DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION. Federal Funds For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING and Conservation, $1,792,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission area for salaries and OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $81,010,000 of which not For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, to exceed $10,623,000 shall be available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary; $1,679,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the not to exceed $2,306,000 shall be available for the Office of Homeland Security; Rural Development mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up not to exceed $10,525,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and to one administrative support staff for the Office.

2 Public Engagement; not to exceed $6,450,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed $35,047,000 shall be available for the Office of the OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER. Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $33,300,000 shall be available for SERVICES. Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for management For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, support services to offices of the DEPARTMENT and for general administration, security, and Consumer Services, $1,426,000: Provided, That funds made available by this repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the DEPARTMENT .

3 Salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration for the Office. mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL. support staff for the Office; not to exceed $4,671,000 shall be available for the Office AFFAIRS. of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving inter- For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign governmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch.

4 And not to exceed Agricultural Affairs, $1,018,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act $11,388,000 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Provided further, to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for That the Secretary of AGRICULTURE is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Sec- for the Office. retary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS. decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, $4,978,000, including the amount made available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

5 Secretary shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND. amount made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall ENVIRONMENT. be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources to the holding of hearings as required by 5 551 558: Provided further, That and Environment, $1,429,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to funds made available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary any agency in the Natural Resources and Environment mission area for salaries for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs may be transferred to and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the agencies of the DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE funded by this Act to maintain personnel office.

6 At the agency level. Note. A full-year 2022 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, the budget assumes this account is operating under the Continuing OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. Appropriations Act, 2022 (Division A of Public Law 117 43, as amended). The amounts included For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, for 2022 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution. $1,530,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING. Civil Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

7 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. ECONOMICS [For an additional amount for the "Office of the Secretary", $10,000,000,000, For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Educa- which shall remain available until December 31, 2023, for necessary expenses related tion, and Economics, $6,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to losses of crops (including milk, on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented to an agency in the Research, Education, and Economics mission area for salaries from planting in 2020 and 2021, and harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke $4,950,000 shall be made available for the Office of the Chief Scientist.]

8 Exposure, quality losses of crops, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021 under such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary: OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND REGULATORY Provided, That, with respect to smoke tainted wine grapes, the loss (including a PROGRAMS quality loss) of such crop during the coverage period due to wildfire, as determined For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and by the Secretary, is considered a qualified loss: Provided further, That losses due Regulatory Programs, $1,676,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to drought shall only be eligible under this heading in this Act if any area within the to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries county in which the loss occurs was rated by the Drought Monitor as having and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the a D2 (Severe Drought) for eight consecutive weeks or a D3 (Extreme Drought) or Office.

9 Higher level of drought intensity during the applicable calendar years: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, the Secretary OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY. shall use $750,000,000 to provide assistance to producers of livestock, as determined For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, by the Secretary of AGRICULTURE , for losses incurred during calendar year 2021 due $1,176,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the to drought or wildfires: Provided further, That at the election of a processor eligible Food Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one for a loan under section 156 of the Federal AGRICULTURE Improvement and Reform administrative support staff for the Office.

10 Act of 1996 (7 7272) or a cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make payments for losses in 2021 to such processors (to be paid to producer mem- bers, as determined by such processors) in lieu of payments to producers and under 63. Office of the Secretary Continued 64 Federal Funds Continued THE budget FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Continued 0026 Drought Relief .. 500 .. the same terms and conditions as payments made to processors pursuant to title I of 0799 Total direct obligations .. 23,202 19,041 1,288. the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public 0802 Office of the Secretary (Reimbursable) .. 69 65 59. Law 116 20) under the heading " DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE Agricultural Pro- 0900 Total new obligations, unexpired accounts.