the characteristics of animal meat using plants, animal
cell cultivation, or fermentation (together, ‘‘alternative proteins’’).
The Committee provides $5,000,000 to support alternative protein
research encompassing all stages of the production process, includ-
ing optimizing ingredient processing techniques and developing
new manufacturing methods. The Committee encourages ARS to
collaborate with other relevant programs, including but not limited
to NIFA and the National Science Foundation.
Ancient Crops.—The Committee recognizes the importance of
crop genetics research conducted at public-private consortia to en-
hance yields, fight diseases and pests, adapt to changing climates,
and reduce global food insecurity.
Animal Research.—The Committee directs ARS to ensure that
each of its facilities housing animals is adhering to the Animal
Welfare Act at all times and to submit quarterly reports that in-
clude both all violations found by APHIS during that quarter and
the specific actions that will be taken to prevent their recurrence.
Areawide Integrated Pest Management.—The Committee sup-
ports ARS’ efforts on areawide integrated pest management and
encourages continued efforts to design and implement programs
across the country. The Committee directs ARS to coordinate with
NIFA and APHIS to provide to the Committee not later than 180
days after the enactment of this Act a report on AIPM projects. The
report shall include a list of past, current, and proposed future
projects, actual or estimated costs and benefits for each identified
project, and a discussion of the technology transfer efforts em-
ployed to guarantee long-term adoption of the demonstrated tech-
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Applied Epidemiological Research.—The Committee provides
$500,000 to conduct research and develop rapid intervention strate-
gies and protocols with a focus on applied epidemiology and coun-
termeasures intended to prevent and mitigate the impact of dis-
eases that affect food animals. Collaboration with land-grant uni-
versities with expertise in food animal epidemiology and inter-
national trade standards and with close connection with the live-
stock and poultry industries is encouraged to facilitate public-aca-
demic partnerships with the ultimate goal of increasing industry
resilience to anticipated threats.
Avocado Lace Bug.—The Committee encourages ARS to coordi-
nate research efforts with NIFA and APHIS to address the impact
of the avocado lace bug and the Queensland longhorn beetle.
Barley Pest Initiative.—The Committee provides an additional
$1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level to strengthen the capac-
ity of the barley research infrastructure to address major insect,
viral, bacterial, and fungal threats to the production of high-quality
barley.
Bovine Pleuropneumonia.—The Committee is concerned about
the potential harm to the cattle industry from contagious bovine
pleuropneumonia and provides $2,000,000 for ARS to partner with
academia to develop improved diagnostic tests and vaccines for this
harmful disease.
Cattle Fever Ticks.—The Committee directs ARS to coordinate
development of its long-term cattle fever tick research program
with APHIS efforts under the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Pro-
gram. Additionally, the Committee encourages ARS to develop safe
and effective compounds to combat cattle fever ticks.
Clean Energy Research.—The Committee includes $20,000,000 in
support of the Administration’s clean energy proposals. The Com-
mittee provides $15,000,000 for the Biowaste-stream to Bioenergy
activity proposed as part of the New Products/Product Quality/
Value Added Program and $5,000,000 to develop feedstocks and
new sustainable varieties of sugar and oil crops activities proposed
as part of the Crop Production Program. The Committee believes
these activities represent the most impactful agricultural research
in support of the Administration’s clean energy goals.
Climate Science.—The Committee includes $50,000,000 in sup-
port of the Administration’s agricultural climate science proposals.
The Committee provides $8,000,000 for the crop breeding and high
through-put activities proposed as part of the Crop Production Pro-
gram; $5,000,000 for alternative proteins research; $7,000,000 to
mitigate climate-related food safety risks and mycotoxins proposed
as part of the Food Safety Program; and also provides $10,000,000
to strengthen Regional Climate Hub research teams, $15,000,000
to enhance the LTAR network, and $5,000,000 towards Center of
Excellence efforts proposed as part of the Environmental Steward-
ship Program.
Citrus Greening Disease Research.—The Committee commends
ARS’ research efforts on citrus greening disease and encourages the
agency to continue working to develop methods to reduce trans-
mission and enhance immunity in citrus trees and to work with in-
dustry, universities, growers, and other partners to develop effec-
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coordinate its efforts with the Huanglongbing Multi-Agency Coordi-
nation (HLB MAC) group.
Coffee Plant Health Initiative.—The Committee provides an addi-
tional $500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level to support the re-
search goals of the Coffee Plant Health Initiative.
Energy-Water Nexus.—The Committee recognizes the importance
of the Energy-Water Nexus, and as part of that effort, encourages
USDA to work with the Department of Energy to further research
collaborations to improve water and soil quality in/around impaired
water resources through advanced environmental imaging and ag-
ricultural waste management technologies.
Fertilizer Innovation Research.—The Committee supports re-
search in fertilizer innovations for grain crops to reduce costs and
volume and minimize runoff. The Committee provides an addi-
tional $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level to support re-
search on new technologies that can produce equal or higher crop
yields, be cost effective, reduce nitrogen losses in the form of am-
monia and nitrogen oxides, and reduce nutrient losses of nitrogen
and phosphate, and new fertilizer production technologies with re-
duced waste streams and energy costs. The Committee encourages
ARS to partner with public and land grant universities in pursuit
of these technologies.
Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI).—The Com-
mittee recognizes the economic importance of the floriculture and
nursery sector of agriculture and the industry’s need for continued
innovation. The Committee encourages ARS to support the goals of
the FNRI to secure a more efficient and productive floriculture and
nursery industry. The Committee also encourages ARS to work col-
laboratively with NIFA on research that includes breeding pro-
grams to increase tolerance from insect pests, diseases, and other
climate change impacts; testing of new organic and non-organic
pesticides; and implementing integrated pest management and bio-
logical control programs.
Food Preservation Research.—The Committee encourages ARS to
coordinate with NIFA, universities, farm associations, non-profits,
and businesses to develop plans for research and development on
food preservation and artificial intelligence harvesting technologies
for specialty crops.
Forest Products Research.—The Committee supports research on
wood quality improvement and improvement in forest products
evaluation standards and valuation techniques.
Fumigant Alternatives Research.—The Committee encourages
ARS to collaborate with NIFA and industry stakeholders to develop
innovative soilborne pest control and eradication commercial-scale
tools to replace fumigants, such as methyl bromide, metam sodium,
metam potassium, and 1,3-dichloropropene.
Genetic Oat Research.—The Committee recognizes the potential
genetic oat research has to improve disease resistance (especially
rusts and viruses), genetics, increase yields, and develop crop rota-
tion systems that include oats, which will enhance the value of oats
and provide benefits to producers and consumers. The Committee
supports and encourages ARS to expand existing research focused
on oat improvement.
Germplasm Enhancement of Maize.—The Committee continues to
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continued cooperation between existing ARS maize germplasm pro-
grams, industry, and large-scale public sector efforts to investigate
the interaction of maize genome variation and environments.
Greenhouse Production Research Report.—The Committee appre-
ciates the work of the Greenhouse Production Research Group
(GPRG) to develop new technologies for controlled environment ag-
riculture. The Committee asks ARS to review GPRG’s partnerships
and ways they can expand local greenhouse production and new
technologies to local entities such as, but not limited to, botanical
gardens. Within 180 days of enactment, the Committee directs ARS
to report back on its findings and efforts.
Hemp Whole-Genome Bioinformatics.—The Committee provides
$500,000 to conduct genomics and bioinformatics research in col-
laboration with capable institutions to elucidate the genetic control
of key production and product quality traits of the hemp plant. In
addition, the Committee also encourages ARS to partner with insti-
tutions already engaged in such research to conduct hemp genetic
improvement research and breeding with new breeding and editing
techniques.
Herbicide Resistance Research.—The Committee provides
$1,000,000 to identify and overcome herbicide resistant associated
weed risks to the crop production pathway. The Committee sup-
ports research to address weed management strongly affecting the
long-term economic sustainability of regional food systems through
research partnerships involving ARS, research institutions, and
stakeholder support.
Histomonas Research.—The Committee encourages ARS to co-
ordinate development of a Histomonas research program with in-
tent to develop new prevention and treatment options. Addition-
ally, the Committee encourages ARS to develop safe and effective
compounds to combat Histomonas. The Committee provides
$1,000,000 to support these efforts.
Hops Research.—The Committee recognizes that the U.S. hops
industry has experienced unprecedented expansion due to the
brewing industry’s economic growth over the past decade. To sus-
tain this growth, new varieties of hops are needed to prevent dis-
ease and expand production throughout the country. The Com-
mittee directs ARS to continue to focus on these efforts to advance
new disease-resistant public hop varieties.
Horticultural Trade.—The Committee supports research on
postharvest methyl bromide alternatives as well as postharvest
losses caused by diseases and physiological disorders to ensure that
high-quality, pest-free goods can access markets effectively and
lead to an expansion of trade of U.S. grown horticultural crops.
Human Nutrition Research.—The Committee notes that mainte-
nance of health throughout the lifespan along with prevention of
obesity and chronic diseases via food-based recommendations are
the major emphases of human nutrition research. The Committee
encourages ARS to expand research regarding life stage nutrition
and metabolism and the growth, health promotion, microbiome,
disease prevention, diet, and immune function of the developing
child. In addition, the Committee is aware of the linkages between
human nutrition and underlying health conditions of COVID–19-in-
fected persons. The Committee recognizes the vital role that re-
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our understanding of public health. The Committee directs that no
less than the fiscal year 2021 funding level is provided to the exist-
ing human nutrition centers.
Indo-Pacific Invasive Pests.—The Committee encourages ARS to
continue its work with stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific region to
assess options for combatting invasive pests.
Improved Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Imaging Research.—The
Committee understands HABs are a detriment to human and ani-
mal health, aquatic ecosystems, and local economies. The Com-
mittee directs ARS and NRCS to develop plans to apply precise im-
aging technologies, such as spectral imaging, for better assessment
and identification of HABs sourcing and nutrient loading. Within
180 days of enactment, ARS and NRCS shall report back on cur-
rent activities and research gaps, including opportunities for ad-
vanced sensor and imaging technology applications to mitigate
losses of agricultural nutrients to surface and ground water re-
sources.
Industrial Hemp Germplasm.—The Committee recognizes the in-
creasing demand for industrial hemp for a variety of uses and its
growing importance as a crop for U.S. farmers. The Committee
supports efforts to maintain the hemp germplasm repository.
Integrated Plant and Animal Production Systems.—The Com-
mittee provides $1,000,000 to conduct research to develop inte-
grated plant-animal production systems to improve sustainability
for small-scale farms. Research will address the challenges facing
limited-resource growers and livestock producers through leading-
edge genetic, production, and post-harvest technologies, where ap-
plicable.
Little Cherry Disease.—The Committee continues to support re-
search on little cherry disease and provides $500,000 for research
and testing efforts to reduce the spread of the disease.
Livestock Protection.—The Committee recognizes the challenges
caused by infectious disease problems arising from wildlife-domes-
tic animal agriculture interactions, particularly between domestic
sheep and wild bighorn sheep. Researchers have recently produced
an experimental vaccine to protect bighorn populations from dis-
ease, but much work is still required. The Committee encourages
ARS to pursue work to determine the role of domestic sheep in
causing die-offs of bighorn sheep from respiratory disease and de-
velop methods to reduce transmission and enhance immunity in do-
mestic and bighorn sheep.
Lower Mississippi River Basin.—The Committee recognizes the
groundwater problems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin and
encourages ARS, in collaboration with university research, exten-
sion scientists and local stakeholders, to identify gaps in water
management research and focus efforts on the development of con-
servation and irrigation techniques to reduce water usage in agri-
culture production while maintaining crop quality and yield.
Missouri River Basin Water Resource Management.—The Com-
mittee notes the benefits of research on improving flood control on
the middle and lower Missouri rivers, assessing the impact on com-
modity prices of river navigability, evaluating the probabilities of
levee failure and associated damage under different protection sce-
narios, and utilizing biophysical simulation models to evaluate ag-
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supporting flood control, navigation, and drinking and cooling
water supplies.
National Agricultural Library (NAL).—The Committee encour-
ages ARS to maintain a focus on agriculture-related legal issues
within NAL. The Committee notes that as the agriculture sector
faces financial stress, there is a necessity that agriculture-related
legal issues be addressed on an increasingly frequent basis. Fur-
ther, agriculture-related legal issues are complex. The Committee
recommends that NAL play an important role in assisting all
stakeholders with understanding these issues. Further, the Com-
mittee encourages ARS and NAL to engage in multi-year coopera-
tive agreements to enhance NAL’s ongoing work.
National Arboretum Public Access.—The Committee is aware of
ongoing efforts to develop a new strategic plan for the National Ar-
boretum to carry out its missions of research, education, and public
display gardens. The Committee expects that such plan will ad-
dress necessary security and safety enhancements and improve
public access to the National Arboretum. In addition, the Com-
mittee directs ARS to explore entering into agreements with the
District of Columbia and private sector partners to fulfill these
public access improvements.
National Soil Dynamics Laboratory.—The Committee encourages
ARS to research the use of biochar to capture phosphorous and
heavy metals from poultry agricultural fields in order to sequester
the carbon to improve the soil’s health and to reduce pollution to
surface and sub-surface waters.
Navel Orangeworm (NOW).—The Committee encourages ARS to
collaborate with APHIS and industry stakeholders on the APHIS
NOW sterile moth pilot program to help reduce NOW moth popu-
lations.
Novel Food Safety Testing.—The Committee notes that ARS has
the ability to provide recommendations for developing technology to
test for food borne pathogens in small meat packing plants and
food preparation businesses. The Committee is interested in sup-
porting small meat packing plants while retaining high standards
of food safety and inspection. The Committee encourages ARS to
provide a plan for development of the technology, in the field test-
ing, and digital data sharing and collection mechanisms between
the food preparation location and labs.
Opportunities for Remote Sensing Soil Organic Carbon Re-
search.—The Committee supports research into best practices for
measuring the soil carbon deficit on farm, agricultural, and prairie
land though remote sensing including through satellite technology,
drone deployment, and aircraft systems along with innovative re-
mote sensing techniques. The Committee encourages ARS to co-
ordinate research efforts with other relevant federal agencies in-
volved in the remote sensing of soil organic carbon including, but
not limited to, the United States Geological Survey, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Organic Research.—The Committee directs ARS to develop a
five-year plan for organic food and agriculture research encom-
passing all relevant crop, animal, nutrition, and natural resource
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Pacific Ants.—The Committee directs ARS to provide within 90
days of enactment of this Act a report on its revision of the Pacific
Ants Prevention Plan. These revisions should include (1) research;
(2) the development of technologies and methodologies for preven-
tion, eradication, and control of invasive ants; and (3) the collabo-
rative implementation of projects to prevent, monitor, and control
invasive ants in affected Pacific islands.
Peanut Nutrition Research.—The Committee recognizes the need
for more research to identify how peanut consumption contributes
to overall health, wellness, and reduces chronic disease risk in var-
ious groups and across the lifespan. The Committee encourages re-
search topics to include chronic diseases, nutrition and wellness
across the lifespan, health disparities, dietary patterns for optimal
health, and nutrition for the future. The Committee provides
$1,000,000 to implement this peanut nutrition research.
Peanut Research.—The Committee provides an additional
$1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level to support research ac-
tivities to mitigate aflatoxin contamination in peanuts. The Com-
mittee directs ARS to enhance ongoing collaborations with land
grant institutions to further advance research efforts.
Pecan Genetic Research.—The Committee provides an additional
$1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level to maintain pecan ge-
netic resources, further characterize pecan genetic diversity and
advance cultivar breeding through novel genomic approaches that
tap into the unique pecan genetic resources held by ARS.
Pecan Processing Research.—The Committee recognizes the need
for new pecan processing technologies, in particular pasteurization
and cracking/shelling technologies, and the importance of pasteur-
ization processes for food safety and in continuing export growth.
The Committee provides an additional $1,500,000 above the fiscal
year 2021 level to support pecan processing research activities to
address these issues.
Pest Management Efforts.—The Committee recognizes the value
of ARS in supporting the greenhouse industry with research on
pest management and plant nutrients as well as the importance of
reducing energy costs for greenhouse and controlled environment
agriculture. The Committee directs ARS to continue work on pest
management and plant nutrients and also to develop plans for con-
trolled environment demonstration projects aligned with existing
ARS technical units focused on greenhouse agriculture to provide
data on savings and productivity resulting from these projects.
Post-Research Animal Placements.—The Committee commends
ARS on its retirement of cats no longer needed in lab research.
Several other agencies, including the National Institutes of Health,
Food and Drug Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs
have enacted formal policies expressing support for and facilitating
the retirement and adoption of healthy animals held or used in in-
tramural research when appropriate. Within 180 days of enactment
of this Act, the Committee directs ARS to establish a framework
to allow the retirement of dogs and cats, and other domesticated
animals as appropriate, that are no longer needed in intramural
agency research to private homes, rescues or sanctuaries.
Poultry Research.—The committee provides $1,500,000 to expand
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breaks and to conduct additional research for eradication and con-
trol.
Rangeland Research.—The Committee provides an additional
$500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level for rangeland research.
Reducing Ammonia Nitrogen in Poultry Production.—The Com-
mittee encourages ARS to develop sustainable, cost-effective tech-
nologies to capture ammonia nitrogen while improving the air qual-
ity in chicken houses.
Regenerative and Precision Agriculture for Orchards.—The Com-
mittee directs ARS to compile currently available research data on
the effect of regenerative and precision agriculture on conserving
water, sequestering carbon, increasing soil health, and minimizing
or eliminating chemistries within the context of applicability to
fruit and nut orchards, and to identify data gaps on the application
of these research goals to fruit and nut orchards. The Committee
includes $500,000 to eliminate any research gaps.
Roseau Cane.—The Committee continues to direct ARS to work
with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and stake-
holders to develop an integrated management program for control
of the scale insect pest infestation that is destroying Roseau cane
in the Mississippi River’s Delta region along the Gulf of Mexico.
Sclerotinia Initiative.—The Committee is aware of the impor-
tance of controlling Sclerotinia in sunflowers, soybeans, canola, edi-
ble beans, peanuts, peas, lentils, and chickpeas and encourages
ARS to continue its support of this initiative.
Small Fruits Research.—The Committee provides an additional
$500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level to improve the ability to
forecast pest and disease spread, implement precision management
strategies, mitigate invasive insects, and to improve the overall
quality of fruit.
Small Grain Genomics.—The Committee supports research on
barley and wheat high throughput genomics and phenotyping and
recognizes its importance in improving crop traits and developing
new cultivars.
Soft Wheat Falling Numbers Test Research.—The Committee rec-
ognizes the emerging crisis surrounding wheat starch degradation,
as detected by the Hagberg-Perten Falling Numbers Test, and en-
courages ARS to continue researching the accuracy of the test and
the environmental, storage, and genetic conditions leading to this
quality loss.
Sorghum.—The Committee recognizes the growing significance of
sorghum due to water conservation traits and increased utilization
and supports further research to initiate gene flow and pest resist-
ance.
Spittle Bug.—The Committee encourages ARS to coordinate re-
search efforts with NIFA and APHIS to address the impact of the
spittle bug.
Strawberry Production Research.—The Committee recognizes
that the highly perishable, delicate, and labor-intensive nature of
strawberry production makes this crop an ideal test bed for innova-
tive automation technologies. The Committee provides $500,000 to
utilize innovative automation technologies to enhance strawberry
production.
Sugar Beet Research.—The Committee encourages ARS to re-
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mental conditions with better sugar beet genetics and better knowl-
edge of interactions between plants and the environment.
Sugarcane Research Program.—The Committee supports breed-
ing and pathology research for the development of high-yielding, bi-
otic and abiotic stress resistant cultivars resistant to emerging
pests and diseases that threaten the sugarcane industry.
Sustainable Aquaculture.—The Committee supports rapid re-
sponse research on sustainable marine aquaculture for coldwater
and warmwater production coastal environments, with special em-
phasis on workforce education.
Sustainable and Advanced Technology Systems for Poultry Pro-
duction.—The Committee encourages ARS to conduct research to
address two of the critical challenges confronting poultry proc-
essing: animal welfare, and water use/water waste/waste manage-
ment.
Tropical and Subtropical Research.—The Committee encourages
ARS to continue research on Tropical and Subtropical crops. The
Committee notes this research is critical as the presence of and de-
struction by invasive pests such as fruit flies, coffee berry borer,
felted macadamia nut coccid, and plant viruses and funguses in-
crease and threaten crop security in the Pacific and insular areas.
U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES).—The Committee recog-
nizes the unique and valuable contributions the USSES makes to-
ward increasing production efficiency and improving sustainable
rangeland ecosystems. The Committee is pleased by the collabora-
tion of a diverse variety of stakeholders on the use of pastures,
monitoring of wildlife interactions, and studies of mutual interest.
The Committee encourages ARS to engage directly with stake-
holders and state and federal agencies with biological expertise to
expand research programs and urges ARS to continue engaging col-
laborators to ensure the station functions as an agricultural re-
search facility while also evaluating opportunities through a do-
mestic livestock/wildlife collaboration.
U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab (USWBS).—The Committee con-
tinues to recognize the importance of the research carried out
through the USWBS Initiative. Fusarium head blight is a major
threat to agriculture, inflicting substantial yield and quality losses
throughout the U.S.
Warm Water Aquaculture.—The Committee encourages ARS to
conduct research to close the gaps in knowledge regarding co-infec-
tions in catfish in order to help develop effective prevention meas-
ures and to improve the economy of the catfish industry.
Wheat Genetics Research.—The Committee encourages ARS to re-
search new wheat varieties to combat persistent issues and in-
crease yield and quality.
Whitefly.—The Committee recognizes that whiteflies are an
emerging pest as a result of both developing resistance to many
pesticides making chemical control difficult and climate variability
resulting in warmer winters and lower seasonal die off. The Com-
mittee remains concerned with the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) epi-
demic which is severely impacting vegetable and cotton production
in the Southeast United States. The Committee provides an addi-
tional $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level in support of
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Wildfire Smoke Taint Research on Winegrapes.—The Committee
supports research to identify the compounds responsible for smoke
taint, establish a reliable database of background levels of smoke
taint compounds occurring naturally in wine grapes, develop miti-
gation methods to reduce or eliminate smoke taint, and study com-
pounds that can act as a barrier between the grapes and smoke
compounds. In addition, the Committee supports research to estab-
lish standard methodologies for sampling and testing of smoke ex-
posed grapes and smoke affected wines. The Committee provides
an additional $1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2021 level in support
of these research efforts.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $35,700,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 45,405,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 126,505,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +90,805,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +81,100,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
The Committee provides $126,505,000 for Buildings and Facili-
ties. The Committee specifies the following projects and amounts to
be funded in fiscal year 2022.
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Recipient Project Location Amount
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln ...................................................................... National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture ................................................ NE $20,000,000
Sugarcane Research Unit ............................................................................... Sugarcane Research Unit Improvements ............................................................................................. LA $10,000,000
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research .................................... National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Expansion ........................................................ IL $4,500,000
University of Missouri ..................................................................................... Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health ......................................................... MO $4,000,000
University of Wisconsin, Madison ................................................................... Plant Germplasm Research Facility ..................................................................................................... WI $4,000,000
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $992,642,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,378,416,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,061,309,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +68,667,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥317,107,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Research and Education Activities, the Committee provides
an appropriation of $1,061,309,000.
Agricultural Research Enhancement Awards.—The Committee
continues to direct that not less than 15 percent of the competitive
research grant funds be used for USDA’s agriculture research en-
hancement awards program, including USDA—EPSCoR, in accord-
ance with 7 U.S.C. 3157.
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).—The Com-
mittee strongly supports AFRI. The Committee notes that projects
that characterize protein functionality from crops to assess their
sustainability for use as alternatives to conventional animal prod-
ucts are eligible for competitive awards in the AFRI program. The
Committee recognizes the work NIFA has done to work with stake-
holders to identify knowledge gaps in alternative protein research.
The Committee notes that research focused on the characteristics
of animal meat using plants, animal cell cultivation, or fermenta-
tion are eligible for AFRI awards under the Novel Foods and Inno-
vative Manufacturing Technologies program. In addition, the Com-
mittee notes that projects that use agro-acoustics to manage pests
are eligible for AFRI awards under the Pests and Beneficial Spe-
cies Program and projects that focus on researching enhanced rock
weathering to quantify climate benefits, assess any environmental
or health risks, and identify ways to minimize the environmental
impact of silicate rock mining, grinding, and transport are also eli-
gible for AFRI awards.
Citrus Disease Research Program.—The Emergency Citrus Dis-
ease Research and Extension Program is intended to discover and
develop tools for early detection, control, and eradication of dis-
eases and pests that threaten domestic citrus production and proc-
essing.The program receives $25,000,000 per year in mandatory
funding from the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. The Com-
mittee believes research projects funded under this authority
should be prioritized based on the critical threat of citrus greening
and encourages NIFA, to the maximum extent practicable, to follow
the recommendations of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Advisory Board’s citrus disease subcommittee
and to collaborate with the HLB MAC group.
Farm of the Future.—The Committee encourages NIFA, through
its implementation of the Farm of the Future program, to further
integrate applied research in precision agriculture, smart automa-
tion, resilient agricultural practices, applied socioeconomics, and
improved crop varieties from advanced genomics and phenotyping
across varied landscapes and locations to advance data-driven solu-
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added agricultural products, and enhance connectivity and resil-
ience for thriving rural communities.
Genome to Phenome.—The Committee recognizes the value of
leading public and land-grant universities with unique high-
throughput phenotyping and greenhouse facilities and expertise for
plant science innovation, root and rhizome innovation, and food for
health. The Committee directs NIFA to use a competitive process
to issue awards in the Genome to Phenome program and urges ad-
ditional focus on root stocks that increase carbon capture and can
support grain crop covers. In addition, the Committee supports the
development of tools and datasets for the analysis of phenotypes
that can be used across multiple livestock and crop species to im-
prove the output and efficiency of agriculture.
Grants for Insular Areas.—The Committee recognizes NIFA ef-
forts to strengthen capacity at land-grant institutions in the U.S.
territories in the areas of instruction, distance education, facilities
and equipment, and research. The Committee emphasizes the im-
portance of continuing the support for these institutions to help ad-
dress plant disease and invasive species priorities in the territories.
Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP).—The
Committee encourages NIFA to prioritize grants that would expand
program participation among states, tribal nations, SNAP recipi-
ents, vendors, and/or retailers that have not previously participated
in GusNIP, and provide technical assistance to programs to encour-
age private and non-government (e.g., commodity board/foundation)
investment in extending these benefits, like through retail dona-
tions, philanthropic sponsorship, and other external funding.
Hides and Rendered Products.—Small meatpackers face numer-
ous challenges, including the loss of value of hides and of rendered
products. The Committee encourages NIFA to consider research
projects that find new value and or markets for hides and rendered
products.
Innovative Dairy Ecosystems.—The Committee recognizes the in-
novations and advancements in organic and grass-fed dairy re-
search. The Committee encourages NIFA to consider research
projects that lead to innovation in nutritional organic and grass-fed
dairy products.
Livestock and Poultry Waste Research.—The Committee recog-
nizes the benefits of improved methods of managing animal waste
in livestock and poultry production and encourages NIFA to sup-
port research and development of innovative technologies, particu-
larly those that are operationally and economically feasible and
have a high probability of widespread implementation. The Com-
mittee looks forward to receiving a report from NIFA on next steps
to develop a comprehensive approach to all value chains of manure
management to include energy production, energy credits, nutrient
credits, and mineral supplements, taking into consideration the full
range of livestock production to include cattle, poultry, and swine.
Multifaceted Tools for Controlling Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
and Huanglongbing.—The Committee encourages NIFA to continue
research into the use of potent antimicrobials through the use of
environmentally-friendly integrated nano-delivery systems for the
purpose of controlling both HABs and Huanglongbing.
Next Generation Crops to Improve the Agricultural Economy.—
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new, economically viable crops to improve the nation’s agricultural
output and applications.
Sensor Technologies.—The Committee encourages NIFA to work
cooperatively with non-profit institutions, consortia, and land-grant
universities to conduct research on advanced sensor manufacturing
techniques to improve the agricultural industry.
Soil Health Experts.—The Committee appreciates NIFA’s efforts
to hire additional staff with expertise in soil health to better sup-
port expanded efforts in the soil health and sustainability area and
to support more education and outreach efforts.
Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI).—The Committee rec-
ognizes the importance of the SCRI in addressing the needs of the
specialty crop industry through research and extension activities.
The Committee encourages NIFA to address tools, growing tech-
niques, and technology emissions as part of ongoing SCRI activi-
ties.
Tick-Borne Disease Research.—The Committee encourages NIFA
to support research into innovative ways to conduct surveillance of
tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance and conduct strategies
for surveillance and risk communication.
The following table reflects the amounts provided by the Com-
mittee:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
[Dollars in thousands]
2021 2022 Committee
Program/Activity Authorization Enacted Estimate Provision
Hatch Act ..................................................... 7 U.S.C. 361a–i .............. $259,000 $329,380 $265,000
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act ... 16 U.S.C. 582a through 36,000 45,783 38,000
a–7.
Research at 1890 Institutions (Evans-Allen 7 U.S.C. 3222 .................. 73,000 92,837 92,837
Program).
Payments to the 1994 Institutions .............. 7 U.S.C. 301 note ........... 4,500 4,500 5,500
Education Grants for 1890 Institutions ...... 7 U.S.C. 3152(b) ............. 26,000 26,000 28,500
Scholarships at 1890 Institutions ............... 7 U.S.C. 3222a ................ 10,000 10,000 10,000
Education Grants for Hispanic-Serving In- 7 U.S.C. 3241 .................. 12,500 12,500 20,000
stitutions.
Education Grants for Alaska Native and 7 U.S.C. 3156 .................. 3,194 3,194 3,500
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions.
Research Grants for 1994 Institutions ........ 7 U.S.C. 301 note ........... 4,000 4,000 4,500
Capacity Building for Non-Land-Grant Col- 7 U.S.C. 3319i ................. 5,000 5,000 5,000
leges of Agriculture.
Grants for Insular Areas .............................. 7 U.S.C. 3222b–2, 3362 2,000 2,000 2,000
and 3363.
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative .... 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) .............. 435,000 700,000 450,000
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment .......... 7 U.S.C. 3151a ................ 8,500 8,500 9,500
Veterinary Services Grant Program .............. 7 U.S.C. 3151b ................ 3,000 3,000 3,500
Continuing Animal Health and Disease Re- 7 U.S.C. 3195 .................. 4,000 4,000 4,000
search Program.
Supplemental and Alternative Crops ........... 7 U.S.C. 3319d ................ 1,000 663 663
Multicultural Scholars, Graduate Fellowship 7 U.S.C. 3152(b) ............. 9,500 9,500 9,500
and Institution Challenge Grants.
Secondary and 2-year Post-Secondary Edu- 7 U.S.C. 3152(j) .............. 900 900 900
cation.
Aquaculture Centers .................................... 7 U.S.C. 3322 .................. 5,000 5,000 5,000
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Edu- 7 U.S.C. 5811, 5812, 40,000 60,000 50,000
cation. 5831, and 5832.
Farm Business Management ....................... 7 U.S.C. 5925f ................ 2,000 2,000 2,000
Sun Grant Program ...................................... 7 U.S.C. 8114 .................. 3,000 3,000 3,000
Research Equipment Grants ........................ 7 U.S.C. 3310a ................ 5,000 5,000 5,000
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Alfalfa and Forage Research Program ........ 7 U.S.C. 5925 .................. 3,000 ––– 3,000
Minor Crop Pest Management (IR 4) .......... 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) .............. 11,913 20,000 14,000
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES—
Continued
[Dollars in thousands]
2021 2022 Committee
Program/Activity Authorization Enacted Estimate Provision
Special Research Grants: ............................ 7 U.S.C. 450i(c).
Global Change/UV Monitoring ............. .......................................... 1,405 1,405 1,405
Potato Research .................................. 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) .............. 2,750 ––– 2,750
Aquaculture Research ......................... 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) .............. 2,000 ––– 2,000
Total, Special Research Grants .......... .......................................... 6,155 1,405 6,155
Necessary Expenses of Research and Edu-
cation Activities:.
Grants Management Systems ............. .......................................... 7,924 7,924 7,924
Federal Administration—Other Nec- .......................................... 11,556 12,330 12,330
essary Expenses.
Total, Necessary Expenses .................. .......................................... 19,480 20,254 20,254
Total, Research and Education Activities ... .......................................... $992,642 $1,378,416 $1,061,309
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. ($11,880,000)
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... (11,880,000)
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (11,880,000)
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund, the
Committee provides $11,880,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $538,447,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 538,447,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 553,495,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +15,048,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +15,048,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Extension Activities, the Committee provides an appropria-
tion of $553,495,000.
1994 Institutions.—The Committee is interested in expanding the
work at 1994 land-grant tribal institutions in partnership with ex-
tension services’ scientific and traditional food production methods,
restoring food sovereignty, expanding tribal land agricultural po-
tential, and building sustainable healthy food and lifestyle re-
sources. The Committee encourages tribal colleges, through federal
extension program funding, to improve sustainable agriculture and
food production on tribal lands to improve tribal nutrition.
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.—The Committee di-
rects NIFA to provide an update on this program in its fiscal year
2023 budget justification. The report should include a description
of the impact the COVID–19 pandemic had on NIFA’s ability to
provide services, what kinds of programming it was able to provide,
how many people utilized the services, how it handled outreach to
farmers and ranchers, and what its strategy is for improving out-
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pact additional funding could have on expanding programing and
outreach for this program.
New Technologies for Agricultural Extension.—The Committee di-
rects NIFA to engage with stakeholders to determine new methods
to improve technology and training deployments through the New
Technologies for Agricultural Extension program. Specific focus
should be on strengthening the delivery of outreach and education
programs and enhancing technologies such as telehealth, commu-
nications, manufacturing, farming, and the arts in rural commu-
nities.
Rural Health and Safety Education Programs.—The opioid abuse
epidemic is one of the greatest threats facing rural America today,
and the Committee supports all efforts to address this problem
through improved health and safety education and outreach. With-
in available funds, $1,000,000 shall be for competitive external
grants for eligible institutions to support collaborations with aca-
demic medical schools to utilize the extension programs to address
children’s wellness, infant mortality, cancer prevention and opioid
addiction in rural areas.
The following table reflects the amounts provided by the Com-
mittee:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE—EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
Program/Activity Authorization Enacted Estimate Provision
Smith-Lever Act, Section 3(b) and (c) programs 7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c) and $315,000 $315,000 $320,000
and Cooperative Extension. 208(c) of P.L. 93–471.
Extension Services at 1890 Institutions ............. 7 U.S.C. 3221 ...................... 62,000 62,000 67,000
Extension Services at 1994 Institutions ............. 7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3) ............... 8,500 8,500 9,500
Facility Improvements at 1890 Institutions ....... 7 U.S.C. 3222b .................... 21,500 21,500 25,000
Renewable Resources Extension Act ................... 16 U.S.C. 1671 et. seq. ....... 4,060 4,060 4,060
Rural Health and Safety Education Programs ... 7 U.S.C. 2662(i) ................... 4,000 4,000 5,000
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Pro- 7 U.S.C. 7642 ...................... 2,500 2,000 3,000
gram.
Women and Minorities in STEM Fields ............... 7 U.S.C. 5925 ...................... 400 1,000 1,000
Food Safety Outreach Program ........................... 7 U.S.C. 7625 ...................... 10,000 10,000 10,000
Food and Ag Service Learning ............................ 7 U.S.C. 7633 ...................... 2,000 2,000 2,000
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network ..... 7 U.S.C. 5936 ...................... 10,000 10,000 10,000
Smith-Lever Act, Section 3(d): ............................ 7 U.S.C. 343(d) ....................
Food and Nutrition Education .................... .............................................. 70,000 70,000 70,000
Farm Safety and Youth Farm Safety Edu- .............................................. 5,000 5,000 5,000
cation Programs.
New Technologies for Agricultural Exten- .............................................. 3,550 3,002 1,550
sion.
Children, Youth, and Families at Risk ...... .............................................. 8,395 8,395 8,395
Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Pro- .............................................. 3,200 3,200 3,200
gram.
Total, Section 3(d) ............................ .............................................. 90,145 89,597 88,145
Necessary Expenses of Extension Activities:
Agriculture in the K–12 Classroom ........... 7 U.S.C. 3152(j) ................... 552 1,000 1,000
Federal Administration—Other Necessary .............................................. 7,790 7,790 7,790
Expenses for Extension Activities.
Total, Necessary Expenses ................ .............................................. 8,342 8,790 8,790
Total, Extension Activities ........ .............................................. $538,447 $538,447 $553,495
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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $39,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 39,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 40,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +1,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Integrated Activities, the Committee provides an appropria-
tion of $40,000,000.
The following table reflects the amounts provided by the Com-
mittee:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE—INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
Program/Activity Authorization enacted estimate provision
Methyl Bromide Transition Program ........ 7 U.S.C. 7626 ............... $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Organic Transition Program ..................... 7 U.S.C. 7626 ............... 7,000 7,000 8,000
Regional Rural Development Centers ...... 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) ............ 2,000 2,000 2,000
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative .. 7 U.S.C. 3351 ............... 8,000 8,000 8,000
Crop Protection/Pest Management Pro- 7 U.S.C. 7626 ............... 20,000 20,000 20,000
gram.
Total, Integrated Activities .............. ....................................... $39,000 $39,000 $40,000
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $809,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,327,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,577,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +768,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +250,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regu-
latory Programs, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$1,577,000. The Committee again directs USDA to promptly issue
the final Origin of Livestock rule as required by Section 756 of P.L.
116–94.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,064,179,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,102,222,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,121,427,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +57,248,000
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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Salaries and Expenses, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$1,121,427,000. This includes a total increase of $12,645,000 for
pay and retirement contributions as requested in the budget.
In addition to those increases, the Committee provides increases
for the following programs: $2,000,000 for Cattle Health;
$3,000,000 for Equine, Cervid, and Small Ruminant Health;
$3,000,000 for Veterinary Diagnostics; $4,500,000 for Zoonotic Dis-
ease Management, of which $2,500,000 is for the National Animal
Health Monitoring System; $3,105,000 for Cotton Pests; $3,600,000
for Wildlife Damage Management; $2,000,000 for Wildlife Services
Methods Development; $5,000,000 for Civilian Climate Corps;
$500,000 for Emergency Preparedness and Response; $3,000,000
for Agriculture Import/Export; $1,000,000 for Horse Protection; and
$5,789,000 for Specialty Crop Pests.
The Committee includes in this account $8,500,000 for
Huanglongbing Multi-Agency Coordination (HLB–MAC) projects
and $3,000,000 for cogongrass control previously funded elsewhere
in the Act.
Within the amount included for Specialty Crop Pests, the Com-
mittee includes $67,255,000 for fruit fly exclusion and detection;
$70,368,000 for citrus health, including $11,500,000 for HLB–MAC;
$22,178,000 for the glassy-winged sharpshooter; $6,596,000 for the
pale cyst nematode; $2,545,000 for the light brown apple moth;
$5,520,000 for the European grapevine moth; $8,160,000 for the
navel orangeworm; $3,008,000 for agricultural canine inspection
teams; and $18,139,000 for spotted lanternfly.
The following table reflects the amounts provided by the Com-
mittee:
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
enacted estimate provision
Animal Health Technical Services .................................................. $38,093 $38,486 $38,486
Aquatic Animal Health .................................................................... 2,272 2,306 2,306
Avian Health ................................................................................... 63,213 63,833 63,833
Cattle Health ................................................................................... 105,216 106,500 108,500
Equine, Cervid, and Small Ruminant Health ................................. 28,982 31,284 32,284
National Veterinary Stockpile .......................................................... 5,736 5,751 5,751
Swine Health ................................................................................... 25,020 25,390 25,390
Veterinary Biologics ........................................................................ 20,570 20,898 20,898
Veterinary Diagnostics .................................................................... 56,979 57,414 60,414
Zoonotic Disease Management ....................................................... 19,620 19,782 24,282
Subtotal, Animal Health ........................................................ 365,701 371,644 382,144
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (Appropriated) ........................ 32,893 33,849 33,849
Cotton Pests .................................................................................... 13,597 13,725 16,830
Field Crop & Rangeland Ecosystems Pests ................................... 10,942 14,137 14,137
Pest Detection ................................................................................. 27,733 28,218 28,218
Plant Protection Methods Development .......................................... 20,884 21,217 21,217
Specialty Crop Pests ....................................................................... 196,553 209,342 212,842
Tree & Wood Pests .......................................................................... 60,456 61,217 61,217
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Wildlife Damage Management ........................................................ 111,647 113,142 116,742
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES—Continued
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
enacted estimate provision
Wildlife Services Methods Development ......................................... 21,046 24,363 23,363
Subtotal, Wildlife Services ..................................................... 132,693 137,505 140,105
Animal & Plant Health Regulatory Enforcement ............................ 16,400 16,697 16,697
Biotechnology Regulatory Services ................................................. 19,020 19,262 19,262
Subtotal, Regulatory Services ................................................ 35,420 35,959 35,959
Civilian Climate Corps .................................................................... 0 10,000 5,000
Contingency Fund ........................................................................... 478 491 491
Emergency Preparedness & Response ............................................ 41,268 38,380 38,880
Subtotal, Emergency Management ........................................ 41,746 48,871 44,371
Agriculture Import/Export ................................................................ 15,722 15,928 18,928
Overseas Technical & Trade Operations ........................................ 24,198 24,333 24,333
Subtotal, Safe Trade .............................................................. 39,920 40,261 43,261
Animal Welfare ................................................................................ 31,661 32,256 32,256
Horse Protection .............................................................................. 2,009 2,040 3,040
Subtotal, Animal Welfare ....................................................... 33,670 34,296 35,296
APHIS Information Technology Infrastructure ................................. 4,251 4,251 4,251
Physical/Operational Security ......................................................... 5,153 5,163 5,163
Rent and DHS Payments ................................................................ 42,567 42,567 42,567
Subtotal, Agency Management .............................................. 51,971 51,981 51,981
Total, Direct Appropriation ............................................ $1,064,179 $1,102,222 $1,121,427
AgDiscovery and Growing the Agricultural Family.—The Com-
mittee provides an increase of $500,000 for the AgDiscovery Pro-
gram. This funding should allow the expansion of this two- to four-
week summer outreach program at college campuses that helps
middle and high school students explore careers in plant and ani-
mal science, wildlife management, and agribusiness. The program
helps to expand and diversify the U.S. agricultural family by in-
creasing educational opportunities for future veterinarians, agricul-
tural producer’s, scientists and other professionals.
Agricultural Imports.—The Committee recognizes that there may
be a need to update APHIS physical facilities, staff capabilities,
and processes due to the increased volume of agricultural imports.
The Committee requests APHIS to keep it apprised of a plan to ad-
dress the needs of the programs, including steps to collaborate with
stakeholders on supplemental inspection and pathogen identifica-
tion services and to improve the transparency of the importation
process.
Agriculture Quarantine Inspections.—The Committee recognizes
that prevention of infestations of pests and diseases is much more
cost effective than subsequent control or eradication. This is an im-
portant Federal responsibility and the Committee provides
$33,849,000 for the agricultural quarantine inspections function,
including pre-departure and interline inspections.
Animal Care Program.—The Committee is concerned about
APHIS’s Animal Care program and the steep decline in enforce-
ment related to violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The Com-
mittee directs the agency to reform its current licensing and en-
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lowing: ensure consistent, thorough, unannounced inspections on a
regular basis; act swiftly when facilities fail to comply with the
Act’s requirements; ensure each failure to allow access for inspec-
tion and each violation or failure to comply with animal welfare
standards is documented on an inspection report, and consider as-
sessing penalties in each such case; ensure that there is no use of
teachable moments or any similar program that obscures findings
during inspections; and require that inspection reports that iden-
tify violations or failures of compliance be shared with relevant
local, state, and federal agencies.
The Committee is concerned about the lack of enforcement of on-
line dog dealers, which has allowed many operations to continue
selling dogs without the necessary USDA licensing pursuant to
Animal Welfare Act. The Committee directs the Secretary to
prioritize enforcement of the 2013 rule that requires dealers who
are selling animals sight-unseen to consumers to have a license to
do so.
The Committee also urges the Secretary to enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the U.S. Attorney General to en-
courage greater collaboration on Animal Welfare Act enforcement
and ensure that the Department of Justice has access to evidence
needed to initiate cases.
Antimicrobial Resistance.—The Committee provides an increase
of $2,000,000 and directs APHIS to work collaboratively with a net-
work of universities focused on combating the global threat of anti-
microbial resistance across humans, animals, and the environment
to build upon ongoing efforts to develop an antimicrobial resistance
dashboard tool for livestock management, research, risk, and stew-
ardship. As part of this work, APHIS must explore the feasibility
of developing an antimicrobial resistance dashboard tool that en-
sures full compliance with the confidentiality protections of the
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act.
An antimicrobial resistance dashboard tool should directly help
farmers and ranchers make better management decisions to im-
prove the resilience, productivity, and profitability of cattle produc-
tion. The dashboard should securely track the emergence and
spread of antimicrobial resistant pathogens in livestock production
systems, validate systematic genetic and management strategies to
reduce antibiotic use, and build understanding of relationships be-
tween livestock genetics, the environment, management practices,
and the dynamics and frequencies of pathogen emergence in micro-
bial populations.
Arundo Management and Control.—The Committee is concerned
with the damage the invasive plant Arundo donax inflicts on
groundwater levels in drought-prone western states. The Com-
mittee directs APHIS to work with federal, state, and local water
managers in affected areas to establish a management and control
regime to prevent further water shortages in drought stricken
areas.
Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB).—Within the amount provided
for Tree and Wood Pests, the Committee maintains funding and
cost share rates for ALB at the 2021 level.
Avian Health.—The Committee maintains the 2021 funding level
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tion, and control of avian diseases to protect the U.S. poultry in-
dustry.
Biological Control Program.—The Committee maintains the FY
2021 level for the Biological Control Program within Plant Protec-
tion Methods Development to continue efforts to suppress pest pop-
ulations.
Blackbird Predation.—APHIS is responsible for providing Fed-
eral leadership in managing problems caused by wildlife. The Com-
mittee is aware of the economic importance of controlling blackbird
depredation, which affects sunflowers and other crops. The Com-
mittee encourages APHIS to take action to reduce blackbird depre-
dation in the Northern Great Plains.
Body-gripping traps.—The Committee provides an additional
$300,000 for the Secretary to develop best management practices
for body-gripping traps in circumstances where current use of body-
gripping traps increase the risk of non-target capture to unaccept-
able levels, such as in some urban environments.
Canine Detection and Surveillance.—The Committee recognizes
the important role APHIS’ canines program plays in invasive spe-
cies and disease detection and continues to provide $3,000,000 to
support these efforts. The Committee requests that APHIS keep it
apprised of program activities, including how the agency uses fund-
ing provided.
Cattle Health.—The Committee provides $108,500,000 for Cattle
Health to continue to fund initiatives related to eradication of fever
ticks for livestock and wildlife hosts including but not limited to re-
search, data management, infrastructure, and treatment. The Com-
mittee is concerned that the cattle fever tick quarantine area is ex-
panding despite efforts to constrain spread. To prevent movement
of livestock and game animals outside of the quarantined or high-
risk premises, the Committee provides an increase of $2,000,000
and encourages APHIS to use available funds for a cost-share pro-
gram for the construction and repair of livestock or game fencing
on private lands. The Committee directs USDA, in conjunction with
state animal health commissions, to develop a strategy to exclude
wildlife from areas at highest risk of tick spread and identify areas
that qualify for funds within these areas.
The Committee also notes that large dense stands of non-native
Carrizo cane occupy the banks and floodplains of the Rio Grande
River, providing favorable habitat for agriculturally damaging cat-
tle fever ticks and threatening water supplies for agriculture due
to its high evapo-transpiration capacity. The Committee under-
stands APHIS has been working with ARS on biological controls
and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for mechanical
controls. The Committee provides $5,000,000 for APHIS to continue
to coordinate with ARS, CBP, Department of the Interior, the
International Boundary and Water Commission, the Texas State
Soil and Water Conservation Board, and other stakeholders on con-
trol efforts. The Department is requested to keep the Committee
apprised of progress made in this regard.
The Committee directs APHIS to coordinate with ARS on the de-
velopment of its long-term cattle fever tick research program. Cat-
tle fever ticks pose a significant health threat to U.S. cattle and
other species across the entire Southern region of the United
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with Mexico in its efforts to combat Cattle Fever Ticks for more ef-
fective cross-border containment and eradication.
Center for Veterinary Biologics.—The Committee maintains the
increased funding provided in 2021 to support the hiring of new
employees to fill vacancies that will assist with the regulatory re-
sponsibilities under the Virus Serum Toxin Act.
Cervid Health.—Within the funds provided for cervid health ac-
tivities, APHIS should give priority to indemnity payments to re-
move infected and exposed animals from the landscape as expedi-
tiously as possible.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).—The Committee is concerned
about the growing threat of CWD and its impact on free ranging
deer populations. Of the amount provided for cervid health activi-
ties, no less than $10,000,000 is provided for APHIS to allocate
funds directly to State departments of wildlife, State departments
of agriculture, Native American Tribes, and research institutes and
universities to further develop and implement CWD management
and response activities, including surveillance, testing, and indem-
nity as part of an overall management plan. The funds directly al-
located to States and other stakeholders may also be provided to
develop and evaluate CWD control tools, methods, and strategies.
In allocating these funds, APHIS shall give priority to States that
have experienced a recent incident of CWD and have a CWD moni-
toring, surveillance, and control program.
In addition, the Committee provides an increase of $2,000,000 for
Wildlife Services Methods Development for CWD work at the Na-
tional Wildlife Research Center.
Citrus Health Response Program (CHRP).—CHRP is a national
effort to protect the U.S. industry from the ravages of invasive
pests and diseases. These funds are designed to partner with state
departments of agriculture and industry groups to address the
challenges of citrus pests and diseases. In addition to the funds
provided in this account, the Committee encourages APHIS to uti-
lize the funds available in the Plant Pest and Disease Management
and Disaster Prevention Programs account to the greatest extent
possible in an attempt to sustain the economic viability of the cit-
rus industry.
Cotton Pests.—The bill provides $16,830,000 for the joint Cotton
Pests Program, including an increase of $1,000,000 for work related
to the cotton seed bug. The Committee encourages APHIS and the
cotton industry to make every effort to ensure the boll weevil does
not re-infest areas of the U.S. where it has been successfully eradi-
cated.
Disease Surveillance.—Recognizing the importance of disease
surveillance among APHIS-inspected animals, the Committee en-
courages APHIS to continue to explore partnerships with veteri-
nary medicine programs to establish a formal disease surveillance
network.
Emergency Outbreaks.—The Committee continues to include spe-
cific language relating to the availability of funds to address emer-
gencies related to the arrest and eradication of contagious or infec-
tious diseases or pests of animals, poultry or plants. The Com-
mittee expects the Secretary to continue to use the authority pro-
vided in this bill to transfer funds from the CCC for the arrest and
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American agriculture. By providing funds in this account, the Com-
mittee is enhancing, not replacing, the use of CCC funding for
emergency outbreaks.
Emergency Preparedness and Response.—The Committee con-
tinues to provide funding for the Animal Care Program to coordi-
nate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the Na-
tional Response Plan and to support state and local governments’
efforts to plan for protection of people with animals and incorporate
lessons learned from previous disasters.
Feral swine.—The Committee maintains the 2021 funding level
for feral swine eradication efforts. The Committee encourages
APHIS Wildlife Services to use all approved measures as a force
multiplier and prioritize states with the highest population of feral
swine.
Final rule on horse protection.—The Secretary is strongly urged
to reinstate and publish the final rule, Horse Protection; Licensing
of Designated Qualified Persons and Other Amendments (Docket
No. APHIS–2011–0009), as it was finalized and displayed in ad-
vance public notice in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017,
with effective dates adjusted to reflect the delay in implementation.
The Committee notes that over four years have passed since the
final rule, Horse Protection; Licensing of Designated Qualified Per-
sons and Other Amendments (Docket No. APHIS–2011–0009) was
prepared, and therefore encourages the Secretary to seek addi-
tional public comment before finalizing this rule.
Glassy Winged Sharpshooter.—The Committee provides an in-
crease of $1,000,000 and urges USDA to consider all appropriate
funding resources to rapidly respond to areas where increasing
numbers of the pest glassy winged sharpshooter are occurring in
California.
Green Coffee Imports.—The Committee commends APHIS for
completing a trial program for importing green coffee beans into
Puerto Rico. The Committee understands that Plant Protection and
Quarantine, working with the Puerto Rico Department of Agri-
culture, will now focus on a rulemaking. The Committee urges
APHIS to complete this rulemaking as soon as possible to provide
stability and certainty to coffee importers and agricultural pro-
ducers in Puerto Rico.
HLB–MAC Group.—The Committee recognizes the significant
economic impact of this disease on the citrus industry, which is es-
pecially acute in Florida and a growing concern in both Texas and
California. The Committee also understands that growers are re-
questing the right to try treatments that have begun to show suc-
cess in early stages of testing. The Committee encourages the
HLB–MAC group to explore and identify new methods to expedite
the delivery of promising treatments directly to willing growers, re-
gardless of the phase of observation the treatment is at within the
research pipeline. Finally, the Committee expects any funds which
are redirected from existing HLB–MAC projects be repurposed to
other priority HLB–MAC projects that are showing promising re-
sults in order to ensure these critical funds remain committed to
help facilitate the design and implementation of the rapid delivery
pathway to growers.
Horse Protection Act.—The Committee provides $3,040,000 for
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U.S.C. 1831), and reminds the Secretary that Congress granted the
agency primary responsibility to enforce this law.
Huanglongbing Emergency Response.—The Committee encour-
ages APHIS to allocate sufficient resources to continue the activi-
ties necessary to effectively prevent or manage HLB. The disease,
for which there is no cure, has caused a significant decline in Flor-
ida’ s citrus production since 2007. All citrus producing counties in
Texas are under quarantine; and in California, there have been
over 2,000 confirmed cases of HLB in backyard citrus trees. HLB
threatens the sustainability of the entire domestic citrus industry.
If HLB continues to spread, it will cost thousands of additional jobs
and millions in lost revenue. The agency is encouraged to support
the priorities and strategies identified by the HLB–MAC group.
The agency should appropriately allocate resources based on crit-
ical need and the maximum benefit to the citrus industry.
Imported Dogs.—The Committee is aware that the USDA issued
a report that showed that over one million dogs are imported into
the United States each year. Of that number, however, less than
one percent are subject to thorough health screenings to show that
they are healthy, vaccinated and free of disease prior to entering
the country. The limited health requirements and inspection has
resulted in the importation of animals that arrive in poor health
or die during travel, as well as the importation of animals carrying
various diseases from rabies to canine influenza to leptospirosis,
among others. Diseases such as canine rabies have cost millions of
dollars to eradicate in the United States and unscreened animal
imports threaten to undue that progress while threatening public
health. Most concerning is the ability of some of these pathogens
to jump from one species to another and pose a risk of zoonotic
transmission. The Committee recognizes the potential for bedding
or conveyances arriving with imported dogs to serve as vectors of
foreign animal diseases of livestock, and is concerned about the po-
tential introduction of highly contagious diseases, including African
Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). These diseases
could have devasting economic, environmental, and social impacts
on livestock, farmers, wildlife and the conservation community. As
the connection between human and animal health becomes clearer,
it is imperative that imported animals, including dogs, are healthy,
vaccinated, and of an appropriate age to travel. Therefore, the
Committee includes an increase of $1,000,000 for APHIS to
strengthen its oversight of imported dogs, including stronger inter-
agency coordination to better protect animal and public health.
In and Out Bound Market Access Report.—The Committee re-
quests APHIS to continue submitting the report on U.S. out-bound
and foreign in-bound agricultural market access. The report should
provide data for the last three years, including the date access was
granted and the in-bound and out-bound volumes shipped by coun-
try and commodity.
Inspection Reports.—The bill provides $32,256,000 for the Animal
Welfare program in order to ensure that standards of care and
treatment are provided for certain animals bred for commercial
sale, used in research, transported commercially, or exhibited to
the public.
This level includes funding to support the agreement between
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tions of ARS facilities to ensure compliance with the regulations
and standards of the Animal Welfare Act. The Committee directs
APHIS to conduct inspections of all such ARS facilities and to post
the resulting inspection reports on line in their entirety without
redactions except signatures. The Committee continues to direct
APHIS to transmit to the Committees all inspection reports involv-
ing ARS facilities, including pre-compliance inspections. These fa-
cilities involve federal funds over which this Committee has over-
sight responsibilities. APHIS is directed to include every violation
its inspectors find and never to frustrate the Committee’s oversight
activities by using so-called ‘‘teachable moments’’ or other means of
not reporting ARS facility violations.
Lacey Act Implementation.—To combat illegal imports of timber
and timber products, protect natural resources, and promote fair
trade, the Lacey Act, as amended, requires an import declaration
for certain plants and plant products. Since 2009, APHIS has been
phasing in enforcement of the declaration requirement. The Com-
mittee is concerned with the pace of enforcement and provides
$3,957,000, more than doubling the 2021 level, for additional en-
forcement phases. The Committee urges APHIS to work with fed-
eral partners and stakeholders to enhance Lacey Act program anal-
ysis and compliance efforts, and requests a report within 90 days
of enactment detailing a phase-in schedule for remaining products,
prioritizing products of highest US import volume and at high risk
for illegality.
Light Brown Apple Moth.—The Committee maintains the 2021
funding level for the light brown apple moth and urges the Depart-
ment to develop a regulatory plan designed to remove regulatory
restrictions, if it determines that is appropriate, while maintaining
domestic commerce and agricultural exports globally. Should
APHIS withdraw the federal order for the light brown apple moth,
the Committee encourages APHIS to engage state and inter-
national regulatory bodies to take steps to reduce the overall bur-
den on growers. The Committee is concerned that without the nec-
essary cooperation with other regulatory officials, APHIS will shift,
not reduce, the regulatory burden.
Live Animal Imports.—The Committee is aware that importation
of live animals, particularly dogs, has increased substantially dur-
ing the COVID–19 pandemic. The Committee is concerned about
differences in the APHIS licensing and registration processes that
may lead to a lack of oversight of registrants and/ or repeated fail-
ures to maintain basic standards of animal care. The Committee is
concerned that while the Agency can deny an initial license or ter-
minate an existing license for dealers or exhibitors that handle live
animals for failure to comply with Animal Welfare Act require-
ments, the process of registration with the Agency for the purposes
of serving as a carrier or intermediate handler of live animals, or
as a research facility, does not require demonstration of compliance
with Animal Welfare Act requirements or other similar Agency reg-
ulations. The Committee directs APHIS to take all available ad-
ministrative actions to address this issue and to send to Congress
recommendations for additional legislative steps, if needed, not
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act.
National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN).—The
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detection of newly identified and reemerging animal diseases.
NAHLN laboratories provide a critical contribution to animal and
human health, as demonstrated during the pandemic. Therefore,
the Committee rejects the budget reduction and provides an in-
crease of $2,000,000 for these labs. The bill continues to provide
funding for NAHLN through both APHIS and NIFA at $15,909,000
and $4,300,000, respectively, resulting in a total investment of no
less than $20,209,000 for fiscal year 2022. This amount is in addi-
tion to mandatory funding provided through the 2018 Farm Bill for
Animal Disease Prevention and Management. The Committee en-
courages the Department to provide robust funding from the 2018
Farm Bill for NAHLN.
National Clean Plant Network (NCPN).—No less than the 2021
level should be available for NCPN-Berries diagnostic assays and
therapeutics. APHIS- and NCPN-Berries should cooperatively mon-
itor the usage of funds provided in 2021 for equipment and deter-
mine future funding needs.
National Honeybee Disease Survey Report.—The Committee con-
tinues funding the survey at the 2021 level. Since 2009, a national
survey of honeybee pests and diseases has been funded annually by
APHIS along with other federal and non-federal partners to docu-
ment which bee diseases, parasites, or pests of honeybees are
present and/or likely absent in the U.S. This information will help
place current and future epidemiological studies in context and
thus may indirectly help investigations of emerging conditions.
Pale Cyst Nematode Eradication.—The Committee includes fund-
ing to maintain resources for the pale cyst nematode eradication
program at the 2021 level in order to continue with successful ef-
forts to eradicate this pest. If left untreated, this pest could spread,
affecting other crops.
Plant Biostimulants.—Within the funding available, APHIS is re-
quested to work with other agencies and stakeholders to develop
and implement the recommendations set forth in the report sub-
mitted pursuant to section 10111 of the Agricultural Improvement
Act of 2018.
Roseau Cane.—The Committee remains concerned with the
invasive species-scale insect pest that is destroying Roseau cane in
the Mississippi River Delta region along the Gulf of Mexico. The
Committee directs APHIS to continue to work with ARS and stake-
holders and continues to provide no less than $2,000,000 within
Field Crop and Rangeland Ecosystems Pests to further develop an
integrated management program for control of the Roseau cane
scale insect pest infestation.
Searchable databases.—The Committee directs APHIS to ensure
that the searchable animal welfare database is searchable at least
to the same extent that they were on January 30, 2017 in terms
of both function and content.
Spotted Lanternfly.—The Committee continues to be concerned
about the recent Spotted Lanternfly outbreak and provides an in-
crease of $2,000,000 to support efforts in combatting this pest. The
Committee requests that APHIS keeps it apprised of the program’s
strategy and progress.
Tallow Tree.—APHIS is proposing to issue permits for environ-
mental release of two insects from China, a beetle species (Bikasha
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of the Chinese tallow tree throughout the Gulf Coast region of the
country. Given that beekeepers report that the Chinese tallow tree
is among the most prolific sources of forage for honeybees, the
Committee requests that APHIS take the necessary steps to miti-
gate potential impact resulting from the release of biological control
agents on honeybee populations and the honey industry.
Wildlife Services.—The Committee is aware that APHIS has
worked with landowners to deploy nonlethal strategies. APHIS is
directed to implement and prioritize nonlethal strategies by: (1)
promoting and implementing nonlethal livestock-predator conflict
deterrence and mitigation techniques; husbandry practices, night
corralling, shed lambing, attractant and carcass removal, livestock
herding, and human presence; (2) providing training in selection,
implementation, monitoring and adaptation of nonlethal techniques
for agricultural producers, landowners, federal and state agency
personnel, and others; and (3) collaborating with the National
Wildlife Research Center to advance and improve nonlethal pred-
ator coexistence methods, research on monitoring methods for effi-
cacy of nonlethal control methods implemented to reduce predation,
and establish clear documentation protocols for nonlethal ap-
proaches implemented in advance of lethal control measures where
applicable. The Committee provides no less than $4,680,000 for
these activities in fiscal year 2022. Within these funds, APHIS
should expand, develop, and implement nonlethal methods with a
focus on reducing human-wildlife conflicts related to predators and
beavers in the Western Region and Great Lakes states. The Com-
mittee requests APHIS to document all work on nonlethal strate-
gies development and submit a report demonstrating progress in
this area within 180 days of the enactment of this Act.
Within the amount provided for Wildlife Services, the Committee
requests that APHIS work with States and other partners to en-
sure an equitable cost sharing framework to allow Wildlife Services
to manage human-wildlife conflicts more effectively.
The Committee directs APHIS to spend no less than the fiscal
year 2020 level for predator control in the protection of sheep.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................ $3,175,000
2022 budget estimate ........................................................................ 3,175,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................ 3,175,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Buildings and Facilities of the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service, the Committee provides $3,175,000.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................ $188,358,000
2022 budget estimate ........................................................................ 213,157,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................ 223,157,000
Comparison:
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2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +34,799,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +10,000,000
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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Marketing Services of the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS), the Committee provides an appropriation of $223,157,000.
This includes a total increase of $2,367,000 for pay and retirement
contribution as requested in the budget.
In addition to those increases, the Committee provides increases
for the following programs: $2,000,000 for the National Organic
Standards program; $500,000 for the Organic Production and Mar-
ket Data Initiative; $500,000 for Transportation Services;
$1,000,000 for local food hubs; $2,000,000 for small meat packing
apprenticeships; and $1,000,000 for the Acer Access and Develop-
ment Program.
The bill also includes $7,400,000 for the Farmers Market and
Local Food Promotion Program authorized under the Local Agri-
culture Market Program (LAMP) in the Agriculture Improvement
Act of 2018. Together with the Value-Added Producer Grant Pro-
gram, the bill provides a total of $21,400,000 for LAMP. This
amount is in addition to $100,000,000 provided for LAMP in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and $50,000,000 of manda-
tory funds available in fiscal year 2022.
The Committee includes in this account $25,000,000 for the
Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives, funded elsewhere in the Act
at $22,000,000 in 2021. The Committee encourages AMS to work
with the established initiatives to enhance cooperation with land-
grant and minority serving institutions and provide support to
small, minority-owned, socially-disadvantaged producers, proc-
essors, or distributors.
Antitrust.—The Committee recognizes that consolidation in agri-
business can be detrimental to farmers, consumers, workers and
the environment. The Committee considers enforcement of the
Packers and Stockyards Act a top priority and directs the Depart-
ment to continue enforcing the Act to the fullest extent of the law.
Further, the Committee urges AMS and other agencies and mission
areas to fully incorporate fair and competitive markets priorities
across relevant programs and operations.
Local Food Hubs.—Local, resilient food systems are relevant for
the farm to table movement. Increasing numbers of producers lack
infrastructure, and knowledge of HAACP and food processing li-
censing requirements. The Committee provides an increase of
$1,000,000 for staff and a cooperative agreement to develop a stra-
tegic plan for creating regional rural food hubs to support locally
sourced, branded, value-added products that are properly in-
spected. Design function should integrate a model that allows,
water sharing, water, workspace, loading dock, accounting, and
utilities to accelerate accessibility of locally-sourced, branded value-
added products. In addition, the plan should include staffing rec-
ommendations for food safety compliance federal inspector interface
to support more effective production and marketing of locally
grown and produced foods.
National Organic Program (NOP).—Within the funding provided,
AMS is urged to focus on standards development and addressing
the backlog of National Organic Standards Board recommenda-
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Committee directs the agency to publish in the Federal
Register and seek public comment on an Organic Improvement Ac-
tion Plan that identifies and describes the rationale for rec-
ommendations approved by the National Organic Standards Board
by a decisive vote and submitted to USDA that have not been im-
plemented by a final rule or any other agency action.
To maximize the climate benefits of organic agriculture, the
Committee urges the NOP to increase enforcement efforts to ensure
full compliance with the soil health and pasture requirements of
USDA organic standards.
Organic Dairy Production.—The Committee directs AMS to seek
strong enforcement of organic dairy production standards and re-
solve variations on standard interpretation that exist between or-
ganic certifiers as well as between organic dairy producers. AMS
shall continue to conduct critical risk-based oversight, particularly
for large, complex dairy operations as it has in the past three fiscal
years.
Small Meat Packing Plants Apprenticeship.—Local and regional
meat packing plants have played an important role in assuring ac-
cess to food during the pandemic. The Farm to Table movement
has accelerated the demand for locally produced animal protein
and small meat packing plants have struggled to keep up with the
demand. The Committee is interested in ensuring that there are
training and apprenticeship programs for small and medium sized
meatpacking operations to assist with the growth and survival of
these smaller meat packers. The Committee provides $2,000,000 to
support regional and local efforts through partnerships with exist-
ing non-profits, community and junior colleges, vocational schools,
and similar organizations with expertise in training small and me-
dium sized meat packing operations. The funds may help support
apprenticeships of individuals working in small and very small
meat packing plants to assure that individuals find full and gainful
employment.
Transportation Services Division.—Inadequate market access is a
critical barrier to economic growth in rural and agricultural com-
munities. The Committee provides an increase of $500,000 for AMS
to continue working with other federal, state, and local agencies, as
well as producers and those involved in all sectors of agriculture.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
2021 limitation .................................................................................... ($61,227,000)
2022 budget limitation ....................................................................... (61,786,000)
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (61,786,000)
Comparison:
2021 limitation ............................................................................ (+559,000)
2022 budget limitation ................................................................ –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
The Committee provides a limitation of $61,786,000 on Adminis-
trative Expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service.
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FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY
(SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. ($20,705,000)
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... (20,705,000)
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (20,817,000)
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... (+112,000)
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. (+112,000)
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Marketing Agreements and Orders Program, the Com-
mittee provides a transfer from Section 32 funds of $20,817,000.
The following table reflects the status of this fund:
ESTIMATED TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE AND BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD—FISCAL YEARS 2021–
2022
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
enacted estimate provision
Appropriation (30% of Customs Receipts) ................................................ $22,733,332 $21,679,260 $21,679,260
Less Transfers:
Food and Nutrition Service ................................................................ ¥21,040,057 ¥19,961,591 ¥19,961,591
Commerce Department ...................................................................... ¥262,275 ¥253,669 ¥253,669
Total, Transfers ......................................................................... ¥21,302,332 ¥20,215,260 ¥20,215,260
Budget Authority, Farm Bill ........................................................................ 1,431,000 1,464,000 1,464,000
Appropriations Temporarily Reduced—Sequestration. ...................... ¥71,136 ¥72,789 ¥72,789
Budget Authority, Appropriations Act ....................................... 1,359,864 1,391,211 1,391,211
Less Obligations:
Child Nutrition Programs (Entitlement Commodities) ....................... 485,000 485,000 485,000
State Option Contract ........................................................................ 5,000 5,000 5,000
Removal of Defective Commodities ................................................... 2,500 2,500 2,500
Disaster Relief ................................................................................... 5,000 5,000 5,000
Additional Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases .......................... 206,000 206,000 206,000
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program .................................................. 183,000 187,000 187,000
Estimated Future Needs .................................................................... 800,425 443,084 443,084
Total, Commodity Procurement ................................................. 1,686,925 1,333,584 1,333,584
Administrative Funds:
Commodity Purchase Support ............................................................ 36,746 36,810 36,810
Marketing Agreements and Orders .................................................... 20,705 20,817 20,817
Total, Administrative Funds ...................................................... 57,451 57,627 57,627
Total Obligations ................................................................................ $1,744,376 $1,391,211 $1,391,211
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,235,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,235,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,235,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Payments to States and Possessions, the Committee provides
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LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES
2021 limitation .................................................................................... ($55,000,000)
2022 budget limitation ....................................................................... (55,000,000)
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (55,000,000)
Comparison:
2021 limitation ............................................................................ –––
2022 budget limitation ................................................................ –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
The Committee includes a limitation on inspection and weighing
services expenses of $55,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $809,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,327,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,077,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +268,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥250,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $1,077,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,075,703,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,165,589,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,153,064,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +77,361,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥12,525,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $1,153,064,000. This amount
includes $10,300,000 for Information Technology modernization in-
vestments; $1,000,000 for the inspection of wild caught invasive
species in the order siluriformes and family Ictaluridae, including
blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay; and resources for reducing
User Fees for Small and Very Small establishments. In addition,
$12,525,000 is provided in Title VII of the bill for costs associated
with the Goodfellow move.
The following table reflects the Committee’s recommendations for
fiscal year 2022:
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
[Dollars in thousands]
Federal Inspection ................................................................................................................... $1,034,167
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure System ................................................... 34,580
International Food Safety and Inspection .............................................................................. 17,442
State Food Safety and Inspection .......................................................................................... 66,875
Total, Food Safety and Inspection Service .................................................................... $1,153,064
Bison as Amenable Species.—Within 90 days of enactment, the
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bison producers and related stakeholder groups, including tribes, to
explore options for transitioning buffalo/bison to the amenable spe-
cies list under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The Committee ex-
pects a briefing on the listening session within 30 days after the
listening session date.
Good Commercial Practices.—The Committee recognizes that the
handling of birds at slaughter according to Good Commercial Prac-
tices (GCP) improves quality and reduces the occurrence of adulter-
ated poultry products in the marketplace. The Committee directs
the Department to brief the Committees on documented instances
where establishments lost control of their processes for handling
birds, and consequently were not operating in accordance with
GCPs, no later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
Humane Methods of Slaughter.—FSIS shall ensure that all in-
spection personnel conducting humane handling verification proce-
dures receive robust initial training and periodic refresher training
on the FSIS humane handling and slaughter regulations and direc-
tives. This includes handling of non-ambulatory disabled animals,
as well as proper use of the Humane Activities Tracking System to
ensure humane handling of animals as they arrive and are
offloaded and handled in ante-mortem holding pens, suspect pens,
chutes, stunning areas, and on the slaughter line. The Committee
directs the agency to continue preparation and online publication
of the Humane Handling Quarterly Reports, to include: (1) the
number of humane handling verification procedures performed, (2)
the number of administrative enforcement actions taken, (3) the
time spent on Humane Handling Activities Tracking System activi-
ties, and (4) comparisons of these measurements by plant size and
FSIS district.
Inspection Delays.—The Committee is aware that the lack of suf-
ficient USDA inspections of meat processing facilities in rural areas
has created unnecessary and financially damaging delays to pro-
ducers trying to get their goods into the marketplace, especially
during the current public health emergency. The Committee directs
USDA to coordinate with state regulatory boards in regions where
there are not enough federal inspectors to meet local demand to en-
sure that inspections do not become a bottleneck for producers and
processing plants.
Plant-in-a-Box (PIB).—Localized, decentralized abattoirs are crit-
ical for regional food security and enabling farmers to value-add
their production to a direct marketed, branded product. PIB is a
model for semi-portable (no building permit required), turn-key,
retrofitted shipping containers or like structures for slaughtering
and processing federally inspected beef, poultry, lamb, goat, and
turkeys. This process is of particular need for small and very small
operations. The Committee encourages technical assistance and
guidance be available to very small operations by advising as to
whether the facility, like PIB or similar structure, meets require-
ments for a Grant of Inspection and can suggest improvements to
the unit once it is complete.
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TITLE II
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND
CONSERVATION
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $916,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,437,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,687,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +771,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +250,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and
Conservation (FPAC), the Committee provides an appropriation of
$1,687,000.
Agritourism Resource Manual Update.—The Committee is con-
cerned that the ‘‘Alternative Enterprises and Agritourism—Farm-
ing for Profit and Sustainability’’ resource manual is out of date
and not user friendly. The Committee directs USDA to review the
manual for updates, specifically for sections that identify agency re-
source materials, federal funding opportunities for agritourism
businesses, and Federal contacts that can aid agritourism. The
Committee encourages USDA to engage interested stakeholders.
The Committee requests that the updated sections and materials
be publicly available on USDA’s website within one year of enact-
ment.
Cage-Free Housing Conversion.—The committee recognizes that
the cage-free market is rapidly expanding due to demand by con-
sumers and food corporations. In addition, a growing number of
state laws are requiring farmers to convert to cage-free facilities.
The Committee strongly encourages the Secretary to review this in-
formation and consider helping producers meet these economic op-
portunities by providing financial assistance for the conversion to
cage-free housing.
Disaster Mitigation.—The Committee is aware of the devastating
consequences that natural disasters including hurricanes, derechos,
flooding, and heavy rainfall, have on agricultural producers, and is
concerned that too few resources are available before such events.
The Committee encourages USDA to consider how it can more ef-
fectively adopt a culture of preparedness and directs the Secretary
to provide the Committee a report not later than 180 days after en-
actment outlining how USDA is using existing resources to support
agricultural communities to proactively prepare for, recover from,
and build long-term resilience to natural disasters. The report
should also provide cost estimates for necessary expenses related to
replenishing the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program for
loss of crops, including from high winds or derechos, as well as
losses from fires as in the case of smoke tainted grapes.
Livestock Indemnity Payments for Adverse Weather.—The Com-
mittee is aware that millions of farmed animals die each year due
to the effects of adverse weather. Extreme weather events are oc-
curring at increased frequency, putting additional livestock at risk.
The Committee recognizes the importance of disaster planning and
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tarily develop disaster plans to prevent livestock deaths and inju-
ries.
Pyrolysis.—Committee recognizes pyrolysis as an innovative ap-
proach supporting climate action, that includes the potential to re-
duce or sequester greenhouse emissions that convert feedstock, in-
cluding valorizing tree nut harvest by-products, and waste into
multiple higher value biocarbon products, including sustainable in-
dustrial applications, agrochemicals, repurposing process heat, en-
ergy and construction materials. The Committee encourages USDA
to explore ways, including using existing federal funds, to assist
farmers to employ this technology at efficient scale on farming op-
erations.
Small Meatpackers.—The Committee recognizes small
meatpackers need capital availability to build or expand services.
The Committee directs USDA, within 180 days of enactment, to
evaluate the need of small meatpacking plants and make rec-
ommendations for how to provide capital to support flourishing
small and medium sized meatpacking plants.
Tree Assistance Program.—The Committee recognizes that the
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) and the Emergency Conservation
Program (ECP) are programs that can help repair and restore or-
chards damaged by natural disasters. Citrus groves in Texas were
severely damaged by the freeze this year, and orchardists need as-
sistance to rehabilitate their orchards. However, due to the severity
and length of time for orchards to regain productive capacity, many
orchardists want to convert their land to other agricultural or con-
servation uses. The Committee encourages USDA to closely reex-
amine the TAP and ECP programs for opportunities to implement
them in a manner that not only rehabilitates the orchards, but also
allows the land to be maintained in other agricultural or conserva-
tion uses.
Tropical and Subtropical Forests.—The Committee recognizes the
importance of native forests for effective watershed management
and erosion protection in tropical and subtropical forests. The Com-
mittee directs USDA to study the ability and effectiveness of man-
aged forestry best practices to aid in the reforestation of native
trees and the cultivation of forest crops. USDA should seek input
from forestry experts. The Committee directs USDA to report back
on its findings within one year of the enactment of this Act.
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $231,302,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 238,177,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 238,177,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +6,875,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
(FPACBC), the Committee provides an appropriation of
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Transfer from pro-
Appropriation Total, FSA S&E
gram accounts
2021 appropriation ................................................................... 1,142,924,000 (294,114,000) 1,437,038,000
2022 budget estimate .............................................................. 1,175,670,000 (294,114,000) 1,469,784,000
Provided in the bill ................................................................... 1,175,670,000 (294,114,000) 1,469,784,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation .......................................................... +32,746,000 ––– +32,746,000
2022 budget estimate ..................................................... ––– ––– –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Salaries and Expenses of the Farm Service Agency (FSA),
the Committee provides an appropriation of $1,175,670,000 and
transfers of $294,114,000 for a total program level of
$1,469,784,000.
Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers.—The
Committee supports the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Pay-
ment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and
Ranchers (RTCP). The Committee directs FSA, within 180 days
after the enactment of this Act, to provide a report on the RTCP.
The report should be by county and include the number of pro-
ducers participating, the amount claimed, and the factored pay-
ment for FY 2020, and any recommendations to improve the pro-
gram.
Heirs Property.—The Committee continues to direct the FSA to
provide updates on the implementation of the Relending Program.
National Agriculture Imagery Program.—The Committee recog-
nizes the importance of the National Agriculture Imagery Program
and encourages FSA, when acquiring future products, to include
commercial satellite imagery and data, in addition to aerial im-
agery, as part of its portfolio to ensure comprehensive coverage
while increasing cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The Committee
encourages FSA to include program updates and current activities
in future budget justifications.
Organic Certification Cost Share Program.—The Committee rec-
ognizes the important role of the Organic Certification Cost Share
Program for small and mid-size farms, underserved farmers, and
new organic farmers. The Committee is concerned that FSA cut
2020 reimbursement levels due to accounting errors and it directs
FSA to report back to the Committee with an explanation of how
this accounting error happened. The Committee notes USDA re-
cently announced up to $20 million in additional organic cost share
assistance, including for producers who are transitioning to organic
and encourages USDA to restore the full reimbursement levels of
75 percent of annual organic certification costs, including the res-
toration of prior years.
Regenerative Ag Practice Lending.—The Committee is aware of
the need to enhance access to lending for mixed use land including
crop and pastureland. The Committee encourages USDA to assess
options for lending for regenerative farms that include crops and
animals. Within 180 days, FSA should identify options and provide
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mittee. These actions within the agency should also include edu-
cation and support of lenders and a strategy for risk mitigation in-
cluding possible government subsidies, crop insurance, or other
support for investments in regenerative agriculture practices.
Small Farmer Specialists.—The Committee recognizes COVID
19, climate change, and trade wars/agreements have impeded small
farmer growth. The Committee remains concerned that a majority
of financial and technical assistance goes to larger farmers and en-
courages USDA to hire dedicated regionally focused small farmer
specialists that can enhance outreach and assistance to small farm-
ers on federal programs, conservation practices, contract opportuni-
ties, and other valuable issues to help our small farmers regain
their economic footing.
Staffing Levels.—The Committee remains concerned about staff-
ing shortages at FSA offices and continues to direct the Secretary
to submit a report to Congress with an administrative breakdown
of allotment levels by State, current full-time equivalents, current
on-board permanent employees by State, and funded ceiling levels
by State.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,914,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,914,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,914,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For State Mediation Grants, the Committee provides an appro-
priation of $6,914,000.
Obligation of funds.—In recent years, the Department has not
issued any grants in this program until the end of December. As
a result, the mediation programs must operate for the first quarter
of the fiscal year without any funding. The delay in funding re-
quires some programs to take out loans secured by personal assets,
reduce or stop pay for staff, or turn down new requests for medi-
ation. To the extent possible, the Committee strongly encourages
USDA to obligate available funds within 30 days of enactment.
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,500,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,500,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,500,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Grassroots Source Water Protection Program, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $6,500,000.
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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $500,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 500,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 500,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Dairy Indemnity Program (DIPP), the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of such sums as may be necessary (esti-
mated to be $500,000 in the President’s fiscal year 2022 budget re-
quest).
PFAS chemicals.—The Committee is aware that a small number
of dairy farms are unable to sell their milk as a result of contami-
nation from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collec-
tively known as ‘‘PFAS’’ chemicals. The Committee directs the Sec-
retary to utilize DIPP to provide monthly indemnity payments to
affected producers, including those producers who are no longer
milking their herds, for the value of their unmarketable milk, as
well as to provide these producers with the option to receive an in-
demnity payment for the value of the herd and the costs of depopu-
lation if remediation is not practicable. The Committee encourages
the Secretary to extend the timeframe for monthly DIPP payments
to 36 months and to explore whether DIPP or other USDA re-
sources could assist producers with costs associated with a longer-
term return to farm viability, including testing and remediation.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
ESTIMATED LOAN LEVELS
2021 loan level .................................................................................... $9,858,176,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 10,358,176,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 10,385,908,000
Comparison:
2021 loan level ............................................................................. +527,732,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +27,732,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund program account, the
Committee provides a loan level of $10,385,908,000.
The following table reflects the loan levels for the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund program account:
AGRICULTURE CREDIT PROGRAMS—LOAN LEVELS
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Farm Loan Programs:
Farm Ownership:
Direct ...................................................................................... $2,500,000 $2,800,000 $2,800,000
Unsubsidized Guaranteed ...................................................... 3,300,000 3,500,000 3,500,000
Farm Operating:
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Unsubsidized Guaranteed ...................................................... 2,118,482 2,118,482 2,118,482
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AGRICULTURE CREDIT PROGRAMS—LOAN LEVELS—Continued
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Emergency Loans ............................................................................ 37,668 37,668 37,668
Indian Tribe Land Acquisition Loans .............................................. 20,000 20,000 20,000
Conservation Loans:
Unsubsidized Guaranteed ...................................................... 150,000 150,000 150,000
Indian Highly Fractionated Land .................................................... 5,000 5,000 5,000
Boll Weevil Eradication ................................................................... 60,000 60,000 60,000
Relending Program ......................................................................... 33,693 33,693 61,425
Total .............................................................................. 9,858,176 10,358,176 10,385,908
ESTIMATED LOAN SUBSIDY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LEVELS
[Dollars in thousands]
Guaranteed loan Administrative
Direct loan subsidy subsidy expenses
2021 appropriation ......................................................................... $38,710 $23,727 $307,344
2022 budget estimate .................................................................... 40,017 16,524 314,772
Provided in the bill ......................................................................... 40,017 16,524 314,772
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ................................................................ +1,307 ¥7,203 +7,428
2022 budget estimate ........................................................... ––– ––– –––
The following table reflects the costs of loan programs under
credit reform:
AGRICULTURE CREDIT PROGRAMS—SUBSIDIES AND GRANTS
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Farm Loan Subsidies:
Farm Operating:
Direct ...................................................................................... $38,710 $40,017 $40,017
Unsubsidized Guaranteed ...................................................... 23,727 16,524 16,524
Emergency Loans ............................................................................ 207 267 267
Indian Highly Fractionated Land .................................................... 742 407 407
Boll Weevil Eradication ................................................................... ––– ––– –––
Relending Program ......................................................................... 5,000 2,743 5,000
Total .............................................................................. 68,386 59,958 62,215
ACIF Expenses:
FSA Salaries and Expenses ................................................... 294,114 294,114 294,114
Program Administrative Expenses ......................................... 13,230 20,658 20,658
Total, ACIF Expenses ..................................................... $375,730 $374,730 $376,987
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $60,131,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 69,207,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 66,957,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +6,826,000
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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Risk Management Agency, the Committee provides an
appropriation of $66,957,000.
The Committee fully funds the Administration’s request to hire
additional staff solely devoted to underserved communities and to
ensure actuarial soundness of new policies as well as contract for
additional resources to address climate change.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $832,727,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 886,285,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 894,743,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +62,016,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +8,458,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Conservation Operations, the Committee provides an appro-
priation of $894,743,000.
The Committee provides $14,488,000 for the Snow Survey and
Water Forecasting Program; $11,540,000 for the Plant Materials
Centers; and $84,444,000 for the Soil Surveys Program. The Com-
mittee provides $759,813,000 for Conservation Technical Assist-
ance, of which $2,000,000 is for the ongoing Soil Health Initiative
linking soil health and crop cover management. The Committee
provides $5,000,000 for a cost-share program for the construction
and repair of perimeter fencing, $9,458,000 for the Urban Agri-
culture and Innovative Production Program, and $10,000,000 For
the Healthy Forests Reserve Program.
COMET-Farm Tool.—The Committee encourages NRCS to en-
gage with partners throughout the country to publicize the avail-
ability of the COMET-Farm tool. The Committee urges the Sec-
retary to continue to support COMET-Farm technological improve-
ments that would increase usage by farmers and to provide contin-
ued assistance, improvements, and outreach on the COMET-Farm
tool through conservation technical assistance.
Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Projects.—The
Committee strongly supports and directs funding toward the Com-
munity Compost and Food Waste Reduction Projects.
Composting.—The Committee is aware that food waste is the sin-
gle largest contributor to landfills, making up 22 percent of munic-
ipal solid waste. The Committee encourages the Department to
work with EPA to incorporate best practices to use composting to
avoid food waste and to share education and other resources with
those entities involved in food production and use.
Conservation Programs timeline.—The Committee recognizes the
importance of NRCS’s conservation programs and their positive im-
pact on water and soil quality. The Committee also recognizes
these programs must consist of realistic timelines and outcomes as
identified by the farmers using them. The Committee encourages
NRCS to review all conservation programs to ensure their
timelines related to conservation planning and program delivery
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velop their practices and fulfill the mission of the programs and re-
port back on its findings and efforts to improve program funding
timelines.
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Bundles.—The Com-
mittee recognizes the important role the agriculture sector can play
in the effort to mitigate the impacts of global climate change and
understands CSP is well-positioned to enhance support for agricul-
tural practices and systems with the greatest climate change adap-
tation and mitigation potential. The Committee encourages NRCS
to create climate change mitigation bundles within CSP, as rec-
ommended in the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis June
2020 report. Climate change mitigation bundles should include
practices that reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, such
as improved nutrient management, and practices that increase car-
bon sequestration and improve soil health, such as using cover
crops, conservation tillage, diverse and resource-conserving crop ro-
tations, and advanced grazing management. Given the wide geo-
graphic variations in climate, rainfall, soil, and topography, the
bundles should be region specific and provide flexibility, allowing
bundles to be tailored to the needs and conditions of each oper-
ation.
Cover Crop Management.—The Committee provides $1,000,000
from within the funds provided and directs NRCS to bolster ongo-
ing applied efforts of the Soil Health initiative linking soil health
and cover crop management with an On-Farm Research Network
in conjunction with public and private sector partners on private
and public grazing and crop lands. Plant cover that supports soil
health for soil function, lower production risks, better crop produc-
tion and that as food source for grazing animals offers an impor-
tant carbon capture mechanism that can enhance farming outputs
and economics. In addition, optimal regenerative agriculture re-
quires integrated crop and animal production on the farm. The
Committee is interested in understanding the barriers, economics
and challenges facing producers to increase cover crop practices
and better define the benefits and economics of cover crop perform-
ance across different regions, management scenarios, climatic
zones, and soil types. A focus should be on developing a decision-
support platform to help producers establish a cover crop expert
network to help producers in corn producing states establish and
manage cover crops, increase their use, and measure the diverse
benefits.
Customer Data Systems.—The Committee recognizes that NRCS
recently updated its software systems that track applications and
manage projects. Staff have been trained on these data systems,
but a survey of these staff identified that the new software is cre-
ating more work, delaying applications, and necessitating
workarounds. The Committee is interested in understanding what
steps are being taken to improve these data systems and to assure
that internal processes are not delayed. Within 60 days of passage
of the act, NRCS will provide an update on plans to assess efficacy
of software systems, make recommendations for yearly surveys of
staff to assess efficiency and make swift corrective action plans to
resolve software limitations.
Critical Conservation Areas (CCAs).—The Committee supports
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natural resources goals while maintaining or improving agricul-
tural productivity. The Committee encourages NRCS to provide
Conservation Technical Assistance additional funds to CCAs to ad-
dress conservation planning backlogs.
Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative.—The Com-
mittee recognizes the environmental and economic benefits of the
Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative, which expired in
2017. The Committee supports the revitalization of this program to
educate landowners and operators on the benefits of climate-smart
agriculture, soil health, and holistic grazing, with a focus on equity.
Environment-based Flood Mitigation Measures.—The Committee
recognizes that environment-based mitigation measures such as
the creation of wetlands, conservation easements, and natural flood
plains to slow the flow rate of rivers, creeks, and streams, are inno-
vative tools to mitigate the severity of future floods in the Great
Lakes Bay Region. These measures also support a variety of envi-
ronmental and conservation benefits including erosion control, spe-
cies habitat, and improved air and water quality. The Committee
urges the Department to participate and coordinate as an essential
federal stakeholder with EPA, FEMA, NOAA, and U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, as well as state, local, and tribal governments, and
business and non-profit stakeholders, on developing and supporting
conservation and environment-based flood mitigation measures to
reduce the impact of floods on communities, lives, and livelihoods
within the Tittabawassee River Watershed in the Great Lakes Bay
Region.
Farmer Mentorship Program for Watershed.—The Committee is
concerned about soil and water quality near watersheds such as
the Great Lakes Basin, Salton Sea, Lake Okeechobee, and the
Chesapeake Bay. The Committee recognizes that farmers may be
unaware of possible or necessary conservations efforts that cur-
rently exist to improve the soil and water quality. The Committee
encourages NRCS to leverage its recently created CAMP mentoring
effort to enhance outreach efforts with dedicated farmers in water-
sheds with conservation expertise to work with interested farmers
who would like to learn how to implement improved conservation
practices for water and soil in their operations.
Farmers’ Markets.—The Committee recognizes the importance of
Farmers’ Markets in urban and rural food deserts. Farmers’ Mar-
kets are vehicles that allow local farmers to provide healthy foods
to low income communities and can serve as a centerpiece for plan-
ning and local economies. The Committee encourages the Office of
Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production to collaborate with
AMS to create funding opportunities through the Farmers Market
and Local Food Promotion Program and the Specialty Crop Block
Grant Program to develop or improve farmers’ markets and their
ability to access local community markets.
Feral Hogs.—The Committee is concerned that the feral hog pop-
ulation is rapidly expanding despite efforts to constrain their
spread. To help prevent further damages to agriculture and urban
lands, the Committee provides NRCS $5,000,000 for a cost-share
program for the construction and repair of perimeter fencing. The
Committee encourages NRCS, in conjunction with state soil and
water conservation agencies, to develop a strategy to exclude feral
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calized feral hog populations with lessons learned from the existing
Feral Hog Eradication Pilot Program.
Grazing Lands Conservation.—The Committee recognizes the im-
portance of collaborative technical assistance to help producers ef-
fectively manage grazing lands to protect water quality, improve
soil health, sequester carbon in the soil, and increase resilience and
producer profitability. The Committee directs NRCS to increase
support for partnerships that provide grazing lands conservation
technical services such as grazing planning, workshops and dem-
onstrations, peer-to-peer education, workforce training, and pro-
ducer outreach, including support for partnerships that address
unique needs at the local, state, and regional level.
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).—The Committee strongly sup-
ports and directs funding to NRCS’s ongoing work to reduce nutri-
ent loading from agricultural sources that can contribute to the
growth of harmful algal blooms. Funding shall be used for tar-
geting of watersheds where harmful algal blooms pose a threat and
implementing a variety of conservation systems to address all
transport pathways of phosphorus and nitrogen from agricultural
land uses. Conservation planning should prioritize fields or ripar-
ian areas with the highest risk of elevated phosphorus and/or nitro-
gen losses. The Committee encourages NRCS to use interagency
agreements and cooperative agreements focused on innovative
phosphorus or nitrogen removal strategies where agricultural run-
off has contributed nutrients to a waterbody. Such work shall be
conducted in consultation with the National Institute for Food and
Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service.
Lake Erie Basin.—The Committee is aware the Western Lake
Erie Basin Initiative (WLEB) is vital to researching and conserving
one of our country’s precious freshwater sources, Lake Erie. In-
creased levels of harmful algal blooms continue to plague the Lake
due to shallow depths, increased phosphorus levels, and other con-
tributing factors. The Committee encourages NRCS to work with
locally engaged academic institutions that have worked on WLEB
concerns and to review the work done by these academic institu-
tions along with the Federal and State agencies that have responsi-
bility for tracking lake water quality.
Mississippi River Basin.—The Committee continues to urge the
Department to use its existing expertise and experience with the
Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed Initiative to participate
and coordinate as an essential federal stakeholder with EPA’s de-
velopment of the Mississippi River Restoration and Resiliency
Strategy, as directed in H. Rpt. 116–446. The Department is also
directed to engage with the U.S. Geological Survey as they host the
Mississippi River Science Forum and to contribute to the pro-
ceedings as a federal agency with relevant scientific expertise.
National Resource Inventory (NRI).—The Committee encourages
NRCS to consider the feasibility of expanding the existing NRI sys-
tem to include soil sampling and analysis on an annual rotating
basis.
Outreach and Innovation.—The Committee acknowledges the
need for expanded research in support of urban agriculture in food-
insecure communities. The Committee believes urban farming and
food production closer to the home is a viable solution to these
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and, with its extension programs, to assist urban agricultural pro-
duction. The Committee directs NRCS to maintain grants to sup-
port urban agriculture outreach and innovation.
Pollinator Seed Mixes.—The Committee encourages NRCS to pro-
vide support to producers through the development of affordable,
regionally appropriate pollinator seed mixes that avoid attracting
crop pests.
Recovering Value from Animal Waste.—The Committee directs
NRCS to provide technical assistances and EQIP resources to sup-
port optimal life cycle management of manure as integral to regen-
erative, resilient agriculture. The Committee directed the Secretary
to convene all federal agencies who regulate or impact animal ma-
nure. The collaboration among agencies assess the following: 1) di-
rect and indirect financial revenue opportunities; 2) the potential
value of i) on-farm reuse of products such as fertilizer application
to cropland; ii) remanufactured products; iii) energy recovery; 3) po-
tential tax credits; 4) nutrient recovery; 5) grants and loan incen-
tives; and 6) other sources of revenue. The Committee has provided
ERS with $2,000,000 to conduct the report. Within one year of pas-
sage of this Act, provided that ERS has completed their report, the
Secretary will recommend a strategy to Congress to improve life-
cycle management of manure and policies and credits needed to
scale solutions across farm country that are acceptable to farmers.
Regenerative Agriculture.—Regenerative agriculture practices
stand to help farmers while addressing the multiple challenges our
nation faces in climate change, land degradation and risk, biodiver-
sity, water security, and food access. The Committee recognizes the
role of programs like the Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-
gram and Conservation Innovation Grants in providing financial
assistance to farms interested in improving soil health. NRCS is
encouraged to continue supporting farmers that embrace regenera-
tive agriculture practices, including continued investments in soil
health demonstration projects.
Resource Conservation and Development Councils (RC&Ds).—The
Committee recognizes RC&Ds have been valuable partners in con-
servation and encourages NRCS to continue working with local
councils, as appropriate, to ensure conservation programs meet
local resource needs.
Sage Grouse Initiative.—The Committee supports NRCS’s sage
grouse conservation efforts. Through the initiative, NRCS provides
technical and financial assistance to help landowners conserve sage
grouse habitat on their land. The initiative is an integral part of
efforts by federal agencies, several western states, and private
landowners to help preclude the listing of the sage grouse as an en-
dangered species.
Soil Carbon Survey.—The Committee recognizes the need for a
regular soil carbon survey to improve the effectiveness of environ-
mental incentive programs and elucidate the relationships between
soil carbon content and agricultural yields, water and fertilizer-use
efficiency, climate resilience, and other soil health metrics. To the
extent possible using existing resources, the Committee encourages
the Soil Surveys Program to measure, monitor, and model soil car-
bon sequestration on agricultural lands.
Sustainable Farming Methods.—The Committee recognizes the
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mitigate the impacts of global climate change and the important
role the agriculture sector can play in that effort. Small and mid-
size farmers are uniquely positioned in mitigating the cumulative
effects of climate change. The Committee encourages USDA to re-
view its conservation practice standards and technical resources to
identify and develop best practices and related conservation sys-
tems for existing small and independent farmers seeking to transi-
tion to more sustainable farming methods to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from nitrogen fertilizers and to sequester carbon as part
of any commodity crop, specialty crop, horticulture, or forage pro-
duction.
Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program.—The
Committee provides an appropriation of $9,458,000 for this pro-
gram, an increase of $2,458,000. It was funded previously as a gen-
eral provision. The Committee supports the request to increase
staffing, extend grant opportunities to Historically Underserved
and Socially Disadvantaged communities, and to establish a com-
munication and partnership framework across the Federal govern-
ment.
Vertical Farming.—The Committee is aware of the growing
vertical farming industry and other emerging technologies that
could help increase food production and expand agricultural oper-
ations. The Committee encourages the Office of Urban Agriculture
to engage with appropriate USDA agencies to explore opportunities
to support and scale vertical farming.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $175,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 175,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 160,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥15,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥15,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $160,000,000.
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $10,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 10,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 10,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Watershed Rehabilitation Program, the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of $10,000,000.
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CORPORATIONS
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $8,748,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 9,660,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 9,660,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +912,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of such sums as may be necessary
(estimated to be $9,660,000,000 in the President’s fiscal year 2022
budget request).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $31,830,731,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 25,915,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 25,915,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥5,915,731,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses to the Commodity
Credit Corporation, the Committee provides such sums as may be
necessary to reimburse for net realized losses sustained but not
previously reimbursed (estimated to be $25,915,000,000 in the
President’s fiscal year 2022 budget request).
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
2022 limitation .................................................................................... ($15,000,000)
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... (15,000,000)
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (15,000,000)
Comparison:
2021 limitation ............................................................................ –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Hazardous Waste Management, the Committee provides a
limitation of $15,000,000. The Committee directs the Hazardous
Materials Management Program and the Hazardous Waste Man-
agement Program to coordinate their work to ensure there is no
duplication.
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TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $812,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,330,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,580,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +768,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +250,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, the
Committee provides an appropriation of $1,580,000.
Climate Adaptation.—The Committee recognizes that the im-
pacts of climate change—including sea level rise and more frequent
and severe coastal hazards—pose a significant threat to infrastruc-
ture and economic development opportunities in rural communities.
Therefore, the Committee encourages Rural Development to part-
ner with USDA’s Climate Hubs to better leverage existing USDA
programs to provide resources to communities to invest in infra-
structure improvements that will enhance resilience to future im-
pacts of climate change.
Colonias and Farmworker Communities.—The Committee recog-
nizes the challenges facing colonias and farmworker communities
and urges the Department to explore establishing an ‘‘Office of
Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives’’ and work with other Federal
agencies to identify best practices and ways to further assist
colonias communities and farmworkers.
Colonias Definition.—The Committee urges the Department to
reconsider the definition of colonias, so that colonias communities
with higher population density but low incomes and substandard
living conditions may be eligible for certain USDA programs that
require a rural designation.
Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI).—The Committee con-
tinues to support HFFI, which improves access to healthy food in
underserved areas, creates and preserves quality jobs, and revital-
izes low-income communities. Resources provided enable continued
investments in grants and loans, establish funding coalitions and
partnerships, and support a variety of food enterprises that target
solutions to the needs of rural, urban, and tribal communities.
Hub Communities.—The Committee encourages the Department
to consider the mission and scope of all program applicants, includ-
ing community colleges, hospitals and other regional public service
entities and their ability to effectively address rural depopulation
struggles. These entities are often located in regional ‘‘hub’’ com-
munities larger than the program population limits, yet without
these critical services many of the surrounding smaller towns could
not exist and prosper. The Committee encourages the Secretary to
make grants and loans available to these institutions, located in
rural areas as defined by current law, and serve rural areas.
Industrial Hemp.—The intent of Congress in Public Law 115–334
was for industrial hemp to be eligible for all USDA programs, in-
cluding Rural Development. Industrial hemp can significantly ben-
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Development to ensure that industrial hemp is eligible for all com-
petitive grant programs.
Persistent Poverty Areas.—The Committee supports targeted in-
vestments in impoverished areas. The Committee directs the De-
partment to develop and implement measures to increase the share
of investments in persistent poverty counties, distressed commu-
nities, and any other impoverished areas the Department deter-
mines to be appropriate areas to target. The Committee expects the
activities under the Strikeforce initiative to complement this effort.
Opportunity Zones.—The Committee directs Rural Development
to identify opportunities to support projects within designated Op-
portunity Zones to better leverage existing resources and
incentivize greater investment in distressed rural communities.
Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP).—The Committee sup-
ports RESP and the opportunity it provides to launch or expand
energy efficiency financing programs.
Rural Health.—The Committee encourages USDA to support de-
velopment of infectious disease prevention infrastructure in rural
communities, including by investing in infectious disease training
and supplies for rural medical providers, syringe services pro-
grams, supplies for rural community-based organizations, and mo-
bile health care delivery.
Telemedicine Services.—The Committee continues to support Dis-
tance Learning and Telemedicine and Broadband grant programs
that assist rural communities in connecting to the rest of the world
and overcoming health disparities that affect rural communities.
The Committee urges the Under Secretary for Rural Development
to continue supporting the utilization of existing telehealth net-
works to provide additional access using telemedicine through part-
nerships with hub medical centers. The Committee also encourages
focus on Tele-Emergency Medical Service and Tele-Electrocardio-
gram for use in building sustainable models for advanced critical
care in populations in rural areas by improving critical care inter-
ventional outcomes and decreasing the wait time between original
access and treatment for rural populations.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Appropriations ................................................................................. $264,024,000 $367,447,000 $348,425,000
Transfers from:
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account ................. 412,254,000 412,254,000 412,254,000
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account .................. 4,468,000 4,468,000 4,468,000
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loan Pro-
gram Account .................................................................... 33,270,000 33,270,000 33,270,000
Total, RD Salaries and Expenses ................................. $714,016,000 $817,439,000 $798,417,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Salaries and Expenses of the Rural Development mission
area, the Committee provides an appropriation of $348,425,000. Of
the amount provided, $32,000,000 is for the StrikeForce initiative.
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nology investments and additional resources to increase Rural De-
velopment staffing.
Placemaking: Revitalization of Rural Livable Places.—The Com-
mittee provides an increase of $1,000,000 to expand or enhance co-
operative agreements begun in fiscal year 2020 that utilize public-
private partnerships involved in the ‘‘Placemaking Initiative’’.
Rural Hospitals.—Rural hospitals are an essential pillar of their
communities and are necessary to create the economic growth that
is direly needed in rural communities. Unfortunately, many rural
hospitals continue to struggle. The Committee includes $2,000,000
for technical assistance to vulnerable hospitals in the Community
Facilities portfolio to help struggling rural hospitals negotiate, reor-
ganize, and revitalize.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Administrative
Loan level Subsidy level expenses
2021 Appropriation ......................................................................... $25,346,000 $70,020 $412,254
2022 Budget estimate .................................................................... 31,846,000 67,052 412,054
Provided in the bill ......................................................................... 31,846,000 95,052 412,254
Comparison:
2021 Appropriation ................................................................ +6,500,000 +25,032 –––
2022 Budget estimate ........................................................... ––– +28,000 –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account, the
Committee provides a loan level of $31,846,000,000.
Farm Labor Housing.—The Committee encourages USDA to ex-
plore opportunities to leverage its resources including its Food and
Nutrition Programs, Community Facilities Programs, Housing
Preservation Grants, and other programs, and to create partner-
ships with the Department of Labor’s Farmworker Housing out-
reach and technical assistance program, Health Resources and
Services Administration’s Health Center Program, and the Admin-
istration for Children and Families Migrant and Seasonal Head
Start Program, to coordinate and align resources to address the
housing, nutrition and healthcare needs of this vulnerable popu-
lation of essential workers who play a critical role in America’s food
security. The Committee further encourages USDA to explore in-
cluding service coordinators as an allowable expenditure for farm
labor housing projects.
The following table reflects the loan levels for the Rural Housing
Insurance Fund program account:
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Loans
Direct ............................................................................. $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Unsubsidized Guaranteed ............................................. 24,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000
Housing Repair (sec. 504) ..................................................... 28,000 28,000 28,000
Rental Housing (sec. 515) ..................................................... 40,000 40,000 40,000
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Site Development Loans ........................................................ 5,000 5,000 5,000
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[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Credit Sales of Acquired Property ......................................... 10,000 10,000 10,000
Self-help Housing Land Development Fund .......................... 5,000 5,000 5,000
Farm Labor Housing .............................................................. 28,000 28,000 28,000
Total, Loan Authorization .............................................. $25,346,000 $31,846,000 $31,846,000
The following table reflects the costs of loan programs under
credit reform:
ESTIMATED LOAN SUBSIDY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LEVELS
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program
Account (Loan Subsidies and Grants):
Single Family Housing (sec. 502):
Direct ............................................................................. $55,400 27,900 $27,900
Housing Repair (sec. 504) ............................................ 2,215 484 484
Rental Housing (sec. 515) ..................................................... 6,688 3,576 3,576
Multifamily Housing Revitalization ........................................ 28,000 32,000 60,000
Farm Labor Housing .............................................................. 5,093 2,831 2,831
Site Development (sec. 524) ................................................. 355 206 206
Self-Help Land (sec. 523) ..................................................... 269 55 55
Total, Loan Subsidies ................................................... 98,020 67,052 95,052
Farm Labor Housing Grants .................................................. 10,000 10,000 15,000
RHIF Expenses:.
Administrative Expenses ............................................... $412,254 $412,054 $412,254
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,450,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,495,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,495,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +45,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rental Assistance Program, the Committee provides a
program level of $1,495,000,000. This provides the estimated
amount to fully fund the program. This amount includes
$45,000,000 for the rural housing voucher program.
MUTUAL AND SELF HELP HOUSING GRANTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $31,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 32,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 32,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Mutual and Self-Help Housing program, the Committee
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RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $45,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 45,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 65,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +20,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +20,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Housing Assistance Grants program, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $65,000,000, including
$25,000,000 for rural housing preservation grants.
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $74,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 74,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 238,454,714
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +164,454,714
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +164,454,714
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Community Facilities Program Account, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $238,454,714. The Committee
specifies the following projects and amounts to be funded in fiscal
year 2022.
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COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING
Recipient Project Location Amount
Ringgold County Child Care Center ................................................................ Ringgold County Child Care Center Re-Design .................................................................................... IA $725,366
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Stanton Child Care Resource Center .............................................................. Stanton Child Care Resource Center Expansion .................................................................................. IA $1,000,000
Northern Lights YMCA ..................................................................................... Northern Lights Community Center Renovation ................................................................................... MI $1,750,000
Fort Valley State University ............................................................................. Fort Valley State University and Albany State University Local Food Project ..................................... GA $746,250
PO 00000 Delaware State Fair, Inc. ................................................................................ New Castle Agricultural Programming Building .................................................................................. DE $937,500
Richard Allen Coalition ................................................................................... Richard Allen Historic School Repair ................................................................................................... DE $100,000
Banks Fire District #13 ................................................................................... Banks Fire District EMS Equipment ..................................................................................................... OR $93,500
City of Mt. Vernon ........................................................................................... Mt. Vernon Police Station ..................................................................................................................... IL $1,000,000
Northampton County Government ................................................................... Northampton County Courthouse .......................................................................................................... NC $5,000,000
Frm 00067 Town of Nashville ............................................................................................ Nashville Fire Station ........................................................................................................................... NC $1,338,750
City of Guadalupe ........................................................................................... LeRoy Park Safety Modernization .......................................................................................................... CA $1,700,000
Pride of Atmore ............................................................................................... Atmore Revitalization Project ................................................................................................................ AL $885,000
City of Central Falls ........................................................................................ Holden Community Center .................................................................................................................... RI $2,000,000
Fmt 6659 Vital Aging of Williamsburg County, Inc. ....................................................... Murdaugh Senior Center ....................................................................................................................... SC $2,883,469
Rio Grande City ............................................................................................... Starr County Courthouse ....................................................................................................................... TX $2,392,763
Sullivan City .................................................................................................... El Faro Road Flood Mitigation .............................................................................................................. TX $3,539,318
Town of La Joya .............................................................................................. La Joya Fire Station .............................................................................................................................. TX $1,275,000 67
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe .............................................................................. Sauk-Suiattle Community Center ......................................................................................................... WA $210,000
Sfmt 6602 Volunteers of America Western Washington ................................................... Sky Valley Teen Center ......................................................................................................................... WA $500,000
Nooksack Indian Tribe ..................................................................................... Nooksack Clinic and Wellness Facility ................................................................................................. WA $1,000,000
Village of Philmont Fire Department .............................................................. Village of Philmont Fire Station ........................................................................................................... NY $82,000
M–ARK Project, Inc. ........................................................................................ M–ARK Child Care Project .................................................................................................................... NY $100,000
Liberty County ................................................................................................. Liberty County EMS Facility .................................................................................................................. FL $825,000
Medina County Senior Center, Inc. ................................................................. Medina County Senior Center ............................................................................................................... TX $562,500
East Wayne Fire District ................................................................................. East Wayne Fire Station ....................................................................................................................... OH $958,392
VFW Lopez Williams Post ................................................................................ Brooks County VFW ............................................................................................................................... TX $304,454
Township of Hardwick ..................................................................................... Hardwick Township Virtual Services ..................................................................................................... NJ $17,460
Douglass Community Services ........................................................................ Douglass Community Center ................................................................................................................ MO $1,000,000
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Northfield Volunteer Fire Company ................................................................. Northfield Fire Department Modernization ............................................................................................ CT $225,000
City of Torrington ............................................................................................ Northwest Hills Animal Control Facility ................................................................................................ CT $1,100,000
Protivin Community Fire District ..................................................................... Protivin Community Fire Station ........................................................................................................... IA $100,000
HR082 Sunflower Child Care Center, Inc. .................................................................. Sunflower Child Development Center ................................................................................................... IA $200,000
Prince George’s County ................................................................................... Prince George’s County Water Tanks .................................................................................................... MD $1,350,000
Royalton-Hartland Central School District ...................................................... Royalton-Hartland Agricultural Learning Lab ....................................................................................... NY $515,685
County of Wyoming ......................................................................................... Wyoming County Fire Training Center .................................................................................................. NY $597,289
Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Orleans County ....................... Cornell Cooperative Extension Learning Center ................................................................................... NY $379,432
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Recipient Project Location Amount
Waianae Community Redevelopment Corporation .......................................... MA’O Organic Farms Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... HI $896,000
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Port Angeles Food Bank .................................................................................. Port Angeles Food Bank Expansion ...................................................................................................... WA $900,000
City of Platteville ............................................................................................ City of Platteville Fire Station .............................................................................................................. WI $7,000,000
Cochise County ................................................................................................ Cochise County Animal Shelter ............................................................................................................ AZ $1,100,000
PO 00000 County of Nevada ............................................................................................ North San Juan Fire Suppression System ............................................................................................ CA $1,050,000
City of Anderson .............................................................................................. Sewer and Storm Drain Cleaner Truck ................................................................................................. CA $262,900
Goosefoot Community Fund ............................................................................ Goosefoot Community Center ................................................................................................................ WA $346,625
Bradner Fire Department ................................................................................ Bradner Fire Station ............................................................................................................................. OH $1,260,000
University of Florida ........................................................................................ Cherry Lake 4H Center .......................................................................................................................... FL $1,125,000
Frm 00068 Pueblo of San Felipe ....................................................................................... San Felipe Community Center .............................................................................................................. NM $1,500,000
Town of Phillipstown ....................................................................................... Phillipstown Highway Facility Center ................................................................................................... NY $1,787,500
North San Juan Water Conservation District .................................................. North San Joaquin Water Conservation District ................................................................................... CA $1,000,000
Berwick Area YMCA ......................................................................................... Berwick Community Center ................................................................................................................... PA $1,000,000
Fmt 6659 Borough of Jim Thorpe .................................................................................... Jim Thorpe Facility Upgrade ................................................................................................................. PA $2,500,000
IQHub ............................................................................................................... IQHub Community Classroom ............................................................................................................... MI $137,671
Four Lakes Task Force .................................................................................... Four Lakes Public Safety Booms .......................................................................................................... MI $795,000
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Town of Superior ............................................................................................. Superior Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center ............................................................................... AZ $2,000,000
Sfmt 6602 Maine 4-H Foundation .................................................................................... 4-H Innovation and Learning Center .................................................................................................... ME $450,000
Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources .................... Krum Bay Marine Enforcement Pier ..................................................................................................... VI $750,000
Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources .................... Gallows Bay Marine Enforcement Pier ................................................................................................. VI $750,000
City of Reedsburg ........................................................................................... City of Reedsburg Community Center .................................................................................................. WI $220,000
Desert Valley Senior Center ............................................................................ Desert Valley Senior Center .................................................................................................................. AZ $16,800
Greene County Board of Commissioners ........................................................ Greene County Business Incubator ....................................................................................................... PA $1,395,000
City of Morehead ............................................................................................. Morehead Fire Station ........................................................................................................................... KY $300,000
Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation .......................................................... Peritoneal Dialysis Expansion Project ................................................................................................... MP $391,500
Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation .......................................................... Health IT Upgrades ............................................................................................................................... MP $980,639
Guam Fisherman’s Cooperative Association ................................................... Guam Fisherman’s Co-Op Facility ........................................................................................................ GU $3,000,000
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City of Ellensburg ........................................................................................... Friends in Service to Humanity Food Bank .......................................................................................... WA $900,000
Shoshone Bannock Tribe ................................................................................. Shoshone Bannock Tribal Fire Station ................................................................................................. ID $7,000,000
Town of Blackstone ......................................................................................... Blackstone Aerial Ladder Fire Truck ..................................................................................................... VA $923,937
HR082 County of Amelia ............................................................................................. Amelia County Court Office .................................................................................................................. VA $375,000
City of Moriarty ............................................................................................... Moriarty Fire Station ............................................................................................................................. NM $5,250,000
City of Little Falls ........................................................................................... Little Falls Child Care Facility .............................................................................................................. MN $825,000
Essex County ................................................................................................... Essex County Ag and Youth Center ...................................................................................................... NY $997,000
Cary Christian Center ..................................................................................... Cary Christian Center Facility .............................................................................................................. MS $37,500
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BDT Housing Services Enterprise .................................................................... IT Montgomery Home Restoration ......................................................................................................... MS $2,250,000
City of Rosedale .............................................................................................. Bolivar County Community Facility ....................................................................................................... MS $225,000
Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation ........................................................... Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation Facility Revitalization ............................................................. MS $2,250,000
Jkt 045009 Central Mississippi, Inc. ................................................................................. Mississippi Delta Disaster Relief Shelter ............................................................................................. MS $300,000
Indiana University of Pennsylvania ................................................................ IUP Academy of Culinary Arts Building ................................................................................................ PA $500,000
Jefferson County-Dubois Area Vocational Technical School ........................... Farm to Refrigerator Training Facility .................................................................................................. PA $1,125,000
United Way of Tri County ................................................................................ Marlborough Community Covered Food Pantry ..................................................................................... MA $26,838
PO 00000 Allegany College of Maryland ......................................................................... Allegany College Facility Revitalization ................................................................................................ MD $187,500
Office of the Salem County Administrator ..................................................... Salem County Courthouse Revitalization .............................................................................................. NJ $3,750,000
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium .............................................................. St Johnsbury Science Annex ................................................................................................................. VT $2,465,176
Pocono Family YMCA ....................................................................................... Pocono Family Community Center ........................................................................................................ PA $1,000,000
Mount Bethel Fire Department ........................................................................ Mount Bethel Fire Department Emergency Shelter .............................................................................. PA $247,500
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City of Kodiak .................................................................................................. Kodiak Fire Station Replacement ......................................................................................................... AK $7,000,000
City of Kiana ................................................................................................... Kiana Fire Response and Equipment ................................................................................................... AK $3,350,000
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Community Facility Loans.—The Committee awaits the report
directed in H. Rpt. 116–446 on the Community Facilities Direct
Loan and Grant and Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan pro-
grams portfolio identifying the number of approved applications for
fiscal years 2017–2020 within the North American Industry Classi-
fication System.
Community Facility Relending.—The Committee requests USDA
consider re-examining the Community Facilities Relending activi-
ties in order to more effectively make funds available for relending
to qualified, highly rated community development financial institu-
tions, with experience serving persistent poverty communities,
therefore not requiring any additional payment guarantees.
The following table provides the Committee’s recommendations
as compared to the budget request:
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Loan Levels:
Community Facility Direct Loans ..................................... ($2,800,000) ($2,800,000) ($2,800,000)
Community Facility Guaranteed Loans ............................ (500,000) (500,000) (650,000)
Subsidy and Grants:
Non-conforming Subsidy .................................................. 25,000 ––– –––
Community Facility Grants .............................................. 32,000 58,000 222,455
Rural Community Development Initiative ........................ 6,000 6,000 6,000
Economic Impact Initiative Grants .................................. 6,000 ––– –––
Tribal College Grants ....................................................... 5,000 10,000 10,000
Total, Rural Community Facilities Program Sub-
sidy and Grants .................................................. $74,000 $74,000 $238,455
RURAL BUSINESS COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $56,400,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 81,150,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 91,200,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +34,800,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +10,050,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Business Program Account, the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of $91,200,000.
The Committee provides resources to operate programs under the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS). RBS programs com-
plement lending activities of the private sector by promoting eco-
nomic prosperity in rural communities through improved access to
capital and economic development on a regional scale.
Arts in rural communities.—The Committee recognizes the valu-
able role of the arts in the economic and community development
of rural communities across the country. In providing grants and
assistance under this title, Rural Development shall continue to
support individuals, nonprofits and small businesses in the arts
through these traditional economic development tools, including
business incubators, and economic development planning and tech-
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The following table provides the Committee’s recommendations
as compared to the budget request:
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Loan Level:
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans ...................... ($1,000,000) ($1,500,000) ($2,000,000)
Subsidy and Grants:
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans ...................... 10,400 30,150 40,200
Rural Business Development Grants ............................... 37,000 37,000 37,000
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grants .................... 5,000 5,000 5,000
Delta Regional Authority/Appalachian Regional Com-
mission/Northern Border Regional Commission ......... 9,000 9,000 9,000
Total, Rural Business Program Subsidy and
Grants ................................................................. $61,400 $81,150 $91,200
The following programs are included in the bill for the Rural
Business Program account: $500,000 for rural transportation tech-
nical assistance and $4,000,000 for Federally Recognized Native
American Tribes, of which $250,000 is for transportation technical
assistance.
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
[Dollars in thousands]
Administrative
Loan Level Subsidy Level expenses
2021 Appropriation ................................................................... $18,889 $2,939 $4,468
2022 Budget Estimate .............................................................. 18,889 1,524 4,468
Provided in the Bill ................................................................... 18,889 1,524 4,468
Comparison:
2021 Appropriation .......................................................... ––– ¥1,415 –––
2022 Budget Estimate ..................................................... ––– ––– –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account, the
Committee provides for a loan level of $18,889,000.
For the loan subsidy, the Committee provides an appropriation
of $1,524,000. In addition, the Committee provides $4,468,000 for
administrative expenses.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $50,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 50,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 50,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account,
the Committee provides for a loan level of $50,000,000.
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RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $26,600,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 26,600,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 28,600,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +2,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Rural Cooperative Development Grants, the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of $28,600,000. This total includes
$2,800,000 for a cooperative agreement for the Appropriate Tech-
nology Transfer for Rural Areas program and $14,000,000 for the
Value-added Agricultural Product Market Development Grant Pro-
gram under the Local Agriculture Market Program in the 2018
Farm Bill.
Agriculture Innovation Centers.—The Committee continues to
support Agriculture Innovation Centers. The Committee encour-
ages consideration for the creation an Agricultural Innovation Cen-
ter to develop a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap.
The smart agriculture industry roadmap center would help guide
the future development of technology in the agriculture industry
and help align the United States agriculture industry to increase
efforts of the United States to become a global leader in smart
farming and agricultural technologies.
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 8,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +2,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP),
the Committee provides an appropriation of $8,000,000. RMAP pro-
vides loans and grants to non-profit organizations, community
based financial institutions, and local economic development coun-
cils, which in turn provide technical assistance services and
microloans to rural owner-operated small businesses and aspiring
entrepreneurs.
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $392,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 30,168,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 30,420,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +30,028,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +252,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Energy for America Program, the Committee pro-
vides $30,420,000 to make loans and grants as authorized by sec-
tion 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
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assist with purchasing renewable energy systems and making en-
ergy efficiency improvements.
HEALTHY FOODS FINANCING INITIATIVE
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $5,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 5,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +1,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Healthy Foods Financing Initiative, the Committee pro-
vides $6,000,000 to increase the availability of affordable, healthy
foods in underserved rural communities to create and preserve
quality jobs and revitalize low-income communities. Additionally,
the Committee strongly encourages the Department to ensure the
robust development of best practices for opening retail stores in
food deserts through the use of technical assistance.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $621,567,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 716,557,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 721,557,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +99,990,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +5,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, the
Committee provides an appropriation of $721,557,000. Rural areas
continue to face immense needs and challenges in attaining safe
and clean water, and this program provides targeted and coordi-
nated support for these communities and is essential for the deliv-
ery of safe, dependable and affordable water and wastewater to
rural America.
Border Communities.—The Committee is concerned that the
water and wastewater needs of colonias communities that suffer
from high rates of poverty along the southern border are not being
adequately addressed. The Committee encourages USDA to support
qualified non-profit organizations to provide technical assistance
and/or construction projects to help colonias communities with ac-
cessing USDA’s water and wastewater programs and services.
Domestic Preference.—The bill includes language specifying that
RUS’ Rural Water and Waste Disposal program account projects
utilizing iron and steel shall use iron and steel products produced
in the United States. RUS shall apply the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s definition of public water systems while imple-
menting the domestic preference provision.
Health Effects of Contaminated Drinking Water.—The Committee
recognizes the possible adverse health effects of drinking water
with elevated contaminants, and the environmental and public
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urges the Department to prioritize funding rural water systems
that are out of compliance with federal and/or state drinking water
and/or wastewater standards to bring those municipalities back
into compliance.
PFAS Pollution.—The Committee encourages the Department to
make better use of the authority provided by the 2018 Farm Bill
to utilize its Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Program to
help address the needs of rural communities impacted by PFAS
pollution.
The following table provides the Committee’s recommendations
as compared to the budget request:
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Loan Levels:
Water and Waste Direct Loans ........................................ ($1,400,000) ($1,400,000) ($1,400,000)
Water and Waste Guaranteed Loans ............................... (50,000) (50,000) (50,000)
Subsidy and Grants:
Direct Subsidy .................................................................. ––– ––– –––
Guaranteed Subsidy ......................................................... 60 45 45
Water and Waste Revolving Fund ................................... 1,000 1,000 1,000
Water Well System Grants ............................................... 5,000 5,000 5,000
Grants for the Colonias and AK/HI .................................. 68,000 93,000 93,000
Water and Waste Technical Assistance Grants .............. 35,000 40,000 40,000
Circuit Rider Program ...................................................... 20,157 20,157 20,157
Solid Waste Management Grants .................................... 4,000 4,000 4,000
High Energy Cost Grants ................................................. 10,000 10,000 10,000
Water and Waste Disposal Grants .................................. 463,350 528,355 533,355
306A(i)(2) Grants ............................................................. 15,000 15,000 15,000
Total, Subsidies and Grants ................................... $621,567 $716,557 $721,557
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
[Dollars in thousands]
Administrative
Loan level Subsidy level expenses
2021 Appropriation ............................................................. $6,940,000 $2,277 $33,270
2022 Budget estimate ........................................................ 7,588,551 449,070 33,270
Provided in the bill ............................................................. 7,195,000 191,070 33,270
Comparison:
2021 Appropriation .. ................................................. +255,000 +188,793 –––
2022 Budget estimate ............................................... ¥393,551 ¥258,000 –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Pro-
gram Account, the Committee provides a loan level of
$7,195,000,000. In addition, the Committee provides $33,270,000
for administrative expenses.
Consumer Oriented Operating Loans.—Rural cooperative utili-
ties, which are owned by consumers have suffered severe energy
cost spikes due to winter storm Uri and other severe weather
events. The RUS is encouraged to offer financially feasible low in-
terest loans and other financial incentives to cooperatives (and
other non-profit electric utilities) to smooth the impact of severe
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ergy efficiency measures which would provide relief to rural con-
sumers as well as facilitate reductions in carbon pollution.
The following table reflects the loan levels for the Rural Elec-
trification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account:
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
enacted estimate provision
Loan Authorizations:
Electric:
Direct, FFB ............................................................................................... $5,500,000 ––– –––
Direct, Treasury ........................................................................................ ––– $6,500,000 $5,500,000
Guaranteed Underwriting ......................................................................... 750,000 ––– 750,000
Rural Energy Savings Program ................................................................ 107,300 398,551 255,000
Subtotal ........................................................................................... 6,357,300 6,898,551 6,505,000
Telecommunications:
Direct, Treasury Rate ............................................................................... 345,000 690,000 690,000
Direct, FFB ............................................................................................... 345,000 ––– –––
Total, Loan Authorizations .............................................................. $7,047,300 $7,588,551 $7,195,000
ESTIMATED LOAN SUBSIDY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LEVELS
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 enacted FY 2022 estimate Committee provision
Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans
Rural Electric Modifications .................................................. ––– $400,000 $150,000
Rural Energy Savings Program .............................................. $11,000 22,000 14,000
Telecommunications Direct, Treasury .................................... 2,277 2,070 2,070
Treasury Modifications ........................................................... ––– 25,000 25,000
Administrative Expenses ........................................................ 33,270 33,270 33,270
Total, Rural Electrification and Telecommunications .. 46,547 482,340 224,340
BROADBAND PROGRAM
[Dollars in thousands]
FY 2021 FY 2022 Committee
enacted estimate provision
Broadband Program:
Loan Authorization ................................................................................... $11,869 $11,869 $11,869
Loan Subsidy ............................................................................................ 2,000 1,772 1,772
Community Connect Grants ..................................................................... 35,000 35,000 35,000
Broadband ReConnect Loans and Grants ............................................... 531,000 650,000 786,605
Distance Learning and Telemedicine:
Grants ...................................................................................................... 60,000 60,000 60,000
Total, Loan Subsidy and Grants ..................................................... $628,000 $746,772 $883,377
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Broadband Program, the Committee provides an appro-
priation of $1,772,000 for a loan authorization level of $11,869,000.
The Committee specifies the following projects and amounts to be
funded in fiscal year 2022.
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Recipient Project Location Amount
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Northern Michigan University .......................................................................... Rural Broadband Expansion for Northern Michigan University ........................................................... MI $1,200,000
Goodhue County .............................................................................................. Goodhue County Broadband Expansion ................................................................................................ MN $3,210,000
Town of Ghent ................................................................................................. Upstate New York Broadband Expansion ............................................................................................. NY $829,594
County of El Paso ........................................................................................... Cotton Valley Broadband Expansion ..................................................................................................... TX $2,850,000
Niagara County ............................................................................................... Niagara-Orleans Broadband Expansion ................................................................................................ NY $3,877,500
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Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity ....................... Pembroke Township Broadband Expansion .......................................................................................... IL $3,000,000
Impact Corry .................................................................................................... Corry Area Tech Center and Hub .......................................................................................................... PA $500,000
Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications ................................................................ Plumas-Sierra Broadband Expansion ................................................................................................... CA $4,000,198
Frm 00076 City of Espanola .............................................................................................. Espanola Broadband Expansion ........................................................................................................... NM $879,506
Charles City County ........................................................................................ Charles City County Broadband Expansion .......................................................................................... VA $2,643,508
Town of Sandwich ........................................................................................... Sandwich Broadband Expansion .......................................................................................................... NH $1,650,000
Chelan County PUD ......................................................................................... Chelan County Broadband Expansion .................................................................................................. WA $1,286,390
Fmt 6659 County of Isle of Wight ................................................................................... Isle of Wight Broadband Expansion ..................................................................................................... VA $318,750
Brazos Valley Council of Governments ........................................................... Bremond Broadband Expansion ............................................................................................................ TX $1,500,000
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Herkimer County .............................................................................................. Herkimer County Broadband Expansion ............................................................................................... NY $500,000
Sfmt 6602 Village of Sherburne ....................................................................................... Village of Sherburne Broadband Expansion ......................................................................................... NY $212,022
Town of Westerlo ............................................................................................. Westerlo Broadband Expansion ............................................................................................................ NY $1,687,500
Garrett County ................................................................................................. Garrett County Broadband Expansion .................................................................................................. MD $883,574
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Broadband and Tribal Colleges and Universities.—The Com-
mittee encourages the Secretary of Agriculture to explore opportu-
nities to expand broadband for 1994 Institutions (as defined in Sec.
532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7
U.S.C. 301 note) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 901 et seq.). Stronger efforts are needed to support expan-
sion and maintenance of broadband connectivity, including, but not
limited to, equipment costs, maintenance of broadband systems,
broadband infrastructure expansion, and ongoing broadband oper-
ations expenses directly related to 1994 Institutions broadband sys-
tems.
Broadband Technologies.—he Committee awaits the report re-
quested in H. Rpt. 116–646 detailing the progress of the ReConnect
program, including technologies used and communities served.
Indian Country Broadband.—The Committee urges the USDA to
responsibly and efficiently take action to increase access to
broadband on rural Tribal lands and supports consultation with
federally recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Native villages and cor-
porations, and entities related to Hawaiian homelands.
Open Access.—The Committee recognizes the value of open ac-
cess broadband fiber infrastructure projects as well as the chal-
lenges these projects face in qualifying for federal funding and di-
rects the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to support finan-
cially-feasible open access infrastructure projects that meet its pro-
gram goals.
ReConnect Program.—The Committee provides an additional
$800,000,000 for the ReConnect program to increase access to
broadband connectivity in unserved and underserved rural commu-
nities, targeting areas of the country with the largest broadband
coverage gaps, including those with mountainous terrain.
ReConnect Awards.—The Committee recognizes the importance
of quickly closing the digital divide to economic development, espe-
cially in rural communities, and further recognizes how the
COVID–19 pandemic has exacerbated existing digital disparities
over the last year. Similarly, the Committee recognizes that the dif-
ficulties of operating in a pandemic can make the administration
of broadband projects more difficult due to disruptions in workforce
and supply chains. Therefore, the Committee encourages Rural De-
velopment to work to expeditiously disburse ReConnect funds once
grants and loans are awarded. Additionally, the Committee encour-
ages the Department to examine, and appropriately adjust and
lower the collateral requirements within ReConnect Loan Agree-
ments, Grant Agreements, or Loan/Grant Agreements to ensure
greater Program access.
ReConnect Service Areas.—RUS Telecommunications Program
funds should not be awarded in any areas, study areas or census
blocks where a recipient of FCC High-Cost USF support is already
subject to a buildout obligation of 25/3 Mbps or greater for fixed
terrestrial broadband, except that RUS Telecommunication Pro-
gram funds may be awarded in such areas to help finance construc-
tion of the network. This shall not apply in cases where the FCC
has not provided for final approval of an award of such funds.
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TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, AND
CONSUMER SERVICES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $809,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,327,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,327,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +518,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and
Consumer Services, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$1,327,000.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans.—The Committee acknowledges
the work of USDA in publishing the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines
for Americans (DGA). As work begins on the 2025–2030 DGA, the
Committee reminds the Department of the importance of a trans-
parent, deliberative process that is rigorous, objective, and de-
signed to avoid non-scientific notions of nutrition policy. The Com-
mittee looks forward to reviewing the analysis and findings in the
upcoming National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine report as required in Section 796 of P.L. 116–260.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans Implementation.—The Com-
mittee directs the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
(CNPP) to develop materials to educate consumers on how to use
the new Dietary Guidelines to inform their dietary choices, includ-
ing through developing and translating materials to other lan-
guages, and creating materials that represent a diversity of cul-
tural food preferences. The Committee encourages CNPP to work
with HHS to develop materials for comprehensive education cam-
paigns aimed at: 1) educating consumers on how to use the new Di-
etary Guidelines to inform their dietary choices, and 2) educating
health care professionals to enhance and align their dietary guid-
ance with the new Guidelines. The Committee recognizes this is
the first time that the guidelines included age-specific rec-
ommendations for children from birth to twenty-four months old
and encourages CNPP to engage key stakeholders such as pediatri-
cians, nurses, and dietitians.
Emergency Response.—The Committee directs the Secretary
within 180 days of enactment of this Act to report on improvements
needed to ensure that emergency feeding programs geared toward
natural disasters are also adequately prepared for pandemic re-
sponse. The report should include executive actions already able to
be taken, as well as recommendations for Congress on needed stat-
ute changes to target pandemic response more appropriately.
Local Food.—The Committee recognizes the growing demand for
locally and regionally produced food. The Committee encourages all
nutrition programs, to the extent feasible, to engage local agri-
culture producers to enhance small farmers and regional producers.
The Committee directs FNS to review its Child Nutrition Programs
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their commodity purchases are locally sourced and how to improve
procurement from local and small farmers.
Public Release of Information.—The Committee directs FNS to
continue making all policy documents related to the WIC program
(including, but not limited to, instructions, memoranda, guidance,
and questions and answers) available to the public on the Internet
within one week of their release to WIC state administrators.
School Meal Programs.—The Committee recognizes the wide-
reaching impacts COVID–19 has had on schools across the country
and appreciates USDA’s decision to extend several child nutrition
waivers through June 2022 to ensure all schools can reopen safely.
COVID–19 has also had severe consequences for school meal pro-
gram budgets. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, provided
financial assistance, but many schools still face meal program
losses for the 2020–2021 School Year. The Committee supports ad-
ditional assistance to help alleviate financial stress and to help
schools avoid cutting into their education budgets.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $25,118,440,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 26,887,922,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 26,892,922,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,774,482,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +5,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Child Nutrition Programs, the Committee provides
$26,892,922,000, which includes $35,000,000 for school meals
equipment grants, $45,000,000 for the Summer Electronic Benefits
Transfer (EBT) for Children Demonstration, $12,000,000 for Farm
to School grants and $20,004,000 for Team Nutrition.
Farm to School.—The Committee is interested in ensuring that
the Farm to School program becomes scalable and replicable across
states. Training states in maximizing the program is best managed
by states that have excelled in implementing the program. Multiple
regions of the country should act as locations for Farm to School
Institutes. In order to expand the current outreach efforts,
$1,000,000 of the Farm to School program will be directed toward
cooperative agreements to support at least four Farm to School In-
stitutes that represent the East, Midwest, West, and South regions
of the country for the creation and dissemination of information on
farm to school program development and to provide practitioner
education, training, ongoing school year coaching, and technical as-
sistance, for programs linking curriculum, local purchasing and
community connections.
Food Waste Education.—USDA’s nutrition programs reach nearly
one in four Americans every day, including approximately 30 mil-
lion children through school feeding programs. This reach provides
a significant opportunity to increase public awareness of food loss
and waste and ways to prevent it. The Committee encourages the
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as a priority for each of these programs, and incorporate food waste
prevention and reduction information into all nutrition education
materials geared toward teachers, students, and other program re-
cipients.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.—The Committee appreciates
the collaboration between USDA and the Department of Defense on
its Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, which is available in over
48 states/territories and serves more than 22,000 schools. The
Committee encourages DOD and USDA FNS to review current
practices to identify opportunities to increase food purchases from
small, medium, women and minority farmers within their respec-
tive states, and, within 180 days of enactment, report back on their
findings.
Local Food in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).—The
Committee is aware that school meals are a vital source of food and
nutrition for elementary and secondary students. The Committee
recognizes the NSLP could do more to support local economies and
businesses through increased participation with local producers
and encourages efforts to increase local food purchases for the
NSLP sourced from in-state or geographically local growers and
producers.
Meal Patterns.—The Committee supports efforts to provide chil-
dren with the most nutritious meals possible through the National
School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Over the last ten years, we
have seen schools make great strides in improving the nutritional
quality of meals served. As the Department considers further
changes to the current meal pattern standards, the Committee ac-
knowledges the need to be sensitive to financial viability, student
participation and stigmatization in the program. We urge the De-
partment to consider the impact of any new standards on schools’
ability to serve nutrient dense components, including those that are
dairy or meat protein based, as well to provide schools the nec-
essary flexibility to serve regional and culturally-inclusive meals
that also meet the wide variety of student dietary preferences.
Persistent poverty counties.—The Committee is aware that the
Administration has proposed to expand the Community Eligibility
Provision (CEP) and make it more financially viable for schools by
increasing the proportion of costs covered by the Federal govern-
ment to make CEP a cost-effective option for more schools. The
Committee is particularly concerned about CEP participation in
persistent poverty counties. The Committee encourages USDA to
explore what strategies might be adopted to address the unique
participation challenges faced by persistent poverty counties and
rural communities such as the border region colonias communities.
School Breakfast Expansion Grants.—The Committee remains
concerned that while participation in the School Breakfast Program
is increasing, many children who are eligible for the School Break-
fast Program are not participating. Therefore, the Committee pro-
vides $10,000,000 for grants for expansion of the School Breakfast
Program, of which $2,000,000 is dedicated to the U.S. territories.
Team Nutrition.—The Committee supports the promotion of nu-
tritional health of school children by establishing team nutrition
networks to promote physical fitness awareness and obesity pre-
vention programs, and to establish programs such as school gar-
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and technical assistance to help schools provide nutritious meals
that meet meal standards and continues to direct $1,000,000 to
support schools meet the sodium reduction targets.
Training for School Food Service Personnel.—The Committee rec-
ognizes the limitations of the professional standards set for school
food service personnel under the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of
2010. The Committee directs the Secretary to encourage training
programs carried out under Section 7(g)(2)(B) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 that are scheduled primarily during regular, paid
working hours. Whenever appropriate, such training shall be of-
fered in-person and incorporate hands-on training techniques.
Unpaid School Lunch Fees.—The Committee is concerned with
reports that some students with unpaid school lunch fees are treat-
ed unfairly and being publicly embarrassed. The Committee con-
tinues to direct the Secretary to issue recommended standards
schools may adopt to address the issue of shaming school children
for unpaid school lunch fees, including standards that protect chil-
dren from public embarrassment; that strongly encourage all com-
munications about unpaid school lunch fees be directed at the par-
ent or guardian, not the child; and that encourage schools to take
additional steps to work with families falling behind in their school
lunch fees.
Yogurt.—The Committee is aware that after soliciting Requests
for Information on the food crediting system for the school lunch
and breakfast programs, FNS decided to maintain the current cred-
iting standard for strained, high-protein yogurt. The Committee en-
courages the Secretary to continue evaluating how strained, high
protein yogurt is credited based on the best available science and
provide an update to the Committee.
The agreement provides the following for Child Nutrition Pro-
grams:
TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY
[Dollars in thousands]
School lunch program .................................................................................................................................... $14,665,855
School breakfast program .............................................................................................................................. 5,188,750
Child and adult care food program ............................................................................................................... 4,314,605
Summer food service program ....................................................................................................................... 581,074
Special milk program ..................................................................................................................................... 6,250
State administrative expenses ....................................................................................................................... 332,000
Commodity procurement ................................................................................................................................. 1,567,663
Team Nutrition ................................................................................................................................................ 20,004
Food safety education .................................................................................................................................... 3,048
Coordinated review ......................................................................................................................................... 10,000
Computer support and processing ................................................................................................................. 26,753
CACFP training and technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 41,498
Child Nutrition Program studies and evaluations ......................................................................................... 15,607
Child Nutrition payment accuracy ................................................................................................................. 11,656
Farm to school tactical team ........................................................................................................................ 6,159
School meals equipment grants .................................................................................................................... 35,000
Summer EBT demonstration ........................................................................................................................... 45,000
School breakfast expansion grants ................................................................................................................ 10,000
Farm to School grants ................................................................................................................................... 12,000
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS,
AND CHILDREN (WIC)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,000,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,000,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,000,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In-
fants, and Children, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$6,000,000,000. The Committee provides $90,000,000 for the
breastfeeding peer counselor program and $14,000,000 for infra-
structure, and $75,000,000 for management information systems.
After a decade of decline, the President’s budget request includes
a projection of an average monthly participation rate of 6.4 million
women, infants, and children for fiscal year 2022, an increase of
about 200,000 participants compared to the prior fiscal year. The
Committee provides funding that will ensure all eligible partici-
pants will be served and to increase the amounts of fruits and
vegetables in the WIC Food Package.
The Committee is steadfast in its commitment to fully fund WIC
and recognizes funding needs might change as the country con-
tinues to respond to and recovery from the COVID–19 pandemic.
The Committee will continue to monitor WIC participation trends,
carryover funds, and food costs and take additional action as nec-
essary.
Blood Lead Screening.—The Committee is concerned about re-
ports that have found child blood lead screening has declined dur-
ing the pandemic, in some states dropping by as much as 20% com-
pared to the previous year. The Committee encourages WIC to con-
tinue making referrals and do screenings for a blood lead test when
appropriate.
Breastfeeding Rates.—The Committee recognizes that after a dec-
ade of decline, WIC participation is anticipated to increase in FY
2022. As more women participate in the program, the Committee
recognizes there is an opportunity to have a substantial impact on
childhood obesity by creating a more effective focus on increasing
breastfeeding rates and is interested in better understanding the
impediments to increased breastfeeding rates in WIC recipients,
specifically impediments that may be unique to WIC as compared
to the general population. As noted in USDA’s WIC Participant and
Program Characteristics 2018 Report, 23.3 percent of infant WIC
participants were breastfed at 6 months of age compared with 57.6
percent of infants in the general U.S. population and compared
with the Nation’s Healthy People 2020 goal of 60.6 percent. The
Committee directs FNS to consider additional efforts to further pro-
mote breastfeeding to improve breastfeeding rates over the next 5
years. Within 90 days, the Committee requests a briefing on FNS’s
current breastfeeding strategies, impediments unique to the WIC
program, and possible solutions for improvement.
Maternal Mortality Data.—The Committee remains concerned
about maternal mortality and awaits the report detailed in H. Rpt.
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Outreach.—The committee is concerned that the 2019 Final Rule
(84 F.R. 41292) discouraged people from applying to WIC who oth-
erwise would have been eligible. That rule is no longer in effect and
the committee directs FNS to inform the Committee on how it
plans to spend the $390 million provided in the American Rescue
Plan, including specific outreach efforts to eligible individuals and
households.
WIC Food Package.—The Committee recognizes that up-to-date
food packages, comprised of a diversity of foods and reflective of
community preferences results in women and children consuming
healthy diets. The Committee understands that FNS has already
begun work to update the WIC food packages through a formal
rulemaking.
WIC Study.—The Committee directs FNS to publish state level
estimates of the percentage of pregnant women, infants, and chil-
dren under age five participating in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) but not in this program and the percentage of
pregnant women, infants, and children up to age five participating
in the Medicaid program (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) with income less
than the limit in section 17(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 but not in this program.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ................................................................. $114,035,578,000
2022 budget estimate ............................................................. 123,602,452,000
Provided in the bill ................................................................. 105,796,197,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation .......................................................... ¥8,239,381,000
2022 budget estimate ...................................................... ¥17,806,255,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Com-
mittee provides $105,796,197,000. The total amount includes
$3,000,000,000 for a contingency reserve to be used only in the
event and in the amount necessary. The Committee also includes
a such sums appropriation in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year,
as requested by the Administration, in case participation exceeds
expected levels or there is a disaster that cannot be managed
through use of the contingency funds.
Barriers to Accessing SNAP.—The Committee is concerned that
eight million more families have fallen into poverty since the start
of the pandemic, accelerating the poverty and hunger crisis in this
nation. The Committee also understands that longstanding inequi-
ties stemming from structural racism have exacerbated the impact
COVID–19 has had on the country and especially communities of
color. Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Black and
Latino adults are all two times more likely to report food insecurity
than white adults. The Committee directs the Secretary, within one
year of enactment, to report on factors contributing to inequitable
barriers of access to SNAP, such as the able-bodied adults without
dependents (ABAWD) requirement, limited in-language resources,
limited culturally responsive outreach standards, limited in-person
and call center availability, and other factors that produce inequi-
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College Hunger.—The Committee remains concerned that SNAP-
eligible students who are food-insecure lack proper information
about resources available to them. Under regular SNAP eligibility
requirements, students enrolled at least half time in an institution
of higher education are typically ineligible for SNAP benefits un-
less they meet certain specific exemptions. Public Law 116–260 in-
cluded provisions to temporarily expand SNAP eligibility to stu-
dents. The Committee continues to direct FNS to make information
available on its website regarding student SNAP eligibility require-
ments easier to understand and more accessible. The Committee
directs FNS to report back on the number of students who enrolled
in SNAP due to this increased flexibility and provide any lessons
learned.
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).—
The Committee supports FDPIR and the ability of tribal organiza-
tions to enter into 638 self-determination contracts for the procure-
ment of FDPIR foods. The Committee encourages FNS to ensure
the SNAP program does not limit tribes from accessing the addi-
tional benefits of FDPIR and requests that within 60 day of enact-
ment of this Act, FNS engage a dialogue with Congress on how to
integrate SNAP and FDPIR.
Military Food Insecurity.—The Committee recognizes that
COVID–19 exacerbated food insecurity for millions of people, in-
cluding members of the military. The Committee is also aware that
the Basic Allowance for Housing that members of the military re-
ceive is not excluded as income when calculating eligibility for
SNAP. The Committee supports a reevaluation and revision of this
policy to reduce the number of military members relying on food
banks and to ensure all members of the military have access to
healthy, nutritious food.
SNAP Online Pilot Program.—The Committee commends the ex-
pansion of online SNAP pilot program and encourages the Sec-
retary to ensure that these programs include adequate language
assistance and translation services for SNAP participants with lim-
ited English proficiency.
TEFAP Administration.—The Committee encourages FNS to
work with state and local agencies looking to use their administra-
tive funds to procure delivery services to reach unique, high-den-
sity, food insecure populations in urban and rural areas lacking
adequate transportation.
TEFAP Local Purchase.—The Committee is aware that TEFAP
distributors such as foodbanks, soup kitchens, and food pantries
have a natural bond with their local farmers. The Committee en-
courages FNS to explore innovative ways to procure food directly
from small and local farmers.
Territories.—The Committee recognizes the inadequacy and inef-
ficacy of the current Nutrition Assistance Program block grant
funding for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico, and American Samoa, which has had to be repeatedly
supplemented in response to natural disasters and the COVID–19
pandemic. The Committee encourages FNS to engage the appro-
priate stakeholders and directs FNS to provide the Committee with
updates on the separate plans and discussions to includes theses
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timates for including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in SNAP.
The agreement provides the following for SNAP:
TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY
[Dollars in thousands]
Benefits .......................................................................................................................................................... $93,243,036
Contingency reserve ....................................................................................................................................... 3,000,000
Administrative costs:
State administrative costs .................................................................................................................... 5,536,316
Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program ................................................................ 452,000
Employment and Training ..................................................................................................................... 635,829
Mandatory other program costs ............................................................................................................ 343,354
Discretionary other program costs ........................................................................................................ 3,998
Administrative subtotal .................................................................................................................................. 6,971,497
Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico (NAP) ................................................................................................... 2,070,349
American Samoa ............................................................................................................................................ 8,315
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations ....................................................................................... 126,000
TEFAP commodities ........................................................................................................................................ 337,000
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands .......................................................................................... 30,000
Community Food Projects ............................................................................................................................... 5,000
Program access .............................................................................................................................................. 5,000
Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................. 2,581,664
Total .............................................................................................................................................. $105,796,197
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $426,700,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 442,070,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 448,070,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +21,370,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +6,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
The Committee provides an appropriation of $448,070,000 for the
Commodity Assistance Program. The recommended funding level
for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program is $332,000,000.
The Committee recognizes the importance of the CSFP, which im-
proves the health of low-income elderly persons at least 60 years
of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious foods. The
amount provided fully funds expected caseload.
The Committee recommendation includes $30,000,000 for the
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, an increase of $9,000,000,
$85,000,000 for administrative funding for The Emergency Food
Assistance Program (TEFAP), an increase of $5,370,000, and main-
tains the 2021 level of $1,070,000 for the Food Donations Programs
for Pacific Island Assistance.
TEFAP and food boxes—The Committee believes that all federal
feeding programs must be accessible for those with culturally or re-
ligiously sensitive diets, including kosher and halal. The Com-
mittee urges the Secretary to seek input from Jewish and Muslim
community leaders on this issue. The Committee requests a report
within 120 days from the enactment of this Act on how to overcome
the challenges of incorporating kosher and halal food into TEFAP,
as well the amount of kosher and halal food purchased in the
Farmers to Families Food Box Program, as well as TEFAP during
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TEFAP Handling and Distribution Costs.—In addition to grant
funds supporting commodity handling and distribution costs, the
bill permits states to use up to 20 percent of the funds provided
for purchasing TEFAP commodities to help with the costs of stor-
ing, transporting, and distributing commodities. The Committee ex-
pects state agencies to consult with their emergency feeding organi-
zations on the need for the conversion of such funds.
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $156,805,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 191,533,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 191,533,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +34,728,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Nutrition Programs Administration, the Committee provides
$191,533,000.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $887,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,408,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 908,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +21,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥500,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Ag-
ricultural Affairs, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$908,000.
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $4,805,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 4,841,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 4,841,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +36,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Office of Codex Alimentarius, the Committee provides an
appropriation of $4,841,000.
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Transfer from export
Appropriation Total
loan account
2021 appropriation ................................................................... $221,835,000 $6,063,000 $227,898,000
2022 budget estimate .............................................................. 228,644,000 6,063,000 234,707,000
Provided in the bill ................................................................... 228,644,000 6,063,000 234,707,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation .......................................................... +6,809,000 ––– +6,809,000
2022 budget estimate ..................................................... ––– ––– –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Committee provides an
appropriation of $228,644,000 and a transfer of $6,063,000 for a
total appropriation of $234,707,000.
The Committee provides increases in funding of $1,198,000 for
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services,
$481,000 for Capital Security Cost Sharing, $1,800,000 for locally
employed staff, and $3,330,000 for pay and retirement contribu-
tions.
Farmer-to-Farmer.—Food insecure countries benefit from a diver-
sity of expertise in developing sustainable agricultural practices as
supported under Feed the Future, particularly curricula developed
by land-grant colleges and universities that support agricultural
extension services. The United States Agency for International De-
velopment-administered (USAID) Farmer to Farmer program can
play a key role in maximizing these efforts. Within 30 days of en-
actment, the Committee directs USDA to consult with USAID in an
effort to develop a deeper understanding of the operation of the
Farmer to Farmer program. Following consultations with USAID,
USDA shall provide the Committees an assessment of the benefits
of USDA collaborating with USAID to operate Farmer to Farmer
to help assure that the program is effective in meeting the goals
of the Global Food Security Act, Feed the Future, and the mission
of FAS. This assessment will provide beneficial information in the
reauthorization of Feed the Future and as a guidepost for discus-
sions during the next Farm Bill reauthorization.
International Agricultural Education Fellowship.—The Com-
mittee maintains the 2021 level for this program. The Committee
is interested in exploring how this program can support ongoing ef-
forts at FAS. Prior to issuing any future funding awards, the Com-
mittee continues to direct USDA to brief the Committees on how
the International Agricultural Education Fellowship program will
work in collaboration with programs administered by USDA,
USAID, and other relevant U.S. government agencies.
U.S., Central America, and Mexico Cooperation.—The Committee
directs FAS to work with its counterparts in Central America and
Mexico to improve the efficiency of the agricultural inspection proc-
ess and agricultural trade facilitation issues. FAS in partnership
with USDA technical agencies, U.S. land grant universities, and
USDA Cooperators can work effectively with counterparts in gov-
ernment agencies and regional agricultural institutions in Central
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effects such as drought and flood, and achieve improvements in
food security through capacity-building in climate-smart agricul-
tural technologies and practices, and fostering relevant scientific
exchanges. The Committee notes that last year’s House report di-
rected the Department to brief the Committees on these efforts.
The Committee looks forward to receiving this briefing.
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,740,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,570,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,740,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... –––
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +170,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Food for Peace Title II grants, the Committee provides
$1,740,000,000.
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD
NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $230,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 230,112,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 245,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +15,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. +14,888,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child
Nutrition Program Grants (‘‘McGovern-Dole’’), the Committee pro-
vides an appropriation of $245,000,000.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,381,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,063,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,063,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥318,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For administrative expenses of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion Export Loans Credit Guarantee Program Account, the Com-
mittee provides an appropriation of $6,063,000.
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TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
[Dollars in thousands]
Appropriation User fees Total, FDA S&E
2021 appropriation ................................................................... $3,201,928 $2,765,580 $5,967,508
2022 budget estimate .............................................................. 3,526,928 2,920,906 6,447,834
Provided in the bill ................................................................... 3,449,869 2,816,540 6,266,409
Comparison:
2021 appropriation .......................................................... +247,941 +50,960 +298,901
2022 budget estimate ..................................................... ¥77,059 ¥104,366 ¥181,425
The Committee provides an appropriation of $3,449,869,000 in
new budget authority for the FDA. In addition, the Committee rec-
ommends the following user fee amounts: $1,141,861,000—prescrip-
tion drugs; $241,431,000—medical devices; $527,848,000—human
generic drugs; $43,116,000—biosimilar biologicals; $33,836,000—
animal drugs; $23,137,000—animal generic drugs; and
$712,000,000—tobacco products.
The combination of new budget authority and definite user fees
provides the FDA with a total discretionary salaries and expenses
level of $6,173,098,000. This total does not include permanent, in-
definite user fees for: the Mammography Quality Standards Act;
Export Certification; Priority Review Vouchers for Pediatric Dis-
ease; Food and Feed Recall; Food Reinspection; Voluntary Qualified
Importer Program; Third-Party Auditor Program; Outsourcing Fa-
cilities; and Over-the-Counter Monograph.
The Committee recommendation includes a net increase of
$247,941,000, including increases for the following programs or ini-
tiatives: New Era of Smarter Food Safety; Maternal and Infant
Health and Nutrition; Emerging Chemical and Toxicology Issues in
Food; Advancing the Goal of Ending the Opioid Crisis; Device
Shortages and Supply Chain; Predictive Toxicology Roadmap; Drug
Safety Surveillance and Oversight; CVM Medical Product Supply
Chain; Data Modernization and Enhanced Technologies; Inspec-
tions; Capacity Building Efforts; and the Office of Minority Health
and Health Equity.
The Committee recommendation includes the full requested level
for pay costs.
The Committee recommendation includes $3,000,000 for an edu-
cational campaign for consumers surrounding menu labeling and
the updated Nutrition Facts panel.
The Committee recommendation does not include proposed user
fees that are not authorized.
510(k) Guidance.—The Committee expresses concern that FDA’s
510(k) guidance has not been updated since 2005. The Committee
requests that FDA update this guidance including with the rec-
ommendations that ingredients, including fragrance, for menstrual
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for common contaminants such as phthalates, VOCs, pesticide resi-
dues, and dioxins and that steps should be taken to eliminate
sources of contamination when found; and to implement testing to
assess the impact of product use on the vaginal/vulvar microbiome.
Access to Compounded Hormones.—As the FDA reviews rec-
ommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer-
ing, and Medicine’s report on the Clinical Utility of Compounded
Hormones, the Committee urges FDA to engage with compounders
and other stakeholders to help ensure access to compounded drugs
for patients who need them.
Actions on Menthol Flavors.—The Committee notes FDA’s recent
announcements on its plan to issue product standards related to
menthol in cigarettes and characterizing flavors in cigars. The
Committee will be closely monitoring FDA’s rulemaking efforts and
expects to be kept apprised of updates.
Adulterated Pet Food.—The Committee is aware there is no re-
quirement that animal food, including pet food, have pre-market
approval by the FDA, leaving the Comprehensive Animal Food
Compliance Program as the ultimate line of defense between be-
loved pets, food-producing animals and the food they consume. The
continuing number of animal illnesses due to adulterated animal
food calls for urgent and immediate action by implementing the
Comprehensive Animal Food Compliance Program.
Adverse Drug Events.—As underrepresentation of women and mi-
norities continues in clinical trials, the pharmacogenomic impact
risks among such populations will continue to be less well under-
stood. The Committee recognizes adverse drug events and related
health disparities can be reduced when pharmacogenomic data is
monitored, reported, and included in product labels. The Com-
mittee urges FDA to increase examinations of past drug approvals
and related pharmacogenomic safety issues and to carry out any
other activities related to pharmacogenomic data that would ad-
dress reducing adverse drug events and related health disparities.
Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials.—The Committee recognizes the need
to advance innovative clinical trials designs to increase diversity in
clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. The Committee notes that
due to lack of diversity in clinical trials, those at the greatest risk
may not be as well served by new treatments. The Committee en-
courages FDA to increase efforts to make Alzheimer’s clinical trials
more inclusive, innovative, and conduct necessary outreach to
underrepresented populations.
Alternative Testing.—As expressed in H. Rpt. 116–446, the Com-
mittee is encouraged by the FDA’s efforts to reduce testing on dogs
and other animals. The Committee commends the agency for the
formation of its Alternative Methods Working Group to foster the
advancement and regulatory acceptance of new research tech-
nologies that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the de-
velopment of drugs and other FDA-regulated products and reduce
and replace testing on dogs and other animals. A number of these
initiatives were outlined in the January 2021 FDA report ‘Advanc-
ing New Alternative Methodologies at FDA’. However, the Com-
mittee is concerned about a lack of performance goals and metrics
to measure FDA’s progress in this area, as outlined in the 2019
GAO report entitled ‘Animal Use in Research: Federal Agencies
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Alternatives’. The Committee directs the FDA to deliver a report
on FDA’s acceptance of alternatives to animal tests for regulatory
purposes. The report shall include the following: (1) a review of ex-
isting laws, policies and regulations allowing FDA acceptance of
non-animal test data; (2) a review of non-animal test methods that
the FDA has allowed to be used in place of animal tests for regu-
latory purposes; (3) a review of existing performance goals and
metrics used by FDA to monitor progress and measure the success
of its efforts to accept alternative tests methods and reduce animal
use; and (4) recommendations to improve objective assessment of
the impact of FDA programs to reduce animal use and advance al-
ternative methods in the future. The Committee directs FDA to de-
liver a report to the Committees within one year of enactment of
this Act.
Animal Drug Compounding.—The Committee wants to ensure
that GFI #256 on animal drug compounding, which FDA issued on
November 20, 2019, does not create the same issues that resulted
in withdrawal of the previous draft guidance, GFI #230. The Com-
mittee expects that any finalized guidance on compounding for ani-
mal health will preserve treatment options available to veterinar-
ians, will reflect public input, and will recognize the need for com-
pounded medications by pet owners, animal shelters, zoos and
other stakeholders. In addition, the Committee directs FDA to con-
duct outreach to the veterinary community to explain the applica-
tion of GFI #256 and how veterinarians will continue to be able to
access safe and effective locally-compounded animal drugs.
Animal Food Ingredients.—Animal food ingredients are reviewed
and approved by CVM, which is responsible for ensuring the safety
of ingredients as they enter the marketplace to be consumed by ei-
ther livestock or pets. The Committee is concerned about the time
associated with the ingredient review and approval process, and
uniform acceptance of animal food ingredients by the delegated au-
thorities. The Committee is also concerned that the Center for Vet-
erinary Medicine Policy and Procedures Manual Guide 1240.3605
has not been updated since 1998 and has not kept pace with
science, prohibiting manufacturers of animal food ingredients from
making certain marketing claims about the product’s use because
the Guide’s outdated policy interpretation classifies the claim to be
associated with an animal drug. The Committee directs the agency
to review the Policy and Procedures Manual Guide 1240.3605 for
solutions on how ingredient claims for animal production, animal
well-being, food safety and the environment can be regulated as
animal food.
Artificial Intelligence Assessments.—To better understand the
role artificial intelligence can play in hardening supply chain logis-
tics, FDA is directed to assess whether artificial intelligence tech-
niques could be used effectively to help inform and identify new
supply chain logistics strategies, better predict medical supply
chain challenges, identify novel and non-traditional supply chain
participants, and more accurately predict shortages, bottlenecks
and supply chain choke points. FDA is directed to report on the
status of this assessment within one year of the enactment of this
Act.
Automated Compounding.—The Committee encourages FDA to
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incentivize the use of automation technology to enhance safety, im-
prove accuracy, and facilitate compliance in drug compounding.
Biosimilars and Complex Generics.—The Committee directs FDA
to enhance its efforts to facilitate the development and approval of
biosimilar and interchangeable products and complex generics. The
Committee recognizes FDA’s efforts to develop recommendations to
assist sponsors in demonstrating that proposed interchangeable
products, including interchangeable insulins, meet the require-
ments for licensure and to help promote generic competition for
complex drugs, including through providing recommendations on
how to generate evidence needed to support approval for these
products. However, there are still drugs on the market that are no
longer protected by patents or exclusivities and that continue to
lack generic competition. The Committee notes that funding has
been provided in prior years to accelerate safe and effective lower
cost drugs and the Committee continues to support FDA’s efforts
in advancing these regulatory processes.
Blood Donor Procedures.—The Committee continues to recognize
the need for scientifically sound, evidence-based policy relative to
FDA blood donor guidelines. The committee urges FDA to complete
its ongoing review of relevant recommendations for deferral and re-
port to Congress no later than 180 days after enactment of its up-
dated guidance.
Boric Acid.—The Committee directs FDA to provide a briefing on
the regulation of advertising and sales of boric acid suppositories.
Botanical Dietary Supplements Quality and Safety.—The Com-
mittee encourages the continued work between the National Center
for Natural Products Research and the FDA to conduct research on
biological and chemical properties of plants used in dietary supple-
ments, in order to ensure the quality and safety of these products.
This collaborative effort helps develop the science base for ensuring
the authenticity, quality and safety of botanicals sold as dietary
supplements in the U.S.
Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Trials and Combination Treat-
ments.—The Committee commends FDA for its continued efforts to
accelerate the review and approval of cell and gene therapies for
cancer, which have provided hope for many patients when more
traditional treatments have failed. Research suggests that thera-
pies that combine cellular products and other cancer drugs may
prove more effective for some patients, including those who do not
benefit from single-drug treatments. These combination treatments
increase the complexity of trial design, especially regarding treat-
ment sequencing and the number of treatment arms per trial.
Therefore, the Committee urges FDA to work with and provide
guidance to industry and the broader research community on how
to standardize clinical trial designs for cellular therapy treatments
combined with other cancer therapies. This will allow sponsors to
streamline trial designs, while still ensuring adequate safety and
maximizing efficacy for patients.
Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).—FDA is encouraged to
meet periodically with Congress to provide updates on the inves-
tigation it is undertaking regarding DCM. The update shall in-
clude: the scientific work completed at the agency and any ongoing
work, including information about pending and planned collabo-
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ers, the veterinary cardiology community, and other stakeholders
and the timing and nature of any future public reporting.
Cannabidiol Enforcement.—The Committee expects further
progress on regulatory pathways for cannabis-derived products that
contain cannabidiol. Additionally, the Committee maintains at
least the fiscal year 2021 funding level for cannabidiol related over-
sight and enforcement.
Canned Tuna.—The Committee remains concerned that FDA has
not revised the standard of identity for canned tuna to adopt the
drained weight fill of container standard despite having received
two citizens petitions, as far back as 1994. FDA is directed to pro-
mulgate proposed regulations revising the standard of identity for
canned tuna consistent with the drained weight standard adopted
for canned tuna by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists canned tuna, FDA shall,
to the extent consistent with applicable regulations, continue to ap-
prove in a timely manner temporary marketing permits that adopt
the drained weight method consistent with international standards
and to approve in a timely manner updates to product labeling
under existing temporary marketing permits.
Closer to Zero.—The Committee is concerned that lead, arsenic,
cadmium, and mercury are often present in dangerous quantities
in foods intended for consumption by infants and toddlers. Con-
sumption of these toxic heavy metals, even in extremely small
quantities, can impact a child’s neurological development with life-
long implications. The Committee provides $12,900,000 for the
FDA’s Closer to Zero program to begin expeditious development of
action levels and provide guidance on best practices for reducing
and eliminating toxic heavy metals in infant and toddler foods. The
Department shall brief the Appropriations Committee on these ef-
forts within 120 days of enactment of this Act.
Continuous Manufacturing.—The Committee encourages FDA to
support development and implementation of continuous manufac-
turing technologies for the domestic, commercial production of ac-
tive pharmaceutical ingredients.
Contraceptives.—The Committee requests FDA update its Birth
Control Chart and website to reflect new products that have en-
tered the market since 2011 that do not fall under any of the exist-
ing methods of contraceptives.
COVID–19 Impacts on Clinical Trials.—The Committee is con-
cerned that the COVID–19 public health emergency prevented cer-
tain drugs from coming to market by delaying or permanently can-
celling clinical trials. The Committee directs FDA to submit to the
Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a re-
port on the impact of COVID–19 on clinical trials, particularly for
specialty drugs being developed to combat rare diseases, and in-
clude suggestions for facilitating the advancement of such studies.
Dairy Standard of Identity.—The Committee is pleased that the
FDA has begun a deliberative process to review how it will enforce
the standards of identity for dairy products as described in 21 Code
of Federal Regulations parts 131, 133, and 135. The Committee
continues to hear concerns with the labeling of certain foods and
beverages as dairy products when the products are plant-based
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the FDA to continue its work toward ultimately enforcing stand-
ards of identity for dairy products.
Dietary Supplements.—The Committee is concerned with the lack
of robust regulation of dietary supplements, some of which cause
an estimated 23,000 emergency room visits per year that include
life-threatening illnesses and deaths, and encourages the FDA to
issue regulations requiring mandatory product listing and registra-
tion to create transparency in the supply chain.
Diversity in Clinical Trials.—The Committee commends FDA for
its recent guidance supporting increasing the number of women
and minorities in clinical trials to represent their unique health
needs, gather safety and efficacy information to inform proper
product labeling, and prevent adverse drug events (ADEs), which
are twice as high for women. However, incremental changes to ad-
dress this problem have taken decades and are contributing to con-
tinued safety and efficacy issues for non-white populations. The
Committee supports broadening eligibility criteria, avoiding unnec-
essary exclusions from clinical trials, and improving recruitment,
clinical trial designs and data reporting to reflect the U.S. popu-
lation and including pregnant and lactating individuals. The FDA
shall provide a report to the Committee within one year of enact-
ment of this Act addressing participation barriers, such as travel
costs, timing for trial appointments, appointment locations, the use
of online clinical care and other factors that often exclude diverse
populations, and reporting data for drug and biological product la-
beling that can guide safe use of the product in certain populations.
Drug Compounding and Final MOU.—The Committee recognizes
the FDA recently finalized the MOU for pharmacy compounding.
The Committee requests that FDA engage further with stake-
holders to address concerns and to ensure that all or nearly all
states can sign this important document.
Drug Compounding Pharmacist on Pharmacy Compounding Ad-
visory Committee (PCAC).—The Committee recognizes that the
PCAC established under the Drug Quality and Security Act
(DQSA) needs to adequately represent the interests and needs of
providers and patients who use and depend on compounded medi-
cations. Compounding is often practiced in community settings. It
is therefore vital that voting members of PCAC have a thorough
understanding of compounding in a community setting in order to
appropriately advise FDA. The Committee encourages FDA to ap-
point qualified voting members with recent, actual, and diverse ex-
perience in the preparation, prescribing, and use of compounded
medications.
DQSA Implementation.—The Committee is aware of concerns
about FDA’s implementation of the DQSA as it relates to USP die-
tary supplement monographs.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.—In order to increase study
power and minimize time on placebo in clinical trials longer than
one year for potential Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy therapies, the
Committee urges FDA to convene a multi-stakeholder meeting to
evaluate the use of external controls. The Committee also encour-
ages FDA to explore the use of external control arms in novel trial
designs.
In addition, the Committee is aware of the 2018 Guidance on de-
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dystrophinopathies. Given the potential that gene therapies may
hold to treat these devastating diseases, the Committee urges FDA
to consider whether the 2018 Guidance should be modified to re-
flect these developments. Any such effort should involve the rel-
evant experts at both CBER and CDER.
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Products.—The
Committee is concerned that nearly 20 percent of high school stu-
dents used e-cigarettes in 2020 and urges the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration to use its full authority under the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to address this serious public
health problem. As the FDA conducts premarket reviews of e-ciga-
rettes and other deemed tobacco products for which manufacturers
were required to submit applications by September 9, 2020, the
Committee urges the agency to give careful consideration to the
risk of youth initiation of nicotine or tobacco posed by any product
under consideration. In addition, the Committee is pleased with
FDA’s recent action to post a list of products for which a premarket
application was submitted via the premarket tobacco authorization
pathway by September 9, 2020 and whose manufacturers have in-
dicated were on the U.S. market as of August 8, 2016, and are cur-
rently marketed. This is an important action for increasing trans-
parency and strengthening enforcement capabilities.
Emerging Technologies Program.—The Committee commends the
FDA for assessing the barriers that have slowed the adoption of
novel manufacturing technologies by commissioning a report by the
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The
Committee encourages FDA to continue to reduce regulatory bar-
riers by considering innovative technology outside individual prod-
uct submissions and expanding the scope of the current Emerging
Technologies Program.
Ethylene Oxide.—The Committee is aware that FDA has worked
with stakeholders to create master files to facilitate reduction or
elimination of the use of ethylene oxide to sterilize medical devices.
The Committee urges the agency to increase efforts to make stake-
holders aware of the existence and benefits of these master files
and alternative sterilization methods.
Expiration Date for Cosmetics.—The Committee remains con-
cerned over the importance of ensuring the safety of cosmetics and
reminds the FDA of its commitment to work with stakeholders and
Congress to modernize the regulatory framework for cosmetics. The
Committee also reminds the FDA of the requirement in P.L. 116–
94 for it to report to the Committee on a path to establishing Good
Manufacturing Practices for cosmetics, as a way to further ensure
cosmetic safety.
Food Additives.—The Commissioner should provide a report
within one year of enactment on options to systematically reassess
the safety of food additives and Generally Recognized as Safe sub-
stances including how to 1) set priorities for review; 2) obtain the
information on use; and 3) update its safety assessment methods
to more effectively utilize modern scientific tools to evaluate the
toxicity of and exposure to substances added to foods. The report
should include resource needs including staffing dedicated exclu-
sively to performing reassessment.
Foreign Unannounced Inspections Pilots.—The Committee con-
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nounced, are one of FDA’s most important tools to ensure drug
safety and quality. While COVID–19 has understandably delayed
many routine inspections abroad, the Committee is concerned that
FDA may not prioritize physical inspections as highly as other reg-
ulatory review methods. The Committee maintains its strong sup-
port of FDA’s past effort to create a pilot program in India to in-
crease short notice and unannounced inspections and continues to
direct FDA to restart this pilot and establish an additional pilot in
China. The Committee provides an additional $5,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2021 level to continue implementing these pilots.
Food Traceability.—The Committee provides an increase of
$9,500,000 to facilitate traceability and enhance outbreak response
to prevent further illnesses. The Committee is encouraged by the
work FDA has done in developing a blueprint to outline strategies
to develop a wide-scale traceability system that helps companies
and government agencies more rapidly trace foods implicated in
disease outbreaks and subject to recall through their New Era of
Smarter Food Safety Initiative.
Foreign High-Risk Inspection.—The Committee maintains fund-
ing for the evaluation of foreign high-risk sites to allow FDA to
continue efforts to develop and utilize a targeted, risk-based, and
efficient inspection model that incorporates commercially available
information, including onsite facility verification, about all foreign
establishments for the purpose of regulatory compliance and sur-
veillance of manufacturing quality management practices. FDA is
directed to provide the Committees with an update on these efforts,
including estimated efficiencies and concerns and plans to continue
or expand this effort in the future. In addition, the funding can be
used to support the Centers’ ongoing efforts to improve the sci-
entific evaluation of manufacturing for risk-based surveillance. The
Committee expects this effort to provide FDA with data-driven
models that will help it target its overseas inspection activities in
a global economy.
Front of Package Labeling.—The Committee is concerned with
elevated rates of diet-related disease and encourages the FDA to
explore issuing regulations requiring mandatory labeling to appear
on the front of package for food products, allowing consumers to
quickly assess the healthfulness of foods.
FSMA Partnerships.—The Committee encourages FDA to work
in partnership with existing government food safety programs and
industry to share and coordinate information and data with indus-
try partners and state and local government entities to better co-
ordinate before, during, and after outbreaks occur.
Gluten.—The Committee is aware that celiac disease is a serious,
genetic autoimmune disorder, affecting nearly 3 million Americans,
in which ingesting gluten causes damage to the villi of the small
intestine. The only treatment is the total elimination of gluten con-
taining products. In 2017, FDA issued Draft Guidance encouraging
drug manufacturers to disclose the presence of gluten. While some
manufacturers have taken this step, it has not been implemented
consistently. This may lead consumers to face continued uncer-
tainty about whether their medicine will do more harm than good.
The Committee continues to encourage FDA to consider docket
comments received from stakeholders, including consumers, and to
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Hand Sanitizer Safety.—The Committee is concerned that the
FDA has not issued communication on the risks of refillable hand
sanitizer dispensers. The Committee directs FDA to consider guid-
ance or other communication to stakeholders on the risks and re-
quirements of using open refillable dispensers for hand sanitizers,
which may result in adulterated and mislabeled products.
Harmonizing International Pharmaceutical Quality Standards.—
The Committee supports efforts of the FDA to facilitate the inter-
national harmonization of drug quality standards and collaborate
with trusted regulators to improve the quality of pharmaceuticals
worldwide. The Committee requests within 180 days of the enact-
ment of this Act a report on FDA’s efforts to collaborate with inter-
national regulators and other important stakeholders to advance
international quality standards.
Homeopathic Draft Guidance.—The Committee urges FDA to
consider the views of commenters, including patients, proponents of
homeopathy, and other stakeholders, in its approach to finalizing
its revised draft guidance entitled ‘‘Drug Products Labeled as Ho-
meopathic Guidance for FDA Staff and Industry.’’
Import Alerts.—The fiscal year 2021 Act required FDA to develop
a plan to identify, detain, and refuse FDA-regulated products when
FDA investigators were not allowed immediate physical access to
registered establishments. The Committee continues to direct that
for any foreign registered establishment that refuses physical ac-
cess to the establishment or its records to determine compliance,
the FDA may place the foreign establishment on import alert and
the alert would focus on all products from this establishment.
Infant Formula.—The Committee expresses concern with retail-
ers who keep infant formula on the shelves past their ‘‘Use By’’
date. The Committee encourages FDA to continue its efforts to in-
form retailers of the health risks for infants who consume infant
formula past its ‘‘Use By’’ date.
Inspections at Land Ports of Entry.—A record volume of FDA-reg-
ulated commodities are being introduced for import inspection at
the U.S.-Mexico border. The Committee is concerned that this is
outpacing the Administration’s processing operations resources at
Land Ports of Entry, and has resulted in increased cargo backlogs
or otherwise compromised the Administration’s ability to detect
and seize violative products. In order to improve and streamline
the inspection process and expedite the release of compliant prod-
ucts, the Committee directs FDA to support increased import oper-
ations at Land Ports of Entry, near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Inspections Data. —The Committee appreciates FDAs adherence
to Section 902 of the FDA Reauthorization Act which requires an
annual report on inspections. Given that Congress has directed the
agency to expedite the review of certain drugs that are life-sup-
porting, life sustaining, or intended for use in the prevention or
treatment of a debilitating disease or condition (described in
506C(a) of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act), and that are in short-
age or reasonably likely to be in shortage, the Committee requests
that FDA provide a separate table in the existing Section 902 re-
port on the median times described in Section 902 for generic appli-
cations for such products that underwent expedited review.
Listeria.—The Committee emphasizes reducing incidence of
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that coordinated and targeted resources are required to appro-
priately assess and combat the public health risks of foodborne
pathogens. The Committee is aware that FDA is in the process of
finalizing industry guidance regarding Listeria monocytogenes
(Lm) in foods under their jurisdiction. Reducing incidence of
listeriosis is indeed an important public health goal and the Com-
mittee supports efforts to accomplish this objective. Accordingly,
the Committee urges FDA to apply a risk-based approach and di-
rect its regulatory efforts toward high risk ready-to-eat (RTE)
foods, those which support the growth of Lm. Additionally, the
Committee urges FDA to utilize current scientific knowledge re-
garding the public health impact of foods that do not support
growth of Lm to inform compliance policies. Recently published sci-
entific research from food safety and public health experts rec-
ommends a regulatory action level of Lm for these low-risk foods
to encourage industry to adopt quantitative Lm testing schemes
and facilitate robust environmental monitoring programs, and ulti-
mately result in significant reductions in disease incidence. Policies
reflecting these developments align with other national regulatory
standards and restore a level playing field for U.S. food processors
in the global marketplace. Further, the Committee calls on FDA to
define not-ready-to-eat foods in its guidance in a manner that
aligns with the approach of FSIS and to ensure that this guidance
is protective of public health, science-based and practical.
Lupus.—The Committee is aware of barriers that have long af-
fected the development of therapeutics for lupus, a disease that pri-
marily targets women and disproportionately impacts African
Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The
Committee is pleased that FDA participated in an externally-led,
patient-focused drug development meeting with the lupus commu-
nity and identified some of these barriers and that potential treat-
ments are now in clinical trials. The Committee urges FDA to expe-
dite its ongoing work with the lupus community to develop solu-
tions to identified barriers that will accelerate development of new
therapies.
Naloxone Expanded Access.—The Committee supports FDA’s ef-
forts to expand naloxone access for individuals with opioid use dis-
order. The Committee is concerned about increasing numbers of
opioid overdose deaths for pregnant and postpartum individuals.
As FDA continues to carry out initiatives to expand access to
naloxone, the Committee encourages FDA to consider opportunities
to focus specifically on naloxone availability and accessibility for
pregnant and postpartum individuals with opioid use disorder. The
Committee encourages FDA to collaborate with the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and relevant
stakeholders on outreach and education initiatives to address ma-
ternal opioid use disorder.
Nephrotic Syndrome.—The Committee recognizes the collabora-
tion by FDA in continuing to support key clinical trials for patients
with nephrotic syndrome. The Committee encourages FDA to con-
tinue collaborating with stakeholders on therapy access to ensure
the viability of trials.
Net Weights.—The Committee encourages FDA to continue devot-
ing appropriate efforts to address suspected economic integrity
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seafood. The Committee believes ‘‘short-weighted’’ labeled products
are violating FDA laws and that, despite industry reporting such
examples, FDA has not prioritized enforcement. The Committee re-
quests an update from FDA on its efforts to enforce net weight re-
quirements with respect to seafood products.
Non-animal Approaches.—The Committee strongly supports ac-
tivities to advance the assessment of nonanimal approaches for
qualification within the Innovative Science and Technology Ap-
proaches for New Drugs (ISTAND) pilot program. The Committee
is pleased that ISTAND provides a pathway for regulatory accept-
ance of innovative nonanimal methods that may better protect pub-
lic health, improve the safety and efficacy of drug development, and
reduce animal testing.
Non-Human Primates.—The Committee continues to encourage
the FDA to reduce primate testing, prioritize alternative research
methods to relocate primates to sanctuaries and requests that a
progress report be included in the FDA’s fiscal year 2023 budget
justification.
Nutrient Value of Fish During Pregnancy.—In light of the direc-
tive included in section 773 of Division B of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2019, FDA is directed to perform appropriately
designed studies, including pregnant and postpartum women as
subjects, to inform its efforts to encourage fish consumption in
pregnancy. The studies will be conducted, provided to Congress,
and posted on FDA’s website. The Committee is interested to un-
derstand consumer knowledge of seafood consumption benefits and
to demonstrate they are able to adapt FDA guidance into dietary
patterns during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Office Use Compounding.—The Committee continues to hear con-
cerns that FDA has implemented and enforced the DQSA through
guidance for industry documents rather than through the notice
and comment rulemaking procedure called for by the underlying
statute and the Administrative Procedures Act.
Olive Oil Standards of Identity.—The Committee is aware that
the United States continues to be an important producer of olive
oils and one of the largest olive oil markets globally. Accordingly,
the Committee believes that the establishment of a uniform set of
standards would better protect and inform consumers, and directs
the FDA to continue to explore a Standard of Identity for different
grades of olive oil as required in H. Rpt. 116–446 and provide an
updated report to the Committees no later than December 31,
2021.
On-Dose Tracking.—The Committee directs FDA to hold, not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, a
public meeting on anti-counterfeiting technologies, including track
and trace technologies at the package or dosage level, to learn how
these technologies can help with securing the U.S. pharmaceutical
supply chain, help reduce domestic illegal distribution of prescrip-
tion drugs, including opioids, help reduce the distribution of coun-
terfeit drugs, and help understand the costs related to the imple-
mentation of the technologies and relevant implementation strate-
gies.
Opioid Abuse.—The Committee continues to be pleased that,
with the Opioids Action Plan, Opioid Policy Steering Committee,
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help stem the tide of abuse. The use of opioids as first-line thera-
pies for any form of pain has led to over-prescribing, and the CDC
has made clear that clinicians should consider opioid therapy only
if expected benefits for both pain and function are anticipated to
outweigh the risks to the patient. The Committee hopes that FDA
will continue to support the development of alternative and non-ad-
dictive alternatives to opioid analgesics and, when opioids are
medically necessary, will continue to incentivize development and
use of abuse-deterrent formulations. The Committee notes that
every patient’s treatment regimen should be tailored by his or her
doctor to his or her unique needs. The federal government, there-
fore, should promote the full suite of available treatment options,
including abstinence-based models and non-opioid medications. Fi-
nally, the Committee continues to be supportive of naloxone dis-
tribution among trained, licensed health care professionals and
emergency responders. When considering the appropriateness of
providing naloxone over the counter, the Committee urges the FDA
to ensure that the administration of naloxone serves as a point of
intervention to spur an honest conversation between the patient
and his doctor about addiction and treatment.
In addition, the Committee is pleased that the FDA took action
to address increasing rates of opioid overdose deaths by issuing a
Drug Safety Communication focused on opioids in July 2020. The
Committee requests a briefing from the FDA on the implementa-
tion of the required opioid labeling change to prescribing informa-
tion and patient medication guides, as well as what efforts FDA is
making to ensure healthcare prescribers are aware of the rec-
ommendation to discuss the co-prescription of naloxone alongside
opioid prescription.
Orphan Products Grants Program (OPGP).—The Committee in-
cludes an additional $5,000,000 for the Orphan Products Grants
Program at FDA. The Committee notes that this program can fund
ALS clinical trials and invest in regulatory science to speed the ap-
proval of ALS treatments. The Committee encourages FDA to in-
crease the number of ALS clinical trials to help expedite treatment
developments, foster innovative trial designs that complement and
speed the FDA regulatory processes, and enable natural history
studies to more quickly understand ALS progression and pathology.
In addition, the Committee directs FDA to increase engagement be-
tween government agencies, such as FDA and NIH, and other enti-
ties such as academic institutions and industry with respect to ALS
and other neurodegenerative diseases.
OTC Acetaminophen Dosing Information for Children.—The
Committee continues to be concerned that the lack of dosing infor-
mation for children ages six months to two years may lead to dos-
ing errors, adverse events, and inadequate treatment of fever and
pain. The FDA is urged to provide to the Committee not later than
30 days after the enactment of this Act an update on the timing
of amending the monograph label for acetaminophen to include
weight-based dosing instructions for children ages six months to
two years.
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids.—The Committee is concerned
that while the FDA was statutorily required to release draft regu-
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FDA has not done so. The Committee urges the Commissioner to
work expeditiously to release the draft regulations.
Outreach to Small Farmers.—The Committee expects CFSAN to
provide funding for critical outreach and training services at not
less than the level specified in the Fiscal Year 2021 agreement.
Oversight of Drug Manufacturing Facilities.—The Committee is
concerned by gaps in FDA’s information about certain foreign man-
ufacturing facilities. The Committee directs FDA to report on the
feasibility of implementing policies that require all drug manufac-
turing facilities to list all active pharmaceutical ingredients and
drug products intended for the U.S. market whether or not directly
imported or offered for import, improving the maturity of its qual-
ity management practices, and applying a letter grading system for
drug manufacturing facilities.
Pancreatitis Guidance Document.—The Committee notes the im-
portant ongoing work to ensure safe and effective therapies become
available for patients impacted by pancreatitis. The Committee
urges FDA to build on recent community engagement efforts, in-
cluding the externally-led Patient-Focused Drug Development
meeting on this topic by continuing engagement with stakeholders
in this area with the aim of developing and releasing Guidance for
Industry in this area to stimulate additional activity and further
guide ongoing efforts.
Pediatric Cancer International Collaboration.—The Committee
encourages the FDA to engage more formally and extensively with
international entities to promote greater collaboration between the
U.S. and international partners around pediatric cancer drug devel-
opment.
Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).—The Committee is
aware of and encourages the FDA to participate in ongoing efforts
within the IBD community to streamline the development and ap-
proval of new pediatric IBD therapies and expand the indications
for therapies approved to treat IBD in adults to children, particu-
larly through innovative trial designs that minimize the burden to
pediatric patients and their caregivers and through the use of real-
world evidence to support regulatory decision-making.
Perfusion Technologies and Organ Transplant.—The Committee
is aware that advances in perfusion technologies have been critical
to improving the viability of organs for transplantation. The Com-
mittee encourages CDRH to ensure that its workforce maintains a
strong expertise in these technologies and their importance to im-
provements in organ transplantation and treats the review of de-
vice applications in this area as a priority.
PFAS in Cosmetics.—The Committee remains concerned over the
effects of toxic chemicals used in cosmetics, including per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have been linked to serious
health problems. To promote safety, the Committee encourages
FDA to examine the health effects of PFAS chemicals and evaluate
efforts to phase out their use in cosmetic and personal care prod-
ucts.
PFAS in Food.—FDA should continue its work to investigate
PFAS in our national diet and in food packaging that contacts food.
PFAS Testing.—FDA should upgrade its laboratory analytical
method for per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in food by ex-
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and expanding the method to include additional foods. FDA should
brief the Committee on its plans and progress within 180 days of
enactment.
Plant Based Product Labeling.—The Committee is aware of the
ongoing debate around plant-based product labels and the use of
traditional meat, dairy and egg terminology. However, the Com-
mittee is concerned by the assertions being made that labeling of
these products are misleading, deceptive, and confusing to con-
sumers. The Committee encourages FDA to provide clarity around
the labeling of plant-based foods that use traditional meat, dairy,
and egg terminology, especially as it relates to such product labels
with clear and conspicuous descriptors such as plant-based, veggie,
vegetarian, or vegan.
Poppy Seeds.—The Committee is concerned with reports of posi-
tive drug tests, addiction, overdose, and death related to contami-
nated imported poppy seeds, and directs the agency to establish a
maximum permissible threshold of opiate alkaloid content for
poppy seeds and carry out appropriate regulatory or enforcement
measures to ensure the safety of poppy seeds.
Predictive Toxicology Roadmaps.—The Committee is aware that,
pursuant to its Predictive Toxicology Roadmap, FDA is offering
training in new predictive toxicology methods and encouraging
sponsors to submit scientifically valid approaches for using a new
method early in the regulatory process. The Committee directs
FDA to produce not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act
a report detailing metrics regarding the number of trainings held,
the number of participants that attended each training, and the
agendas corresponding with each training. Additionally, the Com-
mittee directs the FDA to include in the report any methods used
to measure the success of the trainings and continuous learning
programs.
Pregnant and Lactating Individuals in Clinical Trials.—The
Committee encourages FDA to harmonize its regulations with
changes to the protected status of pregnant individuals in federally
funded research included in the most recent revisions to the Fed-
eral Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. When relevant,
FDA should consider requesting that sponsors provide justification
for the exclusion of pregnant and lactating individuals within clin-
ical trials. The Committee encourages FDA to continue to collabo-
rate with NIH and CDC to strengthen cross-agency approaches to
including pregnant and lactating individuals in federally funded re-
search.
Prescription to Over-the-Counter Switches.—The Committee is
concerned with the multiple delays in FDA’s promulgation of a pro-
posed regulation that may broaden the types of products that may
be approved for use in a nonprescription setting. The Agency initi-
ated its Nonprescription Drug Safe Use Regulatory Expansion ini-
tiative in 2013 and issued draft guidance in 2018 as a first step,
promising sponsors and patients additional regulatory options
through rulemaking in the near future. The Committee strongly
encourages the Agency to issue this important proposed rule as
soon as possible.
RACE Implementation.—The Committee encourages FDA to hire
additional staff to fully implement the Research to Accelerate
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Radiation Exposure in Medical Imaging.—The Committee directs
FDA to continue to collaborate with the medical imaging industry
and radiological professional societies to address the safety of all x-
ray imaging modalities and promote the use of international con-
sensus standards and alternative technologies when appropriate.
In addition, the Committee encourages FDA to increase efforts to
engage with stakeholders as part of FDA’s Initiative to Reduce Un-
necessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging.
Rare Cancer Therapeutics.—The Committee includes an addi-
tional $1,000,000 to address gaps in the system, streamline re-
sources, hire rare cancer experts, help drug sponsors improve re-
cruitment of rare cancer patients through clinical trials that reduce
barriers to participation uniquely faced by rare cancer patients,
low-income patients, those living in rural communities, and people
of color, accelerate the development of rare cancer therapies and
advance the field of cancer research overall, mirroring the efforts
of the National Cancer Institute’s Developmental Therapeutics Pro-
gram. FDA is directed to continue to build lines of communications
and processes between these two agencies in order to expedite re-
view of rare cancer therapies.
Rare Disease Cures Accelerator (RDCA).—The Committee sup-
ports the goal of the RDCA to provide a more centralized infra-
structure and approach for understanding rare diseases, developing
ways to measure patient success in clinical trials that are specifi-
cally relevant to rare conditions, and support conducting clinical
trials in rare disease populations. The Committee encourages FDA
to ensure the RDCA has robust funding.
Rare Disease Drug Developments.—The Committee is concerned
that the COVID 19 public health emergency prevented certain
drugs from coming to market by delaying or permanently cancel-
ling clinical trials. The Committee directs FDA to submit not later
than 90 days after enactment of this Act a report on the impact of
COVID 19 on clinical trials, particularly for specialty drugs being
developed to combat rare diseases, and suggestions for Congress on
facilitating the advancement of such studies.
Recruitment of Investigators.—The Committee directs the FDA to
develop a strategy to broaden talent pipelines to recruit and hire
a wider array of multi-lingual STEM talent and identify barriers
to language training for current STEM employees and viable op-
tions to address these barriers, including by prioritizing Minority
Serving Institutions in talent recruitment. This strategy should be
shared with the Committee and made publicly available within 120
days.
Reducing Radiation Exposure for Patients and Healthcare Work-
ers.—Despite the FDA’s 1994 report warning patients and clini-
cians of radiation-induced burns, increased occupational exposure,
and radiation-induced cancers linked to fluoroscopy, among other
procedures, no subsequent reports, warnings or policy changes to
improve radiation safety have occurred. Reducing incidence of
avoidable radiation exposure in healthcare settings is an important
public health goal. The Committee encourages the FDA to review
policies, regulations, and guidance to incorporate and incentivize
the use of technology that reduces radiation exposure during fluo-
roscopy and related procedures which involve high and/or repeated
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Regulation of Unapproved FMT Drug Products.—The Committee
urges FDA to finalize its March 2016 draft guidance regarding
FMT to assure uninterrupted patient access from licensed health
care providers, as well as compliance with FDA’s Investigational
New Drug regulations.
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS).—The Com-
mittee directs FDA to provide not later than 270 days after the en-
actment of this Act a report on the status of its review of the
REMS for mifepristone.
Seafood Product Labeling.—The Committee notes that certain
foods are labeled as a fish or seafood product when the products
arehighly-processed plant-based foods rather than derived from ac-
tual fish or seafood. The Committee directs the FDA to continue to
assess products on the market to determine whether action is nec-
essary to ensure consumers are not misled regarding such product
labeling.
Sesame.—The committee is concerned that the recent FDA Draft
Guidance for Industry on Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame is insuffi-
cient to protect Americans with sesame allergy, and directs FDA to
consider further action to require sesame to be labeled the same as
other major allergens.
Skin Lightening Products.—The Committee is concerned about
the dangers of mercury and hydroquinone in skin lightening prod-
ucts, particularly those that are disproportionately targeted to-
wards and used by minority men and women and girls of color.
Regular application of creams containing mercury can lead to skin
damage, while long-term exposure to high levels of mercury in cos-
metic products can cause serious health consequences, including
damage to the eyes, lungs, kidneys, digestive, immune, and nerv-
ous systems. Hydroquinone has been linked to ochronosis and other
significant health risks. The Committee continues to provide
$4,700,000 to the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity to
educate the public on the dangers of skin lightening products con-
taining these ingredients, including partnering with community-
based organizations with records of reaching out to impacted com-
munities. The FDA is directed to report back to the Committee
within 120 days of enactment of this Act detailing how the funds
provided for this work in 2021 were spent, including the outreach
they did to community-based organizations, what organizations
they partnered with and how that determination was made, what
vulnerable communities were reached out to and how that deter-
mination was made, the specific actions taken to educate the public
about these products, how they are evaluating the impact and suc-
cess of this public education, and any lessons learned that should
be given to the Committee. Further, the Committee has concerns
about the overall safety of imported cosmetic products and directs
the FDA to report back to Congress within 180 days of enactment
of this Act on the staffing and budget resources it needs to enforce
the physical inspection process, as well as the most up to date in-
formation on the number and kinds of personal care products im-
ported each year, the number of imported products that were in-
spected, and the number of contaminated products that were inter-
cepted.
Sodium Guidance.—The Committee encourages FDA to continue
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with industry stakeholders prior to the issuance of any final guid-
ance. Further, the Committee directs the FDA publicly release the
short-term (two-year) Draft Guidance to Industry for Voluntarily
Reducing Sodium, first published in the Federal Register on June
2, 2016 on FDA’s website and submit to Committees within 120
days of enactment.
Standard of Identity Activities for Foods.—The Committee is con-
cerned with the lack of transparency and progress in modernizing
the FDA’s standards of identity regulations. To fulfill the Commit-
tee’s previous instructions, not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the FDA shall sub-
mit to the Committees, and make publicly available online, a report
outlining its progress on modernizing its standards of identity reg-
ulations, including demonstration of improved transparency and
improved progress.
Traceback.—The Committee recognizes that the ability to trace
back contaminated products is critical to containing food safety out-
breaks but that challenges associated with tracing these products
from the end-consumer through the supply chain continue to per-
sist. The Committee directs FDA to emphasize in its final rule-
making the importance of capturing at the point of sale details
such as the lot number and product identifier instead of prescribing
the mechanism by which the information is shared through the
supply chain. The Committee also directs FDA to ensure these de-
tails are maintained from the point of origination, creation, and/or
transformation through to the retail food or food service establish-
ment. To avoid duplication, the Committee urges FDA to clearly
define traceability requirements that, where possible, align with
existing consensus standards for traceability utilized by industry
and allow for records to be maintained in electronic and paper
form.
Valley Fever.—The Committee notes that FDA decided in July
2020 not to add coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever, to
the list of tropical diseases under section 524 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act for purposes of PRV eligibility. The Com-
mittee directs the FDA to consider any additional data and infor-
mation provided by subject matter experts and other stakeholders
to its public docket, and make a new determination based on this
additional information if appropriate.
Vulnerabilities in Medical Device Supply Chain.—The Committee
is concerned by vulnerabilities in our medical device supply chain
that have been brought to light by the spread of COVID–19. The
FDA is critical for overseeing our global medical device supply
chain and ensuring interruptions and discontinuances of life-saving
devices do not adversely affect patients. The Committee encourages
the FDA to continue to work with Congress to ensure it has the
necessary tools and resources to prevent shortages and maintain
ample supply of critical devices.
Youth E-cigarette Use.—The Committee is encouraged by the re-
cent results of the National Youth Tobacco Survey and Monitoring
the Future survey showing a decline in youth usage of tobacco and
nicotine products in 2020. However, the Committee remains con-
cerned about the levels of youth use of disposable flavored products
and, in particular, underage access to electronic nicotine delivery
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ity to develop and incorporate new technologies relating to new to-
bacco products to address underage access. The Committee urges
the FDA to exercise its existing authorities to review the use of age
verification technologies that can prevent underage access as part
of the Agency’s review of ENDS products before they can be legally
marketed.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $12,788,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 30,788,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 21,788,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +9,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥9,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For Buildings and Facilities of the Food and Drug Administra-
tion, the Committee provides $21,788,000.
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $70,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 50,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 50,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥20,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the FDA Innovation Account as authorized in the 21st Cen-
tury Cures Act, the Committee provides an appropriation of
$50,000,000.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
2021 appropriation ............................................................................. $304,000,000
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... 394,000,000
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 363,000,000
Comparison:
2021 appropriation ...................................................................... +59,000,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥31,000,000
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the
Committee provides an appropriation of $363,000,000.
The Committee fully funds CFTC’s salary and expense request
and provides $31,000,000, half the funding requested, for the move
of CFTC’s Washington, D.C., office.
The Committee understands that CFTC plans to move into GSA-
owned space. However, it needs more information to justify the re-
quested funds and looks forward to working with CFTC on this
matter.
Climate-related Risks.—The Committee directs the CFTC to pro-
vide to the Committee, within 180 days of enactment of this Act,
a report on how climate-related risks are impacting and could im-
pact the markets and market participants under CFTC oversight.
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sion merchants, and speculative traders and funds. The report
should discuss fintech’s role regarding climate risks. The report
should also cover how the CFTC’s capabilities and supervisory role
may need to adapt to fulfill its mandate in light of climate change
and identify relevant gaps in the CFTC’s regulatory and super-
visory framework.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
2021 limitation .................................................................................... ($80,400,000)
2022 budget estimate ......................................................................... (84,200,000)
Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (84,200,000)
Comparison:
2021 limitation ............................................................................ +3,800,000
2022 budget estimate .................................................................. –––
COMMITTEE PROVISIONS
For the limitation on the expenses of the Farm Credit Adminis-
tration, the Committee provides $84,200,000.
Public/private partnerships.—The Committee recognizes the
value of public/private partnerships in financing rural communities
and facilities and also recognizes that the Farm Credit Act of 1971,
as amended, provides authority for Farm Credit System institu-
tions to make investments in vital rural community facilities. The
Committee recognizes that the Farm Credit Administration’s cur-
rent approach to approving these types of Farm Credit System in-
vestments on an individual basis does not meet the needs of rural
communities. The Farm Credit Administration is encouraged to
change its current process to create a clear, programmatic approval
process which enables timely, comprehensive and cost effective
rural community facilities financing packages by allowing and ex-
pediting Farm Credit System institutions’ partnerships with com-
munity banks, other financial institutions, and USDA.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 701.—The bill includes language regarding passenger
motor vehicles.
Section 702.—The bill includes language regarding the Working
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture.
Section 703.—The bill includes language limiting funding pro-
vided in the bill to one year unless otherwise specified.
Section 704.—The bill includes language regarding indirect cost
share.
Section 705.—The bill includes language regarding the avail-
ability of loans funds in Rural Development programs.
Section 706.—The bill includes language regarding new informa-
tion technology systems.
Section 707.—The bill includes language regarding fund avail-
ability in the Agriculture Management Assistance program.
Section 708.—The bill includes language regarding Rural Utili-
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Section 709.—The bill includes language regarding funds for in-
formation technology expenses for the Farm Service Agency and
the Rural Development mission area.
Section 710.—The bill includes language prohibiting first-class
airline travel.
Section 711.—The bill includes language regarding the avail-
ability of certain funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Section 712.—The bill includes language regarding funding for
advisory committees.
Section 713.—The bill includes language regarding IT system
regulations.
Section 714.—The bill includes language regarding Section 32 ac-
tivities.
Section 715.—The bill includes language regarding user fee pro-
posals without offsets.
Section 716.—The bill includes language regarding the re-
programming of funds and notification requirements.
Section 717.—The bill includes language regarding fees for the
guaranteed business and industry loan program.
Section 718.—The bill includes language regarding the appro-
priations hearing process.
Section 719.—The bill includes language regarding government-
sponsored news stories.
Section 720.—The bill includes language regarding details and
assignments of Department of Agriculture employees.
Section 721.—The bill includes language requiring spend plans.
Section 722.—The bill includes language regarding nutrition pro-
grams.
Section 723.—The bill includes language regarding Rural Devel-
opment programs.
Section 724.—The bill includes language regarding USDA loan
program levels.
Section 725.—The bill includes language regarding credit card re-
funds and rebates.
Section 726.—The bill includes language regarding the definition
of the term ‘‘variety’’ in SNAP.
Section 727.—The bill includes language regarding the Sec-
retary’s authority with respect to the 502 guaranteed loan pro-
grams.
Section 728.—The bill includes language regarding new user
fees.
Section 729.—The bill includes language regarding FDA regula-
tions with respect to spent grains.
Section 730.—The bill includes language regarding the National
Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.
Section 731.—The bill includes language regarding country or re-
gional audits.
Section 732.—The bill includes language related to Rural Devel-
opment Programs.
Section 733.—The bill includes language related to the Animal
Welfare Act.
Section 734.—The bill includes language regarding U.S. iron and
steel products in public water or wastewater systems.
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Section 736.—The bill includes language related to persistent
poverty counties.
Section 737.—The bill includes language related to investiga-
tional use of drugs or biological products.
Section 738.—The bill includes language related to the growing,
harvesting, packing and holding of certain produce.
Section 739.—The bill provides funding for grants to enhance
farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.
Section 740.—The bill includes language related to the school
breakfast program.
Section 741.—The bill includes language regarding hemp.
Section 742.—The bill provides funding for grants under the sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334.
Section 743.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 1621
of Public Law 110–246.
Section 744.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 3307
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 745.—The bill includes language related to matching
fund requirements.
Section 746.—The bill provides funding for a pilot program re-
lated to multi-family housing borrowers.
Section 747.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 4208
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 748.—The bill provides funding to carry out section
12301 of Public Law 115–334.
Section 749.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 7120
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 750.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 7208
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 751.—The bill includes language related to potable
water.
Section 752.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 4206
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 753.—The bill includes language regarding Food for
Peace.
Section 754.—The bill includes language regarding facilities in-
spections.
Section 755.—The bill includes language relating to the use of
raw or processed poultry products from the People’s Republic of
China in various domestic nutrition programs.
Section 756.—The bill includes language related to certain school
food lunch prices.
Section 757.—The bill provides funding for Centers of Excellence.
Section 758.—The bill provides funding for rural hospital tech-
nical assistance.
Section 759.—The bill provides funding for a pilot program for
wastewater systems in historically impoverished areas.
Section 760.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 23 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Section 761.—The bill includes language related to biotechnology
risk assessment research.
Section 762.—The bill provides funding for rural broadband.
Section 763.—The bill provides funding to carry out section 7209
of Public Law 115–334.
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Section 765.—The bill includes language related to certain reor-
ganizations within the Department of Agriculture.
Section 766.—The bill includes language extending the hemp
pilot program.
Section 767.—The bill includes language related to the Agri-
culture Conservation Experiences Services Program.
Section 768.—The bill includes language related to school meals.
Section 769.—The bill includes language related to the ReCon-
nect program.
Section 770.—The bill includes language related to the Good-
fellow Federal facility.
Section 771.—The bill includes language related to the Federal
Meat Inspection Act.
Section 772.—The bill includes funding for a blue-ribbon panel.
Section 773.—The bill includes funding for a competitive re-
search and education grant.
Section 774.—The bill includes language related to the Animal
Welfare Act inspections and reports.
Section 775.—The bill includes language regarding electronically
available information for prescribing healthcare professionals.
Section 776.—The bill includes language related to line speed
waivers.
Section 777.—The bill includes language related to the purchase
of agricultural land.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS
FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House
of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an amend-
ment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those
voting for and those against, are printed below:
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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the results
of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting
for and those voting against, are printed below:
RollCall 1
Date: June 30, 2021
Measure: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill,
FY2022
Motion by: Mr. Calvert
Description of Motion: To prohibit funding to detail USDA employees for immigration services at the
southern border absent a declaration of a Presidential national emergency.
Results: Not Adopted 25 yeas to 33 nays
Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt Mr. Aguilar
Mr.Amodei Mr.Bishop
Mr.Calvert Mrs. Bustos
Mr. Carter Mr. Cartwright
Mr. Cline Mr.Case
Mr. Cole Ms. Clark
Mr. Dfaz-Balart Mr. Crist
Mr. Fleischmann Mr.Cuellar
Mr. Fortenberry Ms.DeLauro
Mr.Garcia Mr.Espaillat
Mr. Gonzales Ms.Frankel
Dr. Harris Mr.Harder
Ms. Herrera Beutler Ms.Kaptur
Mrs.Hinson Mr.Kilmer
Mr.Joyce Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Moolenaar Mrs. Lawrence
Mr. Newhouse Ms. Lee of California
Mr.Palazzo Mrs. Lee of Nevada
Mr. Reschenthaler Ms.McCollum
Mr.Rogers Ms.Meng
Mr. Rutherford Ms.Pingree
Mr. Simpson Mr. Pocan
Mr. Stewart Mr. Price
Mr. Valadao Mr. Quigley
Mr. Womack Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Ruppersberger
Mr.Ryan
Mrs. Torres
Mr. Trone
Ms. Underwood
Ms. Wasserman Schultz
Mrs. Watson Coleman
Ms. Wexton
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STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following is a statement of general perform-
ance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes fund-
ing:
The Committee on Appropriations considers program perform-
ance, including a program’s success in developing and attaining
outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding rec-
ommendations.
PROGRAM DUPLICATION
No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of
the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another Fed-
eral program, a program that was included in any report from the
Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section
21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related to a program iden-
tified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following list includes the transfers in-
cluded in the accompanying bill:
• Office of the Secretary.—The bill allows funds within the ac-
count to be transferred among the offices included in the account,
as well as reimbursements for certain expenses and transfers out-
side the account for certain activities.
• Hazardous Materials Management.—The bill allows the funds
within the account to be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
ment.
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—Authority is in-
cluded to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer from other
appropriations or funds of the Department such sums as may be
necessary to combat emergency outbreaks of certain diseases of
animals and plants.
• Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply.—The
bill limits the transfer of section 32 funds to purposes specified in
the bill.
• Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center.—
The bill allows certain funds to be merged with the salaries and
expenses account for the FPAC Business Center. The bill also pro-
vides that funds provided to other accounts in the agency shall
transferred to and merged with the salaries and expenses account
of the Farm Service Agency.
• Dairy Indemnity Program.—The bill authorizes the transfer of
funds to the Commodity Credit Corporation, by reference.
• Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account.—The
bill provides funds to be transferred to the Farm Service Agency
and for certain funds to be transferred within the account.
• Commodity Credit Corporation.—The bill includes language al-
lowing certain funds to be transferred to the Foreign Agricultural
Service Salaries and Expenses account for information resource
management activities.
• Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account.—The bill in-
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Family Housing Revitalization Program Account to this account
and for funds to be transferred from this account to the Rural De-
velopment Salaries and Expenses account.
• Rental Assistance Program.—The bill includes language allow-
ing funds to be transferred from the Multi-Family Housing Revital-
ization Program Account to this account.
• Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account.—The bill pro-
vides funds in this account to be transferred to the Rural Develop-
ment Salaries and Expenses account.
• Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account.—The bill
includes language allowing funds to be transferred from this ac-
count to the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac-
count.
• Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Program Ac-
count.—The bill provides funds in this account to be transferred to
the Rural Development Salaries and Expenses account.
• Child Nutrition Programs.—The bill includes authority to
transfer section 32 funds to these programs.
• Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses.—The bill
allows for the transfer of funds from the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Export Loan Program Account.
• Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program.—The
bill provides for transfer of funds to the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, Salaries and Expenses account.
• Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses.—The
bill allows funds to be transferred among certain activities.
• Food and Drug Administration, FDA Innovation Account,
Cures Act.—The bill allows funds to be transferred from the 21st
Century Cures Act to the Food and Drug Administration, Salaries
and Expenses account.
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission.—The bill allows cer-
tain funds to be transferred to a no-year account in the Treasury.
• General Provisions.—Section 702 of the bill allows unobligated
balances of discretionary funds to be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund. Section 761 of the bill allows transfers to USDA for
certain research programs.
RESCISSIONS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following lists the rescissions included in
the accompanying bill:
Program or activity Amount
USDA FNS (prior year balances) .................................................................................................................... $225,000,000
DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED
SPENDING ITEMS
The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 9 of
rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined in para-
graph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this report. Neither
the bill nor the report contain any limited tax benefits or limited
tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule
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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
[Community Project Funding Items]
Jkt 045009 Agency Account Recipient Project Location Amount Requestor(s)
Agricultural Research Buildings and Facilities University of Nebraska, Lincoln ......... National Center for Resilient and Regenerative NE $20,000,000 Fortenberry
Service. Precision Agriculture.
Agricultural Research Buildings and Facilities Sugarcane Research Unit .................. Sugarcane Research Unit Improvements ............... LA $10,000,000 Graves (LA)
PO 00000 Service.
Agricultural Research Buildings and Facilities National Center for Agricultural Utili- National Center for Agricultural Utilization Re- IL $4,500,000 LaHood; Bustos
Service. zation Research. search Expansion.
Agricultural Research Buildings and Facilities University of Missouri ........................ Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineer- MO $4,000,000 Luetkemeyer
Service. ing and Health.
Frm 00114 Agricultural Research Buildings and Facilities University of Wisconsin, Madison ...... Plant Germplasm Research Facility ....................... WI $4,000,000 Pocan
Service.
Agricultural Research Buildings and Facilities US Sheep Experiment Station ............ US Sheep Experiment Station Infrastructure Im- ID $4,200,000 Simpson
Service. provements.
Fmt 6659 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Ringgold County Child Care Center ... Ringgold County Child Care Center Re-Design ..... IA $725,366 Axne
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Stanton Child Care Resource Center Stanton Child Care Resource Center Expansion .... IA $1,000,000 Axne
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Northern Lights YMCA ........................ Northern Lights Community Center Renovation ..... MI $1,750,000 Bergman
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Fort Valley State University ................ Fort Valley State University and Albany State Uni- GA $746,250 Bishop (GA) 114
versity Local Food Project.
Sfmt 6602 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Delaware State Fair, Inc. ................... New Castle Agricultural Programming Building .... DE $937,500 Blunt Rochester
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Richard Allen Coalition ...................... Richard Allen Historic School Repair ..................... DE $100,000 Blunt Rochester
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Banks Fire District #13 ...................... Banks Fire District EMS Equipment ....................... OR $93,500 Bonamici
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Mt. Vernon .............................. Mt. Vernon Police Station ....................................... IL $1,000,000 Bost
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Northampton County Government ...... Northampton County Courthouse ........................... NC $5,000,000 Butterfield
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Town of Nashville ............................... Nashville Fire Station ............................................. NC $1,338,750 Butterfield
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Guadalupe .............................. LeRoy Park Safety Modernization ........................... CA $1,700,000 Carbajal
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Pride of Atmore .................................. Atmore Revitalization Project ................................. AL $885,000 Carl
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Central Falls ........................... Holden Community Center ...................................... RI $2,000,000 Cicilline
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Vital Aging of Williamsburg County, Murdaugh Senior Center ........................................ SC $2,883,469 Clyburn
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Inc.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Rio Grande City .................................. Starr County Courthouse ........................................ TX $2,392,763 Cuellar
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Sullivan City ....................................... El Faro Road Flood Mitigation ............................... TX $3,539,318 Cuellar
HR082 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Town of La Joya ................................. La Joya Fire Station ................................................ TX $1,275,000 Cuellar
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe ................. Sauk-Suiattle Community Center ........................... WA $210,000 DelBene
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Volunteers of America Western Wash- Sky Valley Teen Center ........................................... WA $500,000 DelBene
ington.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Nooksack Indian Tribe ........................ Nooksack Clinic and Wellness Facility ................... WA $1,000,000 DelBene
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Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Village of Philmont Fire Department Village of Philmont Fire Station ............................. NY $82,000 Delgado
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... M–ARK Project, Inc. ........................... M–ARK Child Care Project ..................................... NY $100,000 Delgado
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Liberty County .................................... Liberty County EMS Facility .................................... FL $825,000 Dunn
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Medina County Senior Center, Inc. .... Medina County Senior Center ................................. TX $562,500 Gonzales, Tony
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... East Wayne Fire District .................... East Wayne Fire Station ......................................... OH $958,392 Gonzalez (OH)
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Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... VFW Lopez Williams Post ................... Brooks County VFW ................................................. TX $304,454 Gonzalez, Vicente
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Township of Hardwick ........................ Hardwick Township Virtual Services ...................... NJ $17,460 Gottheimer
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Douglass Community Services ........... Douglass Community Center .................................. MO $1,000,000 Graves (MO)
PO 00000 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Northfield Volunteer Fire Company .... Northfield Fire Department Modernization ............. CT $225,000 Hayes
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Torrington ............................... Northwest Hills Animal Control Facility ................. CT $1,100,000 Hayes
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Protivin Community Fire District ........ Protivin Community Fire Station ............................ IA $100,000 Hinson
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Sunflower Child Care Center, Inc. ..... Sunflower Child Development Center ..................... IA $200,000 Hinson
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Prince George’s County ...................... Prince George’s County Water Tanks ..................... MD $1,350,000 Hoyer; Brown
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Royalton-Hartland Central School Royalton-Hartland Agricultural Learning Lab ........ NY $515,685 Jacobs (NY)
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District.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... County of Wyoming ............................ Wyoming County Fire Training Center .................... NY $597,289 Jacobs (NY)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Cornell Cooperative Extension Asso- Cornell Cooperative Extension Learning Center ..... NY $379,432 Jacobs (NY)
Fmt 6659 ciation of Orleans County.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Waianae Community Redevelopment MA’O Organic Farms Infrastructure ....................... HI $896,000 Kahele
Corporation. 115
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Port Angeles Food Bank ..................... Port Angeles Food Bank Expansion ........................ WA $900,000 Kilmer
Sfmt 6602 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Platteville ............................... City of Platteville Fire Station ................................ WI $7,000,000 Kind
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Cochise County ................................... Cochise County Animal Shelter .............................. AZ $1,100,000 Kirkpatrick
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... County of Nevada ............................... North San Juan Fire Suppression System .............. CA $1,050,000 LaMalfa
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Anderson ................................. Sewer and Storm Drain Cleaner Truck .................. CA $262,900 LaMalfa
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Goosefoot Community Fund ............... Goosefoot Community Center ................................. WA $346,625 Larsen (WA)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Bradner Fire Department ................... Bradner Fire Station ............................................... OH $1,260,000 Latta
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... University of Florida ........................... Cherry Lake 4H Center ........................................... FL $1,125,000 Lawson (FL)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Pueblo of San Felipe .......................... San Felipe Community Center ................................ NM $1,500,000 Leger Fernandez
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Town of Phillipstown .......................... Phillipstown Highway Facility Center ..................... NY $1,787,500 Maloney, Sean
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... North San Juan Water Conservation North San Joaquin Water Conservation District .... CA $1,000,000 McNerney
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District.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Berwick Area YMCA ............................ Berwick Community Center .................................... PA $1,000,000 Meuser
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Borough of Jim Thorpe ....................... Jim Thorpe Facility Upgrade ................................... PA $2,500,000 Meuser
HR082 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... IQHub .................................................. IQHub Community Classroom ................................. MI $137,671 Moolenaar
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Four Lakes Task Force ....................... Four Lakes Public Safety Booms ............................ MI $795,000 Moolenaar
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Yakima Nation .................................... Yakima Nation Water Canal Maintenance ............. WA $742,500 Newhouse
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Town of Superior ................................ Superior Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center AZ $2,000,000 O’Halleran
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Maine 4-H Foundation ....................... 4-H Innovation and Learning Center ..................... ME $450,000 Pingree
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[Community Project Funding Items]
Jkt 045009 Agency Account Recipient Project Location Amount Requestor(s)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Virgin Islands Department of Plan- Krum Bay Marine Enforcement Pier ....................... VI $750,000 Plaskett
ning and Natural Resources.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Virgin Islands Department of Plan- Gallows Bay Marine Enforcement Pier ................... VI $750,000 Plaskett
PO 00000 ning and Natural Resources.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Reedsburg .............................. City of Reedsburg Community Center .................... WI $220,000 Pocan
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Desert Valley Senior Center ............... Desert Valley Senior Center .................................... AZ $16,800 Raúl M. Grijalva
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Greene County Board of Commis- Greene County Business Incubator ........................ PA $1,395,000 Reschenthaler
sioners.
Frm 00116 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Morehead ................................ Morehead Fire Station ............................................ KY $300,000 Rogers (KY)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Commonwealth Healthcare Corpora- Peritoneal Dialysis Expansion Project .................... MP $391,500 Sablan
tion.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Commonwealth Healthcare Corpora- Health IT Upgrades ................................................ MP $980,639 Sablan
Fmt 6659 tion.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Guam Fisherman’s Cooperative Asso- Guam Fisherman’s Co-Op Facility ......................... GU $3,000,000 San Nicolas
ciation.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Ellensburg .............................. Friends in Service to Humanity Food Bank ........... WA $900,000 Schrier
116
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Shoshone Bannock Tribe .................... Shoshone Bannock Tribal Fire Station ................... ID $7,000,000 Simpson
Sfmt 6602 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Town of Blackstone ............................ Blackstone Aerial Ladder Fire Truck ...................... VA $923,937 Spanberger
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... County of Amelia ................................ Amelia County Court Office .................................... VA $375,000 Spanberger
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Moriarty .................................. Moriarty Fire Station ............................................... NM $5,250,000 Stansbury
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Little Falls .............................. Little Falls Child Care Facility ............................... MN $825,000 Stauber
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Essex County ...................................... Essex County Ag and Youth Center ....................... NY $997,000 Stefanik
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Cary Christian Center ........................ Cary Christian Center Facility ................................ MS $37,500 Thompson (MS)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... BDT Housing Services Enterprise ....... IT Montgomery Home Restoration .......................... MS $2,250,000 Thompson (MS)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Rosedale ................................. Bolivar County Community Facility ........................ MS $225,000 Thompson (MS)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation Facility Re- MS $2,250,000 Thompson (MS)
vitalization.
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Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Central Mississippi, Inc. .................... Mississippi Delta Disaster Relief Shelter .............. MS $300,000 Thompson (MS)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Indiana University of Pennsylvania ... IUP Academy of Culinary Arts Building ................. PA $500,000 Thompson (PA)
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Jefferson County-Dubois Area Voca- Farm to Refrigerator Training Facility ................... PA $1,125,000 Thompson (PA)
HR082 tional Technical School.
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... United Way of Tri County ................... Marlborough Community Covered Food Pantry ...... MA $26,838 Trahan
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Allegany College of Maryland ............ Allegany College Facility Revitalization ................. MD $187,500 Trone
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Office of the Salem County Adminis- Salem County Courthouse Revitalization ............... NJ $3,750,000 Van Drew
trator.
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Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium St Johnsbury Science Annex ................................... VT $2,465,176 Welch
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Pocono Family YMCA .......................... Pocono Family Community Center .......................... PA $1,000,000 Wild
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... Mount Bethel Fire Department ........... Mount Bethel Fire Department Emergency Shelter PA $247,500 Wild
Jkt 045009 Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Kodiak ..................................... Kodiak Fire Station Replacement ........................... AK $7,000,000 Young
Rural Development ........... Community Facilities ..... City of Kiana ...................................... Kiana Fire Response and Equipment ..................... AK $3,350,000 Young
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Northern Michigan University ............. Rural Broadband Expansion for Northern Michi- MI $1,200,000 Bergman
gan University.
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Goodhue County ................................. Goodhue County Broadband Expansion ................. MN $3,210,000 Craig
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Town of Ghent .................................... Upstate New York Broadband Expansion ............... NY $829,594 Delgado
PO 00000
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... County of El Paso .............................. Cotton Valley Broadband Expansion ...................... TX $2,850,000 Escobar
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Niagara County .................................. Niagara-Orleans Broadband Expansion ................. NY $3,877,500 Jacobs (NY)
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Illinois Department of Commerce and Pembroke Township Broadband Expansion ............ IL $3,000,000 Kelly (IL)
Frm 00117 Economic Opportunity.
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Impact Corry ....................................... Corry Area Tech Center and Hub ........................... PA $500,000 Kelly (PA)
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications ... Plumas-Sierra Broadband Expansion ..................... CA $4,000,198 LaMalfa
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... City of Espanola ................................. Espanola Broadband Expansion ............................. NM $879,506 Leger Fernandez
Fmt 6659 Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Charles City County ........................... Charles City County Broadband Expansion ........... VA $2,643,508 McEachin
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Town of Sandwich .............................. Sandwich Broadband Expansion ............................ NH $1,650,000 Pappas
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Chelan County PUD ............................ Chelan County Broadband Expansion .................... WA $1,286,390 Schrier 117
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... County of Isle of Wight ...................... Isle of Wight Broadband Expansion ....................... VA $318,750 Scott (VA)
Sfmt 6602 Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Brazos Valley Council of Governments Bremond Broadband Expansion ............................. TX $1,500,000 Sessions
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Pine County ........................................ Pine County Broadband Expansion ........................ MN $5,576,250 Stauber
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Herkimer County ................................. Herkimer County Broadband Expansion ................. NY $500,000 Stefanik
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Village of Sherburne .......................... Village of Sherburne Broadband Expansion .......... NY $212,022 Tenney
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Town of Westerlo ................................ Westerlo Broadband Expansion .............................. NY $1,687,500 Tonko
Rural Development ........... ReConnect ...................... Garrett County .................................... Garrett County Broadband Expansion .................... MD $883,574 Trone
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CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted
describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill that di-
rectly or indirectly change the application of existing law.
The bill includes a number of provisions which place limitations
on the use of funds in the bill or change existing limitations and
that might, under some circumstances, be construed as changing
the application of existing law:
Office of the Secretary.—Language is included to limit the
amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses,
as determined by the Secretary and to reimburse Departmental Ad-
ministration for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings.
Agricultural Research Service.—Language is included that allows
the Agricultural Research Service to grant easements at the Belts-
ville, MD, agricultural research center and to grant easements at
any facility for the construction of a research facility for use by the
agency.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activi-
ties.—The bill includes language limiting indirect costs.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—Language is in-
cluded to limit the amount of funds for representational allow-
ances.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—The bill includes
language regarding state matching funds and the brucellosis con-
trol program.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—Language is in-
cluded to allow APHIS to recoup expenses incurred from providing
technical assistance goods, or services to non-APHIS personnel, and
to allow transfers of funds for agricultural emergencies.
Agricultural Marketing Service, Limitation on Administrative Ex-
penses.—The bill includes language to allow AMS to exceed the
limitation on administrative expenses by up to 10 percent with no-
tification to the Appropriations Committees.
Agricultural Marketing Service, Inspection and Weighing Serv-
ices.—The bill includes authority to exceed the limitation on inspec-
tion and weighing services by up to 10 percent with notification to
the Appropriations Committees.
Food Safety and Inspection Service.—Language is included to
limit the amount of funds for representational allowances.
Dairy Indemnity Program.—Language is included by reference
that allows the Secretary to utilize the services of the Commodity
Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy indemnity pay-
ments.
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account.—Lan-
guage is included that deems the pink bollworm a boll weevil for
the purposes of administering the boll weevil loan program.
Risk Management Agency.—Language is included to limit the
amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses.
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations.—Language is in-
cluded that limits the application of certain activities in watersheds
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Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.—Language is included to
allow certain funds transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to be used for information resource management.
Hazardous Waste Management.—Language is included which
limits the amount of funds that can be spent on operation and
maintenance costs of CCC hazardous waste sites.
Rural Development Salaries and Expenses.—Language is in-
cluded to allow funds to be used for advertising and promotional
activities.
Rental Assistance Program.—Language is included that provides
that agreements entered into during the current fiscal year be
funded for a one-year period. Language also is included to renew
contracts once during any 12-month period.
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Ac-
count.—The bill includes language related to loan rates on renew-
able energy loans.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC).—Language notwithstands section
17(h)(10)(B)(ii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 17
1786), as it relates to management information systems. Language
is included to purchase infant formula except in accordance with
law and pay for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other
departments or agencies unless authorized by law.
Office of Codex Alimentarius.—Language is included to limit the
amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses.
Foreign Agricultural Service.—Language is included to enable
the agency to use funds received by an advance or by reimburse-
ment to carry out its activities. The bill also limits the amount of
funds for representation expenses.
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nu-
trition Program Grants.—Language is included to specify the
amount of funds available to purchase commodities described by
subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002.
Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses.—Lan-
guage is included to limit the amount of funds for official reception
and representation expenses and to limit the usage of certain user
fees.
FDA Innovation Account.—The bill provides additional transfer
authority.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.—Language is included
to limit the amount of funds for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. Language is also included to allow the Commission
to record prior year lease obligations and to liquidate certain obli-
gations.
Farm Credit Administration.—The bill includes authority to ex-
ceed the limitation on assessments by 10 percent with notification
to the Appropriations Committees and to allow certain banks to ex-
ceed the statutory cap on export financing.
General Provisions.—
Section 701.—The bill includes language regarding passenger
motor vehicles.
Section 702.—The bill includes language regarding the Working
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Section 703.—The bill includes language limiting funding pro-
vided in the bill to one year unless otherwise specified.
Section 704.—The bill includes language regarding indirect cost
share.
Section 705.—The bill includes language regarding the avail-
ability of loans funds in Rural Development programs.
Section 706.—The bill includes language regarding new informa-
tion technology systems.
Section 707.—The bill includes language regarding fund avail-
ability in the Agriculture Management Assistance program.
Section 708.—The bill includes language regarding Rural Utili-
ties Service program eligibility.
Section 709.—The bill includes language regarding funds for in-
formation technology expenses for the Farm Service Agency and
the Rural Development mission area.
Section 710.—The bill includes language prohibiting first-class
airline travel.
Section 711.—The bill includes language regarding the avail-
ability of certain funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Section 712.—The bill includes language regarding funding for
advisory committees.
Section 713.—The bill includes language regarding IT system
regulations.
Section 714.—The bill includes language regarding Section 32 ac-
tivities.
Section 715.—The bill includes language regarding user fee pro-
posals without offsets.
Section 716.—The bill includes language regarding the re-
programming of funds and notification requirements.
Section 717.—The bill includes language regarding fees for the
guaranteed business and industry loan program.
Section 718.—The bill includes language regarding the appro-
priations hearing process.
Section 719.—The bill includes language regarding government
sponsored news stories.
Section 720.—The bill includes language regarding details and
assignments of Department of Agriculture employees.
Section 721.—The bill includes language requiring spend plans.
Section 722.—The bill includes language regarding nutrition pro-
grams.
Section 723.—The bill includes language regarding Rural Devel-
opment programs.
Section 724.—The bill includes language regarding USDA loan
program levels.
Section 725.—The bill includes language regarding credit card re-
funds and rebates.
Section 726.—The bill includes language regarding the definition
of the term ‘‘variety’’ in SNAP.
Section 727.—The bill includes language regarding the Sec-
retary’s authority with respect to the 502 guaranteed loan pro-
grams.
Section 728.—The bill includes language regarding new user
fees.
Section 729.—The bill includes language regarding FDA regula-
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Section 730.—The bill includes language regarding the National
Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.
Section 731.—The bill includes language regarding country or re-
gional audits.
Section 732.—The bill includes language related to Rural Devel-
opment Programs.
Section 733.—The bill includes language related to the Animal
Welfare Act.
Section 734.—The bill includes language regarding U.S. iron and
steel products in public water or wastewater systems.
Section 735.—The bill includes language regarding lobbying.
Section 736.—The bill includes language related to persistent
poverty counties.
Section 737.—The bill includes language related to investiga-
tional use of drugs or biological products.
Section 738.—The bill includes language related to the growing,
harvesting, packing and holding of certain produce.
Section 739.—The bill provides funding for grants to enhance
farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.
Section 740.—The bill includes language related to the school
breakfast program.
Section 741.—The bill includes language regarding hemp.
Section 742.—The bill provides funding for grants under the Sec-
tion 12502 of Public Law 115–334.
Section 743.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 1621
of Public Law 110–246.
Section 744.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 3307
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 745.—The bill includes language related to matching
fund requirements.
Section 746.—The bill provides funding for a pilot program re-
lated to multi-family housing borrowers.
Section 747.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 4208
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 748.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section
12301 of Public Law 115–334.
Section 749.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 7120
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 750.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 7208
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 751.—The bill includes language related to potable
water.
Section 752.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 4206
of Public Law 115–334.
Section 753.—The bill includes language regarding Food for
Peace.
Section 754.—The bill includes language regarding facilities in-
spections.
Section 755.—The bill includes language relating to the use of
raw or processed poultry products from the People’s Republic of
China in various domestic nutrition programs.
Section 756.—The bill includes language related to certain school
food lunch prices.
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Section 758.—The bill provides funding for rural hospital tech-
nical assistance.
Section 759.—The bill provides funding for a pilot program for
wastewater systems in historically impoverished areas.
Section 760.—The bill provides funding to carry out Section 23
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Section 761.—The bill includes language related to biotechnology
risk assessment research.
Section 762.—The bill provides funding for rural broadband.
Section 763.— The bill provides funding to carry out Section
7209 of Public Law 115–334.
Section 764.—The bill includes funding for open data standards.
Section 765.—The bill includes language related to certain reor-
ganizations within the Department of Agriculture.
Section 766.—The bill includes language extending the hemp
pilot program.
Section 767.—The bill includes language related to the Agri-
culture Conservation Experiences Services Program.
Section 768.—The bill includes language related to school meals.
Section 769.—The bill includes language related to the ReCon-
nect program.
Section 770.—The bill includes language related to the Good-
fellow Federal facility.
Section 771.—The bill includes language related to the Federal
Meat Inspection Act.
Section 772.—The bill includes funding for a blue-ribbon panel.
Section 773.—The bill includes funding for a competitive re-
search and education grant.
Section 774.—The bill includes language related to the Animal
Welfare Act inspections and reports.
Section 775.—The bill includes language regarding electronically
available information for prescribing healthcare professionals.
Section 776.—The bill includes language related to line speed
waivers.
Section 777.—The bill includes language related to the purchase
of agricultural land.
APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following table lists the appropria-
tions in the accompanying bill which are not authorized by law for
the period concerned:
Last year of Appropriation in last Appropriation in
Agency or Program Authorization level
authorization year of authorization this bill
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Prog. ............ 2015 Such Sums $16,548,000 $30,000,000
CNP State Administrative Expenses ...... 2015 Such Sums 263,686,000 332,000,000
Summer Food Service Program .............. 2015 Such Sums 495,521,000 581,074,000
WIC ......................................................... 2015 Such Sums 6,623,000,000 6,000,000,000
School Breakfast Expansion Grants ...... 2015 Such Sums 0 10,000,000
Farm to School Grants ........................... 2015 Such Sums 0 12,000,000
Multi-family Revitalization Program ...... 2016 Such Sums 28,000,000 60,000,000
Broadband Telecommunications
Program ............................................. 2016 Such Sums 35,000,000 35,000,000
Commodity Futures Trading Commission 2013 Such Sums 205,294,000* 363,000,000
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COMMITTEE HEARINGS
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the following hearings were used to develop or
consider the bill:
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on February 25,
2021, with the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
• Ms. Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General, USDA Office of In-
spector General
• Ms. Ann Coffey, Deputy Inspector General, USDA Office of
Inspector General
• Mr. Gil H. Harden, Assistant Inspector General for Audit,
USDA Office of Inspector General
• Ms. Jenny Rone, Assistant Inspector General for Analytics
and Innovation.
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on March 9, 2021,
on the Food and Drug Administration’s Foreign Drug Inspections
Program. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
• Dr. Mary Denigan-Macauley, Director, Health Care, Public
Health & Private Markets, Government Accountability Office.
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on March 24, 2021,
on the Rural Economy. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
• Mr. Glen R. Smith, Chairman and CEO, Farm Credit Ad-
ministration
• Mr. Jeffery S. Hall, Chairman, Farm Credit System Insur-
ance Corporation
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on April 14, 2021,
on the Department of Agriculture—The Year Ahead. The Sub-
committee received testimony from:
• The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on April 20, 2021,
with USDA’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. The Sub-
committee received testimony from:
• Ms. Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition,
and Consumer Services, FNS, USDA
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on May 6, 2021,
with USDA’s Rural Development Mission Area. The Subcommittee
received testimony from:
• Mr. Justin Maxson, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural De-
velopment, USDA
• Dr. Karama Neal, Administrator, Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service, USDA
• Mr. Chad Parker, Acting Administrator, Rural Housing
Service, USDA
• Mr. Christopher McLean, Acting Administrator, Rural
Utilities Service, USDA
The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on May 12, 2021,
with USDA’s Research, Education and Economics Mission Area.
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
• Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Acting Under Secretary for
Research, Education, and Economics
• Dr. Simon Y. Liu, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Re-
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• Dr. Spiro Stefanou. Administrator, Economic Research
Service, USDA
• Mr. Hubert Hamer, Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA
• Dr. Carrie Castille, Director, National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, USDA
The Subcommittee held a hearing on May 18, 2021, entitled
‘‘Member Day.’’ The Subcommittee received testimony from:
• The Honorable Jim Hagedorn, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Kim Schrier, MD, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Pat Fallon, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Jeff Van Drew, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Veronica Escobar, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Claudia Tenney, Member of Congress
• The Honorable John Rose, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Jim Baird, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Raja Krishnamoorthi, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Ed Case, Member of Congress.
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE)
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill,
as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omit-
ted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics,
existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman):
RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT
* * * * * * *
NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 9. (a)(1)(A) Lunches served by schools participating in the
school lunch program under this Act shall meet minimum nutri-
tional requirements prescribed by the Secretary on the basis of
tested nutritional research, except that the minimum nutritional
requirements—
(i) shall not be construed to prohibit the substitution of foods
to accommodate the medical or other special dietary needs of
individual students; and
(ii) shall, at a minimum, be based on the weekly average of
the nutrient content of school lunches.
(B) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and training,
including technical assistance and training in the preparation of
lower-fat versions of foods commonly used in the school lunch pro-
gram under this Act, to schools participating in the school lunch
program to assist the schools in complying with the nutritional re-
quirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph
(A) and in providing appropriate meals to children with medically
certified special dietary needs. The Secretary shall provide addi-
tional technical assistance to schools that are having difficulty
maintaining compliance with the requirements.
(2) FLUID MILK.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Lunches served by schools partici-
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(i) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk. Such
milk shall be consistent with the most recent Dietary
Guidelines for Americans published under section 301
of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re-
search Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341);
(ii) may offer students flavored and unflavored fluid
milk and lactose-free fluid milk; and
(iii) shall provide a substitute for fluid milk for stu-
dents whose disability restricts their diet, on receipt of
a written statement from a licensed physician that
identifies the disability that restricts the student’s diet
and that specifies the substitute for fluid milk.
(B) SUBSTITUTES.—
(i) STANDARDS FOR SUBSTITUTION.—A school may
substitute for the fluid milk provided under subpara-
graph (A), a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally
equivalent to fluid milk and meets nutritional stand-
ards established by the Secretary (which shall, among
other requirements to be determined by the Secretary,
include fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, and
vitamin D to levels found in cow’s milk) for students
who cannot consume fluid milk because of a medical
or other special dietary need other than a disability
described in subparagraph (A)(iii).
(ii) NOTICE.—The substitutions may be made if the
school notifies the State agency that the school is im-
plementing a variation allowed under this subpara-
graph, and if the substitution is requested by written
statement of a medical authority or by a student’s par-
ent or legal guardian that identifies the medical or
other special dietary need that restricts the student’s
diet, except that the school shall not be required to
provide beverages other than beverages the school has
identified as acceptable substitutes.
(iii) EXCESS EXPENSES BORNE BY SCHOOL FOOD AU-
THORITY.—Expenses incurred in providing substi-
tutions under this subparagraph that are in excess of
expenses covered by reimbursements under this Act
shall be paid by the school food authority.
(C) RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF MILK PROHIBITED.—A
school that participates in the school lunch program under
this Act shall not directly or indirectly restrict the sale or
marketing of fluid milk products by the school (or by a per-
son approved by the school) at any time or any place—
(i) on the school premises; or
(ii) at any school-sponsored event.
(3) Students in senior high schools that participate in the school
lunch program under this Act (and, when approved by the local
school district or nonprofit private schools, students in any other
grade level) shall not be required to accept offered foods they do not
intend to consume, and any such failure to accept offered foods
shall not affect the full charge to the student for a lunch meeting
the requirements of this subsection or the amount of payments
made under this Act to any such school for such lunch.
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(A) GUIDANCE.—Prior to the beginning of the school year
beginning July 2004, the Secretary shall issue guidance to
States and school food authorities to increase the consump-
tion of foods and food ingredients that are recommended
for increased serving consumption in the most recent Die-
tary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301
of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341).
(B) RULES.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall promulgate
rules, based on the most recent Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, that reflect specific recommendations, ex-
pressed in serving recommendations, for increased con-
sumption of foods and food ingredients offered in school
nutrition programs under this Act and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
(C) PROCUREMENT AND PROCESSING OF FOOD SERVICE
PRODUCTS AND COMMODITIES.—The Secretary shall—
(i) identify, develop, and disseminate to State de-
partments of agriculture and education, school food
authorities, local educational agencies, and local proc-
essing entities, model product specifications and prac-
tices for foods offered in school nutrition programs
under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) to ensure that the foods reflect the
most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans pub-
lished under section 301 of the National Nutrition
Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 5341);
(ii) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this subparagraph—
(I) carry out a study to analyze the quantity and
quality of nutritional information available to
school food authorities about food service products
and commodities; and
(II) submit to Congress a report on the results
of the study that contains such legislative rec-
ommendations as the Secretary considers nec-
essary to ensure that school food authorities have
access to the nutritional information needed for
menu planning and compliance assessments; and
(iii) to the maximum extent practicable, in pur-
chasing and processing commodities for use in school
nutrition programs under this Act and the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), purchase
the widest variety of healthful foods that reflect the
most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
(5) WATER.—Schools participating in the school lunch pro-
gram under this Act shall make available to children free of
charge, as nutritionally appropriate, potable water for con-
sumption in the place where meals are served during meal
service.
(b)(1)(A) Not later than June 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary
shall prescribe income guidelines for determining eligibility for free
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July 1 of such fiscal year and ending June 30 of the following fiscal
year. The income guidelines for determining eligibility for free
lunches shall be 130 percent of the applicable family size income
levels contained in the nonfarm income poverty guidelines pre-
scribed by the Office of Management and Budget, as adjusted an-
nually in accordance with subparagraph (B). The income guidelines
for determining eligibility for reduced price lunches for any school
year shall be 185 percent of the applicable family size income levels
contained in the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by
the Office of Management and Budget, as adjusted annually in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B). The Office of Management and
Budget guidelines shall be revised at annual intervals, or at any
shorter interval deemed feasible and desirable.
(B) The revision required by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
shall be made by multiplying—
(i) the official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget); by
(ii) the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index dur-
ing the annual or other interval immediately preceding the
time at which the adjustment is made.
Revisions under this subparagraph shall be made not more than 30
days after the date on which the consumer price index data re-
quired to compute the adjustment becomes available.
(2)(A) Following the determination by the Secretary under para-
graph (1) of this subsection of the income eligibility guidelines for
each school year, each State educational agency shall announce the
income eligibility guidelines, by family size, to be used by schools
in the State in making determinations of eligibility for free and re-
duced price lunches. Local school authorities shall, each year, pub-
licly announce the income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced
price lunches on or before the opening of school.
(B) APPLICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIVE MATERIAL.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Applications for free and reduced price
lunches, in such form as the Secretary may prescribe or
approve, and any descriptive material, shall be distributed
to the parents or guardians of children in attendance at
the school, and shall contain only the family size income
levels for reduced price meal eligibility with the expla-
nation that households with incomes less than or equal to
these values would be eligible for free or reduced price
lunches.
(ii) INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.—Forms and de-
scriptive material distributed in accordance with clause (i)
may not contain the income eligibility guidelines for free
lunches.
(iii) CONTENTS OF DESCRIPTIVE MATERIAL.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—Descriptive material distributed in
accordance with clause (i) shall contain a notification
that—
(aa) participants in the programs listed in sub-
clause (II) may be eligible for free or reduced price
meals; and
(bb) documentation may be requested for
verification of eligibility for free or reduced price
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(II) PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to in sub-
clause (I)(aa) are—
(aa) the special supplemental nutrition program
for women, infants, and children established by
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786);
(bb) the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram established under the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
(cc) the food distribution program on Indian res-
ervations established under section 4(b) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b));
and
(dd) a State program funded under the program
of block grants to States for temporary assistance
for needy families established under part A of title
IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.).
(3) HOUSEHOLD APPLICATIONS.—
(A) DEFINITION OF HOUSEHOLD APPLICATION.—In this
paragraph, the term ‘‘household application’’ means an ap-
plication for a child of a household to receive free or re-
duced price school lunches under this Act, or free or re-
duced price school breakfasts under the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), for which an eligi-
bility determination is made other than under paragraph
(4) or (5).
(B) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligibility determination shall
be made on the basis of a complete household applica-
tion executed by an adult member of the household or
in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary.
(ii) ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AND APPLICATIONS.—A
household application may be executed using an elec-
tronic signature if—
(I) the application is submitted electronically;
and
(II) the electronic application filing system
meets confidentiality standards established by the
Secretary.
(C) CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The household application shall
identify the names of each child in the household for
whom meal benefits are requested.
(ii) SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.—A State educational
agency or local educational agency may not request a
separate application for each child in the household
that attends schools under the same local educational
agency.
(D) VERIFICATION OF SAMPLE.—
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subparagraph:
(I) ERROR PRONE APPLICATION.—The term ‘‘error
prone application’’ means an approved household
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(aa) indicates monthly income that is within
$100, or an annual income that is within
$1,200, of the income eligibility limitation for
free or reduced price meals; or
(bb) in lieu of the criteria established under
item (aa), meets criteria established by the
Secretary.
(II) NON-RESPONSE RATE.—The term ‘‘non-re-
sponse rate’’ means (in accordance with guidelines
established by the Secretary) the percentage of ap-
proved household applications for which
verification information has not been obtained by
a local educational agency after attempted
verification under subparagraphs (F) and (G).
(ii) VERIFICATION OF SAMPLE.—Each school year, a
local educational agency shall verify eligibility of the
children in a sample of household applications ap-
proved for the school year by the local educational
agency, as determined by the Secretary in accordance
with this subsection.
(iii) SAMPLE SIZE.—Except as otherwise provided in
this paragraph, the sample for a local educational
agency for a school year shall equal the lesser of—
(I) 3 percent of all applications approved by the
local educational agency for the school year, as of
October 1 of the school year, selected from error
prone applications; or
(II) 3,000 error prone applications approved by
the local educational agency for the school year, as
of October 1 of the school year.
(iv) ALTERNATIVE SAMPLE SIZE.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—If the conditions described in
subclause (IV) are met, the verification sample
size for a local educational agency shall be the
sample size described in subclause (II) or (III), as
determined by the local educational agency.
(II) 3,000/3 PERCENT OPTION.—The sample size
described in this subclause shall be the lesser of
3,000, or 3 percent of, applications selected at ran-
dom from applications approved by the local edu-
cational agency for the school year, as of October
1 of the school year.
(III) 1,000/1 PERCENT PLUS OPTION.—
(aa) IN GENERAL.—The sample size de-
scribed in this subclause shall be the sum of—
(AA) the lesser of 1,000, or 1 percent of,
all applications approved by the local edu-
cational agency for the school year, as of
October 1 of the school year, selected
from error prone applications; and
(BB) the lesser of 500, or 1⁄2 of 1 per-
cent of, applications approved by the local
educational agency for the school year, as
of October 1 of the school year, that pro-
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formation) showing participation in a pro-
gram described in item (bb) selected from
those approved applications that provide
a case number (in lieu of income informa-
tion) verifying the participation.
(bb) PROGRAMS.—The programs described in
this item are—
(AA) the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program established under the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011
et seq.);
(BB) the food distribution program on
Indian reservations established under
section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)); and
(CC) a State program funded under the
program of block grants to States for tem-
porary assistance for needy families es-
tablished under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
that the Secretary determines complies
with standards established by the Sec-
retary that ensure that the standards
under the State program are comparable
to or more restrictive than those in effect
on June 1, 1995.
(IV) CONDITIONS.—The conditions referred to in
subclause (I) shall be met for a local educational
agency for a school year if—
(aa) the nonresponse rate for the local edu-
cational agency for the preceding school year
is less than 20 percent; or
(bb) the local educational agency has more
than 20,000 children approved by application
by the local educational agency as eligible for
free or reduced price meals for the school
year, as of October 1 of the school year, and—
(AA) the nonresponse rate for the pre-
ceding school year is at least 10 percent
below the nonresponse rate for the second
preceding school year; or
(BB) in the case of the school year be-
ginning July 2005, the local educational
agency attempts to verify all approved
household applications selected for
verification through use of public agency
records from at least 2 of the programs or
sources of information described in sub-
paragraph (F)(i).
(v) ADDITIONAL SELECTED APPLICATIONS.—A sample
for a local educational agency for a school year under
clauses (iii) and (iv)(III)(AA) shall include the number
of additional randomly selected approved household
applications that are required to comply with the sam-
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(E) PRELIMINARY REVIEW.—
(i) REVIEW FOR ACCURACY.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—Prior to conducting any other
verification activity for approved household appli-
cations selected for verification, the local edu-
cational agency shall ensure that the initial eligi-
bility determination for each approved household
application is reviewed for accuracy by an indi-
vidual other than the individual making the ini-
tial eligibility determination, unless otherwise de-
termined by the Secretary.
(II) WAIVER.—The requirements of subclause (I)
shall be waived for a local educational agency if
the local educational agency is using a technology-
based solution that demonstrates a high level of
accuracy, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in
processing an initial eligibility determination in
accordance with the income eligibility guidelines
of the school lunch program.
(ii) CORRECT ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.—If the re-
view indicates that the initial eligibility determination
is correct, the local educational agency shall verify the
approved household application.
(iii) INCORRECT ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.—If the
review indicates that the initial eligibility determina-
tion is incorrect, the local educational agency shall (as
determined by the Secretary)—
(I) correct the eligibility status of the household;
(II) notify the household of the change;
(III) in any case in which the review indicates
that the household is not eligible for free or re-
duced-price meals, notify the household of the rea-
son for the ineligibility and that the household
may reapply with income documentation for free
or reduced-price meals; and
(IV) in any case in which the review indicates
that the household is eligible for free or reduced-
price meals, verify the approved household appli-
cation.
(F) DIRECT VERIFICATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), to
verify eligibility for free or reduced price meals for ap-
proved household applications selected for verification,
the local educational agency may (in accordance with
criteria established by the Secretary) first obtain and
use income and program participation information
from a public agency administering—
(I) the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram established under the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
(II) the food distribution program on Indian res-
ervations established under section 4(b) of the
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(III) the temporary assistance for needy families
program funded under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
(IV) the State medicaid program under title XIX
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);
or
(V) a similar income-tested program or other
source of information, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
(ii) FREE MEALS.—Public agency records that may be
obtained and used under clause (i) to verify eligibility
for free meals for approved household applications se-
lected for verification shall include the most recent
available information (other than information reflect-
ing program participation or income before the 180-
day period ending on the date of application for free
meals) that is relied on to administer—
(I) a program or source of information described
in clause (i) (other than clause (i)(IV)); or
(II) the State plan for medical assistance under
title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.) in—
(aa) a State in which the income eligibility
limit applied under section 1902(l)(2)(C) of
that Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(C)) is not more
than 133 percent of the official poverty line
described in section 1902(l)(2)(A) of that Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(A)); or
(bb) a State that otherwise identifies house-
holds that have income that is not more than
133 percent of the official poverty line de-
scribed in section 1902(l)(2)(A) of that Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(A)).
(iii) REDUCED PRICE MEALS.—Public agency records
that may be obtained and used under clause (i) to
verify eligibility for reduced price meals for approved
household applications selected for verification shall
include the most recent available information (other
than information reflecting program participation or
income before the 180-day period ending on the date
of application for reduced price meals) that is relied on
to administer—
(I) a program or source of information described
in clause (i) (other than clause (i)(IV)); or
(II) the State plan for medical assistance under
title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.) in—
(aa) a State in which the income eligibility
limit applied under section 1902(l)(2)(C) of
that Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(C)) is not more
than 185 percent of the official poverty line
described in section 1902(l)(2)(A) of that Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(A)); or
(bb) a State that otherwise identifies house-
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185 percent of the official poverty line de-
scribed in section 1902(l)(2)(A) of that Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(A)).
(iv) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after the
date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary
shall complete an evaluation of—
(I) the effectiveness of direct verification carried
out under this subparagraph in decreasing the
portion of the verification sample that must be
verified under subparagraph (G) while ensuring
that adequate verification information is obtained;
and
(II) the feasibility of direct verification by State
agencies and local educational agencies.
(v) EXPANDED USE OF DIRECT VERIFICATION.—If the
Secretary determines that direct verification signifi-
cantly decreases the portion of the verification sample
that must be verified under subparagraph (G), while
ensuring that adequate verification information is ob-
tained, and can be conducted by most State agencies
and local educational agencies, the Secretary may re-
quire a State agency or local educational agency to im-
plement direct verification through 1 or more of the
programs described in clause (i), as determined by the
Secretary, unless the State agency or local educational
agency demonstrates (under criteria established by the
Secretary) that the State agency or local educational
agency lacks the capacity to conduct, or is unable to
implement, direct verification.
(G) HOUSEHOLD VERIFICATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—If an approved household applica-
tion is not verified through the use of public agency
records, a local educational agency shall provide to the
household written notice that—
(I) the approved household application has been
selected for verification; and
(II) the household is required to submit
verification information to confirm eligibility for
free or reduced price meals.
(ii) PHONE NUMBER.—The written notice in clause (i)
shall include a toll-free phone number that parents
and legal guardians in households selected for
verification can call for assistance with the verification
process.
(iii) FOLLOWUP ACTIVITIES.—If a household does not
respond to a verification request, a local educational
agency shall make at least 1 attempt to obtain the
necessary verification from the household in accord-
ance with guidelines and regulations promulgated by
the Secretary.
(iv) CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR SCHOOL FOOD AU-
THORITIES.—A local educational agency may contract
(under standards established by the Secretary) with a
third party to assist the local educational agency in
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(H) VERIFICATION DEADLINE.—
(i) GENERAL DEADLINE.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subclause (II), not
later than November 15 of each school year, a
local educational agency shall complete the
verification activities required for the school year
(including followup activities).
(II) EXTENSION.—Under criteria established by
the Secretary, a State may extend the deadline es-
tablished under subclause (I) for a school year for
a local educational agency to December 15 of the
school year.
(ii) ELIGIBILITY CHANGES.—Based on the verification
activities, the local educational agency shall make ap-
propriate modifications to the eligibility determina-
tions made for household applications in accordance
with criteria established by the Secretary.
(I) LOCAL CONDITIONS.—In the case of a natural disaster,
civil disorder, strike, or other local condition (as deter-
mined by the Secretary), the Secretary may substitute al-
ternatives for—
(i) the sample size and sample selection criteria es-
tablished under subparagraph (D); and
(ii) the verification deadline established under sub-
paragraph (H).
(J) INDIVIDUAL REVIEW.—In accordance with criteria es-
tablished by the Secretary, the local educational agency
may, on individual review—
(i) decline to verify no more than 5 percent of ap-
proved household applications selected under subpara-
graph (D); and
(ii) replace the approved household applications with
other approved household applications to be verified.
(K) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a
study of the feasibility of using computer technology
(including data mining) to reduce—
(I) overcertification errors in the school lunch
program under this Act;
(II) waste, fraud, and abuse in connection with
this paragraph; and
(III) errors, waste, fraud, and abuse in other nu-
trition programs, as determined to be appropriate
by the Secretary.
(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate a report describing—
(I) the results of the feasibility study conducted
under this subsection;
(II) how a computer system using technology de-
scribed in clause (i) could be implemented;
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(IV) proposed legislation, if necessary, to imple-
ment the system.
(4) DIRECT CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN IN SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSEHOLDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (D), each
State agency shall enter into an agreement with the State
agency conducting eligibility determinations for the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program established under
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(B) PROCEDURES.—Subject to paragraph (6), the agree-
ment shall establish procedures under which a child who
is a member of a household receiving assistance under the
supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be cer-
tified as eligible for free lunches under this Act and free
breakfasts under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), without further application.
(C) CERTIFICATION.—Subject to paragraph (6), under the
agreement, the local educational agency conducting eligi-
bility determinations for a school lunch program under
this Act and a school breakfast program under the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) shall certify
a child who is a member of a household receiving assist-
ance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program
as eligible for free lunches under this Act and free break-
fasts under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1771 et seq.), without further application.
(D) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph applies to—
(i) in the case of the school year beginning July
2006, a school district that had an enrollment of
25,000 students or more in the preceding school year;
(ii) in the case of the school year beginning July
2007, a school district that had an enrollment of
10,000 students or more in the preceding school year;
and
(iii) in the case of the school year beginning July
2008 and each subsequent school year, each local edu-
cational agency.
(E) PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Effective for each of the school
years beginning July 1, 2011, July 1, 2012, and July
1, 2013, the Secretary shall offer performance awards
to States to encourage the States to ensure that all
children eligible for direct certification under this
paragraph are certified in accordance with this para-
graph.
(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—For each school year described
in clause (i), the Secretary shall—
(I) consider State data from the prior school
year, including estimates contained in the report
required under section 4301 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C.
1758a); and
(II) make performance awards to not more than
15 States that demonstrate, as determined by the
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(aa) outstanding performance; and
(bb) substantial improvement.
(iii) USE OF FUNDS.—A State agency that receives a
performance award under clause (i)—
(I) shall treat the funds as program income; and
(II) may transfer the funds to school food au-
thorities for use in carrying out the program.
(iv) FUNDING.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2011, and each
subsequent October 1 through October 1, 2013,
out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Secretary—
(aa) $2,000,000 to carry out clause
(ii)(II)(aa); and
(bb) $2,000,000 to carry out clause
(ii)(II)(bb).
(II) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary
shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall
use to carry out this clause the funds transferred
under subclause (I), without further appropria-
tion.
(v) PAYMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A
determination by the Secretary whether, and in what
amount, to make a performance award under this sub-
paragraph shall not be subject to administrative or ju-
dicial review.
(F) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.—
(i) DEFINITION OF REQUIRED PERCENTAGE.—In this
subparagraph, the term ‘‘required percentage’’
means—
(I) for the school year beginning July 1, 2011, 80
percent;
(II) for the school year beginning July 1, 2012,
90 percent; and
(III) for the school year beginning July 1, 2013,
and each school year thereafter, 95 percent.
(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—Each school year, the Secretary
shall—
(I) identify, using data from the prior year, in-
cluding estimates contained in the report required
under section 4301 of the Food, Conservation, and
Energy Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1758a), States that
directly certify less than the required percentage
of the total number of children in the State who
are eligible for direct certification under this para-
graph;
(II) require the States identified under sub-
clause (I) to implement a continuous improvement
plan to fully meet the requirements of this para-
graph, which shall include a plan to improve di-
rect certification for the following school year; and
(III) assist the States identified under subclause
(I) to develop and implement a continuous im-
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(iii) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE STANDARD.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—A State that is required to de-
velop and implement a continuous improvement
plan under clause (ii)(II) shall be required to sub-
mit the continuous improvement plan to the Sec-
retary, for the approval of the Secretary.
(II) REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum, a contin-
uous improvement plan under subclause (I) shall
include—
(aa) specific measures that the State will
use to identify more children who are eligible
for direct certification, including improve-
ments or modifications to technology, informa-
tion systems, or databases;
(bb) a timeline for the State to implement
those measures; and
(cc) goals for the State to improve direct
certification results.
(G) WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘with-
out further application’’ means that no action is re-
quired by the household of the child.
(ii) CLARIFICATION.—A requirement that a household
return a letter notifying the household of eligibility for
direct certification or eligibility for free school meals
does not meet the requirements of clause (i).
(5) DISCRETIONARY CERTIFICATION.—Subject to paragraph (6),
any local educational agency may certify any child as eligible
for free lunches or breakfasts, without further application, by
directly communicating with the appropriate State or local
agency to obtain documentation of the status of the child as—
(A) a member of a family that is receiving assistance
under the temporary assistance for needy families program
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) that the Secretary determines com-
plies with standards established by the Secretary that en-
sure that the standards under the State program are com-
parable to or more restrictive than those in effect on June
1, 1995;
(B) a homeless child or youth (defined as 1 of the indi-
viduals described in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2));
(C) served by the runaway and homeless youth grant
program established under the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.);
(D) a migratory child (as defined in section 1309 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6399)); or
(E)(i) a foster child whose care and placement is the re-
sponsibility of an agency that administers a State plan
under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 621 et seq.); or
(ii) a foster child who a court has placed with a care-
taker household.
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The use or disclosure of any informa-
tion obtained from an application for free or reduced price
meals, or from a State or local agency referred to in para-
graph (3)(F), (4), or (5), shall be limited to—
(i) a person directly connected with the administra-
tion or enforcement of this Act or the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) (including a regu-
lation promulgated under either Act);
(ii) a person directly connected with the administra-
tion or enforcement of—
(I) a Federal education program;
(II) a State health or education program admin-
istered by the State or local educational agency
(other than a program carried out under title XIX
or XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396
et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.)); or
(III) a Federal, State, or local means-tested nu-
trition program with eligibility standards com-
parable to the school lunch program under this
Act;
(iii)(I) the Comptroller General of the United States
for audit and examination authorized by any other
provision of law; and
(II) notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
Federal, State, or local law enforcement official for the
purpose of investigating an alleged violation of any
program covered by this paragraph or paragraph
(3)(F), (4), or (5);
(iv) a person directly connected with the administra-
tion of the State medicaid program under title XIX of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or the
State children’s health insurance program under title
XXI of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) solely for
the purposes of—
(I) identifying children eligible for benefits
under, and enrolling children in, those programs,
except that this subclause shall apply only to the
extent that the State and the local educational
agency or school food authority so elect; and
(II) verifying the eligibility of children for pro-
grams under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.); and
(v) a third party contractor described in paragraph
(3)(G)(iv).
(B) LIMITATION ON INFORMATION PROVIDED.—Information
provided under clause (ii) or (v) of subparagraph (A) shall
be limited to the income eligibility status of the child for
whom application for free or reduced price meal benefits is
made or for whom eligibility information is provided under
paragraph (3)(F), (4), or (5), unless the consent of the par-
ent or guardian of the child for whom application for bene-
fits was made is obtained.
(C) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—A person described in subpara-
graph (A) who publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes
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Federal law (including a regulation), any information ob-
tained under this subsection shall be fined not more than
$1,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(D) REQUIREMENTS FOR WAIVER OF CONFIDENTIALITY.—A
State that elects to exercise the option described in sub-
paragraph (A)(iv)(I) shall ensure that any local educational
agency or school food authority acting in accordance with
that option—
(i) has a written agreement with 1 or more State or
local agencies administering health programs for chil-
dren under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. and 1397aa et seq.) that
requires the health agencies to use the information ob-
tained under subparagraph (A) to seek to enroll chil-
dren in those health programs; and
(ii)(I) notifies each household, the information of
which shall be disclosed under subparagraph (A), that
the information disclosed will be used only to enroll
children in health programs referred to in subpara-
graph (A)(iv); and
(II) provides each parent or guardian of a child in
the household with an opportunity to elect not to have
the information disclosed.
(E) USE OF DISCLOSED INFORMATION.—A person to which
information is disclosed under subparagraph (A)(iv)(I)
shall use or disclose the information only as necessary for
the purpose of enrolling children in health programs re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A)(iv).
(7) FREE AND REDUCED PRICE POLICY STATEMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—After the initial submission, a local
educational agency shall not be required to submit a free
and reduced price policy statement to a State educational
agency under this Act unless there is a substantive change
in the free and reduced price policy of the local educational
agency.
(B) ROUTINE CHANGE.—A routine change in the policy of
a local educational agency (such as an annual adjustment
of the income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced
price meals) shall not be sufficient cause for requiring the
local educational agency to submit a policy statement.
(8) COMMUNICATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any communication with a household
under this subsection or subsection (d) shall be in an un-
derstandable and uniform format and, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, in a language that parents and legal
guardians can understand.
(B) ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY.—In addition to the dis-
tribution of applications and descriptive material in paper
form as provided for in this paragraph, the applications
and material may be made available electronically via the
Internet.
(9) ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCHES.—
(A) FREE LUNCHES.—Any child who is a member of a
household whose income, at the time the application is
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applicable family size income level of the income eligibility
guidelines for free lunches, as determined under para-
graph (1), shall be served a free lunch.
(B) REDUCED PRICE LUNCHES.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Any child who is a member of a
household whose income, at the time the application is
submitted, is at an annual rate greater than the appli-
cable family size income level of the income eligibility
guidelines for free lunches, as determined under para-
graph (1), but less than or equal to the applicable fam-
ily size income level of the income eligibility guidelines
for reduced price lunches, as determined under para-
graph (1), shall be served a reduced price lunch.
(ii) MAXIMUM PRICE.—The price charged for a re-
duced price lunch shall not exceed 40 cents.
(C) DURATION.—Except as otherwise specified in para-
graph (3)(E), (3)(H)(ii), and section 11(a), eligibility for free
or reduced price meals for any school year shall remain in
effect—
(i) beginning on the date of eligibility approval for
the current school year; and
(ii) ending on a date during the subsequent school
year determined by the Secretary.
(10) No physical segregation of or other discrimination against
any child eligible for a free lunch or a reduced price lunch under
this subsection shall be made by the school nor shall there be any
overt identification of any child by special tokens or tickets, an-
nounced or published list of names, or by other means.
(11) Any child who has a parent or guardian who (A) is respon-
sible for the principal support of such child and (B) is unemployed
shall be served a free or reduced price lunch, respectively, during
any period (i) in which such child’s parent or guardian continues
to be unemployed and (ii) the income of the child’s parents or
guardians during such period of unemployment falls within the in-
come eligibility criteria for free lunches or reduced price lunches,
respectively, based on the current rate of income of such parents
or guardians. Local educational agencies shall publicly announce
that such children are eligible for free or reduced price lunch, and
shall make determinations with respect to the status of any parent
or guardian of any child under clauses (A) and (B) of the preceding
sentence on the basis of a statement executed in such form as the
Secretary may prescribe by such parent or guardian. No physical
segregation of, or other discrimination against, any child eligible
for a free or reduced price lunch under this paragraph shall be
made by the school nor shall there be any overt identification of
any such child by special tokens or tickets, announced or published
lists of names, or by any other means.
(12)(A) A child shall be considered automatically eligible for a
free lunch and breakfast under this Act and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), respectively, without further
application or eligibility determination, if the child is—
(i) a member of a household receiving assistance under the
supplemental nutrition assistance program authorized under
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(ii) a member of a family (under the State program funded
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.)) that the Secretary determines complies with
standards established by the Secretary that ensure that the
standards under the State program are comparable to or more
restrictive than those in effect on June 1, 1995;
(iii) enrolled as a participant in a Head Start program au-
thorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on
the basis of a determination that the child meets the eligibility
criteria prescribed under section 645(a)(1)(B) of the Head Start
Act (42 U.S.C. 9840(a)(1)(B));
(iv) a homeless child or youth (defined as 1 of the indi-
viduals described in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)));
(v) served by the runaway and homeless youth grant
program established under the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.);
(vi) a migratory child (as defined in section 1309 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6399)); or
(vii)(I) a foster child whose care and placement is the re-
sponsibility of an agency that administers a State plan
under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 621 et seq.); or
(II) a foster child who a court has placed with a
caretaker household.
(B) Proof of receipt of supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits or assistance under the State program funded under part
A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) that
the Secretary determines complies with standards established by
the Secretary that ensure that the standards under the State pro-
gram are comparable to or more restrictive than those in effect on
June 1, 1995, or of enrollment or participation in a Head Start pro-
gram on the basis described in subparagraph (A)(iii), shall be suffi-
cient to satisfy any verification requirement imposed under this
subsection.
(13) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY HOUSING ALLOW-
ANCES.—The amount of a basic allowance provided under sec-
tion 403 of title 37, United States Code, on behalf of a member
of a uniformed service for housing that is acquired or con-
structed under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United
States Code, or any related provision of law, shall not be con-
sidered to be income for the purpose of determining the eligi-
bility of a child who is a member of the household of the mem-
ber of a uniformed service for free or reduced price lunches
under this Act.
(14) COMBAT PAY.—
(A) DEFINITION OF COMBAT PAY.—In this paragraph, the
term ‘‘combat pay’’ means any additional payment under
chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or otherwise des-
ignated by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion
under this paragraph, that is received by or from a mem-
ber of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a des-
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(i) is the result of deployment to or service in a com-
bat zone; and
(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving in
a combat zone.
(B) EXCLUSION.—Combat pay shall not be considered to
be income for the purpose of determining the eligibility for
free or reduced price meals of a child who is a member of
the household of a member of the United States Armed
Forces.
(15) DIRECT CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING MED-
ICAID BENEFITS.—
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:
(i) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible child’’ means
a child—
(I)(aa) who is eligible for and receiving medical
assistance under the Medicaid program; and
(bb) who is a member of a family with an in-
come as measured by the Medicaid program before
the application of any expense, block, or other in-
come disregard, that does not exceed 133 percent
of the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of
the Community Services Block Grant Act (42
U.S.C. 9902(2), including any revision required by
such section)) applicable to a family of the size
used for purposes of determining eligibility for the
Medicaid program; or
(II) who is a member of a household (as that
term is defined in section 245.2 of title 7, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)
with a child described in subclause (I).
(ii) MEDICAID PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Medicaid pro-
gram’’ means the program of medical assistance estab-
lished under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
(B) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service and
in cooperation with selected State agencies, shall con-
duct a demonstration project in selected local edu-
cational agencies to determine whether direct certifi-
cation of eligible children is an effective method of cer-
tifying children for free lunches and breakfasts under
section 9(b)(1)(A) of this Act and section 4(e)(1)(A) of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1773(e)(1)(A)).
(ii) SCOPE OF PROJECT.—The Secretary shall carry
out the demonstration project under this subpara-
graph—
(I) for the school year beginning July 1, 2012, in
selected local educational agencies that collec-
tively serve 2.5 percent of students certified for
free and reduced price meals nationwide, based on
the most recent available data;
(II) for the school year beginning July 1, 2013,
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tively serve 5 percent of students certified for free
and reduced price meals nationwide, based on the
most recent available data; and
(III) for the school year beginning July 1, 2014,
and each subsequent school year, in selected local
educational agencies that collectively serve 10 per-
cent of students certified for free and reduced
price meals nationwide, based on the most recent
available data.
(iii) PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT.—At a minimum, the
purposes of the demonstration project shall be—
(I) to determine the potential of direct certifi-
cation with the Medicaid program to reach chil-
dren who are eligible for free meals but not cer-
tified to receive the meals;
(II) to determine the potential of direct certifi-
cation with the Medicaid program to directly cer-
tify children who are enrolled for free meals based
on a household application; and
(III) to provide an estimate of the effect on Fed-
eral costs and on participation in the school lunch
program under this Act and the school breakfast
program established by section 4 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) of direct cer-
tification with the Medicaid program.
(iv) COST ESTIMATE.—For each of 2 school years of
the demonstration project, the Secretary shall esti-
mate the cost of the direct certification of eligible chil-
dren for free school meals through data derived from—
(I) the school meal programs authorized under
this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);
(II) the Medicaid program; and
(III) interviews with a statistically representa-
tive sample of households.
(C) AGREEMENT.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1 of the first
school year during which a State agency will partici-
pate in the demonstration project, the State agency
shall enter into an agreement with the 1 or more State
agencies conducting eligibility determinations for the
Medicaid program.
(ii) WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICATION.—Subject to
paragraph (6), the agreement described in subpara-
graph (D) shall establish procedures under which an
eligible child shall be certified for free lunches under
this Act and free breakfasts under section 4 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), without
further application (as defined in paragraph (4)(G)).
(D) CERTIFICATION.—For the school year beginning on
July 1, 2012, and each subsequent school year, subject to
paragraph (6), the local educational agencies participating
in the demonstration project shall certify an eligible child
as eligible for free lunches under this Act and free break-
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1771 et seq.), without further application (as defined in
paragraph (4)(G)).
(E) SITE SELECTION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate in the
demonstration project under this subsection, a State
agency shall submit to the Secretary an application at
such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require.
(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting States and local
educational agencies for participation in the dem-
onstration project, the Secretary may take into consid-
eration such factors as the Secretary considers to be
appropriate, which may include—
(I) the rate of direct certification;
(II) the share of individuals who are eligible for
benefits under the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program established under the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) who par-
ticipate in the program, as determined by the Sec-
retary;
(III) the income eligibility limit for the Medicaid
program;
(IV) the feasibility of matching data between
local educational agencies and the Medicaid pro-
gram;
(V) the socioeconomic profile of the State or
local educational agencies; and
(VI) the willingness of the State and local edu-
cational agencies to comply with the requirements
of the demonstration project.
(F) ACCESS TO DATA.—For purposes of conducting the
demonstration project under this paragraph, the Secretary
shall have access to—
(i) educational and other records of State and local
educational and other agencies and institutions receiv-
ing funding or providing benefits for 1 or more pro-
grams authorized under this Act or the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.); and
(ii) income and program participation information
from public agencies administering the Medicaid pro-
gram.
(G) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2014, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education
and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate, an interim report that describes the re-
sults of the demonstration project required under this
paragraph.
(ii) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2015,
the Secretary shall submit a final report to the com-
mittees described in clause (i).
(H) FUNDING.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, out of any
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Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-
retary to carry out subparagraph (G) $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
(ii) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary shall
be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to
carry out subparagraph (G) the funds transferred
under clause (i), without further appropriation.
(c) School lunch programs under this Act shall be operated on a
nonprofit basis. Commodities purchased under the authority of sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, may be donated by the Sec-
retary to schools, in accordance with the needs as determined by
local school authorities, for utilization in the school lunch program
under this Act as well as to other schools carrying out nonprofit
school lunch programs and institutions authorized to receive such
commodities. The requirements of this section relating to the serv-
ice of meals without cost or at a reduced cost shall apply to the
lunch program of any school utilizing commodities donated under
any provision of law.
(d)(1) The Secretary shall require as a condition of eligibility for
receipt of free or reduced price lunches that the member of the
household who executes the application furnish the last 4 digits of
the social security account number of the parent or guardian who
is the primary wage earner responsible for the care of the child for
whom the application is made, or that of another appropriate adult
member of the child’s household, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) No member of a household may be provided a free or reduced
price lunch under this Act unless—
(A) appropriate documentation relating to the income of such
household (as prescribed by the Secretary) has been provided
to the appropriate local educational agency so that the local
educational agency may calculate the total income of such
household;
(B) documentation showing that the household is partici-
pating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 has been provided to the
appropriate local educational agency;
(C) documentation has been provided to the appropriate local
educational agency showing that the family is receiving assist-
ance under the State program funded under part A of title IV
of the Social Security Act that the Secretary determines com-
plies with standards established by the Secretary that ensure
that the standards under the State program are comparable to
or more restrictive than those in effect on June 1, 1995;
(D) documentation has been provided to the appropriate local
educational agency showing that the child meets the criteria
specified in clauses (iv) or (v) of subsection (b)(12)(A);
(E) documentation has been provided to the appropriate local
educational agency showing the status of the child as a migra-
tory child (as defined in section 1309 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6399));
(F)(i) documentation has been provided to the appropriate
local educational agency showing the status of the child as a
foster child whose care and placement is the responsibility of
an agency that administers a State plan under part B or E of
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(ii) documentation has been provided to the appropriate
local educational agency showing the status of the child as
a foster child who a court has placed with a caretaker
household; or
(G) documentation has been provided to the appropriate local
educational agency showing the status of the child as an eligi-
ble child (as defined in subsection (b)(15)(A)).
(e) A school or school food authority participating in a program
under this Act may not contract with a food service company to
provide a la carte food service unless the company agrees to offer
free, reduced price, and full-price reimbursable meals to all eligible
children.
(f) NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Schools that are participating in the school
lunch program or school breakfast program shall serve lunches
and breakfasts that—
(A) are consistent with the goals of the most recent Die-
tary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301
of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); and
(B) consider the nutrient needs of children who may be
at risk for inadequate food intake and food insecurity.
(2) To assist schools in meeting the requirements of this sub-
section, the Secretary—
(A) shall—
(i) develop, and provide to schools, standardized recipes,
menu cycles, and food product specification and prepara-
tion techniques; and
(ii) provide to schools information regarding nutrient
standard menu planning, assisted nutrient standard menu
planning, and food-based menu systems; and
(B) may provide to schools information regarding other ap-
proaches, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) USE OF ANY REASONABLE APPROACH.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A school food service authority may use
any reasonable approach, within guidelines established by the
Secretary in a timely manner, to meet the requirements of this
subsection, including—
(i) using the school nutrition meal pattern in effect for
the 1994–1995 school year; and
(ii) using any of the approaches described in paragraph
(3).
(B) NUTRIENT ANALYSIS.—The Secretary may not require a
school to conduct or use a nutrient analysis to meet the re-
quirements of this subsection.
(4) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR WEIGHTED AVERAGES FOR
NUTRIENT ANALYSIS.—During the period ending on September
30, 2010, the Secretary shall not require the use of weighted
averages for nutrient analysis of menu items and foods offered
or served as part of a meal offered or served under the school
lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program
under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1773).
(g) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sub-
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justifies the need for production records required under section
210.10(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and describes how
the Secretary has reduced paperwork relating to the school lunch
and school breakfast programs.
(h) FOOD SAFETY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A school participating in the school lunch
program under this Act or the school breakfast program under
section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773)
shall—
(A) at least twice during each school year, obtain a food
safety inspection conducted by a State or local govern-
mental agency responsible for food safety inspections;
(B) post in a publicly visible location a report on the
most recent inspection conducted under subparagraph (A);
and
(C) on request, provide a copy of the report to a member
of the public.
(2) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSPECTIONS.—Nothing in
paragraph (1) prevents any State or local government from
adopting or enforcing any requirement for more frequent food
safety inspections of schools.
(3) AUDITS AND REPORTS BY STATES.—øFor fiscal year 2021¿
For fiscal year 2022, each State shall annually—
(A) audit food safety inspections of schools conducted
under paragraphs (1) and (2); and
(B) submit to the Secretary a report of the results of the
audit.
(4) AUDIT BY THE SECRETARY.—øFor fiscal year 2021¿ For fis-
cal year 2022, the Secretary shall annually audit State reports
of food safety inspections of schools submitted under paragraph
(3).
(5) SCHOOL FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each school food authority shall imple-
ment a school food safety program, in the preparation and
service of each meal served to children, that complies with
any hazard analysis and critical control point system es-
tablished by the Secretary.
(B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) shall apply to any
facility or part of a facility in which food is stored, pre-
pared, or served for the purposes of the school nutrition
programs under this Act or section 4 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
(i) SINGLE PERMANENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATE AGENCY AND
SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY; COMMON CLAIMS FORM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a single State agency administers any
combination of the school lunch program under this Act, the
school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), the summer food service pro-
gram for children under section 13 of this Act, or the child and
adult care food program under section 17 of this Act, the agen-
cy shall—
(A) require each school food authority to submit to the
State agency a single agreement with respect to the oper-
ation by the authority of the programs administered by the
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(B) use a common claims form with respect to meals and
supplements served under the programs administered by
the State agency.
(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—The agreement described in
paragraph (1)(A) shall be a permanent agreement that may be
amended as necessary.
(j) PURCHASES OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS.—The Secretary
shall—
(1) encourage institutions receiving funds under this Act and
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) to pur-
chase unprocessed agricultural products, both locally grown
and locally raised, to the maximum extent practicable and ap-
propriate;
(2) advise institutions participating in a program described
in paragraph (1) of the policy described in that paragraph and
paragraph (3) and post information concerning the policy on
the website maintained by the Secretary; and
(3) allow institutions receiving funds under this Act and the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including
the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Pro-
gram, to use a geographic preference for the procurement of
unprocessed agricultural products, both locally grown and lo-
cally raised.
(k) INFORMATION ON THE SCHOOL NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
(A) establish requirements for local educational agencies
participating in the school lunch program under this Act
and the school breakfast program established by section 4
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) to re-
port information about the school nutrition environment,
for all schools under the jurisdiction of the local edu-
cational agencies, to the Secretary and to the public in the
State on a periodic basis; and
(B) provide training and technical assistance to States
and local educational agencies on the assessment and re-
porting of the school nutrition environment, including the
use of any assessment materials developed by the Sec-
retary.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the requirements for re-
porting on the school nutrition environment under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall—
(A) include information pertaining to food safety inspec-
tions, local wellness policies, meal program participation,
the nutritional quality of program meals, and other infor-
mation as determined by the Secretary; and
(B) ensure that information is made available to the
public by local educational agencies in an accessible, easily
understood manner in accordance with guidelines estab-
lished by the Secretary.
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums
as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.
(l) FOOD DONATION PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school and local educational agency
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donate any food not consumed under such program to eligible
local food banks or charitable organizations.
(2) GUIDANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall de-
velop and publish guidance to schools and local edu-
cational agencies participating in the school lunch program
under this Act to assist such schools and local educational
agencies in donating food under this subsection.
(B) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update such guidance
as necessary.
(3) LIABILITY.—Any school or local educational agency mak-
ing donations pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from
civil and criminal liability to the extent provided under the Bill
Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 1791).
(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible local
food banks or charitable organizations’’ means any food bank
or charitable organization which is exempt from tax under sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
501(c)(3)).
* * * * * * *
SEC. 26. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into a contract with
a nongovernmental organization described in subsection (b) to es-
tablish and maintain a clearinghouse to provide information to
nongovernmental groups located throughout the United States that
assist low-income individuals or communities regarding food assist-
ance, self-help activities to aid individuals in becoming self-reliant,
and other activities that empower low-income individuals or com-
munities to improve the lives of low-income individuals and reduce
reliance on Federal, State, or local governmental agencies for food
or other assistance.
(b) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.—The nongovernmental
organization referred to in subsection (a) shall be selected on a
competitive basis and shall—
(1) be experienced in the gathering of first-hand information
in all the States through onsite visits to grassroots organiza-
tions in each State that fight hunger and poverty or that assist
individuals in becoming self-reliant;
(2) be experienced in the establishment of a clearinghouse
similar to the clearinghouse described in subsection (a);
(3) agree to contribute in-kind resources towards the estab-
lishment and maintenance of the clearinghouse and agree to
provide clearinghouse information, free of charge, to the Sec-
retary, States, counties, cities, antihunger groups, and grass-
roots organizations that assist individuals in becoming self-suf-
ficient and self-reliant;
(4) be sponsored by an organization, or be an organization,
that—
(A) has helped combat hunger for at least 10 years;
(B) is committed to reinvesting in the United States; and
(C) is knowledgeable regarding Federal nutrition pro-
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(5) be experienced in communicating the purpose of the
clearinghouse through the media, including the radio and print
media, and be able to provide access to the clearinghouse infor-
mation through computer or telecommunications technology, as
well as through the mails; and
(6) be able to provide examples, advice, and guidance to
States, counties, cities, communities, antihunger groups, and
local organizations regarding means of assisting individuals
and communities to reduce reliance on government programs,
reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and otherwise assist low-in-
come individuals and communities become more self-sufficient.
(c) AUDITS.—The Secretary shall establish fair and reasonable
auditing procedures regarding the expenditures of funds to carry
out this section.
(d) FUNDING.—Out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Sec-
retary to provide to the organization selected under this section, to
establish and maintain the information clearinghouse, $200,000 for
each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, $150,000 for fiscal year 1997,
$100,000 for fiscal year 1998, $166,000 for each of fiscal years 1999
through 2004, and $250,000 for each of fiscal years ø2010 through
2022¿ 2010 through 2023. The Secretary shall be entitled to receive
the funds and shall accept the funds, without further appropria-
tion.
* * * * * * *
AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2018
* * * * * * *
TITLE VII—RESEARCH, EXTENSION,
AND RELATED MATTERS
* * * * * * *
Subtitle F—Other Matters
* * * * * * *
SEC. 7605. LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7
U.S.C. 5940) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b)
and (a), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to ap-
pear in alphabetical order;
(2) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning given such
term in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
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(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), in the subsection
heading, by striking ‘‘In General’’ and inserting ‘‘Industrial
Hemp Research’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of ag-
ricultural pilot programs—
‘‘(A) to determine the economic viability of the domestic
production and sale of industrial hemp; and
‘‘(B) that shall include a review of—
‘‘(i) each agricultural pilot program; and
‘‘(ii) any other agricultural or academic research re-
lating to industrial hemp.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the date of en-
actment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report describing the results of the study conducted
under paragraph (1).’’.
(b) REPEAL.—Effective on øJanuary 1, 2022¿ January 1, 2023,
section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is re-
pealed.
* * * * * * *
SECTION 788 OF THE FURTHER CONSOLIDATED
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
SEC. 788. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shall,
notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(a) within 60 calendar days, restore on its website the searchable
database and its contents that were available on January 30, 2017,
and all content generated since that date; and
(b) hereafter, make publicly available via searchable database, in
their entirety without redactions except signatures, the following
records after enactment of this Act for a subsequent period of three
years:
ø(1) all final Animal Welfare Act inspection reports, includ-
ing all reports documenting all Animal Welfare Act non-compli-
ances observed by USDA officials and all animal inventories;
ø(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act
enforcement records;
ø(3) all reports or other materials documenting any non-com-
pliances observed by USDA officials; and¿
(1) all final Animal Welfare Act inspection reports, including
all reports documenting all Animal Welfare Act violations and
non-compliances observed by USDA officials and all animal in-
ventories for the current year and preceding three years;
(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act en-
forcement records for the current year and the preceding three
years;
(3) all reports or other materials documenting any violations
and non-compliances observed by USDA officials for the current
year and preceding three years; and
(4) within six months of receipt by the agency, all final Ani-
mal Welfare Act research facility annual reports, including
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fidential business information that USDA could withhold
under FOIA Exemption 4.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF THE FY 2022 AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP-
MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CON-
GRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW
93–344, AS AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION
Section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 re-
quires the report accompanying a bill providing new budget author-
ity to contain a statement comparing the levels in the bill to the
suballocations submitted under section 302(b) of the Act for the
most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the
applicable fiscal year.
[In millions of dollars]
302(b) Allocation This Bill
Budget Budget
Outlays Outlays
Authority Authority
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee al-
locations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee on
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, and Related Agencies
Discretionary .......................................................... 26,550 26,000 26,550 1 25,428
Mandatory .............................................................. 150,271 137,918 150,271 1 137,918
1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NOTE.—The amounts in this report do not include $50 million
in discretionary budget authority and $66 million in associated out-
lays provided for the purposes specified in the 21st Century Cures
Act (Public Law 114–255). Pursuant to title I of that act, such
funding does not count for the purposes of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985.
FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS
In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the following table contains five-year projec-
tions associated with the budget authority provided in the accom-
panying bill.
[In millions of dollars]
Outlays
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2022 ...................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1 140,844
2023 ...................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 7,353
2024 ...................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1,753
2025 ...................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 945
2026 and future years .......................................................... .................... .................... .................... 902
1 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Office has provided
the following estimates of new budget authority and outlays pro-
vided by the accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and
local governments.
[In millions of dollars]
Budget Outlays
Authority
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2022 ................................ 48,800 1 34,685
1 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
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Office of Homeland Security .......................... . 1,324 13,429 4,749 +3,425 ·8,680
Office of Tribal Relations ........................... . 2,860 2,860 +2,860
Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement ......... . 7,002 13,294 9,294 +2,292 -4,000
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Office of Communications ............•.................. 7,342 10,509 7,484 +142 -3,025
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Office of the Chief Economist ........................ . 24,192 31,050 26,399 +2,207 -4,651
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Subtotal .................................. ..... . 49,215 59,983 55,332 +6,117 -4,651
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Office of the Chief Information Officer .............. . 66,814 101,001 84,746 +17,932 -16,255
Office of the Chief Financial Officer ................ . 6,109 7,118 7,118 +1,009
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights ... . 908 1,426 1,426 +518
Office of Civil Rights ............................... . 22,789 29,328 35,328 +12,539 +6,000
Office of Safety, Security, and Protection ........... .
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23,218 27,034 23,306 +88 -3,728
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities ................. . 108,124 133,443 180,623 +72,499 +47, 180
Hazardous materials management ....................... . 6,514 6,545 8,540 +2,026 +1,995
Office of Inspector General .......................... . 99,912 106,309 106,309 +6,397
Office of the General Counsel ........................ . 45,390 60,723 60,723 +15,333 155
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Office of Ethics .................................. ... . 4,184 4,277 4,277 +93
Total, Executive Operations .................... . 433,177 537,187 567,728 +134,551 +30,541
Total, Staff Offices ........................... . 480,175 623,960 632,483 +152,308 +8,523
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Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education,
and Economics .................................. .... . 809 1,327 2,327 +1 , 518 +1,000
Office of the Chief Scientist .................... . 5,000 2,000 +2,000 -3,000
Economic Research Service ............................ . 85,476 90,594 88,594 +3, 118 -2,000
National Agricultural Statistics Service ............. . 183,921 193,662 189,175 +5,254 -4,487
Census of Agriculture ............................ . (46,300) (46,300) (46,850) (+550) (+550)
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Agricultural Research Service
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 1,491,784 1,849,590 1,638,046 +146,262 -211,544
Frm 00156
Buildings and facilities ............................. . __ ,. 35,700
_____ _ 45,405 126,505 +90,805 +81, 100
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Total, Agricultural Research Service ........ , .. . 1,527,484 1,894,995 1, 764,551 +237,067 -130,444
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture ........... . 1,955,863 -1,955,863
Research and education activities .................... . 992,642 1,061,309 +68,667 +1,061,309
Native American Institutions Endowment Fund .......... . (11,880) (11,880) (11,880)
Extension activities ................................. . 538,447 553,495 +15,048 +553,495
156
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Integrated activities ................................ . 39,000 40,000 +1 ,000 +40,000
Total, National Institute of Food and
Agriculture .................................. . 1,570,089 1,955,863 1,654,804 +84,715 -301,059
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Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs ................................ . 809 1,327 1,577 +768 +250
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 1,064,179 1,102,222 1,121,427 +57,248 +19,205
Buildings and facilities ............................. . 3,175 3,175 3,175
Total, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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Service .................................... . 1,067,354 1,105,397 1,124,602 +57,248 +19 ,205
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Marketing Services .................................•.. 188,358 213,157 223,157 +34,799 +10,000
Frm 00157
(Limitation on administrative expenses, from fees
collected) ......................................... . (61,227) (61,786) (61,786) (+559)
Funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply
(Section 32):
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Permanent, Section 32 .........................•... 1,359,864 1 , 391,211 1,391,211 +31,347
Marketing agreements and orders (transfer
from Section 32) ....................•..... (20,705) (20,705) (20,817) {+112) (+112)
Payments to States and Possessions ...........•.•.. 1,235 1,235 1,235
Limitation on inspection and weighing services .... (55,000) (55,000) (55,000) 157
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Total, Agricultural Marketing Service program. 1,665,684
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1,722,389 1,732,389
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+66,705 +10,000
Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety ........ . 809 1,327 1,077 +268 -250
Food Safety and Inspection Service ................... . 1,075,703 1,165,589 1,153,064 +77,361 -12,525
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Lab accreditation fees ...........•... , ........... . (1,000) (1,000) (1,000)
==~============ =============== =============== ============== ==============
Total, title I, Agricultural Programs .......... . 7,542,086 8,644,644 8,229,857 +687,771 -414,787
(By transfer) .................•................. (20,705) (20,705) (20,817) (+112) (+112)
(Limitation on administrative expenses) ........ . (116,227) (116,786) (116,786) (+559)
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TITLE II - Farm Production and Conservation Programs
Farm Production Programs
Frm 00158
Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and
Conservation ....................................... . 916 1,437 1,687 +771 +250
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center ..... . 231,302 238,177 238,177 +6,875
(by transfer from CCC) .......•.................... (60,228) (60,228) (60,228)
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(by transfer from Food for Peace (P.L. 480)) ..... . (112) ( -112)
( by transfer from export 1oans) ... , .............. . (318) (-318)
Total, FPAC Business Center (including
transfers) ................................. . 291,960 298,405 298,405 +6,445 158
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Farm Service Agency
Salaries and expenses ................................ . 1,142,924 1,175,670 1,175,670 +32,746
(by transfer from ACIF) .......................... . (294,114) (294,114) (294,114)
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Subtotal , transfers .......................... . (294, 114) (294, 114) (294, 114)
Total, Salaries and expenses (including
--------------- --------------- --------------- '-------------- --------------
transfers) ................................... . 1,437,038 1,469,784 1,469,784 +32,746
State mediation grants ............................... . 6,914 6,914 6,914
Grassroots source water protection program ........... . 6,500 6,500 6,500
Dairy indemnity program .............................. . 500 500 500
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Subtotal, Farm Service Agency ................. .. 1,156,838 1, 189,584 1,189,584 +32,746
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Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund (ACIF) Program
Account:
Frm 00159
Loan authorizations:
Farm ownership loans:
Direct ............... : ..................... . (2,500,000) (2,800,000) (2,800,000) (+300,000)
Guaranteed ................................. . (3,300,000) (3,500,000) (3,500,000) (+200,000)
----------- ...... -.. - ............ -- --- -.... -.... ------------
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Subtotal ............................... . (5,800,000) (6,300,000) (6,300,000) (+500,000)
Farm operating loans:
Direct ..................................... . (1,633,333) (1 , 633,333) (1,633,333)
Unsubsidized guaranteed .................... . (2,118,482) (2,118,482)
.............. ( 2, 118 , 482)
159
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___ _ ----- ............. . .
Subtotal ............................... .
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(3,751,815) (3,751,815) (3,751,815)
Emergency 1oans .............................. . (37,668) (37,668) (37,668)
Indian tribe land acquisition loans .......... . (20,000) (20,000) (20,000}
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Conservation loans:
Guaranteed ............................... . (150,000) (150,000) (150,000)
Indian Highly Fractionated Land Loans ........ . (5,000) (5,000) (5,000}
Boll weevil eradication loans ................ . (60,000) (60,000) (60,000)
Rel ending program loans ...................... . (33,693) (33,693} (61,425) (+27,732) (+27,732)
Total, Loan authorizations ................. .
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
(9,858,176) (10,358,176) (10,385,908) (+527,732) (+27,732)
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Loan subsidies:
Farm.operating loans:
Direct ..................................... . 38,710 40,017 40,017 +1,307
Frm 00160
Unsubsidized guaranteed .................•... 23,727 16,524 16,524 -7,203
Subtotal ............................... . 62,437 56,541 56,541 -5,896
Emergency Loans .............................. . 207 267 267 +60
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Indian Highly Fractionated Land Loans ........ . 742 407 407 -335
Rel ending program loans ..................... :. 5,000 2,743 5,000 +2,257
Total, Loan subsidies and grants ......... .
--------------•
68,386
~~~--M•-----~--
59,958
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62,215
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-6,171
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+2,257
160
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ACIF administrative expenses:
Admi ni strati ve Expenses ...................... . 307,344 314,772 314,772 +7,428
(Progi;-am Loan Cost Expenses) ............... . (13,230) (20,658) (20,658) (+7, 428)
(Transfer out to FSA Salaries and expenses). ( -294, 114) (-294,114) (-294,114)
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Total, Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
Program Account ........................ ,...... . 375,730 374,730 376,987 +1,257 +2,257
(Loan authorizations) .......................... . (9,858,176) (10,358,176) ( 10, 385 , 908) (+527,732) (+27,732)
--------- --------- ---------- -------------- --------------
Total, Farm Service Agency ..................... . 1,532,568 1,564,314 1,566,571 +34,003 +2,257
Risk Management Agency
RMA Salaries and Expenses ..... , ..................... .. 60,131 69,207 66,957 +6,826 -2,250
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Totai, Farm Production Programs ................ . 1,824,917 1 , 873,135 1,873,392 +48,475 +257
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Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Private Lands Conservation Operations ............ . 832,727 886,285 894,743 +62,016 +8,458
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Farm Security and Rural Investment Program:
Administrative expenses-FPAC Business Center
( transfer out) ................................. . (-60,228) (-60, 228) (-60,228)
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Total, Conservation operations ............. . 832,727 886,285 894,743 +62,016 +8,458
Watershed flood and prevention operations ........ . 175,000 175,000 160,000 -15,000 -15,000
Watershed rehabilitation program ................. . 10,000 10,000 10,000
Healthy forests reserve program .................. . 20,000 -20,000 161
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Urban Agriculture Program ........................ . 9,458 -9,458
Total, Natural Resources Conservation Service .. . 1,017,727
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1,064,743
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+47,016
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-36,000
Corporations
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation:
Federal crop insurance corporation fund .......... . 8,748,000 9,660,000 9,660,000 +912,000
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Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:
Reimbursement for net realized losses .............. . 31,830,731 25,915,000 25,915,000 -5,915,731
Hazardous waste management (limitation on expenses) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000)
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40,578,731 35,575,000 35,575,000
Total, Corporations .......................... . -5,003,731
Total, title II, Farm Production and
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Conservation Programs ........................ . 43,421,375 38,548,878 38,513,135 -4,908,240 -35,743
(By transfer) .................................. . (354,772) (354,342) (354,342) (-430)
(Transfer out) ................................. . (-354,342) (-354, 342) (-354,342)
162
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TITLE III· RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development ... 812 1,330 1,580 +768 +250
Rural Development
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Rural development expenses:
Salaries and expenses ............................ . 264,024 367,447 348,425 +84,401 -19,022
(by transfer from RHIF) ......................... .. (412,254) (412,254) (412,254)
( by transfer from RDLFP) ......................... . (4,468) (4,468) (4,468)
( by transfer from RETLP) ......................... . (33,270) (33,270) (33,270)
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Subtotal, transfers from program accounts .... . 449,992 449,992 449,992
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
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Total, Rural development expenses ....•.......... 714,016 817,439 798,417 +84,401 -19,022
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Rural Housing Service
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account:
Frm 00163
Loan authorizations:
Single family direct (Sec. 502) ........... , .. , (1 , 000, 000) (1,500,000) (1,500,000) (+500,000)
Unsubsidized guaranteed ............ , ..... . (24,000,000) (30,000,000) {30,000,000) (+6,000,000)
Subtotal, Single family .•.............
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25,000,000
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31,500,000
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31,500,000
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+6,500,000
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Housing repair (Sec. 504) ................... .. (28,000) (28,000) (28,000)
Rental housing (Sec. 515) ................... .. (40,000) (40,000) (40,000)
Multi-family housing guarantees (Sec. 538) .. ,, (230,000) (230,000) (230,000)
Site development loans (Sec, 524) ...... ,, .... . (5,000) (5,000) (5,000) 163
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Single family housing credit sales .......... ,, (10,000) (10,000) (10,000)
Self-help housing land development housing
loans (Sec. 523) .......................... .. (5,000) (5,000) (5,000)
Farm Labor Housing (Sec.514) ................. . {28,000) (28,000) (28,000)
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Total, Loan authorizations .............. ,. 25,346,000 31,846,000 31,846,000 +6,500,000
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Loan subsidies:
Single family direct (Sec. 502) .............. . 55,400 27,900 27,900 -27,500
Housing repair (Sec. 504) .................... . 2,215 484 484 -1, 731
Frm 00164
Rental housing (Sec. 515) ................... .. 6,688 3,576 3,576 -3, 112
Multi-family housing revitalization program .. . 32,000 60,000 +60,000 +28,000
Farm labor housing (Sec.514) ................. . 5,093 2,831 2,831 -2,262
Self-Help Land Development Housing Loans
(Sec.523) .................................. . 269 55 55 -214
Fmt 6659
Site Oevelopment Loans (Sec.524) ............. . 355 206 206 -149
Total , Loan subsidies .................... .
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70,020
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67,052
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95,052
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+25,032
-----------~--
+28,000
Farm 1abor housing grants ....................... .. 10,000 10,000 15,000 +5,000 +5,000 164
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RHIF administrative expenses ..................... . 412,254 412,254 412,254
(transfer out to Rural Development) .......•....... (-412,254) (-412,254) (-412,254)
-- ................ .. ---------- ---- ........... ..
Total, Rural Housing Insurance Fund program .. . 492,274 489,306 522,306 +30,032 +33,000
(Loan authorization) ......................... . (25,346,000) (31,846,000) (31,846,000) (+6,500,000)
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Rental assistance program:
Rental assistance (Sec. 521) .............. ·... . 1,410,000 1,450,000 1,450,000 +40,000
Rural housing vouchers ....................... . 45,000 45,000 +45,000
-- .. - .......... ---------
Subtotal, Rental Assistance Program ...... . 1,410,000 1,495,000 1,495,000 +85,000
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Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program
Account:
Rural housing voucher program ................ . 40,000 -40,000
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Multi-family housing revitalization program .. . 28,000 -28,000
Mutual and self-help housing grants .......... . 31,000 32,000 32,000 +1 ,000
Rural housing assistance grants .............. . 45,000 45,000 65,000 +20,000 +20,000
Rural community facilities program account:
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Loan authorizations:
Community facility:
Direct ............................... . (2,800,000) (2,800,000) (2,800,000)
Guaranteed ..... ,, ..................... . (500,000) (500,000) (650,000) (+150,000) (+150,000)
_.. ___ ,._ ..
--------- ..................... 165
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Total, Loan authorizations ....... . 3,300,000 3,300,000 3,450,000 +150,000 +150,000
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Loan subsidies and grants:
Community facility:
Non-conforming Subsidy ............... . 25,000 -25,000
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Grants ............................... . 32,000 58,000 222,455 +190,455 +164,455
Rural community development initiative .. 6,000 6,000 6,000
Economic impact initiative grants ...... . 6,000 -6,000
Tribal college grants .................. . 5,000 10,000 10,000 +5,000
--------------- --------- ---- -------------- -------- -----
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Subtotal, Loan subsidies and grants. 74,000 74,000 238,455 +164,455 +164,455
Total, grants and payments ........... . 150,000
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151,000
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335,455
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+185,455
-----~--------
+184,455
--------------- --~-------- --- - ------------ - ................
Total, Rural Housing Service ................. . 2,120,274 2,135,306 2,352,761 +232,487 +217,455 166
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(Loan authorization) ......................... . (28,646,000) ( 35 , 146, 000) (35,296,000) (+6,650,000) (+150,000)
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Rural Business--Cooperative Service:
Rural Business Program Account:
(Guaranteed business and industry loan
Frm 00167
authorization) ............................. . (1,000,000) (1,500,000) (2,000,000) (+1 ,000,000) (+500,000)
Loan subsidies and grants:
Guarante~d business and industry subsidy .. 10,400 30,150 40,200 +29,800 +10,050
Rural business development grants ..... 37,000 37,000 37,000
Fmt 6659
Delta Regional Authority and
Appalachian Regional Commission ..... 9,000 9,000 9,000
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy
Grant Program ...................... . 5,000 5,000 +5,000
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- -------------- 167
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Total, RBP loan subsidies and
grants ......................... . 56,400 81,150 91,200 +34,800 +10,050
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account:
(Loan authorization) ......................... . (18,889) (18,889) (18,889)
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Loan subsidy ................................. . 2,939 1,524 1,524 -1, 415
Administrative expenses ...................... . 4,468 4,468 4,468
(transfer out to Rural Development) ........ . (-4,468) (-4,468) (-4,468)
Total, Intermediary Relending Program
Account .............................. . 7,407 5,992 5,992 -1, 415
Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account:
(Loan authorization) ......................... . (50,000) (50,000) (50,000)
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Rural Cooperative Development Grants:
Cooperative development ...................... . 5,800 2,800 5,800 +3,000
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural
Areas ...................................... .
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2,800 2,800 2,800
Grants to assist minority producers .......... . 3,000 3,000 3,000
Value-added agricultural product market
development ................................ . 12,000 15,000 14,000 +2,000 -1,000
Agriculture innovation centers ............... . 3,000 3,000 3,000
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Total, Rural Cooperative development
grants .......................... ••••••,. 26,600 26,600 28,600 +2,000 +2,000
Healthy Foods Financing Initiative ............... . 5,000 6,000 +6,000 +1,000 168
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Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program ....... . 6,000 6,000 8,000 +2,000 +2,000
Rural Energy for America Program:
(Loan authorization) ......................... . (20,000) (20,000) (50,000) (+30,000) (+30,000)
Loan subsidy and grants ...................... . 392 30,168 30,420 +30,028 +252
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Total, Rural Business-Cooperative Service ...... . 96,799 154,910 170,212 +73,413 +15,302
(Loan authorizations) .......................... . (1,088,889) (1,588,889) (2,118,889) (+1,030,000) (+530,000)
Rural Utilities Service:
Rural water and waste disposal program account:
Loan authorizations:
Direct ................................... . (1,400,000) (1,400,000) (1,400,000)
Guaranteed ............................... . (50,000) (50,000) (50,000)
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Total, Loan authorizations ........... . 1,450,000 1,450,000 1,450,000
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Loan subsidies and grants:
Guaranteed subsidy ....................... . 60 45 45 -15
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Water and waste revolving fund ........... . 1,000 1,000 1,000
Water well system grants ................. . 5,000 5,000 5,000
Colonias and AK/HI grants ................ . 68,000 93,000 93,000 +25,000
Water and waste technical assistance ..... . 35·, 000 40,000 40,000 +5,000
Circuit rider program .................... . 20,157 20,157 20,157
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Solid waste management grants ............ . 4,000 4,000 4,000
High energy cost grants .................. . 10,000 10,000 10,000
Water and waste disposal grants .......... . 463,350 528,355 533,355 +70,005 +5,000
306A{i)(2) grants ....................... . 15,000 15,000 15 ,-000
169
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Total, Loan subsidies and grants ..... . 621,567 716,557 721,557 +99,990 +5,000
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans
Program Account:
Loan authorizations:
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Electric:
Direct, FFB ................... ·....... . (5,500,000) (-5, 500,000)
Electric Direct, Treasury Rate ....... . {6,500,000) {5,500,000) (+5,500,000) (-1,000,000)
Guaranteed underwriting .............. . {750,000) (750,000) {+750,000)
Rural Energy Savings Program ......... . {398,551) (255,000) (+255,000) {-143,551)
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Subtotal, Electric ................. . 6,250,000 6,898,551 6,505,000 +255,000 -393,551
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Telecommunications:
Telecomm Direct, Treasury ........... . (345,000) (690,000) (690,000) (+345,000)
Direct , FFB .......................... . (345,000) (-345,000)
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Subtotal, Telecommunications ....... . 690,000 690,000 690,000
Total, Loan authorizations ............. . 6,940,000 7,588,551 7,195,000 +255,000 -393,551
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Loan Subsidy:
Rural electric modifications ........... . 400,000 150,000 +150,000 -250,000
Rural Energy Savings Program ........... . 22,000 14,000 +14,000 -8,000
Telecommunications Direct, Treasury Rate 2,277 2,070 2,070 -207
170
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Treasury modifications ....................... . 25,000 25,000 +25,000
RETLP administrative expenses ................ . 33,270 33,270 33,270
(transfer out to Rural Development) ........ . (-33,270) (-33,270) (-33, 270)
Total, Rural Electrification and
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Telecommunications Loans Program Account 35,547 482,340 224,340 +188,793 -258,000
(Loan authorization) ..................... . (6,940,000) (7,588,551) (7,195,000) (+255,000) (-393,551)
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Broadband Program:
Loan authorizations:
Broadband telecommunications ............. . (11,869) (11,869) (11,869)
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Loan subsidies and grants:
Distance learning and telemedicine:
Grants .......................... , .. , .. 60,000 60,000 60,000
Broadband telecommunications:
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Direct ........................ ,.,,,,,. 2,000 1,772 1,772 -228
Grants .........•..... , ... ,,,, .. ,,,.,,, 35,000 35,000 35,000
Broadband E-Connect:
Loan subsidies and grants............. 650,000 786,605 +786,605 +136,605 171
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Total, Loan subsidies and grants ... . 97,000 746,772
--~------- -~ --------------
883,377 +786,377
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+136,605
Total, Rural Utilities Service ................. . 754,114 1,945,669
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1,829,274
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-116,395
(Loan authorization) ........................... . (8,401,869) (9,050,420) (8,656,869) (+255,000) (-393,551)
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Total, title III, Rural Development Programs ... . 3,236,023 4,604,662 4,702,252 +1,466,229 +97,590
(By transfer) .................................. . (449,992) (449,992) (449,992)
(Transfer out) ................................. . (-449,992) (-449,992) (-449,992)
(Loan authorizations) .......................... . (38,136,758) (45,785,309) (46,071,758) (+7,935,000) (+286,449)
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TITLE IV - DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and
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Consumer Services .................................. . 809 1,327 1,327 +518
Food and Nutrition Service:
Child nutrition programs ........................ . 25,046,440 26,800,922 26,800,922 +1,754,482
School breakfast program equipment grants .... . 30,000 35,000 35,000 +5,000
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Demonstration projects (Summer EBT) .......... . 42,000 45,000 45,000 +3,000
School Breakfast Expansion Grants ............ . 6,000 -6,000
Farm to School ............................... . 12,000 +12,000 +12,000
Child Nutrition Training .................... .. 1,000 -1,000
---- ------- -------------- -----26,892,922
--------- -----------M-- -------------• 172
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Total, Child nutrition programs ............ . 25,118,440 26,887,922 +1,774,482 +5,000
Special supplemental nutrition program for women,
infants, and children (WIC) .................... . 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000
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Supplemental nutrition assistance program:
(Food stamp program) ........................... . 111,034,580 102 , 792, 199 102,792,199 -8,242,381
Reserve ...................................... . 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
FDPIR nutrition education services ........... . 998 998 998
Forward funding .............................. . 17,805,255 -17, 805,255
Healthy Fluid Milk ........................... . 1,000 -1,000
Tribal Demonstration Projects ................ . 3,000 3,000 +3,000
--------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Total, Food stamp program .................. . 114,035,578 123,602,452 105,796,197 -8,239,381 -17,806,255
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Commodity assistance program:
Commodity supplemental food program .......... . 325,000 332,000 332,000 +7,000
Farmers market nutrition program ............. . 21,000 24,000 30,000 +9,000 +6,000
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Emergency food assistance program ............ . 79,630 85,000 85,000 +5,370
Pacific island and disaster assistance ....... . 1,070 1,070 1,070
Total, Commodity assistance program ........ . 426,700 442,070 448,070 +21,370 +6,000
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Nutrition programs administration ................ . 156,805 191,533 191,533 +34,728
Congressional Hunger Center .................. . (2,000) (2,000) (2,000)
Total, Food and Nutrition Service ............ . 145,737,523 157,123,977 139,328,722 -6,408,801 -17,795,255
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Total, title IV, Domestic Food Programs ..... ,. 145,738,332 157,125,304 139,330,049 -6,408,283 -17,795,255
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TITLE V - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs ............................... .
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887 1,408 908 +21 -500
Office of Codex Alimentarius ......................... . 4,805 4,841 4,841 +36
Foreign Agricultural Service
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Salaries and expenses ................................ . 221,835 228,644 228,644 +6,809
(By transfer from export loans) .................. . (6,063) (6,063) (6,063)
Total, Salaries and expenses (including
transfers) .................. , .............. . 227,898 234,707 234,707 +6,809 174
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Food for Peace Title I Direct Credit and Food for
Progress Program Account:
Administrative expenses .......................... , 112 -112
FPAC Business Center Salaries and expenses
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(transfer out) ............................. . (-112) (+112)
Food for Peace Title II Grants:
Expenses .................................... , ... ,: 1,740,000 1,570,000 1,740,000 +170,000
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Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program
Account:
Administrative expenses .......................... . 6,381 6,063 6,063 -318
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Foreign Agriculture Service, Salaries and
expenses (transfer out) .................... . (-6,063) (-6,063) (-6,063)
FPAC Business Center Salaries and expenses
(transfer out) ............................. . (-318) (+318)
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Total, CCC Export Loans Program Account .. . 6,381 6,063 6,063 -318
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and
Child Nutrition program grants ..................... . 230,000 230,112 245,000 +15,000 +14,888
175
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Total, title V, Foreign Assistance and Related
Programs ..................................... . 2,204,020 2,041,068 2,225,456 +21,436 +184,388
( By transfer) .................................. . (6,063) (6,063) (6,063)
(Transfer out) ................................. . (-6,493) (-6,063) (-6, 063) (+430)
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TITLE VI - RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Salaries and expenses
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Direct appropriation ................................. . 3,201,928 3,526,928 3,449,869 +247,941 -77 ,059
Transfer to OIG (transfer out) ................... . {-1 ,500) (-1,500) (-1,500)
Spending from appropriated user fees: 176
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Prescription drug user fees ..................... .. 1,107,199 1,141,861 1,141,861 +34,662
Medical device user fees ........................ .. 236,059 241,431 241,431 +5,372
Human generic drug user fees ..................... . 520,208 527,848 527,848 +7,640
Biosimilar biological products user fees ......... . 42,494 43, 116 43,116 +622
Animal drug user fees ............................ . 33,340 33,836 33,836 +496
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Animal generic drug user fees ................... .. 22,797 23,137 23,137 +340
Tobacco product user fees ........................ . 712,000 712,000 712,000
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Subtotal, user fees (appropriated) ............. . 2,674,097 2,723,229 2,723,229 +49, 132
--------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Subtotal (including appropriated user fees) .... . 5,876,025 6,250,157 6,173,098 +297,073 -77,059
Mammography user fees ............................ . 18,618 18,991 18,991 +373
Export user fees ................................. . 4,886 4,983 4,983 +97
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Color certification user fees .................... . 10,469 . 10,678 10,678 +209
Food and Feed Recall user fees ................... . 1,492 1,522 1,522 +30
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Food Rei nspecti on fees ........................... , 6,673 6,805 6,805 +132
Voluntary qualified importer program fees ........ . 5,514 5,624 5,624 +110
Pharmacy compounding fees, ..... , ...... , .......... . 1,581 1,613 1,613 +32
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Priority review vouchers (PRV) pediatric disease .. 7,997 8,156 8,156 +159
Priority review vouchers (PRV) tropical disease ... 2,556 2,608 2,608 +52
Priority review vouchers (PRV) medical
countermeasures ................................ . 2,556 2,608 2,608 +52
Thi rd party auditor .............................. . 741 755 755 +14
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Over-the-Counter Monograph fees .................. . 28,400 28,968 28,968 +568
Increased export certification fees (legislative
proposal) ...................................... . 4,366 -4,366
Expand tobacco products fees (legislative
proposal) ...................................... . 100,000 -100,000 177
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Subtotal, spending from FOA user fees ........ .
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2,765,580
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2,920,906
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2,816,540
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+50,960
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Total, Salaries and expenses (including user
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fees) ........................................ . 5,966,008 6,446,334 6,264,909 +298,901 -181,425
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HHS Office of Inspector General (by transfer) ........ . (1,500) (1,500) (1,500)
Buildings and facilities ............................. . 12,788 30,788 21,788 +9,000 -9,000
FDA Innovation account ................................ . 70,000 50,000 50,000 -20,000
Offset of appropriation pursuant to Section 1002
(b)(3)(B) of the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L.
114-255) ... , ....................................... . -70,000 -50,000 -50,000 +20,000
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Spending of FDA innovation account (transfer) ........ . (70,000) (50,000) (50,000) (-20, 000)
Total, FDA (w/user fees, including proposals) .. .
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5,980,296
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6,478,622
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6,288,197
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+307, 901 -190,425
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Total, FDA (w/enacted user fees only)., ........ . 5,980,296 6,374,256 6,288,197 +307,901 -86,059
FDA user fees ............................... , .. , . , ... . -2,765 ,580 -2,920,906 -2,816,540 -50,960 +104,366
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Total, Food and Drug Administration (excluding
user fees) ................................... . 3,214,716 3,557,716 3,471,657 +256,941 -86,059
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
178
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission 1/ .............. . 304,000 278,000 363,000 +59,000 +85,000
Total, Commodity Futures Trading Commission .. . 304,000 278,000 363,000 +59,000 +85,000
Farm Credit Administration (limitation on
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administrative expenses) ........................... . (80,400) (84,200) (84,200) (+3,800)
Total, title VI, Related Agencies and Food and
Drug Admi ni strati on .......................... . 3,518,716 3,835,716 3,834,657 +315,941 -1,059
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TITLE VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rural Energy Savings Program ......................... . 11,000 -11,000
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Farm to School ....................................... . 12,000 12,000 -12,000 -12,000
Healthy Food Financing Initiative .................... . 5,000 -5,000
Citrus Greening ...................................... . 8,500 -8,500
Broadband Pi 1ot ...................................... . 531,000 -531,000
Section 313 funds ................................ . (104,000) (50,000) {50,000) (-54,000)
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NIFA Military Veteran Grants ......................... . 5,000 5,000 +5,000
Centers of Excellence ................................ . 10,000 10,000 +10,000
Rural Hospital Technical Assistance .................. . 2,000 2,000 +2,000
Protecting Animals with Shelter Grants ............ , .. . 2,500 3,000 +500 +3,000
Tribal Demonstration Projects ....................... .. 3,000 -3,000 179
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International Agricultural Education Fellowship ....... . 1,000 1,000 +1,000
School Breakfast Expansion Grants .................... . 6,000 10,000 +4,000 +10,000
Urban Agriculture Office ............................. . 7,000 -7,000
Food Loss Liaison .................................... . 500 -500
Healthy Fluid Mi 1k .. ,., .............. ; ............... . 1,000 3,000 +2,000 +3,000
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Pollinator Research Coordinator ...................... . 400 400 +400
Farm Opportunities Training and Outreach ............. . 5,000 5,000 +5,000
Tribal Student Scholarships .......................... . 5,000 5,000 +5,000
Genome to Phenome .................................... . 1,000 2,000 +1,000 +2,000
Micro-grants for Food Security ....................... . 5,000 10,000 +5,000 +10,000
Water Bank program .................................. . 4,000 -4,000
Geographic Di saqvantaged farmers ..................... . 2,000 3,000 +1,000 +3,000
Maturing mortgage pi 1ot .............................. . 2,000 2,000 • +2,000
WIC (rescission) ..................................... . -1,250,000 -225,000 +1,025,000 -225,000
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RISE grants .......................................... . 5,000 -5,000
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Mitigation banking ................................... . 5,000 -5,000
Waste water pi 1ot program ............................ . 5,000 5,000 +5,000
Agriculture Business Innovation Center ............... . 2,000 -2,000
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Child nutrition training ............................. . 1,000 -1 ,000
Renewable energy .•.................................... 10,000 -10,000
NOAA working group ................................... . 1,000 -1 ,000
Goodfellow faci 1ity ................................. .. 45,861 24,525 -21,336 +24,525
Broadband program {rescission) •.. .- ................... . -12,000 +12,000
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FDA Seafood Safety .......................•...•........ 1,000 -1 , 000
Cogongrass Pi 1ot .............................•........ 3,000 -3,000
Blue Ribbon Panel ..................•........••........ 300 300 +300
Farm of the Future ................................... . 4,000 6,000 +2,000 +6,000
Open Data Standards ..........................•........ 500 2,000 +1,500 +2,000 180
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Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Services (emergency) 635,000 -635,000
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Grand total .......................................... . 205,769,113 214,812,272 196,709,631 -9,059,482 -18, 102,641
Appropriations ................................... . (209,161,693) (217,733,178) (199,751,171) (-9,410,522) (-17,982,007)
Emergency appropriations ......................... . (635,000) (-635,000)
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Offsetting collections ........................... . (-2,765,580) (-2,920,906) (-2,816,540) (-50,960) (+104,366)
Re sci ssi ons ...................................... . (-1,262,000) (-225,000) (+1,037,000) (-225,000)
(By transfer) ........................................ . (1,623,154) (1,622,294) (1,622,294) (-860)
(By transfer) (emergency) ............................ . (104,000) (50,000) (50,000) (-54,000)
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(Transfer out) ....................................... . (-1,623,154) (-1 ,622,294) (-1,622,294) (+860)
(Loan authorization) ................................. . (47,994,934) (56,143,485) (56,457,666) (+8,462,732) (+314, 181)
(Limitation on administrative expenses) .............. . (211,627) (215,986) (215,986) (+4,359)
181
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Actual FY21 appr.opriation was provided in the
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MINORITY VIEWS
We appreciate the collegial and collaborative efforts of Agri-
culture Subcommittee Chairman Sanford Bishop and the Full Com-
mittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro in producing this Agriculture
appropriations bill that addresses critical priorities of Members on
both sides of the aisle. The bill includes several bipartisan prior-
ities that support investments for rural high-speed internet, water
and wastewater infrastructure in our rural communities, and crit-
ical agricultural research, including the Farm of the Future initia-
tive. We generally agree with the Majority on funding provided for
a number of other programs and initiatives in this bill.
Unfortunately, due to concerns about unsustainable government-
wide spending levels and a number of controversial policy provi-
sions, we are unable to support the bill as written at this time. The
bill provides $26,550,000,000 in new discretionary budget authority
for fiscal year 2022. This record high spending level for the bill is
$2,851,000,000, or 12 percent above the comparable fiscal year
2021 enacted level.
There are also several controversial policy changes included in
the bill such as allowing new and unauthorized bill language grant-
ing unlimited spending in the fourth quarter of the year for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP and formerly
Food Stamps). This type of major policy change in a mandatory
spending program falls under the jurisdiction of the Agriculture
Committee and so the decision to make such a change should wait
for the next Farm Bill deliberations.
Unfortunately, the Majority rejected several Republican amend-
ments offered in the Committee. If passed, these amendments
would have improved the bill. One amendment would have dis-
allowed USDA employees from being detailed to the southern bor-
der to help manage the flow of illegal immigrants. We find it highly
counterproductive for the Department to recruit employees from
the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the agency
taking a lead on many climate change related initiatives cham-
pioned by the Majority, to try to help with the crisis of caring for
illegal immigrants at the Southern border. USDA’s move is espe-
cially troubling when USDA’s own fiscal year 2022 budget request
notes that NRCS is working on new information technology sys-
tems in order ‘‘[t]o address the growing disparity between workload
and staffing. . .’’. An agency that currently cannot keep up with
workload demands should not divert staff away from critical con-
servation services to the American farmer.
Another amendment offered and accepted by the Majority relates
to withdrawing line speed waivers during the COVID–19 emer-
gency. The Majority’s continued attack on this modernized inspec-
tion system and its link to COVID–19 is puzzling. The language in
this bill gives the appearance of protecting worker safety, yet the
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bill language only affects a very small fraction of the meat and
poultry inspection plants and it could negatively impact food supply
chains while the Nation is still in a pandemic. In 2014, when the
current Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was serving in the
Obama Administration, he made the following remarks when he
launched the new line speed waiver program: ‘‘The United States
has been relying on a poultry inspection model that dates back to
1957, while rates of foodborne illness due to Salmonella and
Campylobacter remain stubbornly high. The system we are an-
nouncing today imposes stricter requirements on the poultry indus-
try and places our trained inspectors where they can better ensure
food is being processed safely. These improvements make use of
sound science to modernize food safety procedures and prevent
thousands of illnesses each year.’’ USDA can protect its workers in
these impacted plants without having to revert back to an anti-
quated inspection model that provides less benefit to the public’s
safety.
While we have several concerns with the bill at this stage in the
process, we are hopeful that, at some point in the near future, we
will be able to reach a bipartisan and bicameral agreement on
spending and eliminate controversial policy changes.
We are confident that as this process moves forward, we can con-
tinue working together to find bipartisan agreement on the items
that matter most.
KAY GRANGER.
JEFF FORTENBERRY.
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