H.R. 4368: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Failed House, 28 Sep 2023. Introduced 27 Jun 2023.

Official title: Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 28 Sep 2023: Failed, 191 Yea, 237 Nay, 0 Present, 5 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (191): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Nay (237): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Not voting (5): John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13).

Not in office (12): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2).

Summary

Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2024 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, rural development, domestic and international food assistance, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Farm Credit Administration, and sets rules on how the funds may be used. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, Title VI, Title VII

Its core areas: Department of Agriculture research, marketing, food safety and inspection programs; Farm production, farm loans and conservation programs; Rural housing, community facilities, water, electric and broadband programs; Child nutrition, WIC and SNAP funding; International food aid and foreign agricultural programs; Food and Drug Administration funding and user fees; Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Farm Credit Administration funding; General provisions on spending limits, notifications, rescissions and funding restrictions.

Unexpected Items: 50 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (3)

Sec. 747: Requires a report to Congress on foreign investment in agricultural land and, within 2 years, an electronic submission and retention process and public database for foreign landholding disclosures.
Sec. 765: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to take actions to prohibit purchases of U.S. agricultural land by non-resident aliens, foreign businesses, or agents, trustees, or fiduciaries associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, or the Communist Party of China.
Sec. 773: Bars use of funds under this and previous appropriations Acts to take discriminatory action, as defined, against a person who acts on a sincerely held belief that marriage is a union of one man and one woman.

Applies only to a specific place or group (3)

Title III, “RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Provides that up to $2,000,000,000 of the loan authority be used for fossil-fueled electric generating plants that use carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems. ($2,000,000,000)
Title II, “AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Directs the Secretary to treat the pink bollworm as a boll weevil for purposes of boll weevil eradication program loans, within the farm loan account.
Title IV, “COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Includes special assistance for the nuclear affected islands under the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 within the account's $472,563,000.

Funds a specific named project or event (10)

Title I, “BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES”: Provides up to $16,700,000 for agricultural research facility projects listed in the “Community Project Funding” table in the committee report rather than in the bill text. ($16,700,000)
Title I, “NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND”: Appropriates $11,880,000, to remain available until expended, for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund. ($11,880,000)
Title I, “Animal and plant health inspection service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within the $1,168,964,000 for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, designates $24,527,000 for science program and transition activities at the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas. ($24,527,000)
Title II, “CONSERVATION OPERATIONS”: Within $911,399,000 for conservation operations, designates up to $18,748,000 for projects listed in the “Community Project Funding” table in the committee report. ($18,748,000)
Title III, “RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Within $327,636,000 for rural community facilities, designates up to $312,037,648 for projects listed in the “Community Project Funding” table in the committee report, and sets $6,000,000 for tribal colleges. ($312,037,648)
Title III, “RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Directs $6,000,000 in grants to three named regional commissions and sets $4,000,000 for business grants to Federally Recognized Native American Tribes. ($6,000,000)
Title III, “RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Within $587,120,000 for water and waste programs, designates up to $120,101,362 for projects in the “Community Project Funding” table, and sets amounts for tribes, the State of Alaska, a multi-State regional nonprofit, and a national Native American organization. ($120,101,362)
Title III, “DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM”: Designates up to $6,972,570 of the telemedicine and distance learning grants and up to $10,385,000 of the broadband pilot funds for projects listed in the “Community Project Funding” table in the committee report.
Title VI, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within Food and Drug Administration funding, designates $55,729,000 for White Oak Consolidation, apart from amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent. ($55,729,000)
Sec. 739: Appropriates $2,000,000 for no more than 5 pilot projects allowing SNAP benefits to buy only nutrient-dense foods and beverages, and requires a contract with a named organization to evaluate them. ($2,000,000)

Different amount for specific places or groups (11)

Title I, “RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES”: Sets a minimum of $1,000,000 for each institution eligible under the Evans-Allen program and directs certain Alaska and Hawaii grant funds to be awarded equally to each of those two States. ($1,000,000)
Title I, “EXTENSION ACTIVITIES”: Appropriates $564,860,000 for payments to named States and territories and sets a minimum of $1,000,000 for institutions eligible for cooperative extension funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221. ($1,000,000)
Title III, “RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets $5,000,000 in loan authority and $2,288,000 in loan cost for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes, alongside the account's other loan levels.
Title III, “INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT”: Within $4,856,000 for loan costs, sets $331,000 for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and $663,000 for Mississippi Delta Region counties, each available through June 30, 2024.
Title III, “RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS”: Sets up to $3,000,000 within the $19,600,000 for grants to cooperative development centers and cooperatives serving socially disadvantaged groups whose boards are majority members of those groups. ($3,000,000)
Title IV, “SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)”: Directs the Secretary to set cash-value voucher amounts at $11 for child participants, $13 for pregnant and postpartum women, and $15 for fully and partially breastfeeding women, adjusted for inflation beginning in fiscal year 2025.
Title IV, “SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Sets $998,000 for nutrition education for State agencies and tribes in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, and $3,000,000 for tribal organization demonstration projects, within the SNAP appropriation. ($998,000)
Sec. 704: Bars funds from paying negotiated indirect cost rates above 10 percent on cooperative agreements with nonprofit institutions, while not precluding indirect costs on grants and contracts computed on a similar basis.
Sec. 740: Directs that, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of funds under listed rural development accounts go to persistent poverty counties, including county seats above the population limit by up to 10 percent.
Sec. 759: Lets the Secretary treat communities that are 'Areas Rural in Character' as eligible for a broadband pilot program, capped at 10 percent of the funds under the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program heading for that pilot.
Sec. 771: Appropriates $2,000,000 for up to 10 pilot projects giving grants of $10,000 to $100,000 per school year to tribal entities for child nutrition programs, with grantees reimbursed as if they were a State.

Exception or delay for a subset (9)

Title I, “Agricultural research service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $1,745,542,000 for the Agricultural Research Service and exempts modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland from the Act's limits on building alterations.
Title I, “INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES”: Provides $41,500,000 for integrated research, education and extension grants and bars indirect costs from being charged against one category of grant under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program.
Title VI, “LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES”: Caps Farm Credit Administration administrative expenses at $94,300,000 and lets the agency exempt, in its sole discretion, an amount of certain export loans from a statutory limit.
Sec. 708: Makes former Rural Utilities Service borrowers that repaid or prepaid certain loans, and eligible not-for-profit utilities, eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act notwithstanding other law.
Sec. 726: Directs the Secretary to set up a process for establishments that process only domestic, wild caught, invasive blue catfish for domestic use to apply for a waiver of meat inspection requirements, if they are under FDA seafood inspection.
Sec. 743: Bars use of funds to enforce the FDA produce safety final rule published November 27, 2015 for entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
Sec. 753: For school year 2024–2025, requires only school food authorities with a negative nonprofit school food service account balance as of June 30, 2023 to set a paid lunch price under section 12(p).
Sec. 766: Through school year 2024-2025, requires allowing flavored low-fat milk in school and child care meal programs, and excludes cheese-making sodium from weekly school lunch sodium limits or applies Target 1 levels.
Sec. 735: Requires iron and steel products in rural water and wastewater projects to be made in the United States, but exempts projects whose engineering plans using other products received State approvals before enactment.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (12)

Sec. 727: Bars use of funds to implement or enforce the 'variety' requirements of the December 15, 2016 SNAP retailer standards final rule until the Secretary amends the definitions of variety and staple food, and applies the earlier requirements in the meantime.
Sec. 737: Bars use of funds, now and under any other Act, to write, prepare, or publish rules tied to named USDA poultry grower contracting and Packers and Stockyards Act rulemakings, and requires the Secretary to withdraw or rescind them.
Sec. 744: For school years 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, bars use of funds to enforce a part of a federal regulation limiting the substitution of vegetables for fruits in the school breakfast program.
Sec. 749: Lets manufacturers keep following the prior 'healthy' claim requirements through the compliance date of any final FDA rule, and exempts such products from non-identical state-law requirements during that period.
Sec. 752: Bars use of funds to finalize or enforce any rule revising WIC whole grain requirements that would reduce availability of WIC-eligible breakfast cereals, including the November 21, 2022 WIC food packages rule, until a required study shows no such effect.
Sec. 761: Nullifies the January 3, 2023 FDA modifications to the mifepristone risk evaluation and mitigation strategy and bars use of funds for substantially similar provisions or for non-enforcement policies.
Sec. 762: Bars FDA from using funds to develop or issue new guidelines or regulations for food manufacturers on population-wide sodium reduction until the 2025-2026 NHANES survey is issued.
Sec. 764: Bars use of funds to carry out named executive orders (13985, 14035, 14091), agency equity action plans, and the creation of an Office of the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
Sec. 767: Bars use of funds to finalize or enforce any rule that would reduce the maximum monthly WIC milk allowance, including the November 21, 2022 WIC food packages rule.
Sec. 768: Bars use of funds and collected fees by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to finalize or enforce any tobacco product standard mandating a maximum nicotine level for cigarettes.
Sec. 769: Bars use of funds and collected fees to finalize or implement any tobacco product standard prohibiting menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes or prohibiting characterizing flavors in all cigars.
Sec. 774: Bars FDA from using funds to issue new guidelines or regulations for food manufacturers on Listeria monocytogenes until it incorporates a tolerance for low-risk foods into Compliance Policy Guide Sec. 555.320.

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 702: Allows transfer of unobligated Department balances to the Working Capital Fund and requires that specified personnel, data center, and system functions remain at the National Finance Center unless Appropriations Committees approve changes.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (1)

Title V, “MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS”: Appropriates $240,000,000 for the program under section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, which the section heading titles the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. ($240,000,000)

What it does

Title I, “Agricultural research service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $1,745,542,000 for salaries and expenses of the Agricultural Research Service.
Title III, “RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $1,606,926,000 for rural rental assistance agreements under the Housing Act of 1949, and such further sums as may be necessary to liquidate debt incurred before fiscal year 1992.
Title IV, “SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $121,996,757,000 to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, of which $3,000,000,000 is placed in reserve for program operations.
Title IV, “CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS”: Provides $31,996,363,000 to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, with stated exceptions for certain sections.
Title IV, “SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)”: Provides $6,000,000,000 for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, and directs that cash-value vouchers be increased to $11, $13 and $15 for the stated participant groups.
Title V, “FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS”: Provides $1,740,000,000 for commodities supplied under title II of the Food for Peace Act, to remain available until expended.
Title VI, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $6,579,030,000 for Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses, of which $1,336,525,000 is derived from prescription drug user fees.
Title VI, “Commodity Futures Trading Commission”: Provides $345,000,000 to carry out the Commodity Exchange Act, including not less than $4,218,000 for the Office of the Inspector General.
Sec. 716: Bars certain uses of funds, such as creating or eliminating programs or relocating offices, unless the responsible official notifies and receives approval from the House and Senate Appropriations Committees at least 30 days in advance.
Sec. 733: Rescinds $1,000,000,000 of the unobligated balances made available to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 9003(j)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

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