Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

II Calendar No. 210 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2522 [Report No. 116–110] Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- tember 30, 2020, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar A BILL Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag- 4 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- 5 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 6 2 •S 2522 RS ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, 1 namely: 2 TITLE I 3 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 4 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 8 $46,782,000, of which not to exceed $6,030,000 shall be 9 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary: Pro- 10 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 11 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 12 expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 13 support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 14 be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to 15 exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part- 16 nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 17 $23,176,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist- 18 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 19 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro- 20 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv- 21 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis- 22 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis- 23 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 24 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 25 3 •S 2522 RS the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail- 1 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis- 2 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 3 up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 4 to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 5 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 6 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 7 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 8 executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 9 available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur- 10 ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 11 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 12 of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 13 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 14 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per- 15 cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the 16 amount made available under this paragraph for the im- 17 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi- 18 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 19 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 20 further, That the amount made available under this head- 21 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 22 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex- 23 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 24 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 25 4 •S 2522 RS available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 1 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 2 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 3 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro- 4 vided further, That no funds made available under this 5 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres- 6 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 7 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 8 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 9 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 10 agency. 11 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 14 Economist, $24,286,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for 15 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 16 7 U.S.C. 3155. 17 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 19 Appeals, $15,222,000. 20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 22 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 23 5 •S 2522 RS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In- 2 formation Officer, $101,400,000, of which not less than 3 $48,950,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de- 4 partment. 5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi- 7 nancial Officer, $13,500,000. 8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 9 RIGHTS 10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 11 Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 12 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 13 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 14 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 15 fice. 16 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 18 $24,206,000. 19 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu- 22 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 23 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis- 24 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri- 25 6 •S 2522 RS culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 1 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 2 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 3 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con- 4 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 5 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im- 6 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili- 7 ties, and for related costs, $331,114,000, to remain avail- 8 able until expended. 9 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 11 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri- 12 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 13 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 14 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 15 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain available until ex- 16 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 17 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man- 18 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart- 19 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 20 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 23 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 24 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 25 7 •S 2522 RS $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 1 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 2 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In- 3 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 4 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 5 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 6 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 7 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen- 8 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 9 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 10 (Public Law 97–98). 11 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 13 Counsel, $45,146,000. 14 OFFICE OF ETHICS 15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 16 $4,136,000. 17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 18 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 20 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 21 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 22 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco- 23 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 24 8 •S 2522 RS able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 1 the Office. 2 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 3 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 4 Service, $86,757,000. 5 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 6 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 7 Statistics Service, $175,294,000, of which up to 8 $45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen- 9 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 10 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur- 11 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 12 2204g(d) and (f). 13 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 16 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 17 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 18 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 19 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 20 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 21 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed- 22 eral ownership, $1,424,966,000, of which $41,100,000, to 23 remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 24 the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-de- 25 9 •S 2522 RS fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, 1 That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the 2 operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase 3 of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided fur- 4 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pur- 5 suant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, 6 and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless oth- 7 erwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 8 shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or green- 9 houses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except 10 for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost 11 not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two build- 12 ings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 13 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 14 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re- 15 placement value of the building or $500,000, whichever 16 is greater: Provided further, That appropriations here- 17 under shall be available for entering into lease agreements 18 at any Agricultural Research Service location for the con- 19 struction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for 20 use by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition 21 of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, oper- 22 ated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall 23 be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 24 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter- 25 10 •S 2522 RS ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza- 1 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 2 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here- 3 under shall be available for granting easements at the 4 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 5 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace- 6 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 7 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro- 8 priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease- 9 ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 10 the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 11 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re- 12 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 13 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 14 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 15 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 16 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 17 may be received from any State, other political subdivi- 18 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab- 19 lishing or operating any research facility or research 20 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 21 by law. 22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 23 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im- 24 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 25 11 •S 2522 RS equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri- 1 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri- 2 culture, where not otherwise provided, $304,800,000 to re- 3 main available until expended, of which $166,900,000 4 shall be allocated for ARS facilities co-located with univer- 5 sity partners. 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 7 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 8 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 9 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 10 for other expenses, $937,649,000, which shall be for the 11 purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 12 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 13 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 14 Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 15 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac- 16 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 17 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi- 18 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel- 19 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man- 20 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 21 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 22 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 23 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu- 24 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian- 25 12 •S 2522 RS serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 1 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 2 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha- 3 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 4 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 5 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: 6 Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 7 amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 8 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 9 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be re [Text truncated for display. 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