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pdfIn the House of Representatives, U. S.,
March 22, 2024.
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2882) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund,
and for other purposes.’’, with the following
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the
amendment of the Senate, insert the following:
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Consolidated
3 Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Short title.
Table of contents.
References.
Explanatory statement.
Statement of appropriations.
Availability of funds.
Adjustments to compensation.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2024
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
I—Military Personnel
II—Operation and Maintenance
III—Procurement
IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
V—Revolving and Management Funds
VI—Other Department of Defense Programs
VII—Related Agencies
VIII—General Provisions
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DIVISION B—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Title I—Department of the Treasury
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President
Title III—The Judiciary
Title IV—District of Columbia
Title V—Independent Agencies
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide
Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Title I—Departmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and
Oversight
Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION D—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
I—Department of Labor
II—Department of Health and Human Services
III—Department of Education
IV—Related Agencies
V—General Provisions
DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Title I—Legislative Branch
Title II—General Provisions
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title
I—Department of State and Related Agency
II—United States Agency for International Development
III—Bilateral Economic Assistance
IV—International Security Assistance
V—Multilateral Assistance
VI—Export and Investment Assistance
VII—General Provisions
DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS
Title
Title
Title
Title
I—Extensions and Other Matters
II—Udall Foundation Reauthorization
III—Funding Limitation for United Nations Relief and Works Agency
IV—Budgetary Effects
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
2
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference
3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall
4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion.
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SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
7
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed
8 in the House section of the Congressional Record on or
9 about March 22, 2024, and submitted by the chair of the
10 Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the
11 same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and im12 plementation of divisions A through F of this Act as if it
13 were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con14 ference.
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SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
16
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out
17 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
18 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
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SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
20
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress
21 as
an
emergency
requirement
pursuant
to
section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or
24 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only if
25 the President subsequently so designates all such amounts
26 and transmits such designations to the Congress.
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SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjust-
3 ment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative
4 Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to
5 cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during
6 fiscal year 2024.
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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
2
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
3
TITLE I
4
MILITARY PERSONNEL
5
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
6
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
7 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
8 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
9 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
10 permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active
11 duty (except members of reserve components provided for
12 elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the
13 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursu14 ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42
15 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Mili16 tary Retirement Fund, $50,041,206,000.
17
18
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
19 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
20 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
21 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
22 permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active
23 duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere),
24 midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Re25 serve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursuant
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1 to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42
2 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Mili3 tary Retirement Fund, $36,707,388,000.
4
5
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
6 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
7 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
8 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
9 permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps
10 on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
11 elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of
12 Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and
13 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
14 $15,268,629,000.
15
16
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
17 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
18 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
19 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
20 permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on
21 active duty (except members of reserve components provided
22 for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of
23 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments
24 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended
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1 (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense
2 Military Retirement Fund, $36,204,130,000.
3
4
MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
5 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
6 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
7 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
8 permanent duty stations, for members of the Space Force
9 on active duty and cadets; for members of the Reserve Offi10 cers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section
11 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402
12 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retire13 ment Fund, $1,256,973,000.
14
15
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
16 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re17 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 7038
18 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active
19 duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
20 in connection with performing duty specified in section
21 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under22 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva23 lent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
24 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
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1 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
2 $5,367,436,000.
3
4
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re6 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United
7 States Code, or while serving on active duty under section
8 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with
9 performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10,
10 United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training,
11 or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses
12 authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code;
13 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military
14 Retirement Fund, $2,472,718,000.
15
16
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
17 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
18 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
19 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
20 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
21 connection with performing duty specified in section
22 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under23 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva24 lent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
25 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of
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1 title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De2 partment
of
Defense
Military
Retirement
Fund,
3 $878,928,000.
4
5
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
6 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
7 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and
8 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
9 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States
10 Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec11 tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un12 dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or
13 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by
14 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay15 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
16 Fund, $2,428,553,000.
17
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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
19 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na20 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302,
21 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
22 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
23 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
24 in connection with performing duty specified in section
25 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
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1 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
2 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
3 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
4 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
5 $9,791,213,000.
6
7
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
8 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na9 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or
10 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
11 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
12 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
13 in connection with performing duty specified in section
14 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under15 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
16 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
17 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
18 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
19 $5,272,165,000.
20
TITLE II
21
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
22
OPERATION
23
AND
MAINTENANCE, ARMY
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
24 the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized
25 by law, $58,604,854,000: Provided, That not to exceed
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1 $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary
2 expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority
3 of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made
4 upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential
5 military purposes.
6
7
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, NAVY
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
8 the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine
9 Corps, as authorized by law, $71,972,007,000: Provided,
10 That not to exceed $15,055,000 may be used for emergencies
11 and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the ap12 proval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and pay13 ments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of ne14 cessity for confidential military purposes.
15
OPERATION
16
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
AND
MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
17 the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as au18 thorized by law, $10,184,529,000.
19
20
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
21 the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as author22 ized by law, $61,471,101,000: Provided, That not to exceed
23 $7,699,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary
24 expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority
25 of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be
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1 made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for con2 fidential military purposes.
3
4
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
5 the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as au6 thorized by law, $4,895,818,000.
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8
9
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
10 the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies
11 of the Department of Defense (other than the military de12 partments), as authorized by law, $52,599,068,000: Pro13 vided, That not more than $2,981,000 may be used for the
14 Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under
15 section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided fur16 ther, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be used for emer17 gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon
18 the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and
19 payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of
20 necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided fur21 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not
22 less than $55,000,000 shall be made available for the Pro23 curement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Pro24 gram, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be available
25 for centers with eligible entities defined in 10 U.S.C.
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1 4951(1)(D): Provided further, That none of the funds ap2 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
3 used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget
4 or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary
5 of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military depart6 ment, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces
7 into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Pro8 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head9 ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
10 2025, shall be available only for expenses relating to certain
11 classified activities: Provided further, That of the funds pro12 vided under this heading, $25,968,000, to remain available
13 until expended, shall be available only for expenses relating
14 to certain classified activities, and may be transferred as
15 necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and
16 maintenance appropriations or research, development, test
17 and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to
18 be available for the same time period as the appropriations
19 to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling on
20 the investment item unit cost of items that may be pur21 chased with operation and maintenance funds shall not
22 apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro23 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head24 ing, $2,356,915,000, of which $1,406,346,000, to remain
25 available until September 30, 2025, shall be available to
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1 provide support and assistance to foreign security forces or
2 other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate
3 counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Department of
4 Defense security cooperation programs: Provided further,
5 That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re6 ports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
7 Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of
8 funds made available in this paragraph: Provided further,
9 That the transfer authority provided under this heading is
10 in addition to any other transfer authority provided else11 where in this Act.
12
13
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN
AND
EQUIP FUND
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
14 Train and Equip Fund’’, $397,950,000, to remain available
15 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such funds shall
16 be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordination
17 with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including
18 training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, and serv19 ices; stipends; infrastructure repair and renovation; con20 struction for facility fortification and humane treatment;
21 and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular forces,
22 groups, or individuals participating, or preparing to par23 ticipate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq
24 and Syria, and their affiliated or associated groups: Pro25 vided further, That amounts made available under this
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1 heading shall be available to provide assistance only for ac2 tivities in a country designated by the Secretary of Defense,
3 in coordination with the Secretary of State, as having a
4 security mission to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and
5 Syria, and following written notification to the congres6 sional defense committees of such designation: Provided fur7 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior
8 to providing assistance to elements of any forces or individ9 uals, such elements or individuals are appropriately vetted,
10 including at a minimum, assessing such elements for asso11 ciations with terrorist groups or groups associated with the
12 Government of Iran; and receiving commitments from such
13 elements to promote respect for human rights and the rule
14 of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
15 shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this
16 appropriation account, notify the congressional defense
17 committees in writing of the details of any such obligation:
18 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may accept
19 and retain contributions, including assistance in-kind,
20 from foreign governments, including the Government of
21 Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized
22 under this heading: Provided further, That contributions of
23 funds for the purposes provided herein from any foreign
24 government or other entity may be credited to this Fund,
25 to remain available until expended, and used for such pur-
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1 poses: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall
2 prioritize such contributions when providing any assistance
3 for construction for facility fortification: Provided further,
4 That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provision of
5 law relating to the acquisition of items and support services
6 or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act
7 (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that
8 such provision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or oth9 erwise limit the provision of such assistance and a notice
10 of and justification for such waiver is submitted to the con11 gressional defense committees, the Committees on Appro12 priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com13 mittees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House
14 of Representatives: Provided further, That the United States
15 may accept equipment procured using funds provided under
16 this heading that was transferred to security forces, irreg17 ular forces, or groups participating, or preparing to par18 ticipate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq
19 and Syria and returned by such forces or groups to the
20 United States, and such equipment may be treated as stocks
21 of the Department of Defense upon written notification to
22 the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That
23 equipment procured using funds provided under this head24 ing, or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’
25 in prior Acts, and not yet transferred to security forces,
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1 irregular forces, or groups participating, or preparing to
2 participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq
3 and Syria may be treated as stocks of the Department of
4 Defense when determined by the Secretary to no longer be
5 required for transfer to such forces or groups and upon
6 written notification to the congressional defense committees:
7 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall pro8 vide quarterly reports to the congressional defense commit9 tees on the use of funds provided under this heading, includ10 ing, but not limited to, the number of individuals trained,
11 the nature and scope of support and sustainment provided
12 to each group or individual, the area of operations for each
13 group, and the contributions of other countries, groups, or
14 individuals: Provided further, That of the funds provided
15 under this heading for stipends for foreign security forces,
16 irregular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or
17 preparing to participate in activities to counter ISIS in
18 Syria, fifty percent shall not be available for obligation or
19 expenditure until the Secretary of Defense reports to the
20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa21 tives and the Senate that measures are in place to ensure
22 accountability of such funds: Provided further, That stipend
23 support for the Kurdish Peshmerga may only be reduced
24 commensurate with support provided from other sources,
25 including Iraqi national funds.
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1
OPERATION
2
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
AND
MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
3 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi4 zation, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of
5 facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
6 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro7 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu8 nications, $3,562,714,000.
9
10
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
11 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi12 zation, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of
13 facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
14 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro15 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu16 nications, $1,370,710,000.
17 OPERATION
18
AND
MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
19 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi20 zation, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve;
21 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
22 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruit23 ing; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
24 communications, $325,395,000.
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2
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
3 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi4 zation, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair
5 of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
6 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro7 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu8 nications, $4,005,756,000.
9
10
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
11 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and
12 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos13 pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures
14 and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel
15 services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses
16 (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per17 sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division,
18 regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting
19 units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula20 tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National
21 Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na22 tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair,
23 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and
24 equipment (including aircraft), $8,611,897,000.
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1
2
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
3 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and
4 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos5 pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures
6 and facilities; transportation of things, hire of passenger
7 motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National
8 Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica9 tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment,
10 including those furnished from stocks under the control of
11 agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other
12 than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for
13 Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for
14 Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in
15 compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when
16 specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bu17 reau, $7,335,405,000.
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UNITED STATES COURT
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20
OF
APPEALS
FOR THE
ARMED
FORCES
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United
21 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $16,620,000,
22 of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used for official rep23 resentation purposes.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
2
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3
For the Department of the Army, $241,860,000, to re-
4 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec5 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds
6 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
7 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
8 and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar
9 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro10 priation to other appropriations made available to the De11 partment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available
12 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
13 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
14 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans15 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
16 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
17 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
18 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi19 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in
20 this Act.
21
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
22
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23
For the Department of the Navy, $410,240,000, to re-
24 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec25 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds
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1 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
2 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
3 and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar
4 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro5 priation to other appropriations made available to the De6 partment of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available
7 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
8 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
9 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans10 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
11 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
12 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
13 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi14 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in
15 this Act.
16
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
17
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18
For the Department of the Air Force, $384,744,000,
19 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the
20 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that
21 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re22 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe
23 buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force,
24 or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available
25 by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
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1 able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with
2 and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
3 time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
4 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
5 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
6 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
7 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:
8 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided
9 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au10 thority provided elsewhere in this Act.
11
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
12
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13
For the Department of Defense, $8,965,000, to remain
14 available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of
15 Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are re16 quired for environmental restoration, reduction and recy17 cling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and
18 debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes,
19 transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to
20 other appropriations made available to the Department of
21 Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same
22 purposes and for the same time period as the appropria23 tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a
24 determination that all or part of the funds transferred from
25 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
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1 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
2 appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer author3 ity provided under this heading is in addition to any other
4 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
5
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED
6
DEFENSE SITES
7
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8
For the Department of the Army, $232,806,000, to re-
9 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec10 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds
11 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
12 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
13 and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of De14 fense, transfer the funds made available by this appropria15 tion to other appropriations made available to the Depart16 ment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available
17 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
18 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
19 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans20 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
21 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
22 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
23 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi24 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in
25 this Act.
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1
2
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER,
AND
CIVIC AID
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian,
3 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of De4 fense (consisting of the programs provided under sections
5 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United
6 States Code), $142,500,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2025.
8
9
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
For assistance, including assistance provided by con-
10 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the
11 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro12 gram authorized under the Department of Defense Coopera13 tive Threat Reduction Act, $350,999,000, to remain avail14 able until September 30, 2026.
15
DEPARTMENT
16
17
OF
DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT
For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
18 Development Account, $64,977,000: Provided, That no other
19 amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred to the Ac20 count, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal year 2024
21 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United States Code.
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1
TITLE III
2
PROCUREMENT
3
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
4
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
5 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
6 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac7 cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de8 vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
9 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
10 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc11 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro12 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
13 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
14 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
15 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
16 $3,287,997,000, to remain available for obligation until
17 September 30, 2026.
18
19
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
20 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including
21 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac22 cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de23 vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
24 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
25 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
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1 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro2 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
3 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
4 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
5 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
6 $4,622,213,000, to remain available for obligation until
7 September 30, 2026.
8
PROCUREMENT
OF
9
10
WEAPONS
AND
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
11 fication of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment,
12 including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor;
13 specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of
14 public and private plants, including the land necessary
15 therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and in16 terests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros17 ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement
18 and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
19 tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov20 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
21 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
22 $4,244,226,000, to remain available for obligation until
23 September 30, 2026.
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1
2
PROCUREMENT
OF
AMMUNITION, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
3 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
4 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
5 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized
6 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the
7 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
8 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc9 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro10 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
11 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
12 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
13 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
14 $2,943,574,000, to remain available for obligation until
15 September 30, 2026.
16
17
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
18 fication of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non19 tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor ve20 hicles for replacement only; communications and electronic
21 equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance,
22 and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
23 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
24 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
25 such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
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1 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
2 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
3 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
4 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
5 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
6 purposes, $8,626,297,000, to remain available for obligation
7 until September 30, 2026.
8
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
9
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
10 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including
11 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
12 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ13 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter14 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
15 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and in16 stallation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in
17 public and private plants; reserve plant and Government
18 and
contractor-owned
equipment
layaway,
19 $19,826,909,000, to remain available for obligation until
20 September 30, 2026.
21
22
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
23 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap24 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts,
25 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private
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1 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
2 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc3 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro4 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
5 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
6 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway,
7 $5,876,828,000, to remain available for obligation until
8 September 30, 2026.
9
PROCUREMENT
OF
10
11
AMMUNITION, NAVY
AND
MARINE
CORPS
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
12 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
13 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
14 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized
15 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the
16 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
17 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc18 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro19 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
20 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
21 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
22 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
23 $1,161,205,000, to remain available for obligation until
24 September 30, 2026.
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1
2
SHIPBUILDING
AND
CONVERSION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
3 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ4 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli5 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public
6 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con7 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical,
8 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be con9 structed or converted in the future; and expansion of public
10 and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and
11 such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con12 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as
13 follows:
14
Columbia Class Submarine, $2,443,598,000;
15
Columbia
16
17
18
19
20
Class
Submarine
(AP),
$3,390,734,000;
Carrier
Replacement
Program
(CVN–80),
Replacement
Program
(CVN–81),
$1,104,421,000;
Carrier
$800,492,000;
21
Virginia Class Submarine, $7,129,965,000;
22
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $3,158,782,000;
23
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $488,446,000;
24
DDG–1000 Program, $392,892,000;
25
DDG–51 Destroyer, $4,499,179,000;
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DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $1,641,335,000;
2
FFG–Frigate, $2,183,861,000;
3
LPD Flight II (AP), $500,000,000;
4
LHA Replacement, $1,830,149,000;
5
TAO Fleet Oiler, $815,420,000;
6
TAGOS Surtass Ship, $513,466,000;
7
LCU 1700, $62,532,000;
8
Ship to Shore Connector, $585,000,000;
9
Service Craft, $93,815,000;
10
Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $72,000,000;
11
LCAC SLEP, $15,286,000;
12
Auxiliary Vessels, $142,008,000;
13
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and
14
15
first destination transportation, $512,019,000; and
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro-
16
grams, $1,290,093,000.
17
In all: $33,665,493,000, to remain available for obliga-
18 tion until September 30, 2028: Provided, That additional
19 obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2028, for
20 engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budg21 eted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship
22 construction: Provided further, That none of the funds pro23 vided under this heading for the construction or conversion
24 of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the
25 United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the
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1 construction of major components of such vessel: Provided
2 further, That none of the funds provided under this heading
3 shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in
4 foreign shipyards: Provided further, That funds appro5 priated or otherwise made available by this Act for Colum6 bia Class Submarine (AP) may be available for the pur7 poses authorized by subsections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section
8 2218a of title 10, United States Code, only in accordance
9 with the provisions of the applicable subsection.
10
11
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For procurement, production, and modernization of
12 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided
13 for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new
14 ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase
15 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion
16 of public and private plants, including the land necessary
17 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac18 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap19 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip20 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
21 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
22 equipment layaway, $14,385,665,000, to remain available
23 for obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided, That
24 such funds are also available for the maintenance, repair,
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1 and modernization of ships under a pilot program estab2 lished for such purposes.
3
4
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufac-
5 ture, and modification of missiles, armament, military
6 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant
7 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation
8 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov9 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles
10 for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger
11 motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of pub12 lic and private plants, including land necessary therefor,
13 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
14 construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title,
15 $3,904,532,000, to remain available for obligation until
16 September 30, 2026.
17
18
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
19 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament,
20 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de21 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
22 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Govern23 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such
24 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
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1 may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior
2 to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con3 tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec4 essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and trans5 portation of things, $20,828,306,000, to remain available
6 for obligation until September 30, 2026.
7
8
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
9 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare
10 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment,
11 and training devices; expansion of public and private
12 plants, Government-owned equipment and installation
13 thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi14 tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
15 interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros16 ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and
17 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
18 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes includ19 ing rents and transportation of things, $4,693,647,000, to
20 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026.
21
22
PROCUREMENT
OF
AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
23 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
24 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
25 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized
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1 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the
2 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
3 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc4 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro5 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
6 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
7 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
8 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
9 $589,943,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep10 tember 30, 2026.
11
12
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
13 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment,
14 and ground electronic and communication equipment), and
15 supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise
16 provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
17 replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and ex18 pansion of public and private plants, Government-owned
19 equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection
20 of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing pur21 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac22 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to ap23 proval of title; reserve plant and Government and con24 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $31,327,131,000, to re25 main available for obligation until September 30, 2026.
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1
2
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of
3 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare
4 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment,
5 and training devices; expansion of public and private
6 plants, Government-owned equipment and installation
7 thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi8 tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
9 interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros10 ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and
11 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
12 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes includ13 ing rents and transportation of things, $4,064,948,000, to
14 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026.
15
16
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
17 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) nec18 essary for procurement, production, and modification of
19 equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor,
20 not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor
21 vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and pri22 vate plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such
23 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for
24 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
25 may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior
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1 to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con2 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $6,392,675,000, to re3 main available for obligation until September 30, 2026.
4
5
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant
6 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production
7 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533),
8 $587,905,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep9 tember 30, 2028, which shall be obligated and expended by
10 the Secretary of Defense as if delegated the necessary au11 thorities conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950.
12
13
NATIONAL GUARD
AND
RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT
For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac-
14 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro15 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed
16 Forces, $1,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation
17 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Chiefs of Na18 tional Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than
19 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually submit
20 to the congressional defense committees the modernization
21 priority assessment for their respective National Guard or
22 Reserve component: Provided further, That none of the
23 funds made available by this paragraph may be used to
24 procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify
25 missiles, munitions, or ammunition.
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1
TITLE IV
2
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
3
EVALUATION
4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
5
AND
EVALUATION, ARMY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
6 research, development, test and evaluation, including main7 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
8 and equipment, $17,115,037,000, to remain available for
9 obligation until September 30, 2025.
10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
11
AND
EVALUATION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
12 research, development, test and evaluation, including main13 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
14 and equipment, $27,964,807,000, to remain available for
15 obligation until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds
16 appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the
17 V–22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements
18 of the Special Operations Forces.
19
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
20
21
AND
EVALUATION, AIR
FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
22 research, development, test and evaluation, including main23 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
24 and equipment, $47,340,416,000, to remain available for
25 obligation until September 30, 2025.
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1
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
2
SPACE FORCE
3
AND
EVALUATION,
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
4 research, development, test and evaluation, including main5 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
6 and equipment, $18,669,844,000, to remain available until
7 September 30, 2025.
8
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
9
DEFENSE-WIDE
10
AND
EVALUATION,
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
11 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), nec12 essary for basic and applied scientific research, develop13 ment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as
14 may be designated and determined by the Secretary of De15 fense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease,
16 and operation of facilities and equipment, $36,892,886,000,
17 to remain available for obligation until September 30,
18 2025.
19
OPERATIONAL TEST
20
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
AND
EVALUATION, DEFENSE
21 the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test
22 and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of oper23 ational test and evaluation, including initial operational
24 test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in sup25 port of, production decisions; joint operational testing and
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1 evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection
2 therewith, $337,489,000, to remain available for obligation
3 until September 30, 2025.
4
TITLE V
5
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
6
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
7
For
the
Defense
Working
Capital
Funds,
8 $1,786,779,000.
9
TITLE VI
10
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
11
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
12
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical
13 and health care programs of the Department of Defense as
14 authorized
by
law,
$39,898,624,000;
of
which
15 $36,639,695,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of
16 which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for
17 obligation until September 30, 2025, and of which up to
18 $19,757,403,000 may be available for contracts entered into
19 under the TRICARE program; of which $381,881,000, to
20 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026,
21 shall be for procurement; and of which $2,877,048,000, to
22 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025,
23 shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: Pro24 vided, That of the funds provided under this heading for
25 research, development, test and evaluation, not less than
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1 $1,509,000,000 shall be made available to the Defense
2 Health Agency to carry out the congressionally directed
3 medical research programs: Provided further, That, not4 withstanding any other provision of law, of the amount
5 made available under this heading for research, develop6 ment, test and evaluation, not less than $12,000,000 shall
7 be available for HIV prevention educational activities un8 dertaken in connection with United States military train9 ing, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities con10 ducted primarily in African nations: Provided further,
11 That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres12 sional defense committees quarterly reports on the current
13 status of the electronic health record program: Provided fur14 ther, That the Comptroller General of the United States
15 shall perform quarterly performance reviews of the elec16 tronic health record program.
17
CHEMICAL AGENTS
18
19
AND
MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION,
DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
20 the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chem21 ical agents and munitions in accordance with the provi22 sions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Author23 ization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction
24 of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the
25 chemical weapon stockpile, $1,091,844,000, of which
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1 $89,284,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of
2 which not less than $57,875,000 shall be for the Chemical
3 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of
4 $23,676,000 for activities on military installations and
5 $34,199,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
6 to assist State and local governments; and $1,002,560,000,
7 to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for
8 research, development, test and evaluation, of which
9 $1,000,467,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical
10 Weapons Alternatives program.
11
DRUG INTERDICTION
AND
COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
12
DEFENSE
13
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
14
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of
15 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations
16 available to the Department of Defense for military per17 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi18 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper19 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research,
20 development, test and evaluation, $1,177,061,000, of which
21 $702,962,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support;
22 $138,313,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro23 gram; $305,786,000 shall be for the National Guard
24 counter-drug program; and $30,000,000 shall be for the Na25 tional Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, That
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1 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail2 able for obligation for the same time period and for the
3 same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred:
4 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
5 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
6 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
7 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:
8 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided
9 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au10 thority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided further,
11 That funds appropriated under this heading may be used
12 to support a new start program or project only after written
13 prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of
14 the House of Representatives and the Senate.
15
16
OFFICE
OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec-
17 tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
18 General Act of 1978, as amended, $528,565,000, of which
19 $524,067,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of
20 which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies
21 and extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the ap22 proval or authority of the Inspector General, and payments
23 may be made upon the Inspector General’s certificate of ne24 cessity for confidential military purposes; of which
25 $1,098,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and of which
2 $3,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
3 shall be for research, development, test and evaluation.
4
TITLE VII
5
RELATED AGENCIES
6
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT
7
8
AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
9 ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper
10 funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
11 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,
12 $514,000,000.
13
14
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community
15 Management Account, $625,419,000.
16
TITLE VIII
17
GENERAL PROVISIONS
18
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained
19 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur20 poses not authorized by the Congress.
21
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
22 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em23 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
24 shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
25 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
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1 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
2 Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
3 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
4 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com5 puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United
6 States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase
7 provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ8 ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section
9 shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service
10 national employees serving at United States diplomatic
11 missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under
12 the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the
13 limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na14 tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re15 public of Turkey.
16
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained
17 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
18 current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
19
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropria-
20 tions in this Act which are limited for obligation during
21 the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2
22 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall
23 not apply to obligations for support of active duty training
24 of reserve components or summer camp training of the Re25 serve Officers’ Training Corps.
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1
2
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
3 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter4 est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director
5 of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to
6 exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De7 partment of Defense or funds made available in this Act
8 to the Department of Defense for military functions (except
9 military construction) between such appropriations or
10 funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and
11 to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time
12 period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred:
13 Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used
14 unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen mili15 tary requirements, than those for which originally appro16 priated and in no case where the item for which funds are
17 requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further,
18 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
19 promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority
20 or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That
21 no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to prepare
22 or present a request to the Committees on Appropriations
23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate for re24 programming of funds, unless for higher priority items,
25 based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for
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1 which originally appropriated and in no case where the
2 item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied
3 by the Congress: Provided further, That a request for mul4 tiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in
5 this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2024: Provided
6 further, That transfers among military personnel appro7 priations shall not be taken into account for purposes of
8 the limitation on the amount of funds that may be trans9 ferred under this section.
10
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro-
11 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and
12 adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such pro13 grams, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled
14 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana15 tory statement regarding this Act and the tables contained
16 in the classified annex accompanying this Act, the obliga17 tion and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise
18 made available in this Act for those programs, projects, and
19 activities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the
20 amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried
21 out in the manner provided by such tables to the same ex22 tent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act.
23
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described
24 in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of ap25 propriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Pro-
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1 vided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply when trans2 fers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur be3 tween appropriation accounts, subject to the limitation in
4 subsection (c): Provided further, That the transfer amount
5 limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act shall not
6 apply to transfers of amounts described in subsection (a)
7 if such transfers are necessary for the proper execution of
8 such funds.
9
(c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified
10 in the referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act de11 scribed in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursuant
12 to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper execution
13 of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b).
14
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date
15 of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall
16 submit a report to the congressional defense committees to
17 establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and
18 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the
19 report shall include—
20
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
21
rate column to display the President’s budget request,
22
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to
23
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year
24
enacted level;
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(2) a delineation in the table for each appropria-
2
tion both by budget activity and program, project,
3
and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and
4
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
5
sional interest.
6
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of
7 the funds provided in this Act shall be available for re8 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub9 section (a) is submitted to the congressional defense commit10 tees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to
11 the congressional defense committees that such reprogram12 ming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement:
13 Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to transfers
14 from the following appropriations accounts:
15
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’;
16
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’;
17
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’;
18
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide’’;
19
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used
20
21
22
Defense Sites’’; and
(6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense’’.
23
24
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
25 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
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1 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United
2 States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as
3 are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made
4 from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be5 tween such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be
6 made between working capital funds and the ‘‘Foreign Cur7 rency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the ‘‘Oper8 ation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such
9 amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense,
10 with the approval of the Director of the Office of Manage11 ment and Budget, except that such transfers may not be
12 made unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Con13 gress of the proposed transfer: Provided further, That except
14 in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working
15 capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made
16 against a working capital fund to procure or increase the
17 value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Sec18 retary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any
19 such obligation.
20
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not
21 be used to initiate a special access program without prior
22 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres23 sional defense committees.
24
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
25 be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em-
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1 ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of
2 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes
3 an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000;
4 or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a
5 multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
6 procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, un7 less the congressional defense committees have been notified
8 at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award:
9 Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in
10 this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract
11 for which the economic order quantity advance procurement
12 is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li13 ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria14 tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate
15 multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo16 nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would
17 exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act:
18 Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract
19 can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the
20 congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the
21 execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a
22 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared
23 to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of
24 the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear
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1 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act
2 unless in the case of any such contract—
3
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to
4
Congress a budget request for full funding of units to
5
be procured through the contract and, in the case of
6
a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes,
7
for any aircraft unit to be procured through the con-
8
tract for which procurement funds are requested in
9
that budget request for production beyond advance
10
procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by
11
the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit
12
in that fiscal year;
13
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not
14
include consideration of recurring manufacturing
15
costs of the contractor associated with the production
16
of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract;
17
(3) the contract provides that payments to the
18
contractor under the contract shall not be made in
19
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and
20
(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
21
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on con-
22
tract.
23
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be
24 used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows: Naval
25 Strike Missile; Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System;
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1 PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment En2 hancement; Long Range Anti-Ship Missile; Joint Air-to3 Surface Standoff Missile; Advanced Medium-Range Air-to4 Air Missile; and USS Virginia Class (SSN–774).
5
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the oper-
6 ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here7 by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United
8 States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs
9 under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: Provided,
10 That such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian
11 and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized oper12 ations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401
13 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall
14 be reported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United
15 States Code: Provided further, That funds available for op16 eration and maintenance shall be available for providing
17 humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action
18 Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and
19 freely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Com20 pact of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–
21 239: Provided further, That upon a determination by the
22 Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for
23 graduate medical education programs conducted at Army
24 medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the
25 Army may authorize the provision of medical services at
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1 such facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a
2 nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American
3 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is4 lands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro5 nesia, Palau, and Guam.
6
SEC. 8012. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date
7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
8 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
9 of Representatives and the Senate a report on excessive con10 tractor payments that exceed the thresholds established in
11 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 ‘‘Truthful Cost or Pricing Data
12 (Truth in Negotiations)’’ or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35 ‘‘Truthful
13 Cost or Pricing Data’’ and with respect to which none of
14 the exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements
15 apply.
16
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall also in-
17 clude the following:
18
(1) The amounts collected, adjusted, or offset
19
from contractors as a result of providing defective cost
20
and pricing data;
21
22
(2) The mechanisms used to identify violations
of 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35;
23
(3) Disciplinary actions taken by the Depart-
24
ment of Defense when violations of 10 U.S.C. chapter
25
271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35 are identified, regardless
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1
of whether they are included in the System for Award
2
Management; and
3
(4) Any referrals made to the Department of
4
Justice.
5
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this
6 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in7 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro8 priation matters pending before the Congress.
9
SEC. 8014. None of the funds available in this Act to
10 the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made
11 for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, or main12 tenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to
13 reduce the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic
14 delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in
15 the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section
16 1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
17 Year 2012.
18
19
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this
20 Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´
21 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation
22 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing
23 a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program developmental assistance agree24 ment pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, United States
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1 Code, under the authority of this provision or any other
2 transfer authority contained in this Act.
3
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the
4 budget justification documents in support of the budget for
5 fiscal year 2025 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to sec6 tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a description of
7 each transfer under this section that occurred during the
8 last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such budget
9 is submitted.
10
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
11 able for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and
12 its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor
13 and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain
14 are manufactured in the United States from components
15 which are substantially manufactured in the United States:
16 Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the term
17 ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, qual18 ity control, testing of chain and welding (including the
19 forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That
20 for the purpose of this section substantially all of the compo21 nents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to
22 be produced or manufactured in the United States if the
23 aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured
24 in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the compo25 nents produced or manufactured outside the United States:
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1 Provided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are
2 not available to meet Department of Defense requirements
3 on a timely basis, the Secretary of the Service responsible
4 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case5 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
7 Senate that such an acquisition must be made in order to
8 acquire capability for national security purposes.
9
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
10 shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds
11 activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt
12 beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale
13 (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on
14 a military installation located in the United States unless
15 such malt beverages and wine are procured within that
16 State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within
17 the District of Columbia, in which the military installation
18 is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the military
19 installation is located in more than one State, purchases
20 may be made in any State in which the installation is lo21 cated: Provided further, That such local procurement re22 quirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all
23 alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States
24 which are not contiguous with another State: Provided fur25 ther, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt bev-
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1 erages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia
2 shall be procured from the most competitive source, price
3 and other factors considered.
4
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Depart-
5 ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of
6 M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber
7 rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili8 tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition
9 components that are not otherwise prohibited from commer10 cial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammuni11 tion or ammunition components are certified by the Sec12 retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe
13 for further use.
14
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appro-
15 priated or made available in this Act shall be used during
16 a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organiza17 tion, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense
18 into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That
19 the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
20 case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congres21 sional defense committees that such a relocation is required
22 in the best interest of the Government.
23
SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act
24 under
the
heading
‘‘Procurement,
Defense-Wide’’,
25 $25,169,000 shall be available only for incentive payments
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1 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of
2 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor
3 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract
4 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec5 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi6 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals
7 defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States
8 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of
9 being allowed additional compensation under section 504
10 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544)
11 whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over
12 $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appro13 priated by an Act making appropriations for the Depart14 ment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Provided
15 further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 41,
16 United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any
17 Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services,
18 including any contract and any subcontract at any tier for
19 acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured,
20 in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier de21 fined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or
22 a small business owned and controlled by an individual or
23 individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25,
24 United States Code.
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1
SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
2 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no
3 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian
4 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota,
5 South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Wash6 ington relocatable military housing units located at Grand
7 Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Moun8 tain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and
9 Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the
10 Air Force.
11
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no
12 cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub13 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units
14 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walk15 ing Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in
16 the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota,
17 Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such
18 conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the housing
19 units shall be removed within a reasonable period of time,
20 as determined by the Secretary.
21
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
22 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for hous23 ing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests
24 to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b).
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(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any
2 recognized Indian tribe included on the current list pub3 lished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104
4 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub5 lic Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131).
6
SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
7 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte8 nance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may be
9 made available only for the mitigation of environmental
10 impacts, including training and technical assistance to
11 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in12 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de13 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost
14 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re15 sulting from Department of Defense activities.
16
SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the De-
17 fense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or
18 international political or psychological activities.
19
SEC. 8024. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working
20 Capital Fund, Army’’, $120,000,000 shall be available to
21 maintain competitive rates at the arsenals.
22
SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this
23 Act, not less than $69,000,000 shall be available for the
24 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which—
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1
(1) $55,100,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
2
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil
3
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance,
4
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand
5
reduction activities involving youth programs;
6
7
8
9
10
(2) $11,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force’’; and
(3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
11 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for
12 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and
13 local government agencies.
14
SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
15 Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense
16 (department) federally funded research and development
17 center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate
18 entity administrated by an organization managing another
19 FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation con20 sisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non21 profit entities.
22
(b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac-
23 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers,
24 Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee,
25 or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any entity
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1 that contracts with the Federal government to manage or
2 operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consultant to
3 a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated by this
4 Act as compensation for services as a member of such entity:
5 Provided, That a member of any such entity shall be al6 lowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the
7 Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per8 formance of membership duties: Provided further, That ex9 cept when acting in a technical advisory capacity, no paid
10 consultant shall receive funds appropriated by this Act as
11 compensation by more than one FFRDC in a calendar
12 year.
13
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
14 of the funds available to the department from any source
15 during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense
16 FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for
17 construction of new buildings not located on a military in18 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded
19 by Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns,
20 or for certain charitable contributions, not to include em21 ployee participation in community service and/or develop22 ment.
23
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
24 funds available to the department during fiscal year 2024,
25 not more than $2,857,803,000 may be funded for profes-
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1 sional technical staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs:
2 Provided, That within such funds, not more than
3 $456,803,000 shall be available for the defense studies and
4 analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this subsection
5 shall not apply to staff years funded in the National Intel6 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program:
7 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, with
8 the submission of the department’s fiscal year 2025 budget
9 request, submit a report presenting the specific amounts of
10 staff years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense
11 FFRDC by program during that fiscal year and the associ12 ated budget estimates, by appropriation account and pro13 gram.
14
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
15 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is
16 hereby reduced by $27,197,000: Provided, That this sub17 section shall not apply to appropriations for the National
18 Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Program.
19
SEC. 8027. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
20 gressional defense committees’’ means the Armed Services
21 Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Serv22 ices Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense
23 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com25 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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1
SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
2 gressional intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent
3 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent4 atives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate,
5 the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro6 priations of the House of Representatives, and the Sub7 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations
8 of the Senate.
9
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
10 ment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot main11 tenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well
12 as the production of components and other Defense-related
13 articles, through competition between Department of De14 fense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Pro15 vided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military
16 department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of del17 egation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable
18 estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and
19 private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management
20 and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions
21 conducted under this section.
22
SEC. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
23 Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of
24 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies
25 with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection,
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1 the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title
2 41, United States Code.
3
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person
4 has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing
5 a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in
6 or shipped to the United States that is not made in Amer7 ica, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with sec8 tion 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether the person
9 should be debarred from contracting with the Department
10 of Defense.
11
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased
12 with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense
13 of the Congress that any entity of the Department of De14 fense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only Amer15 ican-made equipment and products, provided that Amer16 ican-made equipment and products are cost-competitive,
17 quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion.
18
SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated or made
19 available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy,
20 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facil21 ity or property under the control of the Department of De22 fense which were not melted and rolled in the United States
23 or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions
24 shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515,
25 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or
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1 American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of
2 carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That
3 the Secretary of the military department responsible for the
4 procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case
5 basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro6 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
7 that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet
8 Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and
9 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
10 capability for national security purposes: Provided further,
11 That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which
12 are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
13
SEC. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after con-
14 sultation with the United States Trade Representative, de15 termines that a foreign country which is party to an agree16 ment described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of
17 the agreement by discriminating against certain types of
18 products produced in the United States that are covered by
19 the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the
20 Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with
21 respect to such types of products produced in that foreign
22 country.
23
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any
24 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under25 standing, between the United States and a foreign country
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1 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec2 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products
3 in that country.
4
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
5 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense pur6 chases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2024. Such report
7 shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which
8 the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agree9 ment described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreements
10 Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international
11 agreement to which the United States is a party.
12
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer-
13 ican Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
14
SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
15 may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings
16 other than those produced by a domestic source and of do17 mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military
18 department responsible for such procurement may waive
19 this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ20 ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
21 Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic
22 supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense
23 requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition
24 must be made in order to acquire capability for national
25 security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction
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1 shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial products’’,
2 as defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code,
3 except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bear4 ings purchased as end items.
5
SEC. 8034. In addition to any other funds made avail-
6 able for such purposes, there is appropriated $50,000,000,
7 for an additional amount for the ‘‘National Defense Stock8 pile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2026, for activities pursuant to the Strategic and
10 Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.):
11 Provided, That none of the funds provided under this sec12 tion may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the
13 Secretary of Defense provides the Committees on Appro14 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
15 a detailed execution plan for such funds.
16
SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be used
17 to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured
18 in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer19 tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an
20 acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
21 national security purposes that is not available from
22 United States manufacturers.
23
SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a
24 case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country
25 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from
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1 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines
2 that the application of the limitation with respect to that
3 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into
4 between the Department of Defense and the foreign country,
5 or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro6 curement of defense items entered into under section 4851
7 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not
8 discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro9 duced in the United States for that country.
10
11
12
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to—
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
13
(2) options for the procurement of items that are
14
exercised after such date under contracts that are en-
15
tered into before such date if the option prices are ad-
16
justed for any reason other than the application of a
17
waiver granted under subsection (a).
18
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
19 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear20 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by
21 section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff
22 Schedule of the United States and products classified under
23 headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019,
24 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502
25 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
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SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this
2 Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the
3 Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or
4 manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such flags
5 are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) of title
6 10, United States Code.
7
SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts
8 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
9 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available
10 until expended for the payments specified by section
11 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
12
SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
13 tions which are available to the Department of Defense for
14 operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items
15 having an investment item unit cost of not more than
16 $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the Sec17 retary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet the
18 operational requirements of a Commander of a Combatant
19 Command engaged in a named contingency operation over20 seas, such funds may be used to purchase items having an
21 investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000.
22
SEC. 8040. Up to $16,809,000 of the funds appro-
23 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
24 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional
25 Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the United
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1 States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater Security
2 Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance,
3 and payment of incremental and personnel costs of training
4 and exercising with foreign security forces: Provided, That
5 funds made available for this purpose may be used, notwith6 standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian
7 assistance, security assistance or combined exercise ex8 penses: Provided further, That funds may not be obligated
9 to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other10 wise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under
11 any other provision of law.
12
SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regula-
13 tions to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related
14 products in military resale outlets in the United States, its
15 territories and possessions at a price below the most com16 petitive price in the local community: Provided, That such
17 regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco18 related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be
19 within the range of prices established for military retail
20 system stores located in the United States.
21
SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none
22 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department
23 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur24 chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring
25 a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during
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1 the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus2 tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital
3 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to
4 the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur5 ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest6 ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
7 year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense
8 for procurement.
9
(b) The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Depart-
10 ment of Defense as well as all justification material and
11 other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2025 De12 partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted
13 to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was
14 classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap15 propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in
16 a proposed fiscal year 2025 procurement appropriation and
17 not in the supply management business area or any other
18 area or category of the Department of Defense Working
19 Capital Funds.
20
SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
21 for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re22 main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
23 except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin24 gencies, which shall remain available until September 30,
25 2025: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or
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1 otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Cen2 tral Services Working Capital Fund during this or any
3 prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until
4 expended: Provided further, That any funds appropriated
5 or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for ad6 vanced research and development acquisition, for agent op7 erations, and for covert action programs authorized by the
8 President under section 503 of the National Security Act
9 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2025: Provided further, That any funds appro11 priated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for
12 the construction, improvement, or alteration of facilities,
13 including leased facilities, to be used primarily by per14 sonnel of the intelligence community, shall remain available
15 until September 30, 2026.
16
SEC. 8044. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
17 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may
18 be used—
19
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
20
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the
21
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department
22
who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters
23
activity if the member or employee’s place of duty re-
24
mains at the location of that headquarters.
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1
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military
2 department may waive the limitations in subsection (a),
3 on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer4 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
5 Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the
6 waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the finan7 cial requirements of the department.
8
9
10
(c) This section does not apply to—
(1) field operating agencies funded within the
National Intelligence Program;
11
(2) an Army field operating agency established
12
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of impro-
13
vised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Sec-
14
retary of the Army, other similar threats;
15
(3) an Army field operating agency established
16
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biomet-
17
ric activities and to integrate common biometric tech-
18
nologies throughout the Department of Defense; or
19
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
20
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs
21
Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
22
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities.
23
SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
24 Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance
25 an activity or function of the Department of Defense that,
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1 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per2 formed by Department of Defense civilian employees un3 less—
4
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub-
5
lic-private competition that includes a most efficient
6
and cost effective organization plan developed by such
7
activity or function;
8
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines
9
that, over all performance periods stated in the solici-
10
tation of offers for performance of the activity or
11
function, the cost of performance of the activity or
12
function by a contractor would be less costly to the
13
Department of Defense by an amount that equals or
14
exceeds the lesser of—
15
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
16
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance
17
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
18
ees; or
19
(B) $10,000,000; and
20
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage
21
for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart-
22
ment of Defense by—
23
(A) not making an employer-sponsored
24
health insurance plan available to the workers
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1
who are to be employed in the performance of
2
that activity or function under the contract; or
3
(B) offering to such workers an employer-
4
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the
5
employer to contribute less towards the premium
6
or subscription share than the amount that is
7
paid by the Department of Defense for health
8
benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89
9
of title 5, United States Code.
10
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to
11 subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c)
12 of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith13 standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or
14 policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into
15 a contract for the performance of any commercial or indus16 trial type function of the Department of Defense that—
17
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
18
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-
19
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States
20
Code);
21
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by
22
a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a
23
qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
24
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or
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1
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by
2
a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership
3
by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the
4
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
5
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Orga-
6
nization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small
7
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
8
(2) This section shall not apply to depot con-
9
tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided
10
in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States
11
Code.
12
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the
13 Department of Defense under the authority provided by this
14 section shall be credited toward any competitive or out15 sourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be estab16 lished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to
17 be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with,
18 subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States
19 Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial ac20 tivities.
21
22
(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 8046. Of the funds appropriated in Department
23 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are
24 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs
25 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may
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1 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con2 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur3 rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and
4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction Account’’, 2022/
2024, $75,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army’’, 2022/2024, $1,900,000;
‘‘Other
Procurement,
Army’’,
2022/2024,
Navy’’,
2022/2024,
$54,681,000;
‘‘Aircraft
Procurement,
$1,428,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine
Corps’’, 2022/2024, $1,012,000;
‘‘Shipbuilding
and
Conversion,
Navy:
T–
AGOS’’, 2022/2026, $158,300,000;
‘‘Procurement,
Marine
Corps’’,
2022/2024,
$7,100,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2022/2024,
$83,261,000;
‘‘Procurement,
Defense-Wide’’,
2022/2024,
$204,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
2023/2024, $85,000,000;
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‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’, 2023/
2
2024, $50,000,000;
3
‘‘Aircraft
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
‘‘Missile
19
20
21
‘‘Other
Procurement,
Army’’,
2023/2025,
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army’’, 2023/
2025, $3,223,000;
‘‘Weapons
Procurement,
Navy’’,
2023/2025,
Procurement,
Navy’’,
2023/2025,
$50,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine
Corps’’, 2023/2025, $2,262,000;
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: DDG-51
Advance Procurement’’, 2023/2027, $77,300,000;
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: LPD
Flight
23
$250,000,000;
25
2023/2025,
$63,028,000;
22
24
Army’’,
Vehicles, Army’’, 2023/2025, $10,372,000;
$319,745,000;
18
Procurement,
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
14
17
2023/2025,
$2,713,000;
‘‘Aircraft
16
Army’’,
$3,372,000;
13
15
Procurement,
II
‘‘Other
$89,101,000;
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Procurement’’,
Procurement,
Navy’’,
2023/2027,
2023/2025,
82
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
‘‘Procurement,
Marine
Corps’’,
2023/2025,
$158,550,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025,
$282,762,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025,
$37,100,000;
‘‘Procurement,
Space
Force’’,
2023/2025,
$80,487,000;
‘‘Procurement,
Defense-Wide’’,
2023/2025,
$34,326,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army’’, 2023/2024, $29,850,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy’’, 2023/2024, $136,705,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force’’, 2023/2024, $112,324,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Space Force’’, 2023/2024, $96,878,000; and
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
20
Defense-Wide’’, 2023/2024, $237,538,000.
21
SEC. 8047. None of the funds available in this Act may
22 be used to reduce the authorized positions for military tech23 nicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air Na24 tional Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the
25 purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian
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1 personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military techni2 cians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct re3 sult of a reduction in military force structure.
4
SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated or other-
5 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex6 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic
7 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose:
8 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac9 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting
10 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of
11 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Democratic
12 People’s Republic of Korea.
13
SEC. 8049. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year
14 thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte15 nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands
16 and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement
17 of pay, allowances and other expenses which would other18 wise be incurred against appropriations for the National
19 Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard
20 and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence sup21 port to Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint
22 Intelligence Activities, including the activities and pro23 grams included within the National Intelligence Program
24 and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That
25 nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established
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1 Reserve and National Guard personnel and training proce2 dures.
3
SEC. 8050. (a) None of the funds available to the De-
4 partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic5 tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any
6 other department or agency of the United States except as
7 specifically provided in an appropriations law.
8
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
9 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or
10 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de11 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi12 cally provided in an appropriations law.
13
SEC. 8051. In addition to the amounts appropriated
14 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act,
15 $49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of
16 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the Sec17 retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest,
18 the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified
19 as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations
20 and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross.
21
SEC. 8052. Notwithstanding any other provision in
22 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program
23 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set24 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs,
25 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the
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1 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart2 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head
3 of each other relevant component of the Department of De4 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees,
5 concurrent with submission of the budget justification docu6 ments to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31,
7 United States Code, a report with a detailed accounting
8 of the Small Business Innovation Research program and
9 the Small Business Technology Transfer program set-asides
10 taken from programs, projects, or activities within such de11 partment, agency, or component during the most recently
12 completed fiscal year.
13
SEC. 8053. None of the funds available to the Depart-
14 ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex15 pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De16 partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the
17 contractor to an employee when—
18
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex-
19
cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the
20
employee; and
21
22
23
24
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a business combination.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, no more
25 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under
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1 the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
2 may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay
3 of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available
4 for the same time period as the appropriations to which
5 transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in con6 nection with support and services for eligible organizations
7 and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant
8 to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.
9
SEC. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
10 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit
11 the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learn12 ing Project by any person or entity on a space-available,
13 reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bu14 reau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such
15 use on a case-by-case basis.
16
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be
17 credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance
18 Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associ19 ated with the use of equipment of the project under that
20 subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes
21 without fiscal year limitation.
22
SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
23 erwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli24 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in
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1 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40
2 aircraft.
3
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply
4 to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary of the
5 Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no
6 longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap.
7
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b)
8 that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary
9 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a cer10 tification in writing that the status of such aircraft is due
11 to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of maintenance,
12 repairs, or other reasons.
13
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
14 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
15 the congressional defense committees a report on the nec16 essary steps taken by the Department of Defense to meet
17 the travel requirements for official or representational du18 ties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in fiscal years
19 2024 and 2025.
20
SEC. 8057. (a) None of the funds appropriated in title
21 IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery
22 to military forces for operational training, operational use,
23 or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction
24 does not apply to end-items used in development, proto25 typing in accordance with an approved test strategy, and
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1 test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for oper2 ational use.
3
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds ap-
4 propriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number re5 quired in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary
6 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under Sec7 retary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in coordi8 nation with the responsible Service Acquisition Executive,
9 shall certify in writing to the congressional defense commit10 tees that there is a bonafide need for the additional end11 items at the time of submittal to Congress of the budget
12 of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section
13 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That this
14 restriction does not apply to programs funded within the
15 National Intelligence Program.
16
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the
17 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fis18 cal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
19 States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees
20 a report detailing the use of funds requested in research,
21 development, test and evaluation accounts for end-items
22 used in development, prototyping and test activities pre23 ceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: Pro24 vided, That the report shall set forth, for each end item cov25 ered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list of the statutory
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1 authorities under which amounts in the accounts described
2 in that proviso were used for such item: Provided further,
3 That the Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the sub4 mittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal
5 year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
6 States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees
7 a certification that funds requested for fiscal year 2025 in
8 research, development, test and evaluation accounts are in
9 compliance with this section: Provided further, That the
10 Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case11 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Subcommittees
12 on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the
13 House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the
14 national security interest to do so.
15
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other-
16 wise made available by this or other Department of Defense
17 Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the
18 purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military
19 family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ20 ing areas in such military family housing units that may
21 be used for the purpose of conducting official Department
22 of Defense business.
23
SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of
24 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re25 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’
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1 for any new start defense innovation acceleration or rapid
2 prototyping program demonstration project with a value of
3 more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after
4 a report, including a description of the project, the planned
5 acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an6 nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the
7 congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec8 retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by9 case basis by certifying to the congressional defense commit10 tees that it is in the national interest to do so.
11
SEC. 8060. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to
12 provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees on
13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
14 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as di15 rected in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
16
SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title
17 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member
18 of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard
19 duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
20 may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements
21 of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
22
SEC. 8062. None of the funds provided in this Act may
23 be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammuni24 tion held by the Department of Defense that has a center25 fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature
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1 designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’,
2 ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing in3 cendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing
4 demilitarization services for the Department of Defense
5 under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to
6 the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor
7 piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of
8 reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manu9 facture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the De10 partment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for
11 export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Un12 classified Military Articles issued by the Department of
13 State.
14
SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of
15 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des16 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider17 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667
18 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of
19 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to
20 any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32,
21 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal
22 nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief
23 of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, on a case24 by-case basis.
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1
2
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
3 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’,
4 $175,943,968 shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
6 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds
7 to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter
9 into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real
10 property, construction, personal services, and operations re11 lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section:
12 Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au13 thority of this section may provide for such indemnification
14 as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur15 ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply
16 with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max17 imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter18 mined by the Secretary of Defense.
19
SEC. 8065. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
20 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod21 ify—
22
(1) the appropriations account structure for the
23
National Intelligence Program budget, including
24
through the creation of a new appropriation or new
25
appropriation account;
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(2) how the National Intelligence Program budg-
2
et request is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1,
3
and O–1 documents supporting the Department of
4
Defense budget request;
5
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence
6
Program appropriations are apportioned to the exe-
7
cuting agencies; or
8
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence
9
Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and
10
disbursed.
11
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to pro-
12 hibit the merger of programs or changes to the National
13 Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure
14 Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accord15 ance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a).
16
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
17 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of
18 achieving auditable financial statements and improving fis19 cal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for al20 ternative financial management processes. Such study shall
21 include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment
22 to ensure that none of the alternative processes will ad23 versely affect counterintelligence.
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(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined
2 under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence
3 and the Secretary of Defense shall—
4
5
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected agencies;
6
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies
7
attesting that the proposed alternatives will help
8
achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and
9
will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and
10
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all nec-
11
essary certifications under paragraph (2), present the
12
proposed alternatives and certifications to the con-
13
gressional defense and intelligence committees.
14
15
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8066. In addition to amounts made available
16 elsewhere in this Act, $100,000,000 is hereby appropriated
17 to the Department of Defense and made available for trans18 fer to operation and maintenance accounts, procurement
19 accounts, and research, development, test and evaluation ac20 counts only for those efforts by the Commander, United
21 States Africa Command or Commander, United States
22 Southern Command to expand cooperation, share oper23 ational information, advance interoperability, or improve
24 the capabilities of our allies and partners in their areas
25 of operation: Provided, That none of the funds provided
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1 under this section may be obligated or expended until 30
2 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to the congres3 sional defense committees an execution plan: Provided fur4 ther, That not less than 15 days prior to any transfer of
5 funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional
6 defense committees of the details of any such transfer: Pro7 vided further, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged
8 with and available for the same purposes, and for the same
9 time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro10 vided further, That the transfer authority provided under
11 this section is in addition to any other transfer authority
12 provided elsewhere in this Act.
13
14
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
15 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in
16 title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’,
17 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and
18 Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by the mili19 tary department concerned to its central fund established
20 for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d)
21 of title 10, United States Code.
22
23
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8068. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere
24 in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the De25 partment of Defense, to remain available for obligation
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1 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
2 provision of law, that upon the determination of the Sec3 retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest,
4 these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher
5 House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and fur6 nishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of
7 military family members when confronted with the illness
8 or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.
9
10
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
11 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be
12 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub13 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under sec14 tion 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service
15 Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105).
16
SEC. 8070. None of the funds available to the Depart-
17 ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and
18 control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command oper19 ational and administrative control of United States Navy
20 forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the com21 mand and control relationships which existed on October
22 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written modification
23 has been proposed to the Committees on Appropriations of
24 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur25 ther, That the proposed modification may be implemented
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1 30 days after the notification unless an objection is received
2 from either the House or Senate Appropriations Commit3 tees: Provided further, That any proposed modification
4 shall not preclude the ability of the commander of United
5 States Indo-Pacific Command to meet operational require6 ments.
7
SEC. 8071. Any notice that is required to be submitted
8 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate under section 3601 of title 10,
10 United States Code, as added by section 804(a) of the James
11 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
12 Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to that requirement
13 concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
15 and the Senate.
16
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
17
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
18 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Re19 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’,
20 $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs:
21 Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 shall be for the
22 Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel
23 for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to
24 counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-Israel
25 Iron
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1 $127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile
2 Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile de3 fense research and development under the SRBMD pro4 gram; $40,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of
5 SRBMD systems in the United States and in Israel to meet
6 Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each nation’s
7 laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli
8 co-production
agreement
for
SRBMD,
as
amended;
9 $80,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the
10 Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which $80,000,000
11 shall be for co-production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier
12 systems in the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s
13 defense requirements consistent with each nation’s laws,
14 regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co15 production agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended;
16 and $173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improve17 ment Program including development of a long range,
18 ground and airborne, detection suite: Provided further,
19 That the transfer authority provided under this section is
20 in addition to any other transfer authority contained in
21 this Act.
22
SEC. 8073. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
23 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’,
24 $1,290,093,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024,
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1 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for the fol2 lowing programs:
3
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
4
version, Navy’’, 2013/2024: Carrier Replacement Pro-
5
gram, $624,600,000;
6
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
7
version, Navy’’, 2015/2024: Virginia Class Submarine
8
Program, $43,419,000;
9
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
10
version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: Virginia Class Submarine
11
Program, $100,115,000;
12
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
13
version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: DDG 51 Program,
14
$104,090,000;
15
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
16
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: Virginia Class Submarine
17
Program, $24,646,000;
18
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
19
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: DDG 51 Program,
20
$121,827,000;
21
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
22
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: LPD 17 Amphibious
23
Transport Dock Program, $16,520,000;
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(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
2
version, Navy’’, 2018/2024: Ship to Shore Connector
3
Program, $43,600,000;
4
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
5
version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: Littoral Combat Ship
6
Program, $23,000,000;
7
(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
8
version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
9
gram, $27,060,000;
10
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
11
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: CVN Refueling Overhauls,
12
$42,422,000;
13
(12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
14
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
15
gram, $93,250,000;
16
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
17
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: Towing, Salvage, and
18
Rescue Ship Program, $1,150,000;
19
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
20
version, Navy’’, 2021/2024: Towing, Salvage, and
21
Rescue Ship Program, $21,809,000; and
22
(15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
23
version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
24
gram, $2,585,000.
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SEC. 8074. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence
3 activities and intelligence-related activities not otherwise
4 authorized in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
5 Year 2024 are deemed to be specifically authorized by the
6 Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu7 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094).
8
SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
9 be available for obligation or expenditure through a re10 programming of funds that creates or initiates a new pro11 gram, project, or activity unless such program, project, or
12 activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of
13 national security and only after written prior notification
14 to the congressional defense committees.
15
SEC. 8076. None of the funds in this Act may be used
16 for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or
17 deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile de18 fense system.
19
SEC. 8077. None of the funds made available by this
20 Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of decom21 missioning any Littoral Combat Ship, the USS German22 town, or the USS Tortuga.
23
24
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8078. The Secretary of Defense may transfer
25 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro-
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1 priation to any available Navy ship construction appro2 priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes
3 resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjust4 ments for any ship construction program appropriated in
5 law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to ex6 ceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this sec7 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer
8 any funds until 30 days after the proposed transfer has been
9 reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
10 of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from
11 the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That
12 any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall retain
13 the same period of availability as when originally appro14 priated: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro15 vided under this section is in addition to any other transfer
16 authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided further,
17 That the transfer authority provided by this section expires
18 on September 30, 2028.
19
SEC. 8079. None of the funds appropriated or made
20 available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish
21 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad22 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
23 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev24 els funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall
25 allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to per-
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1 form other missions in support of national defense require2 ments during the non-hurricane season.
3
SEC. 8080. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
4 be available for integration of foreign intelligence informa5 tion unless the information has been lawfully collected and
6 processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intel7 ligence activities: Provided, That information pertaining to
8 United States persons shall only be handled in accordance
9 with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the
10 United States Constitution as implemented through Execu11 tive Order No. 12333.
12
SEC. 8081. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
13 for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intel14 ligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur15 rent fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research
16 and technology, which shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2025.
18
SEC. 8082. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31,
19 United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations
20 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and
21 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same
22 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship23 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any
24 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply
25 to the total amount of the appropriation.
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SEC. 8083. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date
2 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel3 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel4 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application
5 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year
6 2024: Provided, That the report shall include—
7
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
8
rate column to display the President’s budget request,
9
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to
10
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year
11
enacted level;
12
13
14
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by Expenditure Center and project; and
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
15
sional interest.
16
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
17 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re18 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub19 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence
20 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence cer21 tifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees
22 that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an
23 emergency requirement.
24
SEC. 8084. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to
25 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
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1 ment Account in or for fiscal year 2024 to a military de2 partment or Defense Agency pursuant to section 1705(e)(1)
3 of title 10, United States Code, shall be covered by and sub4 ject to section 8005 of this Act.
5
SEC. 8085. (a) None of the funds provided for the Na-
6 tional Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropria7 tions Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure
8 through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accord9 ance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of
10 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that—
11
(1) creates a new start effort;
12
(2) terminates a program with appropriated
13
14
15
funding of $10,000,000 or more;
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National
Intelligence Program; or
16
(4) transfers funding between appropriations,
17
unless the congressional intelligence committees are
18
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming
19
of funds; this notification period may be reduced for
20
urgent national security requirements.
21
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
22 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act
23 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
24 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with sec25 tion 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
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1 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or
2 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom3 panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence com4 mittees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogram5 ming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for
6 urgent national security requirements.
7
SEC. 8086. (a) Any agency receiving funds made
8 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and
9 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report
10 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any
11 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency
12 that it shall serve the national interest.
13
14
15
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
(1) the public posting of the report compromises
national security; or
16
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
17
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall
18 do so only after such report has been made available to the
19 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less
20 than 45 days.
21
SEC. 8087. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
22 erwise made available by this Act may be expended for any
23 Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, un24 less the contractor agrees not to—
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(1) enter into any agreement with any of its em-
2
ployees or independent contractors that requires, as a
3
condition of employment, that the employee or inde-
4
pendent contractor agree to resolve through arbitra-
5
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act
6
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual
7
assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
8
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
9
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
10
tion; or
11
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of
12
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
13
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee
14
or independent contractor resolve through arbitration
15
any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
16
1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual
17
assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
18
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
19
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
20
tion.
21
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
22 available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con23 tract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each cov24 ered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to
25 take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement
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1 as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a),
2 with respect to any employee or independent contractor per3 forming work related to such subcontract. For purposes of
4 this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that
5 has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract sub6 ject to subsection (a).
7
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with
8 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with
9 employees or independent contractors that may not be en10 forced in a court of the United States.
11
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
12 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or
13 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or
14 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per15 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid
16 harm to national security interests of the United States,
17 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not
18 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina19 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiv20 er and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and
21 shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver
22 and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm
23 to national security interests of the United States. The Sec24 retary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simulta25 neously make public, any determination under this sub-
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1 section not less than 15 business days before the contract
2 or subcontract addressed in the determination may be
3 awarded.
4
5
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8088. From within the funds appropriated for
6 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program
7 in this Act, up to $172,000,000, shall be available for trans8 fer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet9 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in ac10 cordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National
11 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law
12 111–84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the
13 facility operations funded are operations of the integrated
14 Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, con15 sisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Cen16 ter, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting fa17 cilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility
18 as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro19 vided further, That additional funds may be transferred
20 from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for
21 the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of De22 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
23 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec24 retary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of
25 the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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SEC. 8089. None of the funds appropriated or other-
2 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Depart3 ment of Defense or a component thereof in contravention
4 of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United States
5 Code.
6
SEC. 8090. Notwithstanding price or other limitations
7 applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles,
8 appropriations available to the Department of Defense may
9 be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light armored
10 vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force
11 protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle;
12 and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000
13 per vehicle for use by military and civilian employees of
14 the Department of Defense in the United States Central
15 Command area of responsibility.
16
17
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8091. Upon a determination by the Director of
18 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in
19 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval
20 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
21 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made
22 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Program:
23 Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used
24 unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intel25 ligence requirements, than those for which originally appro-
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1 priated and in no case where the item for which funds are
2 requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further,
3 That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using
4 authority provided in this section shall be made prior to
5 June 30, 2024.
6
SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
7 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $142,008,000, to
8 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028,
9 may be used for the purchase of two used sealift vessels for
10 the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established under sec11 tion 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C.
12 57100): Provided, That such amounts are available for re13 imbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Ad14 ministration account of the United States Department of
15 Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and ex16 penses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Pro17 vided further, That notwithstanding section 2218 of title 10,
18 United States Code, none of these funds shall be transferred
19 to the National Defense Sealift Fund for execution.
20
SEC. 8093. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant
21 awards on a public website in a searchable format.
22
SEC. 8094. None of the funds made available by this
23 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to—
24
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section
25
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
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1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States per-
2
son; or
3
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as
4
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18,
5
United States Code) of any electronic communication
6
of a United States person from a provider of elec-
7
tronic communication services to the public pursuant
8
to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
9
Act of 1978.
10
SEC. 8095. None of the funds made available in this
11 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any
12 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who
13 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re14 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program,
15 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction
16 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without
17 the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this
18 limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly
19 provided for in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts,
20 or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropria21 tions for the Department of Defense.
22
SEC. 8096. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
23 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $667,508,000, to
24 remain available until expended, may be used for any pur25 poses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet estab-
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1 lished under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of
2 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are
3 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force,
4 Maritime Administration account of the United States De5 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi6 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve
7 Fleet.
8
SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act
9 for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award
10 a new contract that provides for the acquisition of the fol11 lowing components unless those components are manufac12 tured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including
13 pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (in14 cluding engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard
15 cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; and anchor chains,
16 specifically for the seventh and subsequent ships of the fleet.
17
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the
18 FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new con19 tract that provides for the acquisition of the following com20 ponents unless those components are manufactured in the
21 United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; elec22 tronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps;
23 propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed
24 lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes;
25 auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers:
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1 Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate
2 United States manufactured propulsion engines and pro3 pulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate program
4 beginning not later than with the eleventh ship of the pro5 gram.
6
SEC. 8098. None of the funds provided in this Act for
7 requirements development, performance specification devel8 opment, concept design and development, ship configura9 tion development, systems engineering, naval architecture,
10 marine engineering, operations research analysis, industry
11 studies, preliminary design, development of the Detailed
12 Design and Construction Request for Proposals solicitation
13 package, or related activities for the T–ARC(X) Cable Lay14 ing and Repair Ship or the T–AGOS(X) Oceanographic
15 Surveillance Ship may be used to award a new contract
16 for such activities unless these contracts include specifica17 tions that all auxiliary equipment, including pumps and
18 propulsion shafts, are manufactured in the United States.
19
SEC. 8099. No amounts credited or otherwise made
20 available in this or any other Act to the Department of De21 fense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may be
22 transferred to:
23
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established
24
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Author-
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1
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302
2
note); or
3
(2) credited to a military-department specific
4
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
5
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
6
(as amended by section 897 of the National Defense
7
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017).
8
SEC. 8100. None of the funds made available by this
9 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex10 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department
11 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes
12 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited
13 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and
14 Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3,
15 14a and 14b).
16
SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds made available in
17 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer
18 network unless such network is designed to block access to
19 pornography websites.
20
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
21 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
22 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi23 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities,
24 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in25 cluding intelligence activities.
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SEC. 8102. None of the funds provided for, or otherwise
2 made available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated
3 or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide motor4 ized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other than
5 small arms and munitions appropriate for customary cere6 monial honors, operational military units, or operational
7 military platforms if the Secretary determines that pro8 viding such units, platforms, or equipment would under9 mine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equipment.
10
SEC. 8103. (a) None of the funds made available by
11 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
12 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
13 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
14 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil15 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin16 istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and
17 that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an
18 agreement with the authority responsible for collecting such
19 tax liability, provided that the applicable Federal agency
20 is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability.
21
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable
22 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of
23 the corporation described in such subsection and has made
24 a determination that such suspension or debarment is not
25 necessary to protect the interests of the Federal Government.
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SEC. 8104. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV
2 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables
3 titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the ex4 planatory statement regarding this Act, may be used for
5 expenses for the agile research, development, test and eval6 uation, procurement, production, modification, and oper7 ation and maintenance, only for the following Software and
8 Digital Technology Pilot programs—
9
(1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A);
10
(2)
11
0608013N);
12
13
Risk
(PE
(PE 0608231N);
(4)
15
1208248SF);
17
Information
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control
14
16
Management
Space
Command
&
Control
(PE
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE
0303150K); and
18
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z).
19
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior
20 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli21 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig22 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2024.
23
SEC. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or other-
24 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer
25 the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: Pro-
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1 vided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit
2 or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordination be3 tween the National Reconnaissance Office and the Space
4 Force or any other elements of the Department of Defense.
5
SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this
6 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws en7 acted or regulations promulgated to implement the United
8 Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, In9 human or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at
10 New York on December 10, 1984):
11
12
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States
Code.
13
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform
14
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public
15
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231
16
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including
17
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal
18
Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal
19
Regulations.
20
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of
21
Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to
22
Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pan-
23
demic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148).
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SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist3 ance to the Azov Battalion.
4
SEC. 8108. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
5 ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not
6 to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section
7 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of
8 receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku9 wait, under that section: Provided, That, such contributions
10 shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropriations or
11 fund which incurred such obligations.
12
SEC. 8109. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
13 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense14 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
15 $1,406,346,000, to remain available until September 30,
16 2025, shall be available for International Security Coopera17 tion Programs and other programs to provide support and
18 assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or indi19 viduals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism,
20 crisis response, or building partner capacity programs:
21 Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than
22 15 days prior to obligating funds made available in this
23 section, notify the congressional defense committees in writ24 ing of the details of any planned obligation: Provided fur25 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly
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1 reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
2 of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of
3 funds made available in this section.
4
SEC. 8110. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
5 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense6 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
7 $380,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
8 2025, shall be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon,
9 Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman under section 1226 of the Na10 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22
11 U.S.C. 2151 note), for enhanced border security, of which
12 not less than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided,
13 That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days
14 prior to obligating funds made available in this section, no15 tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the
16 details of any planned obligation and the nature of the ex17 penses incurred: Provided further, That the Secretary of De18 fense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on
19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
20 Senate on the use and status of funds made available in
21 this section.
22
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this
23 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Reso24 lution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 333
3 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping operations
4 for the countries designated annually to be in violation of
5 the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
6 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to
7 support any military training or operation that includes
8 child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention
9 Act of 2008, unless such assistance is otherwise permitted
10 under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of
11 2008.
12
SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this
13 Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban.
14
SEC. 8114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
15 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made
16 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun17 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which
18 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section
19 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in
20 accordance with section 8005 of this Act.
21
SEC. 8115. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
22 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used
23 by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer
24 of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract,
25 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
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1 with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guar2 antee
to
Rosoboronexport
or
any
subsidiary
of
3 Rosoboronexport.
4
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation
5 in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the
6 Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence,
7 determines that it is in the vital national security interest
8 of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to
9 the congressional defense committees that—
10
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of le-
11
thal military equipment to, and the maintenance of
12
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
13
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic;
14
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation
15
have withdrawn from Ukraine; and
16
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have ceased
17
taking active measures to destabilize the control of the
18
Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.
19
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense
20 shall
conduct
a
review
of
any
action
involving
21 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the Sec22 retary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not later
23 than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is issued
24 by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall sub25 mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
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1 taining the results of the review conducted with respect to
2 such waiver.
3
SEC. 8116. Equipment procured using funds provided
4 in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Counterterrorism Part5 nerships Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 1209
6 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National
7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public
8 Law 113–291), or under the heading ‘‘Iraq Train and
9 Equip Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 1236
10 of such Act, and not yet transferred to authorized recipients
11 may be transferred to foreign security forces, irregular
12 forces, groups, or individuals, authorized to receive assist13 ance using amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Counter14 ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ in this Act: Provided, That
15 such equipment may be transferred 15 days following writ16 ten notification to the congressional defense committees.
17
SEC. 8117. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
18 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense19 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
20 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
21 shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating nations
22 for logistical, military, and other support, including access,
23 provided to United States military and stability operations
24 to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: Provided,
25 That such reimbursement payments may be made in such
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1 amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence
2 of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Di3 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, may deter4 mine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary
5 of Defense to adequately account for the support provided,
6 and such determination is final and conclusive upon the
7 accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol8 lowing written notification to the appropriate congressional
9 committees: Provided further, That these funds may be used
10 for the purpose of providing specialized training and pro11 curing supplies and specialized equipment and providing
12 such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reim13 bursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States
14 military and stability operations to counter the Islamic
15 State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following written no16 tification to the appropriate congressional committees: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide
18 quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of
19 the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and
20 status of funds made available in this section.
21
SEC. 8118. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the
22 congressional defense committees in writing not more than
23 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re24 ceived from the government of a foreign country for any
25 purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the
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1 United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifica2 tion shall include the amount of the contribution; the pur3 pose for which such contribution was made; and the author4 ity under which such contribution was accepted by the Sec5 retary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer than
6 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary of De7 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
8 in writing a notification of the planned use of such con9 tributions, including whether such contributions would sup10 port existing or new stationing or operations of the United
11 States Armed Forces.
12
SEC. 8119. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in
13 coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart14 ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit to
15 the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days
16 after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, a report
17 on the use of operation and maintenance funds for activities
18 or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have been des19 ignated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned activities
20 for fiscal year 2024.
21
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also
22 include—
23
24
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity
and exercise covered by the report;
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1
(2) an identification of the military department
2
and units that participated in each such activity or
3
exercise (including an estimate of the number of par-
4
ticipants);
5
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by
6
budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element
7
such as transportation); and
8
9
10
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the activity or exercise.
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
11 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
12 annex.
13
SEC. 8120. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this
14 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made
15 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce
16 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for fis17 cal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in section
18 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public
19 Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the amounts
20 specified, and for the projects and activities specified, in
21 the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Allocation of Funds:
22 CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explana23 tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre24 ceding division A of this consolidated Act).
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1
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate
2 any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year
3 under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 if there
4 is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations
5 for part of a fiscal year for the Department of Defense: Pro6 vided, That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this
7 proviso shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment,
8 or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of
9 programs allocated using funds transferred from the
10 CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allocated
11 pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(b)(1) of
12 the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that are no more
13 than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of
14 this section.
15
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds allo-
16 cated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the terms
17 and conditions contained in the provisos in section 8005
18 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallocated pur19 suant to this subsection only for those requirements nec20 essary to carry out section 9903(b) of the William M. (Mac)
21 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
22 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283).
23
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of
24 the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Defense
25 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate proposed alloca2 tions by account and by program, project, or activity, with
3 detailed justifications, for amounts made available under
4 section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year
5 2025.
6
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the Com-
7 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
8 and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of
9 projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America
10 Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection
11 (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, committed,
12 and unobligated funds.
13
SEC. 8121. Not later than 15 days after the date on
14 which any foreign base that involves the stationing or oper15 ations of the United States Armed Forces, including a tem16 porary base, permanent base, or base owned and operated
17 by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Secretary of
18 Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in
19 writing of the opening or closing of such base: Provided,
20 That such notification shall also include information on
21 any personnel changes, costs, and savings associated with
22 the opening or closing of such base.
23
SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this
24 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of
25 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
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1 ing for the introduction of United States Armed Forces into
2 hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent
3 involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir4 cumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters
5 while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congres6 sional consultation and reporting requirements of sections
7 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543).
8
SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this
9 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of
10 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ11 ing for the introduction of United States armed or military
12 forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria
13 where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi14 cated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, air15 space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven16 tion of the congressional consultation and reporting require17 ments of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and
18 1543).
19
SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other-
20 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli21 gated or expended by the United States Government for a
22 purpose as follows:
23
(1) To establish any military installation or base
24
for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta-
25
tioning of United States Armed Forces in Iraq.
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1
(2) To exercise United States control over any
2
oil resource of Iraq or Syria.
3
SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip
5 Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air
6 defense systems.
7
SEC. 8126. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated
8 by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency
9 in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be
10 used to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to
11 support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security
12 along its borders.
13
SEC. 8127. The total amount appropriated or other-
14 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced
15 by $500,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procure16 ment of advisory and assistance services, to be distributed
17 as follows:
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
‘‘Operation
and
Maintenance,
Army’’,
and
Maintenance,
Navy’’,
$138,000,000;
‘‘Operation
$68,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$52,000,000;
‘‘Operation
$77,000,000;
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2
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’,
$9,500,000;
3
4
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
$143,000,000; and
5
6
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard’’, $12,500,000:
7 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria8 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military
9 Intelligence Program.
10
SEC. 8128. The total amount appropriated or other-
11 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced
12 by $100,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies
13 and management improvements in the funding of miscella14 neous or other contracts in the military departments, as
15 follows:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
‘‘Operation
and
Maintenance,
Army’’,
and
Maintenance,
Navy’’,
$21,000,000;
‘‘Operation
$25,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$3,500,000;
‘‘Operation
and
Maintenance,
Air
Force’’,
$22,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’,
$1,700,000; and
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1
2
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
$26,800,000:
3 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria4 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military
5 Intelligence Program.
6
SEC. 8129. The amounts appropriated in title II of
7 this Act are hereby reduced by $500,000,000 to reflect excess
8 cash balances in Department of Defense Working Capital
9 Funds, as follows:
10
11
12
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’,
$400,000,000; and
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’,
13
$100,000,000.
14
SEC. 8130. Notwithstanding any other provision of
15 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange
16 rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby
17 reduced by $969,000,000.
18
SEC. 8131. Of the funds appropriated in this Act
19 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense20 Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation
21 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Coun22 sel Program: Provided, That the funds are made available
23 for transfer to the Department of the Army, the Department
24 of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: Provided
25 further, That funds transferred shall be merged with and
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1 available for the same purposes and for the same time pe2 riod as the appropriations to which the funds are trans3 ferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in
4 addition to any other transfer authority provided in this
5 Act.
6
SEC. 8132. In carrying out the program described in
7 the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Re8 productive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely
9 Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Mem10 bers’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
11 Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued
12 to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of Defense
13 shall apply such policy and guidance, except that—
14
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo
15
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G)
16
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not
17
apply; and
18
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’
19
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage
20
without
21
cryopreservation and storage.
22
SEC. 8133. The Secretary of the Navy shall continue
limitation
on
the
duration
of
such
23 to provide pay and allowances to Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis,
24 United States Navy, until such time as the Secretary of
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1 the Navy makes a determination with respect to the separa2 tion of Lieutenant Alkonis from the Navy.
3
SEC. 8134. Grants pursuant to section 8120 of the De-
4 partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C
5 of Public Law 117–103) to communities impacted by mili6 tary aviation noise for the purpose of installing noise miti7 gating insulation at covered facilities may also provide for
8 the installation of air conditioning that complements noise
9 mitigating insulation at such facilities.
10
SEC. 8135. During their period of availability,
11 amounts appropriated in section 124 of the Continuing Ap12 propriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–180)
13 may be charged for any proper expense pursuant to section
14 1553(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, notwithstanding
15 the limitation in section 1553(b)(2) of such title.
16
SEC. 8136. The Secretary of Defense may obligate
17 funds made available in this Act for procurement or for
18 research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35
19 Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F–35 aircraft, in20 cluding up to two F–35 aircraft of each variant, to a test
21 configuration: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
22 shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force
23 and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the congressional de24 fense committees not fewer than 30 days prior to obligating
25 funds under this section: Provided further, That any trans-
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1 fer of funds pursuant to the authority provided in this sec2 tion shall be made in accordance with section 8005 of this
3 Act.
4
SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other-
5 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli6 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air7 craft.
8
SEC. 8138. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act
9 may be used to enter into a contract or contracts for the
10 procurement of airframes and engines for the CH–53K
11 heavy lift helicopter program.
12
SEC. 8139. The Secretary of Defense may use up to
13 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise
14 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense
15 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and
16 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of title
17 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes specified
18 in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection (c)(3)(B)
19 of such section and subject to the applicable limits specified
20 in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection and, in the
21 case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject to a limit of
22 $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified in section 229 of
23 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
24 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject to a limit of
25 $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall
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1 notify the congressional defense committees promptly of all
2 uses of this authority.
3
SEC. 8140. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Department
4 of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established pursuant
5 to section 903(b)(5) of the National Defense Authorization
6 Act
for
Fiscal
Year
2024
(Public
Law
118–31),
7 $49,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026,
8 for the cost of loans and loan guarantees pursuant to section
9 903(b) of such Act for a pilot program on capital assistance
10 to support defense investment in the industrial base: Pro11 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
12 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
13 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such amounts
14 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
15 amount of direct loans, and total loan principal, any part
16 of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $984,000,000:
17 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense (‘‘Sec18 retary’’) and the Director of the Office of Management and
19 Budget (‘‘Director’’) shall jointly develop criteria for project
20 eligibility for direct loans and loan guarantees authorized
21 by section 903(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act
22 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) that limit Fed23 eral participation in a project consistent with the require24 ments for the budgetary treatment provided for in section
25 504 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 and based
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1 on the recommendations contained in the 1967 Report of
2 the President’s Commission on Budget Concepts: Provided
3 further, That the Secretary and the Director shall, not later
4 than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, report
5 such criteria to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
7 and the Senate and certify in that report that the criteria
8 are compliant with this section: Provided further, That in
9 the event that a report is not completed and certified within
10 120 days, the Secretary and the Director shall provide a
11 joint explanatory briefing on program establishment
12 progress and estimated completion time: Provided further,
13 That, in developing the criteria to be used, the Secretary
14 and the Director shall consult with the Director of the Con15 gressional Budget Office: Provided further, That the re16 quirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code,
17 shall not apply to the development of such criteria: Provided
18 further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee au19 thority under this section for direct loans or commitments
20 to guarantee loans for any project using funds provided by
21 this section shall be in accordance with such criteria: Pro22 vided further, That the Secretary may not issue a Notice
23 of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist24 ance under the program authorized by section 903(b) of the
25 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
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1 (Public Law 118–31) using funds provided by this section
2 until the criteria have been developed pursuant to the third
3 proviso and certified pursuant to the fourth proviso: Pro4 vided further, That none of the direct loans or loan guar5 antee authority made available under this section shall be
6 available for any project unless the Secretary and the Direc7 tor, or their respective designees, have each individually cer8 tified in advance in writing to the Subcommittees on De9 fense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
10 Representatives and the Senate that the direct loan or loan
11 guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the
12 criteria developed pursuant to this section: Provided fur13 ther, That the report required by the fourth proviso shall
14 include information on any statutory improvements to sec15 tion 149 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section
16 903 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
17 Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), and section 903(b) of such
18 Act, that would further align such sections with the budg19 etary treatment and recommendations referred to in the
20 third proviso, including statutory improvements necessary
21 to ensure that no further reference to the criteria or the cer22 tifications will be required in appropriations Acts in future
23 fiscal years: Provided further, That such statutory improve24 ments shall also be shared with the Committees on the
25 Budget and Armed Services of the House of Representatives
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1 and the Senate: Provided further, That, for the purposes
2 of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
3 Director of the Congressional Budget Office may request,
4 and the Secretary shall promptly provide, documentation
5 and information relating to a project identified by the De6 partment of Defense pursuant to a Notice of Funding Avail7 ability for applications for credit assistance under section
8 903(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
9 Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31).
10
SEC. 8141. Notwithstanding section 8057 of this Act,
11 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, Devel12 opment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this Act,
13 as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled Ex14 planation of Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory
15 statement regarding this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation Unit
16 (DIU) Fielding’’ line 281A, that exceed the amounts re17 quested may be used for expenses for agile research, develop18 ment, test and evaluation, procurement, production, modi19 fication, and operation and maintenance requirements, in20 cluding the initial acquisition of end-items for operational
21 use: Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated
22 or expended until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense
23 provides the Committees on Appropriations of the House
24 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed execution plan
25 for such funds.
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1
SEC. 8142. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, or
3 associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
4
SEC. 8143. None of the funds made available by this
5 Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by
6 EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported
7 by the government of China unless the Secretary of Defense
8 determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in the na9 tional security interests of the United States and, not later
10 than 14 days after granting such a waiver, submits to the
11 congressional defense committees a detailed justification for
12 the waiver, including—
13
14
15
16
17
18
(1) an identification of the Department of Defense entity obligating or expending the funds;
(2) an identification of the amount of such
funds;
(3) an identification of the intended purpose of
such funds;
19
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospec-
20
tive recipient of such funds (including any third-
21
party entity recipient, as applicable);
22
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the
23
national security interests of the United States; and
24
(6) any other information the Secretary deter-
25
mines appropriate.
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1
SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other-
2 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used
3 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to
4 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions
5 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—
6
7
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
8
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at
9
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
10
Cuba, by the Department of Defense.
11
SEC. 8145. None of the funds appropriated or other-
12 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer
13 any individual detained at United States Naval Station
14 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the
15 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country,
16 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec17 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis18 cal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 of
19 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for
20 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232).
21
SEC. 8146. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
22 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used
23 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United
24 States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual
25 described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or
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1 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control
2 of the Department of Defense.
3
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply
4 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval
5 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
6
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any
7 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United
8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who—
9
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a
10
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
11
(2) is—
12
(A) in the custody or under the effective
13
control of the Department of Defense; or
14
(B) otherwise under detention at United
15
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
16
SEC. 8147. None of the funds made available by this
17 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment
18 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
19 Cuba.
20
SEC. 8148. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
21 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense22 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
23 $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
24 2025, shall be for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia25 tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Sec-
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1 retary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
2 State, to provide assistance, including training; equipment;
3 lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies and services;
4 salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intelligence support
5 to the military and national security forces of Ukraine, and
6 to other forces or groups recognized by and under the au7 thority of the Government of Ukraine, including govern8 mental entities within Ukraine, engaged in resisting Rus9 sian aggression against Ukraine, for replacement of any
10 weapons or articles provided to the Government of Ukraine
11 from the inventory of the United States, and to recover or
12 dispose of equipment procured using funds made available
13 in this section in this or prior Acts: Provided further, That
14 the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior
15 to obligating funds made available in this section, notify
16 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de17 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary of Defense shall, not more than 60 days after such
19 notification is made, inform such committees if such funds
20 have not been obligated and the reasons therefor: Provided
21 further, That the Secretary of Defense shall consult with
22 such committees in advance of the provision of support pro23 vided to other forces or groups recognized by and under the
24 authority of the Government of Ukraine: Provided further,
25 That the United States may accept equipment procured
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1 using funds made available in this section in this or prior
2 Acts transferred to the security forces of Ukraine and re3 turned by such forces to the United States: Provided further,
4 That equipment procured using funds made available in
5 this section in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred
6 to the military or national security forces of Ukraine or
7 to other assisted entities, or returned by such forces or other
8 assisted entities to the United States, may be treated as
9 stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notifica10 tion to the congressional defense committees: Provided fur11 ther, That any notification of funds made available in this
12 section shall specify an estimated timeline for the delivery
13 of defense articles and defense services provided and shall
14 identify if any equipment provided requires enhanced end15 use monitoring: Provided further, That the Secretary of De16 fense may accept and retain contributions, including
17 money, personal property, and services, from foreign gov18 ernments and other entities, to carry out assistance author19 ized for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in this
20 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
21 shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing
22 upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribu23 tion, delineating the sources and amounts of the funds re24 ceived and the specific use of such contributions: Provided
25 further, That contributions of money for the purposes pro-
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1 vided herein from any foreign government or other entity
2 may be credited to this account, to remain available until
3 September 30, 2025, and used for such purposes: Provided
4 further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar5 terly reports to the congressional defense committees on the
6 use and status of funds made available in this section.
7
SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other-
8 wise made available by this Act may be made available to
9 remove a Chinese military company from the list required
10 by section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act
11 for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), except in ac12 cordance with subsection (b)(3) of such section and 15 days
13 following written notification to the congressional defense
14 committees.
15
SEC. 8150. None of the funds made available by this
16 Act may be used in contravention of section 525 of the
17 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
18 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263).
19
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De-
20 fense Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1 DIVISION B—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND
2
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
3
TIONS ACT, 2024
4
TITLE I
5
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
6
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
7
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
9 cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build10 ing and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of passenger
11 motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of,
12 and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real
13 properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the
14 performance of official business; executive direction pro15 gram activities; international affairs and economic policy
16 activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, in17 cluding technical assistance to State, local, and territorial
18 entities; and Treasury-wide management policies and pro19 grams activities $287,576,000, of which not less than
20 $9,000,000 shall be available for the administration of fi21 nancial assistance, in addition to amounts otherwise avail22 able for such purposes: Provided, That of the amount appro23 priated under this heading—
24
25
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and representation expenses;
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1
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen
2
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated
3
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of
4
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the
5
Secretary’s certificate; and
6
7
(3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for—
8
9
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement
Audit and Internal Control Program;
10
11
(B) information technology modernization
requirements;
12
13
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration
of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
14
(D) the development and implementation of
15
programs within the Office of Cybersecurity and
16
Critical Infrastructure Protection, including en-
17
tering into cooperative agreements;
18
19
(E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and
20
(F) international operations.
21
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED
22
STATES FUND
23
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
24
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign
25 Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain
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1 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson of
2 the Committee may transfer such amounts to any depart3 ment or agency represented on the Committee (including
4 the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance notifi5 cation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
6 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
7 amounts so transferred shall remain available until ex8 pended for expenses of implementing section 721 of the De9 fense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565),
10 and shall be available in addition to any other funds avail11 able to any department or agency: Provided further, That
12 fees authorized by section 721(p) of such Act shall be cred13 ited to this appropriation as offsetting collections: Provided
14 further, That the total amount appropriated under this
15 heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such off16 setting collections are received during fiscal year 2024, so
17 as to result in a total appropriation from the general fund
18 estimated at not more than $0.
19
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
20
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism
22 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys23 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter24 rorist
facilitators,
weapons
of
mass
destruction
25 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers,
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1 drug kingpins, and other national security threats,
2 $226,862,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be
3 available for addressing human rights violations and cor4 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global
5 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C.
6 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
7 under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail8 able until September 30, 2025.
9
10
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity
11 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury,
12 $36,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:
13 Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not sup14 plant any other amounts made available to the Treasury
15 offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided further,
16 That of the total amount made available under this heading
17 $6,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses for
18 the Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide oversight
19 of the investments made under this heading: Provided fur20 ther, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant
21 any other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief
22 Information Officer.
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1
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
2
PROGRAMS
3
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4
For development and acquisition of automatic data
5 processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs
6 and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of
7 the Treasury, $11,007,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That these funds shall be trans9 ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy
10 the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and
11 other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
12 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author13 ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of
14 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to
15 support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper16 ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business
17 Systems Modernization’’.
18
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
19
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
21 eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5,
22 United States Code, $48,389,000, including hire of pas23 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall
24 be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na25 ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
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1 the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up to
2 $2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2025,
3 shall be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant
4 to section 1608 of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustain5 ability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of
6 the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note);
7 and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi8 cial reception and representation expenses.
9
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
10
11
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
12 eral for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 4 of
13 title 5, United States Code, including purchase and hire
14 of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and serv15 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
16 determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra17 tion; $172,508,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2025; of which not to exceed
19 $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of
20 which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unfore21 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
22 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
23 for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500
24 shall be available for official reception and representation
25 expenses.
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1
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
4 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi5 cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for6 eign government personnel to attend meetings and training
7 concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence
8 activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; serv9 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $25,000 for
10 official reception and representation expenses; and for as11 sistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or with12 out reimbursement, $190,193,000 of which not to exceed
13 $55,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
14 2026.
15
BUREAU
16
17
OF THE
FISCAL SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of
18 the Fiscal Service, $391,109,000; of which not to exceed
19 $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026,
20 is for information systems modernization initiatives; and
21 of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception and
22 representation expenses.
23
In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill
24 Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and per-
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1 sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as
2 authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
3
ALCOHOL
4
5
AND
TOBACCO TAX
AND
TRADE BUREAU
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111
6 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of
7 passenger motor vehicles, $157,795,000; of which not to ex8 ceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep9 resentation expenses; and of which not to exceed $50,000
10 shall be available for cooperative research and development
11 programs for laboratory services; and provision of labora12 tory assistance to State and local agencies with or without
13 reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated
14 under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accel15 erating the processing of formula and label applications:
16 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under
17 this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2026, shall be for the costs associated with en19 forcement of and education regarding the trade practice
20 provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27
21 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
22
UNITED STATES MINT
23
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
24
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
25 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
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1 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
2 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis3 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper4 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the
5 aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in6 curred during fiscal year 2024 under such section 5136 for
7 circulating coinage and protective service capital invest8 ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed
9 $50,000,000.
10
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
11
FUND
12
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and
13 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I
14 of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized by
15 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for
16 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
17 the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount appro18 priated under this heading—
19
(1) not less than $188,000,000, notwithstanding
20
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
21
4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Com-
22
munity Development Financial Institutions Assist-
23
ance awards, is available until September 30, 2025,
24
for financial assistance and technical assistance
25
under
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(A)
and
(B)
of
section
155
1
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12
2
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to
3
$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
4
reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12
5
U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be used
6
for the cost of direct loans, of which up to
7
$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of section
8
108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d)), may
9
be available to provide financial assistance, technical
10
assistance, training, and outreach to community de-
11
velopment financial institutions to expand invest-
12
ments that benefit individuals with disabilities, and
13
of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for the Economic
14
Mobility Corps to be operated in conjunction with the
15
Corporation for National and Community Service,
16
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: Provided, That the cost
17
of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
18
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
19
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
20
vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
21
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
22
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided fur-
23
ther, That of the funds provided under this para-
24
graph, excluding those made to community develop-
25
ment financial institutions to expand investments
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1
that benefit individuals with disabilities and those
2
made to community development financial institu-
3
tions that serve populations living in persistent pov-
4
erty counties, the CDFI Fund shall prioritize Finan-
5
cial Assistance awards to organizations that invest
6
and lend in high-poverty areas: Provided further,
7
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘high-pov-
8
erty area’’ means any census tract with a poverty
9
rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2016–
10
2020 5-year data series available from the American
11
Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census for
12
all States and Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of
13
at least 20 percent as measured by the 2010 Island
14
areas Decennial Census data for any territory or pos-
15
session of the United States;
16
(2) not less than $28,000,000, notwithstanding
17
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
18
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2025, for fi-
19
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and
20
outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer-
21
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
22
nities and provided primarily through qualified com-
23
munity development lender organizations with experi-
24
ence and expertise in community development bank-
25
ing and lending in Indian country, Native American
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organizations, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and
2
other suitable providers;
3
(3) not less than $40,000,000 is available until
4
September 30, 2025, for the Bank Enterprise Award
5
program;
6
(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding
7
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law
8
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available
9
until September 30, 2025, for a Healthy Food Fi-
10
nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance,
11
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
12
munity development financial institutions for the
13
purpose of offering affordable financing and technical
14
assistance to expand the availability of healthy food
15
options in distressed communities;
16
(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until
17
September 30, 2025, to provide grants for loan loss
18
reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for
19
small dollar loan programs under section 122 of Pub-
20
lic Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, That
21
sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public Law
22
shall not apply to the provision of such grants and
23
technical assistance;
24
(6) up to $35,000,000 is available for adminis-
25
trative expenses, including administration of CDFI
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Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit
2
Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for the
3
development of tools to better assess and inform CDFI
4
investment performance and CDFI program impacts,
5
and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to
6
carry out the direct loan program; and
7
(7) during fiscal year 2024, none of the funds
8
available under this heading are available for the
9
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
10
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee
11
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle
12
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
13
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That
14
commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under
15
such section 114A shall not exceed $500,000,000: Pro-
16
vided further, That such section 114A shall remain in
17
effect until December 31, 2025: Provided further, That
18
of the funds awarded under this heading, except those
19
provided for the Economic Mobility Corps, not less
20
than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support
21
investments that serve populations living in persistent
22
poverty counties: Provided further, That for the pur-
23
poses of this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term
24
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county, in-
25
cluding county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that
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has had 20 percent or more of its population living
2
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
3
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–2020
4
5-year data series available from the American Com-
5
munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census or any
6
other territory or possession of the United States that
7
has had 20 percent or more of its population living
8
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the
9
1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas Decennial Cen-
10
suses, or equivalent data, of the Bureau of the Census.
11
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
12
TAXPAYER SERVICES
13
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
14 to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance
15 and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo16 cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
17 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis18 sioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed $100,000,000
19 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, of which
20 not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling
21 for the Elderly Program, of which not less than
22 $28,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
23 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, in24 cluding grants to individual clinics of up to $200,000, of
25 which not less than $41,000,000, to remain available until
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1 September 30, 2025, shall be available for the Community
2 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Pro3 gram for tax return preparation assistance, and of which
4 not less than $271,200,000 shall be available for operating
5 expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That
6 of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate
7 Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft
8 and refund fraud casework.
9
10
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities
11 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect
12 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con13 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes
14 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi15 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi16 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as
17 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter18 mined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of which not
19 to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2025; of which not less than $60,257,000 shall
21 be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro22 gram; and of which not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for
23 investigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Di24 vision: Provided, That the amount made available for inves25 tigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Division
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1 shall be in addition to amounts made available for the
2 Criminal Investigation Division under the ‘‘Operations
3 Support’’ heading.
4
5
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Revenue
6 Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro7 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print8 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS9 wide administration activities; research and statistics of in10 come; telecommunications; information technology develop11 ment, enhancement, operations, maintenance and security;
12 the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
13 the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight
14 Board; and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
15 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner;
16 $4,100,826,000, of which not to exceed $275,000,000 shall
17 remain available until September 30, 2025; of which not
18 to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended
19 for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and
20 renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000
21 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for re22 search; and of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for offi23 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided, That
24 not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the
25 Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
2 and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United
3 States detailing major information technology investments
4 in the Internal Revenue Service portfolio, including de5 tailed, plain language summaries on the status of plans,
6 costs, and results; prior results and actual expenditures of
7 the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the
8 fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with
9 ongoing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances;
10 and total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further,
11 That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its
12 budget justification for fiscal year 2025, a summary of cost
13 and schedule performance information for its major infor14 mation technology systems.
15
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
16
SERVICE
17
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropriation
19 in this Act made available to the Internal Revenue Service
20 may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service
21 appropriation upon the advance approval of the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
23 the Senate: Provided, That, notwithstanding the preceding
24 proviso, no funds may be transferred into the appropriation
25 under the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’.
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1
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
2 tain an employee training program, which shall include the
3 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with
4 taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial
5 application of tax law.
6
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
7 and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the
8 confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect tax9 payers against identity theft.
10
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
11 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
12 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi13 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The
14 Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the
15 Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority
16 and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response
17 time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard
18 to victims of tax-related crimes.
19
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a
20 notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an
21 employer making employment tax payments, and such no22 tice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new
23 address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue
24 Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-com-
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1 promise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud
2 by a third party payroll tax preparer.
3
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under this
4 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target
5 citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar6 anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of
7 the United States.
8
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this
9 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target
10 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be11 liefs.
12
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act
13 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex14 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures,
15 verification processes, documentation requirements, and
16 policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap17 ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result
18 of the recommendations in the report published on May 31,
19 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis20 tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi21 ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim,
22 California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037).
23
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this
24 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or
25 expended—
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1
2
(1) to make a payment to any employee under
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or
3
4
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with respect to re-hiring a former employee;
5 unless such program or process takes into account the con6 duct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or former
7 employee.
8
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this
9 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the
10 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality
11 and disclosure of returns and return information).
12
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
13 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this
14 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec15 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au16 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without
17 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly to
18 positions in the competitive service to process backlogged tax
19 returns and return information.
20
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31,
21 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal
22 Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas23 senger carrier transportation and protection between the
24 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place of
25 employment.
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1
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT
2
TREASURY
3
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
4
OF THE
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the
5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
11 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
16
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of In19 spector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net20 work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and
21 Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ or for the Special Inspec22 tor General for Pandemic Recovery may be transferred be23 tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of
24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer
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1 under this section may increase or decrease any such appro2 priation by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That,
3 notwithstanding the preceding proviso, under this section
4 not more than $1,000,000 may be transferred to the Special
5 Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery.
6
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation
7 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
8 may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for
9 Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap10 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
11 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans12 fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by
13 more than 2 percent.
14
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
15 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
16 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to
17 redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
18
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer
19 funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Salaries and
20 Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover
21 the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts
22 shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account
23 from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.
24
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
25 made available by this or any other Act may be used by
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1 the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum
2 without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro3 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
4 the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate
5 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
6
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
7 made available by this or any other Act or source to the
8 Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and
9 Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col10 lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions
11 of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United
12 States Mint without the explicit approval of the House
13 Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on
14 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees
15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
16 Senate.
17
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
18 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De19 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re20 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
21 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se22 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2024
23 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act
24 for Fiscal Year 2024.
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1
SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available
2 from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial
3 Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep4 resentation expenses.
5
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
6 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro7 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
8 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an9 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That
10 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest11 ment spending from all accounts within the Department of
12 the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department13 wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account,
14 Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For15 feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital
16 Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in
17 previous fiscal years for each capital investment project
18 that has not been fully completed.
19
SEC. 123. During fiscal year 2024—
20
(1) none of the funds made available in this or
21
any other Act may be used by the Department of the
22
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, to
23
issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue rul-
24
ing, or other guidance not limited to a particular tax-
25
payer relating to the standard which is used to deter-
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1
mine whether an organization is operated exclusively
2
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of sec-
3
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
4
(including the proposed regulations published at 78
5
Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)); and
6
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on
7
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such deter-
8
minations shall apply after the date of the enactment
9
of this Act for purposes of determining status under
10
section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations cre-
11
ated on, before, or after such date.
12
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment
13 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an
14 itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
15 House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of
16 total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund
17 including the amount charged for each service provided by
18 the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description
19 of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge
20 for each service is calculated, and a description of the role
21 customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund.
22
SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of
23 each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall submit
24 reports on their activities to the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
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1 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Represent2 atives, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
3 and Urban Affairs.
4
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in-
5 clude—
6
7
(1) the obligations made during the previous
quarter by object class, office, and activity;
8
9
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of
the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
10
11
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within
each office during the previous quarter;
12
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents
13
within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year;
14
and
15
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives,
16
and performance measures of each office.
17
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in
18 subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall make
19 officials available to testify on the contents of the reports
20 required under subsection (a).
21
SEC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise available,
22 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for
23 Pandemic Recovery, $11,880,000, to remain available until
24 expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out section
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1 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
2 Act (Public Law 116–136).
3
SEC. 127. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
4 made available in this Act for the Department of the Treas5 ury may be transferred to the Department’s information
6 technology system modernization and working capital fund
7 (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X
8 of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for
9 Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for the purposes
10 specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the prior
11 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
12 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts
13 transferred to the IT WCF under this section shall remain
14 available for obligation through September 30, 2027.
15
SEC. 128. Amounts returned to the Secretary of the
16 Treasury pursuant to section 603(b)(2)(C)(iv) of the Social
17 Security Act may be transferred to and merged with the
18 appropriation for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Cyberse19 curity Enhancement Account’’.
20
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
21 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1
TITLE II
2
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
3
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
4
THE WHITE HOUSE
5
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
7 ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services
8 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist9 ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall
10 be expended and accounted for as provided in that section;
11 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed
12 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by
13 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep14 tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca15 tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for
16 necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in17 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3
18 U.S.C. 107, $78,904,000.
19
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE
20
21
AT THE
WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at
22 the White House, $15,453,000, to be expended and ac23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and
24 112–114.
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1
2
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary:
4 Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the
5 Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the
6 provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not7 withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for
8 reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au9 thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and
10 to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided
11 further, That the Executive Residence shall require each
12 person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in
13 advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event,
14 and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac15 count and remain available until expended: Provided fur16 ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na17 tional committee of the political party of the President to
18 maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for
19 and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political
20 events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year:
21 Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure
22 that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs23 able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted
24 to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such
25 expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
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1 in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided
2 further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest
3 and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount
4 that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance
5 with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an
6 outstanding debt on a United States Government claim
7 under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such
8 amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest
9 and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella10 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi11 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal
14 year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimburs15 able operating expenses of the Executive Residence during
16 the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such
17 expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimburs18 able official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total
19 that consists of reimbursable political events, and the por20 tion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of
21 the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
22 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex23 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive
24 Residence that includes a standard for the classification of
25 any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed
2 to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applica3 ble requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title
4 31, United States Code.
5
6
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR
AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
7 ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C.
8 105(d), $2,475,000, to remain available until expended, for
9 required maintenance, resolution of safety and health
10 issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
11
COUNCIL
12
13
OF
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
14 visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment
15 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,854,000.
16 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
AND
HOMELAND SECURITY
17
COUNCIL
18
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
20 cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services
21 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,000,000, of which not
22 to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official reception
23 and representation expenses.
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1
OFFICE
2
3
OF
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
4 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3
5 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
6 $114,308,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re7 main available until expended for continued modernization
8 of information resources within the Executive Office of the
9 President: Provided, That of the amounts provided under
10 this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available for a pro11 gram to provide payments (such as stipends, subsistence al12 lowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to students, re13 cent graduates, and veterans recently discharged from ac14 tive duty who are performing voluntary services in the Ex15 ecutive Office of the President under section 3111(b) of title
16 5, United States Code, or comparable authority and shall
17 be in addition to amounts otherwise available to pay or
18 compensate such individuals: Provided further, That such
19 payments shall not be considered compensation for purposes
20 of such section 3111(b) and may be paid in advance.
21
OFFICE
22
23
OF
MANAGEMENT
AND
BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
24 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
25 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the
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1 provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code,
2 and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States
3 Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31,
4 United States Code, $129,000,000, of which not to exceed
5 $3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses:
6 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act
7 for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for
8 the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders
9 or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the
10 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C.
11 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made
12 available for the Office of Management and Budget by this
13 Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of
14 actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi15 cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the
16 Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro17 vided further, That none of the funds made available for
18 the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be
19 expended for the altering of the annual work plan developed
20 by the Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees
21 on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
22 provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indi23 rectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for evalu24 ating or determining if water resource project or study re25 ports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through
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1 the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all appli2 cable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the
3 Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur4 ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have
5 not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary pol6 icy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief
7 of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Direc8 tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify
9 the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees
10 when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided further, That
11 if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the
12 appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees
13 within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management
14 and Budget review period based on the notification from
15 the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management
16 and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord17 ingly: Provided further, That no later than 14 days after
18 the submission of the budget of the United States Govern19 ment for fiscal year 2025, the Director of the Office of Man20 agement and Budget shall make publicly available on a
21 website a tabular list for each agency that submits budget
22 justification materials (as defined in section 3 of the Fed23 eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
24 2006) that shall include, at minimum, the name of the
25 agency, the date on which the budget justification materials
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1 of the agency were submitted to Congress, and a uniform
2 resource locator where the budget justification materials are
3 published on the website of the agency: Provided further,
4 That amounts appropriated under this heading shall be
5 available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred
6 for fiscal year 2017, as authorized by law, in excess of
7 amounts that were available for obligation during such fis8 cal year.
9
10
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellectual
11 Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by title
12 III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In13 tellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), in14 cluding services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,883,000.
15
OFFICE
16
17
OF THE
NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the National
18 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil19 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization
20 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283),
21 $21,707,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
22 for official reception and representation expenses.
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1
OFFICE
2
OF
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
4 Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office
5 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of
6 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for official recep7 tion and representation expenses; and for participation in
8 joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of
9 mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organi10 zations or agencies, with or without reimbursement,
11 $21,785,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to ac12 cept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and per13 sonal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation,
14 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of15 fice.
16
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
17
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
18
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
19
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
20 Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
21 Program, $298,579,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2025, for drug control activities consistent with
23 the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten24 sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less
25 than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
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1 ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not
2 later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided,
3 That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen4 cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc5 tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which
6 up to $4,000,000 may be used for auditing services and as7 sociated activities and $2,000,000 shall be for the Grants
8 Management System for use by the Office of National Drug
9 Control Policy: Provided further, That any unexpended
10 funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2022 may be used for
11 any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re12 programming requirements: Provided further, That each
13 HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2023, shall be fund14 ed at not less than the fiscal year 2023 base level, unless
15 the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations
16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification
17 for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior18 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy
19 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further,
20 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
22 of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2024 funding among
23 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act,
24 and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of discre25 tionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation
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1 with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after
2 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon a deter3 mination that all or part of the funds so transferred from
4 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro5 vided herein and upon notification to the Committees on
6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
7 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap8 propriation.
9
10
11
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For other drug control activities authorized by the
12 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National
13 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as
14 amended, $136,150,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000
16 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not more
17 than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, and of
18 which $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by sec19 tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204
20 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training
21 and technical assistance; $14,000,000 for anti-doping ac22 tivities; up to $3,700,000 for the United States membership
23 dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the
24 Model Acts Program; and $5,200,000 for activities author25 ized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That
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1 amounts made available under this heading may be trans2 ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry
3 out such activities: Provided further, That the Director of
4 the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer
5 than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this heading
6 for United States membership dues to the World Anti7 Doping Agency, submit to the Committees on Appropria8 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
9 spending plan and explanation of the proposed uses of these
10 funds.
11
12
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet
13 unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest,
14 security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur15 ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108,
16 $990,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.
17
18
19
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT
AND
REFORM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
20 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information
21 technology in the Federal Government, $8,000,000, to re22 main available until expended: Provided, That the Director
23 of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these
24 funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects
25 to meet these purposes.
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1
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
2
3
TO THE
PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to
4 provide assistance to the President in connection with spe5 cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
6 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
7 authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
8 accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas9 senger motor vehicles, $6,015,000.
10
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
OF THE
VICE PRESIDENT
11
OPERATING EXPENSES
12
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
14 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
15 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi16 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger
17 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3
18 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $318,000: Provided, That advances, re19 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be
20 made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying
21 out such activities.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE
2
THE
3
PRESIDENT
4
5
PRESIDENT
AND
FUNDS APPROPRIATED
OF
TO THE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act
6 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi7 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res8 toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se9 curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office
10 of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’,
11 and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director
12 of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi13 cer as the President may designate in writing) may, with
14 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
15 the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not
16 to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other
17 such appropriation, to be merged with and available for
18 the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria19 tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an
20 appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per21 cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount
22 shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi23 dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without
24 the approval of the Vice President.
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1
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2024, any Executive
2 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the
3 President shall be accompanied by a written statement from
4 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on
5 the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and reve6 nues, of such order or memorandum.
7
(b) Any such statement shall include—
8
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
9
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal
10
Government;
11
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary
12
obligations and outlays as the result of such order or
13
memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each year
14
in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year
15
2024; and
16
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
17
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum
18
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year
19
2024.
20
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum
21 is issued during fiscal year 2024 due to a national emer22 gency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
23 may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later
24 than 15 days after the date that such order or memorandum
25 is issued.
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1
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential
2 memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda
3 estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of
4 $100,000,000.
5
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
6 actment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage7 ment and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all Federal
8 departments, agencies, and corporations directing compli9 ance with the provisions in title VII of this Act.
10
SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Na-
11 tional Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’,
12 $13,045,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts
13 and for the projects specified in the table that appears under
14 the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive Office
15 of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President’’
16 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
17 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro18 vided, That none of the funds made available by this section
19 may be transferred for any other purpose.
20
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the
21 President Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1
TITLE III
2
THE JUDICIARY
3
SUPREME COURT
4
5
OF THE
UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
7 building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and
9 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and rep10 resentation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be
11 expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $129,323,000,
12 of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
13
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
14 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
15 justice and associate justices of the court.
16
17
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed
19 upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 under the
20 direction of the Chief Justice, $20,688,000, to remain avail21 able until expended.
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1
UNITED STATES COURT
APPEALS
OF
FOR THE
2
CIRCUIT
3
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4
FEDERAL
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law,
6 $36,735,000.
7
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
9 judge and judges of the court.
10
UNITED STATES COURT
11
12
OF INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv-
13 ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by
14 law, $21,260,000.
15
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief
17 judge and judges of the court.
18
COURTS
OF
APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS,
19
JUDICIAL SERVICES
20
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21
AND
OTHER
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court
22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers
23 and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe24 cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and
25 the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for
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1 Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized
2 by law, $5,995,055,000 (including the purchase of firearms
3 and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall
4 remain available until expended for space alteration
5 projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new
6 space alteration and construction projects.
7
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may
8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit
9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts
10 of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and
11 judges retired from office or from regular active service.
12
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
13 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
14 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public
15 Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,975,000, to be appropriated
16 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
17
18
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations;
19 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor20 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A
21 and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of
22 expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and
23 other services for such representations as authorized by law;
24 the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under
25 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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1 neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where
2 the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the
3 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
4 appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec5 tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
6 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex7 penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1)
8 in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro9 ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex10 penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C.
11 4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis12 trative expenses, $1,450,680,000, to remain available until
13 expended.
14
15
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
16 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners
17 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com18 missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to
19 rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
20 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $58,239,000, to remain
21 available until expended: Provided, That the compensation
22 of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent
23 of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
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1
COURT SECURITY
2
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
4 cident to the provision of protective guard services for
5 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed6 eral court or Administrative Office of the United States
7 Courts operations, the procurement, installation, and main8 tenance of security systems and equipment for United
9 States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court
10 or Administrative Office of the United States Courts oper11 ations, building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail
12 and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security,
13 basic security services provided by the Federal Protective
14 Service, and other similar activities as authorized by sec15 tion 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Jus16 tice Act (Public Law 100–702), $750,163,000, of which not
17 to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex18 pended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United
19 States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for ad20 ministering the Judicial Facility Security Program con21 sistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Direc22 tor of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
23 and the Attorney General: Provided, That funds made
24 available under this heading may be used for managing a
25 Judiciary-wide program to facilitate security and emer-
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1 gency management services among the Judiciary, United
2 States Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Gen3 eral Services Administration, other Federal agencies, state
4 and local governments and the public; and for purposes au5 thorized by the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Pri6 vacy Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–263, division C, title
7 LIX, subtitle D) and 28 U.S.C. 604(a)(24).
8
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
9
UNITED STATES
COURTS
10
11
OF THE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of
12 the United States Courts as authorized by law, including
13 travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger
14 motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver15 tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
16 $102,673,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized
17 for official reception and representation expenses.
18
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
19
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center,
21 as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000; of which
22 $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30,
23 2025, to provide education and training to Federal court
24 personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized
25 for official reception and representation expenses.
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1
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
4 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code,
5 $21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized
6 for official reception and representation expenses.
7
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
8
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
9
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
10 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
11 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
12
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
13 made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary
14 in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
15 but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis16 trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv17 ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other
18 Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall
19 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
20 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall
21 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604
22 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
23 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
24 forth in section 608.
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1
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
2 the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap3 peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall
4 be available for official reception and representation ex5 penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro6 vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000
7 and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis8 trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity
9 as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
10
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States
11 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu12 tive’’ each place it appears.
13
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and
14 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United
15 States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses
16 as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di17 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States
18 Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services
19 that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home20 land Security to provide, except for the services specified
21 in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security
22 services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra23 tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the
24 United States Marshals Service rather than the Department
25 of Homeland Security.
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1
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
2 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133
3 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12—
4
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
5
trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘32 years and 6 months’’
6
and inserting ‘‘33 years and 6 months’’; and
7
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District
8
of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’ and
9
inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’.
10
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury,
11 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis12 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria13 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28
14 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat15 ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘30
16 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 6
17 months’’.
18
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department
19 of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law
20 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—
21
22
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘21 years’’
and inserting ‘‘22 years’’;
23
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central
24
District of California), by striking ‘‘20 years and 6
25
months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years and 6 months’’; and
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1
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western
2
district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘19 years’’
3
and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
4
SEC. 307. Section 3006A(d)(1) of title 18, United
5 States Code, is amended—
6
(1) in subsection (d)—
7
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or the
8
attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘appointed pursuant
9
to this section’’;
10
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or the
11
attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘paid to an attorney’’
12
each place it appears;
13
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or the
14
attorney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the attor-
15
ney’’; and
16
(2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘, or the attor-
17
ney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the appointed attor-
18
ney’’.
19
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
20 tions Act, 2024’’.
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1
TITLE IV
2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
3
FEDERAL FUNDS
4
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
5
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
6 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide
7 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of
8 Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain
9 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf
11 of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount
12 based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State
13 tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay
14 up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of
15 higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of
16 such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s
17 academic merit, the income and need of eligible students
18 and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur19 ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main20 tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support
21 Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro22 priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap23 propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal
24 years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year:
25 Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
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1 trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who
2 shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out
3 the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further,
4 That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide
5 a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro6 priations for these funds showing, by object class, the ex7 penditures made and the purpose therefor.
8
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
9
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
10
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter-
11 mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written
12 consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur13 rounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain available
14 until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at
15 events related to the presence of the National Capital in
16 the District of Columbia, including support requested by
17 the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying
18 out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary
19 of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup20 port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats
21 or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris22 dictions.
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1
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
2
COURTS
3
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia
4 Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles,
5 $292,068,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of
6 Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000, of which not to
7 exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex8 penses; for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia,
9 $141,973,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official
10 reception and representation expenses; for the District of
11 Columbia Court System, $88,290,000, of which not to ex12 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex13 penses; and $46,750,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2025, for capital improvements for District of
15 Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made
16 available for capital improvements shall be expended con17 sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan
18 study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further,
19 That, in addition to the amounts appropriated herein, fees
20 received by the District of Columbia Courts for admin21 istering bar examinations and processing District of Co22 lumbia bar admissions may be retained and credited to this
23 appropriation, to remain available until expended, for sala24 ries and expenses associated with such activities, notwith25 standing section 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
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1 Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further,
2 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
3 amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly
4 by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and
5 expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for
6 salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided
7 further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the
8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa9 tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may
10 reallocate not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided
11 under this heading among the items and entities funded
12 under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com13 mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum14 bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially
15 similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter
16 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis17 trict of Columbia Courts.
18
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT
19
OF COLUMBIA COURTS
20
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
21
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
22 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa23 tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus24 tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings
25 in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District
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1 of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official
2 Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide
3 guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as4 sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve
5 the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments
6 for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap7 ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author8 ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to
9 services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian10 ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor11 ney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain available until
12 expended: Provided, That funds provided under this head13 ing shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judi14 cial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided
15 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
16 this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Of17 fice of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
18 in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of
19 other Federal agencies: Provided further, That of the unobli20 gated balances from prior year appropriations made avail21 able under this heading, $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded
22 not later than September 30, 2024.
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1
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
2
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
3
COLUMBIA
4
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
5 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
6 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author7 ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov8 ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $286,016,000, of which
9 not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa10 tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre11 trial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed
12 $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple13 mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision
14 Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That,
15 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $200,034,000
16 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision
17 and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating
18 to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or
19 the provision of services for or related to such persons, of
20 which $4,253,000 shall remain available until September
21 30, 2026, for costs associated with the relocation under re22 placement leases for headquarters offices, field offices and
23 related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds ap24 propriated under this heading, $85,982,000 shall be avail25 able to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $2,503,000
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1 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for costs
2 associated with relocation under a replacement lease for
3 headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Pro4 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
5 law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned
6 quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and ob7 ligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro8 priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies:
9 Provided further, That amounts under this heading may
10 be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc11 cessfully complete their terms of supervision.
12
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
13
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE
14
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
15 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public
16 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re17 vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997,
18 $53,629,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available
19 until September 30, 2026, for costs associated with reloca20 tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field
21 offices, and related facilities: Provided, That notwith22 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under this
23 heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of
24 Management and Budget and obligated and expended in
25 the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and
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1 expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the
2 District of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish
3 for employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender
4 Service a program substantially similar to the program set
5 forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States
6 Code, except that the maximum amount of the payment
7 made under the program to any individual may not exceed
8 the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5,
9 United States Code: Provided further, That for the purposes
10 of engaging with, and receiving services from, Federal
11 Franchise Fund Programs established in accordance with
12 section 403 of the Government Management Reform Act of
13 1994, as amended, the District of Columbia Public Defender
14 Service shall be considered an agency of the United States
15 Government: Provided further, That the District of Colum16 bia Public Defender Service may enter into contracts for
17 the procurement of severable services and multiyear con18 tracts for the acquisition of property and services to the
19 same extent and under the same conditions as an executive
20 agency under sections 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United
21 States Code.
22
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
23
COORDINATING COUNCIL
24
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
25 ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until
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1 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination
2 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis3 trict of Columbia.
4
5
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
6 tember 30, 2025, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities
7 and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomination
8 Commission, $300,000.
9
10
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
11 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain
12 available until expended, for payments authorized under the
13 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C
14 of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that
15 funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol16 lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act,
17 the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail18 able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act
19 (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who
20 were not offered a scholarship during any previous school
21 year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op22 portunity scholarships, up to $1,750,000 shall be for the ac23 tivities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the
24 Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified
25 in section 3009 of the Act.
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1
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
2
NATIONAL GUARD
3
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
4 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex5 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis6 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College
7 Access Program.
8
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/
9
AIDS
10
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
11 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi12 viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired
13 immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia,
14 $4,000,000.
15
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER
16
AND SEWER AUTHORITY
17
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
18 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail19 able until expended, to continue implementation of the
20 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That
21 the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro22 vides a 100 percent match for this payment.
23
24
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA FUNDS
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
25 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund
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1 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs
2 and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budg3 et Act of 2023 (D.C. Law 25–47) and at the rates set forth
4 in such Act, as amended as of the date of enactment of this
5 Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
6 of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District
7 of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Offi8 cial Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services
9 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs.
10 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provi11 sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act
12 for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal
13 year 2024 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates
14 included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023,
15 as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or the
16 sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for
17 such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appro18 priated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans19 actions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated
20 operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such in21 creases shall be approved by enactment of local District law
22 and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained
23 in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided fur24 ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co25 lumbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
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1 the District of Columbia meets these requirements, includ2 ing the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the
3 appropriations and funds made available to the District
4 during fiscal year 2024, except that the Chief Financial Of5 ficer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds
6 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for
7 capital projects.
8
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
9 Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
10
TITLE V
11
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
12
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE
13
14
OF THE
UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
15 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591
16 et seq., $3,430,000, to remain available until September 30,
17 2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception
18 and representation expenses.
19
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
20
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
22 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
23 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
24 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
25 the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase
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1 of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con2 tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed
3 $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
4 $150,975,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available
5 until expended, to carry out the program, including admin6 istrative costs, authorized by section 1405 of the Virginia
7 Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110–
8 140, as amended), and of which $2,000,000 shall remain
9 available until expended, to carry out the program, includ10 ing administrative costs, authorized by section 204 of the
11 Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide
12 Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division Q
13 of Public Law 117–103).
14
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT
15
SAFETY COMMISSION
16
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2024, none of the
17 amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize
18 or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off19 Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe20 ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19,
21 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after—
22
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
23
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
24
Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
25
pletes a study to determine—
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1
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
2
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
3
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing
4
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
5
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in
6
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
7
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
8
ance with such requirements;
9
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would
10
be prevented if the proposed requirements were
11
adopted;
12
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the
13
proposal to provide information on a point-of-
14
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance
15
on a progressive scale; and
16
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by
17
the United States military if the proposed re-
18
quirements were adopted; and
19
(2) a report containing the results of the study
20
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to—
21
22
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate;
23
24
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
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1
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the
2
Senate; and
3
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the
4
5
House of Representatives.
SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used to
6 promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any regula7 tion issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commis8 sion to ban gas stoves as a class of products.
9
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
10
11
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America
12 Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $27,720,000, of
13 which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the National
14 Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform
15 activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of
16 2002.
17
18
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help
19 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)),
20 $55,000,000, to be paid from the unobligated balances from
21 amounts in the fund established by section 9006(a) of title
22 26, United States Code, is provided to the Election Assist23 ance Commission for necessary expenses to make payments
24 to States for activities to improve the administration of
25 elections for Federal office, including to enhance election
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1 technology and make election security improvements, as au2 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro3 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the Com4 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed
5 to be a State and, for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and
6 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner as the Common7 wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the
8 United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That each
9 reference to the ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the
10 ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed
11 to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided
12 further, That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103
13 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference
14 to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to
15 ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided further, That not later than two years
16 after receiving a payment under this heading, a State shall
17 make available funds for such activities in an amount equal
18 to 20 percent of the total amount of the payment made to
19 the State under this heading: Provided further, That not
20 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
21 the Election Assistance Commission shall make the pay22 ments to States under this heading: Provided further, That
23 States shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual
24 progress reports.
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1
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications
4 Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and
5 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902;
6 not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa7 tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special
8 counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
9 $390,192,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting collections shall be
11 assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the
12 Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used
13 for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex14 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro15 priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
16 received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final
17 fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided
18 further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro19 ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may
20 be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex21 ceed $136,167,000 for fiscal year 2024: Provided further,
22 That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not
23 less than $12,131,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses
24 of the Office of Inspector General.
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1
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
2
COMMISSION
3
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service
4 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by
5 striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ each place it appears and
6 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’.
7
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
8 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
9 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni10 versal service support payments to implement the February
11 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint
12 Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or
13 primary line restrictions on universal service support pay14 ments.
15
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
16
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
17
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
18 eral in carrying out chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,
19 $47,500,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund
20 or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
21
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
22
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
24 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $80,857,000,
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1 of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception
2 and representation expenses.
3
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
4
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
6 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga7 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
8 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
9 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants,
10 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re11 ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500)
12 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
13 and elsewhere, $29,500,000: Provided, That public members
14 of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel
15 expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized
16 by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently
17 in the Government service, and compensation as authorized
18 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
19 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non20 Federal participants at labor-management relations con21 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
22 to be available without further appropriation for the costs
23 of carrying out these conferences.
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1
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
4 sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author5 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5
6 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to
7 exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex8 penses, $425,700,000, to remain available until expended:
9 Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available
10 for use to contract with a person or persons for collection
11 services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718:
12 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, not to exceed $278,000,000 of offsetting collec14 tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification
15 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve16 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year
17 of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex18 penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not19 withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
20 $14,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees to im21 plement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promul22 gated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and
23 Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be cred24 ited to this account, and be retained and used for necessary
25 expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the
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1 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re2 duced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal
3 year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appro4 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than
5 $133,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds
6 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be
7 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the
8 Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).
9
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
10
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
11
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
12
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
13
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
14
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
15 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec16 essary expenses of real property management and related
17 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
18 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased
19 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
20 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen21 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications
22 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al23 location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident
24 to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and
25 alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds,
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1 approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of
2 sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip3 ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con4 demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition
5 of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and
6 extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan7 ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con8 struction of new buildings (including equipment for such
9 buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any
10 other obligations for public buildings acquired by install11 ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate
12 amount of $9,470,022,000, of which—
13
(1) $259,692,000 shall remain available until ex-
14
pended for construction and acquisition (including
15
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design
16
and construction services), in addition to amounts
17
otherwise provided for such purposes, as follows:
18
Maryland:
19
Baltimore, Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Court-
20
house, $1,500,000;
21
National Capital Region:
22
Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters
23
24
Consolidation, $200,000,000;
Puerto Rico:
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1
2
Clemente Ruiz-Nazario, U.S. Courthouse and
Federico Degetau Federal Building, $28,290,000;
3
Tennessee:
4
Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $20,902,000; and
5
Washington:
6
Seattle,
Design
of
Replacement
Facility,
7
$9,000,000:
8
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on
9
construction and acquisition may be exceeded to the
10
extent that savings are effected in other such projects,
11
but not to exceed 20 percent of the amounts included
12
in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless ad-
13
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on
14
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
15
the Senate of a greater amount;
16
(2) $599,848,000 shall remain available until ex-
17
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
18
ated design and construction services, in addition to
19
amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of
20
which—
21
(A) $211,515,000 is for Major Repairs and
22
Alterations as follows:
23
Kentucky:
24
Paducah, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,
25
$40,479,000;
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1
Oklahoma:
2
Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S.
3
Courthouse and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,
4
$65,926,000;
5
Virginia:
6
Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse, $2,756,000;
7
Washington:
8
Tacoma, Tacoma Union Station, $79,256,000;
9
and
10
West Virginia:
11
Martinsburg, IRS Enterprise Computing Center,
12
$23,098,000:
13
14
(B) $376,333,000 is for Basic Repairs and
Alterations; and
15
(C) $12,000,000 is for Special Emphasis
16
Programs as follows:
17
Fire Protection and Life Safety Program,
18
$5,000,000;
19
Consolidation Activities Program, $4,000,000;
20
Judiciary
Capital
Security
Program,
21
$3,000,000;
22
Provided, That funds made available in this or any
23
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
24
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be
25
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
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1
cept each project in this or any previous Act may be
2
increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent un-
3
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
4
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
5
tives and the Senate of a greater amount: Provided
6
further,
7
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded
8
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
9
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of the
10
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
11
further, That the amounts provided in this or any
12
prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used
13
to fund costs associated with implementing security
14
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the min-
15
imum standards for security in accordance with cur-
16
rent law and in compliance with the reprogramming
17
guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House
18
and Senate: Provided further, That the difference be-
19
tween the funds appropriated and expended on any
20
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading
21
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to
22
‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund au-
23
thorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided
24
further, That the amount provided in this or any
25
prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ may be
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used to pay claims against the Government arising
2
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and
3
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in
4
prospectus projects;
5
6
(3) $5,659,298,000 for rental of space to remain
available until expended; and
7
(4) $2,951,184,000 for building operations to re-
8
main available until expended: Provided, That the
9
total amount of funds made available from this Fund
10
to the General Services Administration shall not be
11
available for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
12
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
13
spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not
14
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
15
pended for each project for required expenses for the
16
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur-
17
ther, That funds available in the Federal Buildings
18
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when
19
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on
20
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
21
the Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary
22
to provide reimbursable special services to other agen-
23
cies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to pro-
24
vide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths,
25
and other facilities on private or other property not
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1
in Government ownership or control as may be ap-
2
propriate to enable the United States Secret Service
3
to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18
4
U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues
5
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and
6
collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund
7
during fiscal year 2024, excluding reimbursements
8
under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate
9
new obligational authority authorized for Real Prop-
10
erty Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this
11
Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be avail-
12
able for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
13
priations Acts.
14
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
15
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
16
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
17 for, for Government-wide policy associated with the man18 agement of real and personal property assets and certain
19 administrative services; Government-wide policy support
20 responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehi21 cles, information technology management, and related tech22 nology activities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
23 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by statute;
24 $70,474,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available
25 until September 30, 2025.
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1
2
OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
3 for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza4 tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal
5 of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and manage6 ment; and in addition to any other amounts made available
7 to the General Services Administration for such purposes,
8 the hire of passenger motor vehicles pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
9 13211(3) and supporting infrastructure; $53,933,000, of
10 which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and rep11 resentation expenses.
12
13
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
14 for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of
15 Contract Appeals, $10,248,000, of which $2,000,000 shall
16 remain available until expended.
17
18
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
19 eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $73,837,000:
20 Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available
21 for information technology enhancements related to pro22 viding a modern technology case management solution: Pro23 vided further, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available
24 for payment for information and detection of fraud against
25 the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen
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1 Government property: Provided further, That not to exceed
2 $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other
3 Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef4 forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec5 tor General effectiveness.
6
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
7
PRESIDENTS
8
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
9 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138,
10 $5,200,000.
11
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND
12
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13
For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323
14 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses authorized
15 by law in support of interagency projects that enable the
16 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac17 tivities electronically through the development and imple18 mentation of innovative uses of information technology;
19 $75,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Serv20 ices Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may be
21 transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of
22 the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That
23 the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collec24 tions deposited into the Fund shall be available until ex25 pended for necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323
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1 and 44 U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary expenses in support
2 of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government
3 to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically
4 through the development and implementation of innovative
5 uses of information technology in the aggregate amount not
6 to exceed $250,000,000: Provided further, That appropria7 tions, revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to
8 this Fund during fiscal year 2024 in excess of such amount
9 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for
10 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts:
11 Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated,
12 up to $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions
13 and full-time hires to support activities related to the Ad14 ministration’s requirements under title II of the Founda15 tions for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public
16 Law 115–435): Provided further, That the transfer authori17 ties provided herein shall be in addition to any other trans18 fer authority provided in this Act.
19
20
PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
For activities authorized by the Presidential Transi-
21 tion Act of 1963, as amended, not to exceed $10,413,000,
22 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided,
23 That such amounts may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition
24 Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse
25 obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein in fis-
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1 cal years 2023 and 2024: Provided further, That amounts
2 made available under this heading shall be in addition to
3 any other amounts available for such purposes.
4
5
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the Working Capital Fund of the General Services
6 Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, for necessary costs incurred by the Administrator
8 to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide support
9 services for Federal rulemaking agencies.
10
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
11
ADMINISTRATION
12
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
14 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
15 motor vehicles.
16
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
17 available for fiscal year 2024 for Federal Buildings Fund
18 activities may be transferred between such activities only
19 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro20 vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad21 vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
22 of Representatives and the Senate.
23
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title,
24 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit
25 a fiscal year 2025 request for United States Courthouse con-
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1 struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide
2 standards for construction as established and approved by
3 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con4 ference of the United States, and the Office of Management
5 and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con6 ference of the United States as set out in its approved
7 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a
8 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to
9 be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
10
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may
11 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
12 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
13 other service usually provided through the Federal Build14 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
15 square foot assessment for space and services as determined
16 by the General Services Administration in consideration of
17 the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
18 92–313).
19
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
20 ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability
21 of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than
22 $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac23 quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef24 fected in other construction projects with prior notification
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate.
3
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on
4 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
6 Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au7 thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress
8 by the Administrator of the General Services Administra9 tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure
10 that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the
11 delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease
12 agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines
13 that the delineated area of the procurement should not be
14 identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus,
15 the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement
16 to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
18 prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso19 lution.
20
SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the
21 heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis22 trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan and
23 explanation for each project to be undertaken to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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1 and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of en2 actment of this Act.
3
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
4
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship
6 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public
7 Law 93–642, $2,970,000, to remain available until ex8 pended.
9
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
10
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
12
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
13 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza14 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform
15 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989
16 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by
17 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
18 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
19 direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed
20 $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
21 $49,135,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
22 and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2025, for administrative expenses
24 to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the
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1 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts
2 determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
3 MORRIS K. UDALL
AND
STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION
4
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND
5
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
6
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
7 Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and
8 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.),
9 $1,782,000, to remain available for direct expenditure until
10 expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of
11 such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out
12 the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–
13 259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C.
14 5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous amounts
15 transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart16 ment of the Interior will remain available until expended
17 for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and
18 Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with chapter 4 of
19 title 5, United States Code, and for annual independent fi20 nancial audits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall
21 Foundation pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars
22 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That
23 previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen24 eral of the Department of the Interior may be transferred
25 to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
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1 for annual independent financial audits pursuant to the
2 Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law
3 107–289): Provided further, That contingent upon the en4 actment of legislation making interest earned from invest5 ments of the Trust Fund subject to appropriations, any in6 terest earned during fiscal year 2024 from investments
7 made from discretionary appropriations to the Morris K.
8 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund after the date pro9 vided for in such legislation shall be available until ex10 pended.
11
12
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution
13 Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ14 mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
15 $3,904,000, to remain available until expended.
16
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
17
18
AND
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
19 istration of the National Archives and Records Administra20 tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as
21 provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review
22 and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub23 lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and
24 maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of
25 passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances
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1 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including
2 maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $427,250,000, of which
3 $30,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ex4 penses necessary to enhance the Federal Government’s abil5 ity to electronically preserve, manage, and store Govern6 ment records, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain avail7 able until expended to make publicly available records re8 lated to missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel.
9
10
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
11 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
12 Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302–
13 16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,
14 and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,920,000.
15
16
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
17 chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment for
18 public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for holdings,
19 $25,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which
20 no less than $17,500,000 is for improvements to the Eisen21 hower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas.
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NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
2
COMMISSION
3
GRANTS PROGRAM
4
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
5 historical publications and records as authorized by 44
6 U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.
8
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND
9
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
10
SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National
11 Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants
12 Program’’, $38,414,000, which shall be for initiatives in the
13 amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap14 pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Na15 tional Archives and Records Administration’’ in the ex16 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
17 preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided,
18 That none of the funds made available by this section may
19 be transferred for any other purpose.
20
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
21
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
22
For the Community Development Revolving Loan
23 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, and
24 9910, $3,465,000 shall be available until September 30,
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1 2025, for technical assistance to low-income designated
2 credit unions.
3
OFFICE
4
5
OF
GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
6 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of title
7 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and
8 the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trad9 ing on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including
10 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference
11 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of
12 passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for offi13 cial reception and representation expenses, $23,037,000.
14
OFFICE
OF
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
15
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS)
17
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
18 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor19 ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service
20 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
21 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans
22 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference
23 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of
24 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official
25 reception and representation expenses; and payment of per
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1 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Vot2 ing Rights Act activities require an employee to remain
3 overnight at his or her post of duty, $219,076,000: Provided,
4 That of the total amount made available under this head5 ing, $15,816,000 may remain available until expended, for
6 information technology modernization and Trust Fund
7 Federal Financial System migration or modernization, and
8 shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for
9 such purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount
10 made available under this heading, $1,167,805 may be
11 made available for strengthening the capacity and capabili12 ties of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office
13 of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C.
14 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training,
15 and retention of such workforce and information technology
16 in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man17 agement solutions to improve acquisition management; and
18 in addition $192,975,000 for administrative expenses, to be
19 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM with20 out regard to other statutes, including direct procurement
21 of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro22 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro23 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable
24 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B),
25 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5,
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1 United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this
2 appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses
3 of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant
4 to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc5 cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi6 dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by
7 Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during
8 fiscal year 2024, accept donations of money, property, and
9 personal services: Provided further, That such donations,
10 including those from prior years, may be used for the devel11 opment of publicity materials to provide information about
12 the White House Fellows, except that no such donations
13 shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex14 penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission:
15 Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts
16 made available under this heading may be transferred to
17 an information technology working capital fund established
18 for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of division
19 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
20 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided
21 further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive
22 approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the
23 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days
24 in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso:
25 Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund
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1 under such transfer authority from any organizational cat2 egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such organi3 zational category’s budget as identified in the report re4 quired by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That
5 amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available
6 for obligation through September 30, 2027.
7
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
8
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
9
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
10
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
11 eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5,
12 United States Code, including services as authorized by 5
13 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,839,000,
14 and in addition, not to exceed $29,192,000 for administra15 tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over16 sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement
17 and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro18 priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management,
19 as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the
20 Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in
21 the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
22
OFFICE
23
24
OF
SPECIAL COUNSEL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
25 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized
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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit2 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum3 bia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
4 $31,585,000.
5
PRIVACY
6
7
AND
CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
8 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the
9 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
10 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain available until
11 September 30, 2025.
12
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD
13
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
15 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and
16 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,960,000,
17 to remain available until expended.
18
SECURITIES
19
20
AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange
21 Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
22 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases)
23 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed
24 $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses,
25 $2,149,000,000, to remain available until expended; of
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1 which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for the Office of
2 Inspector General; of which not to exceed $275,000 shall be
3 available for a permanent secretariat for the International
4 Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not
5 to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for con6 sultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with for7 eign governmental and other regulatory officials, members
8 of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning
9 securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis10 tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com11 mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including:
12 (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans13 portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence.
14
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move,
15 replication, and related costs associated with a replacement
16 leases for the Commission’s office facilities, not to exceed
17 $39,658,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
18 That any unobligated balances from funds made available
19 under this heading in prior Acts for replacement leases for
20 the Commission’s headquarters and other regional office fa21 cilities may be used for such purposes at any Commission
22 office facility, notwithstanding provisos in such Acts lim23 iting use to particular office facilities, and notwithstanding
24 provisos in such Acts requiring that de-obligated amounts
25 derived from the general fund be returned to the general
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1 fund or that de-obligated amounts derived from fees or as2 sessments be paid to national securities exchanges and na3 tional securities associations in proportion to any fees or
4 assessments paid by such national securities exchange or
5 national securities association.
6
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section
7 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
8 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated
9 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appro10 priation to the Commission for fiscal year 2024: Provided,
11 That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the Secu12 rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be cred13 ited to this account as offsetting collections: Provided fur14 ther, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of such offsetting
15 collections shall be available until expended for necessary
16 expenses of this account; not to exceed $39,658,000 of such
17 offsetting collections shall be available until expended for
18 move, replication, and related costs under this heading asso19 ciated with a replacement leases for the Commission’s office
20 facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro21 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal
22 year 2024 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re23 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2024 appro24 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
25 $0.
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1
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
4 including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train5 ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv6 ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil7 ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as
8 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for
9 official reception and representation expenses; $31,300,000:
10 Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President
11 may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31
12 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to
13 be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided
14 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act
15 may be expended for or in connection with the induction
16 of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
17
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
18
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
20 the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and
22 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed
23 $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses,
24 $361,235,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be
25 available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
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1 sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au2 thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel3 oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain
4 loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec5 tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That,
6 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all
7 such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain
8 available until expended, for carrying out these purposes
9 without further appropriations: Provided further, That the
10 Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an
11 amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac12 tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division
13 K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2024: Pro14 vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the
15 Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail16 able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That
17 $20,500,000 shall be available for costs associated with the
18 certification of small business concerns owned and con19 trolled by veterans or service-disabled veterans under sec20 tions 36A and 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
21 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and section 862 of Public Law
22 116–283, to be available until September 30, 2025.
23
24
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
25 preneurial and small business development, $316,800,000,
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1 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided,
2 That $140,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per3 formance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025 as author4 ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur5 ther, That $41,000,000 shall be for marketing, management,
6 and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small
7 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that
8 make microloans under the microloan program: Provided
9 further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to
10 States to carry out export programs that assist small busi11 ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small
12 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).
13
14
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
15 eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5,
16 United States Code, $37,020,000.
17
18
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in
19 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–
20 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility
21 Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,109,000, to remain
22 available until expended.
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1
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
2
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain
4 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ5 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
6 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro7 vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2024 commit9 ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small
10 Business Investment Act of 1958 and commitments for
11 loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7)
12 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
13 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $16,500,000,000:
14 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2024 commit15 ments for general business loans authorized under para16 graphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Busi17 ness Act shall not exceed $35,000,000,000 for a combination
18 of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line
19 of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further,
20 That during fiscal year 2024 commitments to guarantee
21 loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Busi22 ness Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,000,000,000:
23 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2024, guarantees
24 of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small
25 Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
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1 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
2 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
3 $162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged with
4 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
5
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
6
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
7
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
8 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Busi9 ness Act, $175,000,000, to be available until expended, of
10 which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of
11 the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews
12 of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall
13 be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for
14 the Office of Inspector General; of which $165,000,000 is
15 for direct administrative expenses of loan making and serv16 icing to carry out the direct loan program, which may be
17 transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala18 ries and Expenses; and of which $8,400,000 is for indirect
19 administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which
20 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations
21 for Salaries and Expenses: Provided, That, of the funds pro22 vided under this heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major
23 disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis24 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
25 5122(2)): Provided further, That the amount for major dis-
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1 asters under this heading is designated by the Congress as
2 being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)
3 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
4 of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended.
5
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS
6
ADMINISTRATION
7
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
8
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
9 made available for the current fiscal year for the Small
10 Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be11 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall
12 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
13 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph
14 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
15 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
16 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
17 forth in that section.
18
SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation
19 made available in this Act for the Small Business Adminis20 tration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and
21 ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be transferred to
22 the Administration’s information technology system mod23 ernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), as author24 ized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division A of the
25 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018,
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1 for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act,
2 upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro3 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
4 Provided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under
5 this section shall remain available for obligation through
6 September 30, 2027.
7
SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
8 ness
Administration—Salaries
and
Expenses’’,
9 $116,541,000, which shall be for initiatives related to small
10 business development and entrepreneurship, including pro11 grammatic, construction, and acquisition activities, in the
12 amounts and for the projects specified in the table that ap13 pears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—
14 Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory state15 ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi16 sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That, notwith17 standing sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of
18 Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the Small Busi19 ness Administration may permit awards to subrecipients
20 for initiatives funded under this section: Provided further,
21 That none of the funds made available by this section may
22 be transferred for any other purpose.
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1
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
2
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
3
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
4 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub5 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States
6 Code, $49,750,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting
7 and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided
8 further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal
9 Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule,
10 regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee
11 of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or
12 any individual participating in a State or local program
13 of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested
14 or provided concerning an address of a postal customer:
15 Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
16 Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and
17 other small post offices: Provided further, That the Postal
18 Service may not destroy, and shall continue to offer for sale,
19 any copies of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds
20 Semipostal Stamp, as authorized under the Multinational
21 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010
22 (Public Law 111–241).
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1
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
5 eral in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5,
6 United States Code, $268,290,000, to be derived by transfer
7 from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized
8 by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and En9 hancement Act (Public Law 109–435).
10
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
11
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
13 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not
14 to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation
15 expenses, $56,727,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain
16 available until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of
17 the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the
18 judge.
19
TITLE VI
20
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
21
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
22
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
23 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
24 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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1 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund2 ed in this Act.
3
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
4 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis5 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria6 tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority
7 in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless
8 expressly so provided herein.
9
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under
10 this Act for any consulting service through procurement
11 contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those
12 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
13 record and available for public inspection, except where oth14 erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec15 utive order issued pursuant to existing law.
16
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this
17 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur19 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided
20 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
21
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this
22 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
23 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac24 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
25 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
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1 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
2 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
3
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act
4 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that
5 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with
6 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
7
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
8 available under this Act shall be made available to any per9 son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter
10 83 of title 41, United States Code.
11
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
12 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous
13 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in
14 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
15 in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the
16 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to
17 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga18 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
19 (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program,
20 project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any
21 program, project, or activity for which funds have been de22 nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds
23 directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro24 priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen25 ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs,
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1 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent,
2 whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects,
3 or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
4 or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities
5 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on
6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
7 Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza8 tion, restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, pro9 grams, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this
10 Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations
11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
12 further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact13 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall sub14 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
15 House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the
16 baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au17 thorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
18 at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each
19 appropriation, detailing both full-time employee equiva20 lents and budget authority, with separate columns to dis21 play the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget re22 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to
23 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en24 acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro25 priation and its respective prior year enacted level by object
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1 class and program, project, and activity as detailed in this
2 Act, in the accompanying report, or in the budget appendix
3 for the respective appropriation, whichever is more detailed,
4 and which shall apply to all items for which a dollar
5 amount is specified and to all programs for which new
6 budget authority is provided, as well as to discretionary
7 grants and discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an
8 identification of items of special congressional interest: Pro9 vided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for
10 salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by
11 $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that
12 the report has not been submitted to the Congress.
13
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
14 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re15 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from ap16 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for
17 fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through
18 September 30, 2025, for each such account for the purposes
19 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to
20 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex22 penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re23 quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming
24 guidelines.
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1
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this
2 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
3 to request—
4
(1) any official background investigation report
5
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
6
tigation; or
7
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment
8
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of
9
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
10
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the
11
Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue
12
Service.
13
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
14
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
15
tigation report, if such individual has given express
16
written consent for such request not more than 6
17
months prior to the date of such request and during
18
the same presidential administration; or
19
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
20
dinary circumstances involving national security.
21
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated
22 under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not
23 apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ24 ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89
25 of title 5, United States Code.
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1
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
2 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non3 foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of
4 Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re5 gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses
6 imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made available
7 to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court
8 approval.
9
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be
10 available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex11 penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed12 eral employees health benefits program which provides any
13 benefits or coverage for abortions.
14
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply
15 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
16 were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an
17 act of rape or incest.
18
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to
19 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur20 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set
21 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu22 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to
23 the acquisition by the Federal Government of information
24 technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United
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1 States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec2 tion 103 of title 41, United States Code).
3
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31,
4 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory
5 agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on
6 behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission
7 accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti8 ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose
9 of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate
10 in any meeting or similar function relating to the official
11 duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering
12 payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to
13 regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a
14 person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or
15 commission, unless the person or entity is an organization
16 described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
17 of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such
18 Code.
19
SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
20 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise
21 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the
22 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet23 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General
24 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of25 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case
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1 of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with
2 the current lessor.
3
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an
4 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by
5 the President to require emergency leasing authority with
6 respect to such agency.
7
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive
8 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency
9 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General
10 Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv11 ice.
12
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the following
13 activities the amounts required under current law:
14
15
16
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C.
102).
(2) Payments to—
17
18
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund
(28 U.S.C. 377(o));
19
20
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and
21
(C) the United States Court of Federal
22
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C.
23
178(l)).
24
(3) Payment of Government contributions—
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1
(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
2
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of
3
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
4
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat.
5
849); and
6
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
7
fits for employees retiring after December 31,
8
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
9
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of
10
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil
11
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C.
12
8348).
13
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid
14
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
15
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter
16
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
17
States Code.
18
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt
19 any amount appropriated by this section from any other20 wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in
21 this Act.
22
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this
23 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com24 plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group
25 on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
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1 trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef2 forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar3 keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
4
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency
5 funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information
6 Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in
7 decisions regarding the budget planning process related to
8 information technology.
9
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch
10 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa11 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con12 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg13 et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the
14 Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci15 fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of
16 the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer
17 of the agency and budget officials.
18
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this
19 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33
20 of title 44, United States Code.
21
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this
22 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the
23 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service
24 to the public or remote computing service of the contents
25 of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic
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1 storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec2 tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in
3 a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con4 stitution of the United States.
5
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used
6 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely
7 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail8 able to the department or agency over which that Inspector
9 General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 5,
10 United State Code, or to prevent or impede that Inspector
11 General’s access to such records, documents, or other mate12 rials, under any provision of law, except a provision of law
13 that expressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly
14 limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A department
15 or agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector
16 General with access to all such records, documents, and
17 other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen18 eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on
19 disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab20 lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil21 ities under chapter 4 of title 5, United State Code. Each
22 Inspector General covered by this section shall report to the
23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa24 tives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures
25 to comply with this requirement.
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1
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
2 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
3 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the
4 Commission for universal service high-cost support for com5 petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that
6 is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section
7 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect
8 on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro9 hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or
10 adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to
11 Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That any such
12 alternative mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost
13 support to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers
14 until support under such mechanism commences.
15
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this
16 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net17 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading,
18 and exchanging of pornography.
19
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
20 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law
21 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi22 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or
23 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
24
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise
25 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or
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1 incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been
2 judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget,
3 or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract,
4 unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are
5 due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope
6 changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of
7 the project and/or program and unless such awards or in8 centive fees are consistent with section 16.401(e)(2) of the
9 Federal Acquisition Regulation.
10
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under
11 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activi12 ties that result in a total cost to an Executive branch de13 partment, agency, board or commission funded by this Act
14 of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless the
15 agency or entity determines that such attendance is in the
16 national interest and advance notice is transmitted to the
17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa18 tives and the Senate that includes the basis of that deter19 mination.
20
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act
21 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more
22 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United States,
23 at any single conference occurring outside the United States
24 unless the agency or entity determines that such attendance
25 is in the national interest and advance notice is trans-
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1 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
2 of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis
3 of that determination.
4
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this
5 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by
6 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this
7 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
8 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
9
SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated
10 or otherwise made available for expenses related to enhance11 ments to www.oversight.gov and to further develop the data
12 analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response Account13 ability Committee to enhance transparency, and to prevent,
14 detect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal
15 spending, $2,850,000, to remain available until expended,
16 of which $850,000 is for enhancements to oversight.gov,
17 shall be provided for an additional amount for such pur18 poses to the Inspectors General Council Fund established
19 pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5,
20 United States Code: Provided, That these amounts shall be
21 in addition to any amounts or any authority available to
22 the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi23 ciency under section 424 of title 5, United States Code.
24
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this
25 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for
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1 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man2 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004),
3 unless advance notice of such an obligation is transmitted
4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate.
6
SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall
7 clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver8 tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet
9 postings, that the communication is printed, published, or
10 produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The
11 funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require12 ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the
13 agency for advertising or other communications regarding
14 the programs and activities of the agency.
15
SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
16 quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents
17 describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part
18 with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds
19 included in this Act, shall clearly state—
20
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
21
gram or project which will be financed with Federal
22
money;
23
24
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the
project or program; and
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1
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total
2
costs of the project or program that will be financed
3
by non-governmental sources.
4
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this
5 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis6 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation,
7 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions,
8 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to
9 trade associations.
10
SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day
11 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall submit
12 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that
14 includes total obligations of the Agency for that quarter for
15 each appropriation, by the source year of the appropriation.
16
SEC. 635. Of the unobligated balances available in the
17 Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund, es18 tablished by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code,
19 $387,500,000 shall be permanently rescinded not later than
20 September 30, 2024.
21
SEC. 636. Of the unobligated balances of amounts
22 made available under section 4010 of the American Rescue
23 Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $10,000,000 are
24 hereby rescinded.
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1
SEC. 637. Of the unobligated balances of amounts
2 made available under section 4011 of the American Rescue
3 Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $100,000,000 are
4 hereby rescinded.
5
SEC. 638. Of the unobligated balances of amounts
6 made available under section 3301(a)(2)(A) of the Amer7 ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2),
8 $283,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September
9 30, 2024.
10
SEC. 639. Of the unobligated balances of amounts
11 made available under section 7402(c)(2)(A) of the American
12 Rescue
Plan
Act
of
2021
(Public
Law
117–2),
13 $1,768,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep14 tember 30, 2024.
15
SEC. 640. Of the unobligated balances of amounts
16 made available under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of the Act to
17 provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con.
18 Res.14 (Public Law 117–169, commonly referred to as the
19 ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’), $10,200,000,000 are hereby re20 scinded.
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1
TITLE VII
2
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE
3
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES,
4
5
AND
CORPORATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality
6 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
7 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2024 shall obligate or
8 expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or
9 instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin10 ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that
11 all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession,
12 or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the
13 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers
14 and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen15 tality.
16
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
17 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
18 in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United States
19 Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (ex20 clusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforcement vehicles,
21 protective vehicles, undercover surveillance vehicles, and po22 lice-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at $40,000 except station
23 wagons for which the maximum shall be $41,140: Provided,
24 That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775
25 for police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits
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1 set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than
2 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for dem3 onstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid
4 Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of
5 1976: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec6 tion may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter7 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–
8 549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehi9 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec10 tion shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial
11 item and which operates on alternative fuel, including but
12 not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen
13 fuel cell vehicles.
14
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments
15 and independent establishments for the current fiscal year
16 available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the
17 activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters
18 allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance
19 with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
20
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the
21 current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained
22 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa23 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the
24 United States (including any agency the majority of the
25 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
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1 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
2 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United
3 States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma4 nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8
5 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as
6 a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under
7 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to
8 become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen
9 when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the
10 United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section,
11 affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered
12 prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section
13 with respect to his or her status are being complied with:
14 Provided further, That for purposes of paragraphs (2) and
15 (3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment
16 and updated thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That
17 any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a
18 felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than
19 $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both:
20 Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in
21 addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi22 sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment
23 made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions
24 of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal
25 Government: Provided further, That this section shall not
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1 apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the
2 Government of the United States on the date of enactment
3 of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by
4 the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em5 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the
6 field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer7 gencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply
8 to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more
9 than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the De10 partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu11 ant to an agreement with another country.
12
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department
13 or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex14 penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall
15 also be available for payment to the General Services Ad16 ministration for charges for space and services and those
17 expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa18 cilities which constitute public improvements performed in
19 accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat.
20 479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat.
21 216), or other applicable law.
22
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any
23 other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and
24 use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including
25 Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule
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1 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
2 Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol3 lowing purposes:
4
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
5
and recycling programs as described in Executive
6
Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any
7
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
8
the Executive order.
9
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
10
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
11
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste
12
management and pollution prevention programs.
13
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
14
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
15
eral agency.
16
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other
17 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
18 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
19 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
20 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for
21 rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
22 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
23 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
24 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
25 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
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1 the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses
2 are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds,
3 the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor4 respondingly reduced.
5
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in
6 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi7 nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com8 missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether
9 or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a
10 prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial
11 support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
12
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant
13 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to
14 implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has
15 been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopt16 ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United
17 States.
18
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any
19 department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em20 ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi21 dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli22 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco23 rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer,
24 or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve25 ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
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1 nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees
2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
3 Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’
4 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi5 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the
6 individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
7 individual.
8
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section
9 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal
10 year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter11 agency funding of national security and emergency pre12 paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit
13 multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro14 vided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
15
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this
16 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de17 partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal
18 Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi19 vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy20 determining character that is excepted from the competitive
21 service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code,
22 (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title
23 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless the head of
24 the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality
25 employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc-
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1 tor of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule
2 C position occupied by the individual was not created solely
3 or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White
4 House.
5
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
6 Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed
7 to or from an element of the intelligence community (as
8 that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Secu9 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
10
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in
11 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
12 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov13 ernment, who—
14
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
15
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
16
ployee of the Federal Government from having any
17
direct oral or written communication or contact with
18
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
19
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the
20
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
21
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
22
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether
23
such communication or contact is at the initiative of
24
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
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1
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
2
committee; or
3
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
4
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
5
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to,
6
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
7
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement,
8
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of,
9
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
10
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the
11
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or
12
employee, by reason of any communication or contact
13
of such other officer or employee with any Member,
14
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
15
scribed in paragraph (1).
16
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this
17 or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em18 ployee training that—
19
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge,
20
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
21
ance of official duties;
22
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels
23
of emotional response or psychological stress in some
24
participants;
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1
(3) does not require prior employee notification
2
of the content and methods to be used in the training
3
and written end of course evaluation;
4
(4) contains any methods or content associated
5
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
6
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
7
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022,
8
dated September 2, 1988; or
9
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
10
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
11
place.
12
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
15
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this
16 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive
17 branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg18 islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur19 poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any
20 kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film
21 presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend22 ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con23 gress itself.
24
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or
25 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
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1 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex2 cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or
3 when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com4 petent jurisdiction.
5
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this
6 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public
7 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail8 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the
9 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
11 the Senate.
12
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in
13 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly,
14 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa15 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore au16 thorized by Congress.
17
18
19
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’—
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under
5 U.S.C. 105; and
20
(2) includes a military department, as defined
21
under section 102 of such title and the United States
22
Postal Service.
23
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
24 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
25 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to
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1 perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys2 tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5
3 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort
4 and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the
5 performance of official duties.
6
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section
7 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal
8 year by this or any other Act to any department or agency,
9 which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards
10 Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an
11 appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.
12
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section
13 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and
14 agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse
15 ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol16 icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man17 agement and Budget, funds made available for the current
18 fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from
19 charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds
20 shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv21 ices to support Government-wide and other multi-agency fi22 nancial, information technology, procurement, and other
23 management innovations, initiatives, and activities, in24 cluding improving coordination and reducing duplication,
25 as approved by the Director of the Office of Management
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1 and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate inter2 agency and multi-agency groups designated by the Director
3 (including the President’s Management Council for overall
4 management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial
5 Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the
6 Chief Information Officers Council for information tech7 nology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Coun8 cil for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Offi9 cers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Perform10 ance Improvement Council for performance improvement
11 initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans12 ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to im13 prove coordination, reduce duplication, and for other ac14 tivities related to Federal Government Priority Goals estab15 lished by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000
16 for Government-wide innovations, initiatives, and activi17 ties: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for
18 reimbursement of ‘‘General Services Administration, Gov19 ernment-Wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2024 shall remain
20 available for obligation through September 30, 2025: Pro21 vided further, That not later than 90 days after enactment
22 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
23 Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General
24 Services, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
25 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
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1 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
2 the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Account3 ability of the House of Representatives a detailed spend
4 plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided
5 further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include:
6 (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under this
7 section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or
8 reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a detailed breakdown
9 of the purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred or
10 reimbursed pursuant to this section (including total number
11 of personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are pro12 vided for by this section); (iii) where applicable, a descrip13 tion of the funds intended for use by or for the benefit of
14 each executive council; and (iv) where applicable, a descrip15 tion of the funds intended for use by or for the implementa16 tion of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further,
17 That no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursu18 ant to this section until 15 days following notification of
19 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office
21 of Management and Budget.
22
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
23 a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a
24 Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and
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1 her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca2 tion.
3
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section
4 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal
5 year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter6 agency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and
7 similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National
8 Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive
9 Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal depart10 ments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of
11 Management and Budget shall provide a report describing
12 the budget of and resources connected with the National
13 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen15 ate, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Tech16 nology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
17 and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
18
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant
19 application, form, notification, press release, or other publi20 cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall
21 comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of title
22 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That this section
23 shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants
24 received by a State receiving Federal funds.
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SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION
2 MONITORING
OF
OF
FEDERAL AGENCY
INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
3 the funds made available in this or any other Act may be
4 used by any Federal agency—
5
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation
6
of data, derived from any means, that includes any
7
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
8
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government
9
Internet site of the agency; or
10
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third
11
party (including another government agency) to col-
12
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
13
rived from any means, that includes any personally
14
identifiable information relating to an individual’s
15
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.
16
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
17 section (a) shall not apply to—
18
19
20
21
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not
identify particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable information;
22
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
23
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
24
applicable law; or
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(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that
2
is a system security action taken by the operator of
3
an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro-
4
viding the Internet site services or to protecting the
5
rights or property of the provider of the Internet site.
6
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
7
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions
8
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
9
vided in law.
10
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations
11
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
12
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
13
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
14
ance with applicable standards as provided in law.
15
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
16 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
17 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
18 except where the contract also includes a provision for con19 traceptive coverage.
20
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
21 with—
22
(1) any of the following religious plans:
23
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and
24
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
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(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for
2
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli-
3
gious beliefs.
4
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
5 into or renews a contract under this section may not subject
6 any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi7 vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra8 ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in9 dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
10
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
11 coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
12
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring
13 the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic
14 athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping
15 in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and re16 search as performed by nationally recognized oversight au17 thorities.
18
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
19 funds appropriated for official travel to Federal depart20 ments and agencies may be used by such departments and
21 agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and
22 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern23 ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
24 ownership pilot program.
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SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
2 none of the funds appropriated or made available under
3 this or any other appropriations Act may be used to imple4 ment or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast
5 Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement
6 the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage7 ment to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300
8 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in
9 the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September
10 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees
11 to the legislative branch).
12
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
13 no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or
14 lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous
15 to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con16 ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad17 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
18 House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the
19 Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is authorized
20 to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease,
21 contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be
22 accommodated in existing Centers facilities.
23
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law,
24 none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may
25 be used by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
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1 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution
2 in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notifi3 cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news
4 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or
5 funded by that executive branch agency.
6
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this
7 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title
8 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy
9 Act), and regulations implementing that section.
10
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
11 priated or otherwise made available by this or any other
12 Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with
13 any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in14 verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the
15 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any
16 subsidiary of such an entity.
17
(b) WAIVERS.—
18
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any
Secretary shall waive
19
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
20
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary
21
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required
22
in the interest of national security.
23
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any
Secretary
24
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report
25
such issuance to Congress.
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(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
2 Federal Government contract entered into before the date
3 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued
4 pursuant to such contract.
5
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2024, for each employee
6 who—
7
8
(1)
retires
under
section
8336(d)(2)
or
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or
9
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
10
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title
11
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate,
12
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service
13
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to
14
the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit
15
cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding
16
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex-
17
pended to the Office of Personnel Management and
18
shall be deemed to be an administrative expense
19
under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States
20
Code.
21
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this
22 or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any
23 entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose
24 any of the following information as a condition of submit25 ting the offer:
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(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution,
2
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
3
ment for an electioneering communication that is
4
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of
5
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election
6
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that
7
is otherwise made with respect to any election for
8
Federal office.
9
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a
10
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
11
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or
12
subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea-
13
sonable expectation that the person will use the funds
14
to make a payment described in paragraph (1).
15
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’,
16 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering
17 communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of18 fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec19 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.).
20
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this
21 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of
22 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern23 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Member
24 of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis25 sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency
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1 (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code),
2 or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
3
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
4 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
5 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
6 2024, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
7 prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A)
8 of title 5, United States Code—
9
(A) during the period from the date of expiration
10
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section
11
for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective
12
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is
13
to take effect in fiscal year 2024, in an amount that
14
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and
15
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance
16
with such section; and
17
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
18
der of fiscal year 2024, in an amount that exceeds,
19
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
20
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum
21
of—
22
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
23
in fiscal year 2024 under section 5303 of title 5,
24
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the
25
General Schedule; and
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(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
2
age
3
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
4
2024 under section 5304 of such title (whether by
5
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average
6
percentage of such payments which was effective
7
in the previous fiscal year under such section.
8
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
percentage
of
the
locality-based
com-
9 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
10 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and
11 no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be
12 paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect
13 at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
14 paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em15 ployee.
16
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
17 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and
18 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September
19 30, 2023, shall be determined under regulations prescribed
20 by the Office of Personnel Management.
21
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
22 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection
23 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September
24 30, 2023, except to the extent determined by the Office of
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1 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of
2 this subsection.
3
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for
4 service performed after September 30, 2023.
5
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision
6 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre7 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em8 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution,
9 or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis
10 of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic
11 pay payable after the application of this subsection shall
12 be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
13
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
14 permit or require the payment to any employee covered by
15 this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would
16 be payable were this subsection not in effect.
17
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
18 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection
19 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
20 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ21 ees.
22
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in
23 rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take
24 place in fiscal year 2024 under sections 5344 and 5348 of
25 title 5, United States Code, shall be—
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(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
2
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
3
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems
4
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States
5
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
6
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
7
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5,
8
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
9
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States
10
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
11
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant
12
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
13
poses of this subsection; and
14
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
15
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2023.
16
SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
17 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by
18 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual
19 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for
20 any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the
21 costs and contracting procedures related to each conference
22 held by any such department, agency, board, commission,
23 or office during fiscal year 2024 for which the cost to the
24 United States Government was more than $100,000.
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(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
2 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica3 ble period—
4
(1) a description of its purpose;
5
(2) the number of participants attending;
6
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United
7
States Government, including—
8
(A) the cost of any food or beverages;
9
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
10
11
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel
to and from the conference; and
12
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to
13
determine which costs relate to the conference;
14
and
15
(4) a description of the contracting procedures
16
used including—
17
18
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a
competitive basis; and
19
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison
20
conducted by the departmental component or of-
21
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the
22
conference.
23
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head
24 of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of25 fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
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1 cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the
2 date, location, and number of employees attending a con3 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
4 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other
5 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2024 for which the
6 cost to the United States Government was more than
7 $20,000.
8
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
9 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not
10 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference
11 described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program12 matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con13 tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection
14 with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou15 tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or
16 contract.
17
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any
18 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con19 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of
20 Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated
21 May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo22 randum.
23
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this
24 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase,
25 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
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1 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a
2 fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en3 acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is
4 made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions
5 of this or any other appropriations Act.
6
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this
7 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer,
8 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub9 lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal
10 Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.).
11
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
12 made available by this or any other Act may be used to
13 begin or announce a study or public-private competition
14 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any
15 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office
16 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad17 ministrative regulation, directive, or policy.
18
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
19 wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail20 able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with
21 an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en22 tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal
23 confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth24 erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law25 fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated
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1 investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal
2 department or agency authorized to receive such informa3 tion.
4
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
5 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312,
6 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart7 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in8 formation.
9
SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any
10 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree11 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government
12 or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if
13 such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol14 lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with
15 and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the
16 employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist17 ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in18 formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report19 ing to an Inspector General or the Office of Special Counsel
20 of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mis21 management, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority,
22 or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safe23 ty, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The defini24 tions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and li25 abilities created by controlling Executive orders and statu-
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1 tory provisions are incorporated into this agreement and
2 are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the pre3 ceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form
4 or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected
5 with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related
6 activity, other than an employee or officer of the United
7 States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to
8 the particular activity for which such document is to be
9 used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require
10 that the person will not disclose any classified information
11 received in the course of such activity unless specifically au12 thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such
13 nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do
14 not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official
15 of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, that
16 are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.
17
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im-
18 plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if
19 it complies with the requirements for such agreement that
20 were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
21
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
22 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered
23 into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub24 stantially similar language to that required in subsection
25 (a).
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SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this
2 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
3 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
4 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
5 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil6 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin7 istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and
8 that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an
9 agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the
10 tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the
11 unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered
12 suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made
13 a determination that this further action is not necessary
14 to protect the interests of the Government.
15
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this
16 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
17 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
18 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
19 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal
20 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
21 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic22 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or
23 debarment of the corporation and has made a determina24 tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the
25 interests of the Government.
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SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2024, on the date on
2 which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord3 ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau
4 of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
6 the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the
7 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking,
8 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.
9
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be
10 made available on the Bureau’s public website.
11
SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
12 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the
13 rate payable to the Vice President during calendar year
14 2024 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President on De15 cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division
16 E of Public Law 117–328.
17
(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under
18 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other
19 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year
20 2024 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule po21 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed
22 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate
23 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De24 cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division
25 E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re-
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1 ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2024, except as
2 provided in subsection (i).
3
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service
4 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision
5 of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject
6 to subsection (b) in the same manner as other employees
7 who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
8
(d)(1) This subsection applies to—
9
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
10
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the
11
official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; or
12
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
13
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv-
14
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of
15
basic pay at or above the official rate for level IV of
16
the Executive Schedule.
17
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title
18 5, United States Code, an employee described in paragraph
19 (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during calendar
20 year 2024, except as provided in subsection (i).
21
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
22 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality
23 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States
24 Code, or similar authority) at or above the official rate for
25 level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a polit-
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1 ical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase dur2 ing calendar year 2024, except as provided in subsection
3 (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the Gen4 eral Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay sys5 tem, to employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5,
6 United States Code, or to employees in another pay system
7 whose position would be classified at GS–15 or below if
8 chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them.
9
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent
10 employees who do not serve under a political appointment
11 from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under
12 applicable law.
13
(g) This section does not apply to an individual who
14 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic
15 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code,
16 for such time as that election is in effect.
17
(h) This section does not apply to an individual who
18 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay en19 titlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act
20 of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that election
21 is in effect.
22
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em-
23 ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase
24 upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi25 tion only if that new position has higher-level duties and
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1 a pre-established level or range of pay higher than the level
2 or range for the position held immediately before the move3 ment. Any such increase must be based on the rates of pay
4 and applicable limitations on payable rates of pay in effect
5 on December 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of divi6 sion E of Public Law 117–328.
7
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an
8 individual who is newly appointed to a covered position
9 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial
10 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable
11 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December
12 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division E of Public
13 Law 117–328.
14
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject
15 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2024
16 but ends in calendar year 2025, the bar on the employee’s
17 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end
18 of that pay period.
19
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered
20 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose
21 pay is restricted under this section.
22
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the first
23 applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1,
24 2024.
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SEC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
2 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of the
3 relevant department or agency, as the case may be, shall
4 report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts and
5 a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy of each
6 report shall also be transmitted to the Committees on Ap7 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
8 and the Comptroller General on the same date the report
9 is transmitted to the Congress.
10
SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the execu-
11 tive branch of the United States Government shall notify
12 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the
13 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other ap14 propriate congressional committees if—
15
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
16
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of title
17
31, United States Code;
18
(2) an approved apportionment received by the
19
department or agency conditions the availability of
20
an appropriation on further action; or
21
(3) an approved apportionment received by the
22
department or agency may hinder the prudent obliga-
23
tion of such appropriation or the execution of a pro-
24
gram, project, or activity by such department or
25
agency.
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(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional com-
2 mittee pursuant to this section shall contain information
3 identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation name,
4 and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund ac5 count.
6
SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds
7 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal
8 year 2024 that are specified in the disclosure table sub9 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules
10 of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of the Stand11 ing Rules of the Senate that is included in the report or
12 explanatory statement accompanying any such Act shall be
13 deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award with respect
14 to such funds for purposes of the requirements of 2 CFR
15 200.334, regarding records retention, and 2 CFR 200.337,
16 regarding access by the Comptroller General of the United
17 States.
18
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit,
19 amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require20 ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities described
21 in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the Comp22 troller General.
23
SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
24 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds made
25 available by this or any other Act to any Federal agency
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1 may be used by that Federal agency for interagency funding
2 for coordination with, participation in, or recommenda3 tions involving, activities of the U.S. Army Medical Re4 search and Development Command, the Congressionally Di5 rected Medical Research Programs and the National Insti6 tutes of Health research programs.
7
SEC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section
8 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and
9 agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse
10 ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services
11 Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of
12 Management and Budget, funds made available for the cur13 rent fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates
14 from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these
15 funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available, shall be
16 administered by the Administrator of General Services to
17 carry out the purposes of the Federal Citizen Services Fund
18 and to support Government-wide and other multi-agency
19 financial, information technology, procurement, and other
20 activities, including services authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604
21 and enabling Federal agencies to take advantage of infor22 mation technology in sharing information: Provided fur23 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall
24 not exceed $29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further,
25 That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘Gen-
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1 eral Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services
2 Fund’’ during fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for
3 obligation through September 30, 2025: Provided further,
4 That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act,
5 the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with
6 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall
7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
8 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan for
9 the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided further,
10 That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the
11 amounts currently in the funds authorized under this sec12 tion and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or reim13 bursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a detailed breakdown of the
14 purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred or reim15 bursed pursuant to this section (including total number of
16 personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are provided
17 for by this section); and (iii) where applicable, a descrip18 tion of the funds intended for use by or for the implementa19 tion of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further,
20 That no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursu21 ant to this section until 15 days following notification of
22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office
24 of Management and Budget.
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SEC. 753. If, for fiscal year 2024, new budget authority
2 provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary
3 spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c)
4 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
5 of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Congressional
6 Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending
7 limit in such category for fiscal year 2024 shall be made
8 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
9 in the amount of the excess but the total of all such adjust10 ments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted
11 discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fis12 cal year.
13
SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
14 the unobligated balances of funds made available in divi15 sion J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub16 lic Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded by
17 this or any other Act may be transferred to the United
18 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine
19 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their respon20 sibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
21 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required
22 by section 7 of such Act, in connection with activities and
23 projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Provided, That such
24 transfers shall support activities and projects executed by
25 the department or agency making such transfer: Provided
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1 further, That such transfers shall be approved by the head
2 of such department or agency making such transfer: Pro3 vided further, That each department or agency shall provide
4 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the
5 House of Representatives and the Senate no less than 30
6 days prior to such transfer: Provided further, That any such
7 transfers from the Department of Transportation, including
8 from agencies within the Department of Transportation,
9 shall be from funding provided for personnel, contracting,
10 and other costs to administer and oversee grants: Provided
11 further, That amounts transferred pursuant to this section
12 shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
13 purposes: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro14 vided in this section shall be in addition to any other trans15 fer authority provided by law: Provided further, That
16 amounts transferred pursuant to this section that were pre17 viously designated by the Congress as an emergency require18 ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget
19 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
20 section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
21 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
22 and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget en23 forcement in the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any
2 reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than
3 title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.
4
TITLE VIII
5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
6
7
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable
8 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec9 essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set10 tlements or judgments that have been entered against the
11 District of Columbia government.
12
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this
13 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or
14 implementation of any policy including boycott designed to
15 support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any
16 State legislature.
17
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided
18 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed19 eral and District government agencies, that remain avail20 able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or
21 provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
22 States derived by the collection of fees available to the agen23 cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or
24 expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of
25 funds which—
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(1) creates new programs;
2
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
3
bility center;
4
5
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically
denied, limited or increased under this Act;
6
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means
7
for any program, project, or responsibility center for
8
which funds have been denied or restricted;
9
10
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously deferred through reprogramming;
11
(6) augments any existing program, project, or
12
responsibility center through a reprogramming of
13
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
14
is less; or
15
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
16
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility
17
center, unless prior approval is received from the
18
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
19
resentatives and the Senate.
20
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized
21 to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re22 quests of local funds under this title through November 7,
23 2024.
24
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this
25 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
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1 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of2 fices of United States Senator or United States Representa3 tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State4 hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C.
5 Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123).
6
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
7 none of the funds made available by this Act or by any
8 other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee
9 of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless
10 the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform11 ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur12 poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in13 clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and
14 workplace, except in the case of—
15
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan
16
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
17
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the
18
Department;
19
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer
20
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and
21
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides
22
in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours
23
a day;
24
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
25
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the
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District of Columbia Department of Corrections who
2
resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24
3
hours a day;
4
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam-
5
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief
6
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
7
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
8
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
9
land Security and Emergency Management Agency,
10
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and
11
Emergency Management Agency who resides in the
12
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
13
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
14
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District
15
of Columbia.
16
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in
17 this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney
18 General or any other officer or entity of the District govern19 ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil
20 action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting
21 representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
22
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
23 bia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on
24 briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials
25 of the District government regarding such lawsuits.
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SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this
2 Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the
3 purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens
4 in any location that has been determined by the local public
5 health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappro6 priate for such distribution.
7
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
8 vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from
9 addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov10 erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con11 gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in12 clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for
13 religious beliefs and moral convictions.
14
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in
15 this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule,
16 or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso17 ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched18 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21
19 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva20 tive.
21
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure
22 by the District of Columbia government under any author23 ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to
24 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the
25 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance
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1 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)
2 or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational
3 purposes.
4
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expendi-
5 ture by the District of Columbia government under any au6 thority shall be expended for any abortion except where the
7 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car8 ried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act
9 of rape or incest.
10
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after
11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial
12 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap13 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun14 cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds
15 operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis16 trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section
17 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi18 cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of
19 Columbia government for fiscal year 2024 that is in the
20 total amount of the approved appropriation and that re21 aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other22 than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual
23 expenditures.
24
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for
25 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Colum-
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1 bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan2 ticipated changes in program requirements.
3
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the
4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi5 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro6 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council
7 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds
8 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public
9 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The
10 revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format
11 of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub12 mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia
13 Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42).
14
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as
15 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co16 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts,
17 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con18 sistent with the provisions of this Act.
19
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized
20 to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local
21 funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior
22 fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such
23 amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain
24 appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of
25 this Act.
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(c) The District of Columbia government may not
2 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de3 rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap4 ital projects.
5
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in
6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
7 current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other
8 appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
9
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
10 law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobli11 gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year
12 2024 from appropriations of Federal funds made available
13 for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2024 in this Act,
14 shall remain available through September 30, 2025, for each
15 such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That
16 a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
18 for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro19 vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli20 ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section
21 803 of this Act.
22
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2025, during a
23 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing
24 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation
25 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount
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1 provided for any project or activity for which local funds
2 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (subject
3 to any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia
4 as of the beginning of the period during which this sub5 section is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.
6
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act
7 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which
8 a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2025 which
9 (subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia
10 Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion of the an11 nual budget for the District of Columbia government for
12 fiscal year 2025 for purposes of section 446 of the District
13 of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official
14 Code).
15
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease
16 to be available—
17
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
18
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2025 is
19
in effect; or
20
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular
21
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year
22
2025.
23
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
24 vided under the authority and conditions as provided under
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1 this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man2 ner that would be provided by this Act.
3
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall
4 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such
5 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2025
6 for which this section applies to such project or activity.
7
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity
8 during any period of fiscal year 2025 if any other provision
9 of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—
10
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
11
able, or grants authority for such project or activity
12
to continue for such period; or
13
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation
14
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or
15
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
16
tivity to continue for such period.
17
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
18 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia
19 mandated by other law.
20
SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes of
21 the United States relating to the District of Columbia (sec.
22 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with respect
23 to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long Bridge
24 Project.
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(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’
2 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia
3 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new Long
4 Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over the Poto5 mac River, including related infrastructure and other re6 lated projects, to expand commuter and regional passenger
7 rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian access cross8 ings over the Potomac River.
9
SEC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day
10 of each quarter, each Federal and District government agen11 cy appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall submit to
12 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that
14 includes total obligations of the Agency for that quarter for
15 each Federal funds appropriation provided in this Act, by
16 the source year of the appropriation.
17
SEC. 819. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any
18 reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title
19 IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of
20 this title or of title IV.
21
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services
22 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
2
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
3
TITLE I
4
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE,
5
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND OVERSIGHT
6
OFFICE
OF THE
SECRETARY
AND
EXECUTIVE
7
MANAGEMENT
8
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
9
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
10 and for executive management for operations and support,
11 $363,582,000, of which $22,050,000 shall remain available
12 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That $5,000,000 shall
13 be withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits, to
14 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Senate, responses to all questions for
16 the record for each hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget
17 submission for the Department of Homeland Security held
18 by such Committees prior to July 1: Provided further, That
19 not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses.
21
22
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
23 and for executive management for procurement, construc24 tion, and improvements, $8,113,000, to remain available
25 until September 30, 2026.
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1
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
2
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
4 and for executive management for Federal assistance
5 through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
6 activities, $33,000,000, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Fed7 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’,
8 of which $18,000,000 shall be for targeted violence and ter9 rorism prevention grants and of which $15,000,000, to re10 main available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the
11 Alternatives to Detention Case Management pilot program.
12
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
13
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
14
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate
15 for operations and support, including vehicle fleet mod16 ernization, $1,722,204,000: Provided, That not to exceed
17 $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex18 penses.
19
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
20
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate
21 for
procurement,
construction,
and
improvements,
22 $260,433,000, of which $87,670,000 shall remain available
23 until September 30, 2026, and of which $172,763,000 shall
24 remain available until September 30, 2028.
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1
2
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
The revenues and collections of security fees credited
3 to this account shall be available until expended for nec4 essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned
5 and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal
6 Protective Service.
7 INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS,
8
9
AND
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and
10 Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situational
11 Awareness for operations and support, $345,410,000, of
12 which $105,701,000 shall remain available until September
13 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for
14 official reception and representation expenses and not to ex15 ceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated
16 with secure space at fusion centers, including improvements
17 to buildings.
18
OFFICE
19
20
OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
21 eral for operations and support, $220,127,000: Provided,
22 That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con23 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in24 formants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector
25 General.
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2
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security
3 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2024, to
4 the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu5 rity listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means
6 other than full and open competition during fiscal years
7 2023 or 2024.
8
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
9 quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance
10 with applicable laws and regulations and report the results
11 of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the
12 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than Feb13 ruary 15, 2025.
14
SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day
15 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart16 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees
17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
18 Senate a monthly budget and staffing report that includes
19 total obligations of the Department for that month and for
20 the fiscal year at the appropriation and program, project,
21 and activity levels, by the source year of the appropriation.
22
SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in
23 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify
24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers of
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1 funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31,
2 United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury
3 Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of
4 Homeland Security.
5
(b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer may
6 be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the
7 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified of the
8 proposed transfer.
9
SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use of
10 Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security
11 personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the
12 Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made avail13 able for the Office of the Secretary.
14
SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management
15 shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House
16 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days
17 after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level
18 2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition Oversight
19 list between Acquisition Decision Event and Full Oper20 ational Capability, including programs that have been re21 moved from such list during the preceding quarter.
22
(b) For each such program, the briefing described in
23 subsection (a) shall include—
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(1) a description of the purpose of the program,
2
including the capabilities being acquired and the
3
component(s) sponsoring the acquisition;
4
(2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to
5
be acquired annually until procurement is complete
6
under the current acquisition program baseline;
7
8
(3) the Acquisition Review Board status, including—
9
10
(A) the current acquisition phase by increment, as applicable;
11
(B) the date of the most recent review; and
12
(C) whether the program has been paused or
13
is in breach status;
14
(4) a comparison between the initial Depart-
15
ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost,
16
schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives
17
and the program’s current such thresholds and objec-
18
tives, if applicable;
19
(5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com-
20
parison to the Future Years Homeland Security Pro-
21
gram, including—
22
(A) the confidence level for the estimate;
23
(B) the fiscal years included in the esti-
24
mate;
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(C) a breakout of the estimate for the prior
2
five years, the current year, and the budget year;
3
(D) a breakout of the estimate by appro-
4
priation account or other funding source; and
5
(E) a description of and rationale for any
6
changes to the estimate as compared to the pre-
7
viously approved baseline, as applicable, and
8
during the prior fiscal year;
9
(6) a summary of the findings of any inde-
10
pendent verification and validation of the items to be
11
acquired or an explanation for why no such
12
verification and validation has been performed;
13
(7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro-
14
gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obliga-
15
tion of funds for the current fiscal year, and an esti-
16
mate for the planned carryover of funds into the sub-
17
sequent fiscal year;
18
19
(8) a listing of prime contractors and major subcontractors; and
20
(9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, sched-
21
ule, or performance that could result in a program
22
breach if not successfully mitigated.
23
(c) The Under Secretary for Management shall submit
24 each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for pro25 grams described in this section to the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
2 not later than five business days after the date of approval
3 of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for Manage4 ment or the designee of the Under Secretary.
5
SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to the
6 Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior ap7 propriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or
8 demonstration unless the component or office carrying out
9 such pilot or demonstration has documented the informa10 tion described in subsection (c).
11
(b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made
12 available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot or
13 demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management shall
14 provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
15 the House of Representatives and the Senate on the infor16 mation described in subsection (c).
17
(c) The information required under subsections (a)
18 and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol19 lowing—
20
21
22
(1) documented objectives that are well-defined
and measurable;
(2) an assessment methodology that details—
23
(A) the type and source of assessment data;
24
(B) the methods for, and frequency of, col-
25
lecting such data; and
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(C) how such data will be analyzed; and
2
(3) an implementation plan, including mile-
3
stones, cost estimates, and implementation schedules,
4
including a projected end date.
5
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of completion
6 of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection (e), the
7 Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to
8 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate detailing lessons learned, actual
10 costs, any planned expansion or continuation of the pilot
11 or demonstration, and any planned transition of such pilot
12 or demonstration into an enduring program or operation.
13
(e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
14 onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi15 mental program, or trial that—
16
(1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con-
17
ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs,
18
or adverse events, and improve upon the design of an
19
effort prior to implementation of a larger scale effort;
20
and
21
(2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or
22
obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more,
23
but does not include congressionally directed pro-
24
grams or enhancements and does not include pro-
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1
grams that were in operation as of the date of the en-
2
actment of this Act.
3
(f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
4 onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini5 tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con6 tract for the acquisition of information technology services
7 or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by
8 a non-Federal recipient under any financial assistance
9 agreement funded by the Department.
10
TITLE II
11 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS
12
U.S. CUSTOMS
AND
BORDER PROTECTION
13
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
14
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
15
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border
16 Protection for operations and support, including the trans17 portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of
18 air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter19 national agencies in the enforcement or administration of
20 laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; at
21 the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
22 provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agen23 cies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian
24 efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for re25 placement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, mainte-
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1 nance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and un2 manned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals
3 for personal services abroad; $18,426,870,000; of which
4 $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance
5 Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the collec6 tion of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section
7 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
8 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the
9 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of
10 which $500,000,000 shall be available until September 30,
11 2025; and of which such sums as become available in the
12 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section
13 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili14 ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived
15 from that account: Provided, That not to exceed $34,425
16 shall be for official reception and representation expenses:
17 Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be
18 available for payment for rental space in connection with
19 preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to ex20 ceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to in21 formants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of
22 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That
23 $650,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency
24 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ to support shel25 tering and related activities provided by non-Federal enti-
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1 ties, in support of relieving overcrowding in short-term
2 holding facilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
3 of which not to exceed $9,100,000 shall be for the adminis4 trative costs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency:
5 Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 may be
6 transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the mainte7 nance and repair of roads on Native American reservations
8 used by the U.S. Border Patrol.
9
10
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border
11 Protection for procurement, construction, and improve12 ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft,
13 and unmanned aerial systems, $850,170,000, of which
14 $758,056,000 shall remain available until September 30,
15 2026, and of which $92,114,000 shall remain available
16 until September 30, 2028.
17
U.S. IMMIGRATION
18
19
AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
20 toms Enforcement for operations and support, including the
21 purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement
22 only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; and mainte23 nance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improve24 ments at owned and leased facilities; $9,501,542,000; of
25 which not less than $6,000,000 shall remain available until
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1 expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child
2 labor; of which $46,696,000 shall remain available until
3 September 30, 2025; of which not less than $2,000,000 is
4 for paid apprenticeships for participants in the Human
5 Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue Corps; of
6 which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for inves7 tigation of intellectual property rights violations, including
8 operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Co9 ordination
Center;
and
of
which
not
less
than
10 $5,082,218,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and re11 moval operations, including transportation of unaccom12 panied alien minors: Provided, That not to exceed $41,475
13 shall be for official reception and representation expenses:
14 Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be
15 available until expended for conducting special operations
16 under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986
17 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to exceed
18 $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform19 ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the
20 Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not
21 to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reim22 burse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with
23 the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens
24 unlawfully present in the United States.
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2
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
3 toms Enforcement for procurement, construction, and im4 provements, $55,520,000, of which $35,420,000 shall re5 main available until September 30, 2026, and of which
6 $20,100,000 shall remain available until September 30,
7 2028.
8
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
9
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
10
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security
11 Administration
for
operations
and
support,
12 $10,164,968,000, of which $600,000,000 shall remain avail13 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed
14 $7,650 shall be for official reception and representation ex15 penses: Provided further, That security service fees author16 ized under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code,
17 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collec18 tions and shall be available only for aviation security: Pro19 vided further, That the sum appropriated under this head20 ing from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for21 dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during
22 fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year appro23 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
24 $6,744,968,000.
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1
2
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security
3 Administration for procurement, construction, and im4 provements, $40,678,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2026.
6
7
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security
8 Administration for research and development, $14,641,000,
9 to remain available until September 30, 2025.
10
COAST GUARD
11
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
12
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper-
13 ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; pur14 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles,
15 which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of
16 small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at
17 a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and
18 service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of
19 $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats nec20 essary for overseas deployments and activities; payments
21 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C.
22 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare;
23 $10,054,771,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for defense24 related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived
25 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the
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1 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of
2 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000 shall re3 main available until September 30, 2026; of which
4 $24,717,000 shall remain available until September 30,
5 2028, for environmental compliance and restoration; and
6 of which $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2025, which shall only be available for vessel
8 depot level maintenance: Provided, That not to exceed
9 $23,000 shall be for official reception and representation
10 expenses.
11
12
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procure-
13 ment, construction, and improvements, including aids to
14 navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Depart15 ment of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), and
16 vessels and aircraft, including equipment related thereto,
17 $1,413,950,000, to remain available until September 30,
18 2028; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil
19 Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec20 tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
21 2712(a)(5)).
22
23
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research
24 and development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation,
25 lease,
and
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1 $7,476,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026,
2 of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li3 ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section
4 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
5 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and
6 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received
7 from State and local governments, other public authorities,
8 private sources, and foreign countries for expenses incurred
9 for research, development, testing, and evaluation.
10
11
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
12 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur13 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
14 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career
15 status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section
16 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent receipts,
17 combat-related special compensation, and payments for
18 medical care of retired personnel and their dependents
19 under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code,
20 $1,147,244,000, to remain available until expended.
21
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
22
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
23
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
24 Service for operations and support, including purchase of
25 not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas-
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1 senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the
2 United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the
3 District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
4 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern5 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform
6 protective functions; conduct of and participation in fire7 arms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behav8 ioral research in support of protective intelligence and oper9 ations; payment in advance for commercial accommoda10 tions as may be necessary to perform protective functions;
11 and payment, without regard to section 5702 of title 5,
12 United States Code, of subsistence expenses of employees
13 who are on protective missions, whether at or away from
14 their duty stations; $3,007,982,000; of which $138,383,000
15 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and of
16 which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related
17 to investigations of missing and exploited children; and of
18 which up to $24,000,000 may be for calendar year 2023
19 premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limi20 tation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of
21 title 5, United States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the
22 Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C.
23 5547 note), as last amended by Public Law 118–38: Pro24 vided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official recep25 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That
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1 not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assist2 ance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organiza3 tions in criminal investigations within the jurisdiction of
4 the United States Secret Service.
5
6
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
7 Service for procurement, construction, and improvements,
8 $75,598,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026.
9
10
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
11 Service for research and development, $4,217,000, to remain
12 available until September 30, 2025.
13
14
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland
15 Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public
16 Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation limita17 tions, shall apply with respect to funds made available in
18 this Act in the same manner as such section applied to
19 funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fiscal year
20 2024’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’.
21
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings
22 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and
23 Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro24 curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be avail25 able for customs expenses when necessary to maintain oper-
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1 ations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico
2 and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding pro3 vided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, United States
4 Code.
5
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the
6 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im7 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from
8 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent
9 island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated
10 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C.
11 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended.
12
SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S.
13 Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup14 port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to
15 be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this appro16 priation in fiscal year 2024 from amounts authorized to
17 be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Na18 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm
19 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
20 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade
21 Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–125), or other
22 such authorizing language.
23
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such col-
24 lections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of
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1 $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to re2 main available until expended.
3
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this
4 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used
5 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing
6 a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g)
7 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import8 ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with
9 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That
10 this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on
11 their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription
12 drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That
13 the prescription drug may not be—
14
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section
15
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802);
16
or
17
(2) a biological product, as defined in section
18
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
19
SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
20 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act
21 shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and
22 vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46,
23 United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil dis24 tributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until
25 the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with
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1 the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transpor2 tation and representatives from the United States flag mar3 itime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use
4 of United States flag vessels.
5
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen7 ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
8 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Com9 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate within
10 2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation
11 and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of
12 title 46, United States Code, with respect to such transpor13 tation, and the disposition of such requests.
14
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of
15 this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not—
16
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any
17
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the
18
Southern border or the Northern border at a land port
19
of entry; or
20
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition
21
of a border crossing fee.
22
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’
23 means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and
24 passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for
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1 the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern
2 border at a land port of entry.
3
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date
4 of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs
5 and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for
6 any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border
7 Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improve8 ments’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Committees on
9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
10 Senate.
11
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be obli-
12 gated prior to the submission of such plan.
13
SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Homeland
14 Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public
15 Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the construc16 tion of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with respect
17 to funds made available in this Act in the same manner
18 as such section applied to funds made available in that Act.
19
SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may
20 be used to alter operations within the National Targeting
21 Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
22
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided
23 by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for
24 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided
25 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
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1 derived by the collection of fees available to the components
2 funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or
3 planned vetting operations at existing locations unless spe4 cifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of
5 enactment of this Act.
6
SEC. 211. Of the total amount made available under
7 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Con8 struction, and Improvements’’, $850,170,000 shall be avail9 able only as follows:
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
(1) $283,500,000 for the acquisition and deployment of border security technologies;
(2) $380,900,000 for trade and travel assets and
infrastructure;
(3) $92,114,000 for facility construction and improvements;
(4) $75,983,000 for integrated operations assets
and infrastructure; and
(5) $17,673,000 for mission support and infra-
19
structure.
20
SEC. 212. None of the funds provided under the head-
21 ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper22 ations and Support’’ may be used to continue a delegation
23 of law enforcement authority authorized under section
24 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
25 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector
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1 General determines that the terms of the agreement gov2 erning the delegation of authority have been materially vio3 lated.
4
SEC. 213. (a) None of the funds provided under the
5 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—
6 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any con7 tract for the provision of detention services if the two most
8 recent overall performance evaluations received by the con9 tracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent
10 median score in any subsequent performance evaluation
11 system.
12
(b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub-
13 section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration and
14 Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility.
15
SEC. 214. Without regard to the limitation as to time
16 and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary
17 may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi18 gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup19 port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens
20 prioritized for removal.
21
SEC. 215. The reports required to be submitted under
22 section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap23 propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116–260)
24 shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each matter
25 required to be included in such reports by such section 216
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1 shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent
2 during the period described in such section 216.
3
SEC. 216. The terms and conditions of sections 216
4 and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appro5 priations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93)
6 shall apply to this Act.
7
SEC. 217. Not later than 45 days after the date of en-
8 actment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Im9 migration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the
10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate an obligation plan for amounts made
12 available in this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs
13 Enforcement’’, delineated by level II program, project, and
14 activity.
15
SEC. 218. (a) Members of the United States House of
16 Representatives and the United States Senate, including the
17 leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions,
18 including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre19 taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of
20 Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General,
21 Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and
22 the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex23 ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the
24 Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from
25 Federal passenger and baggage screening.
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(b) None of the funds made available in this or any
2 other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac3 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
4 collection of fees available to the components funded by this
5 Act may be used to carry out legislation altering the appli6 cability of the screening requirements outlined in subsection
7 (a).
8
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49,
9 United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, any funds in the
10 Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section
11 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for
12 the procurement and installation of explosives detection sys13 tems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for
14 the purpose of funding projects described in section
15 44923(a) of such title.
16
SEC. 220. Not later than 45 days after the submission
17 of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator of the
18 Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the
19 Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security of
20 the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appro21 priations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
22 the Senate a single report that fulfills the following require23 ments:
24
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained
25
and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin-
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1
uous and sustained capital investment in new, and
2
the replacement of aged, transportation security
3
equipment;
4
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re-
5
quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland
6
Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of the
7
Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act
8
(Public Law 113–245); and
9
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screening
10
Technologies report as required by the Senate Report
11
accompanying the Department of Homeland Security
12
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 115–283).
13
SEC. 221. (a) None of the funds made available by this
14 Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and
15 Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for recreational ves16 sels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code,
17 except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts
18 and credited to the appropriation made available by this
19 Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and
20 Support’’.
21
(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay ex-
22 penses of recreational vessel documentation under such sec23 tion 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel ap24 plications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel
25 documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter
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1 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu2 mentation under section 12114.
3
SEC. 222. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
4 the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the
5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa6 tives and the Senate a future-years capital investment plan
7 as described in the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast
8 Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ in
9 the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
10 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject to the re11 quirements in the third and fourth provisos under such
12 heading.
13
SEC. 223. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
14 to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems Cen15 ter mission or its government-employed or contract staff lev16 els.
17
SEC. 224. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
18 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a
19 competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir20 cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast
21 Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.
22
SEC. 225. Funds made available in this Act may be
23 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro24 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi25 neering units, facilities design and construction centers,
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1 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard
2 Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this
3 Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engi4 neering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute en5 acted after the date of enactment of this Act.
6
SEC. 226. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard
7 Housing Fund in fiscal year 2024 shall be available until
8 expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title
9 14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds
10 otherwise available for such purposes.
11
SEC. 227. (a) Notwithstanding section 2110 of title 46,
12 United States Code, none of the funds made available in
13 this Act shall be used to charge a fee for an inspection of
14 a towing vessel, as defined in 46 CFR 136.110, that utilizes
15 the Towing Safety Management System option for a Cer16 tificate of Inspection issued under subchapter M of title 46,
17 Code of Federal Regulations.
18
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply after the date the
19 Commandant of the Coast Guard makes a determination
20 under section 815(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard
21 Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) and, as
22 necessary based on such determination, carries out the re23 quirements of section 815(b) of such Act.
24
SEC. 228. The United States Secret Service is author-
25 ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements
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1 from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 of title
2 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training
3 sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except
4 that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not
5 exceed total budgetary resources available under the heading
6 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’
7 at the end of the fiscal year.
8
SEC. 229. (a) None of the funds made available to the
9 United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap10 propriations Acts may be made available for the protection
11 of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary
12 of Homeland Security.
13
(b) The Director of the United States Secret Service
14 may enter into agreements to provide such protection on
15 a fully reimbursable basis.
16
SEC. 230. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act,
17 up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United
18 States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’.
19
SEC. 231. Funding made available in this Act for
20 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’
21 is available for travel of United States Secret Service em22 ployees on protective missions without regard to the limita23 tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act if the
24 Director of the United States Secret Service or a designee
25 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
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1 Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days in advance,
2 or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures.
3
TITLE III
4
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND
5
RECOVERY
6 CYBERSECURITY
7
8
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SECURITY AGENCY
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
9 structure Security Agency for operations and support,
10 $2,382,814,000, of which $24,424,000 shall remain avail11 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed
12 $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation ex13 penses.
14
15
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
16 structure Security Agency for procurement, construction,
17 and improvements, $489,401,000, to remain available until
18 September 30, 2026.
19
20
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
21 structure Security Agency for research and development,
22 $793,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
2
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
3
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
4 agement
Agency
for
operations
and
support,
5 $1,483,990,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall
6 be for official reception and representation expenses.
7
8
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
9 agement Agency for procurement, construction, and im10 provements, $99,528,000, of which $63,278,000 shall re11 main available until September 30, 2026, and of which
12 $36,250,000 shall remain available until September 30,
13 2028.
14
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
15
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
16
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management
17 Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, co18 operative agreements, and other activities, $3,497,019,369,
19 which shall be allocated as follows:
20
(1) $468,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
21
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the Home-
22
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which
23
$81,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden and
24
$13,500,000 shall be for Tribal Homeland Security
25
Grants under section 2005 of the Homeland Security
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Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): Provided, That notwith-
2
standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for
3
fiscal year 2024, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
4
shall make available to local and tribal governments
5
amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto
6
Rico under this paragraph in accordance with sub-
7
section (c)(1) of such section 2004.
8
(2) $553,500,000 for the Urban Area Security
9
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
10
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604).
11
(3) $274,500,000 for the Nonprofit Security
12
Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland
13
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which
14
$137,250,000 is for eligible recipients located in high-
15
risk urban areas that receive funding under section
16
2003 of such Act and $137,250,000 is for eligible re-
17
cipients that are located outside such areas: Provided,
18
That eligible recipients are those described in section
19
2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) or are an oth-
20
erwise eligible recipient at risk of a terrorist or other
21
extremist attack.
22
(4) $94,500,000 for Public Transportation Secu-
23
rity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and
24
Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections
25
1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing Rec-
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1
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6
2
U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which $9,000,000
3
shall be for Amtrak security and $1,800,000 shall be
4
for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such
5
public transportation security assistance shall be pro-
6
vided directly to public transportation agencies.
7
(5) $90,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac-
8
cordance with section 70107 of title 46, United States
9
Code.
10
(6) $648,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
11
tember 30, 2025, of which $324,000,000 shall be for
12
Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $324,000,000
13
shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-
14
gency Response Grants under sections 33 and 34 re-
15
spectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
16
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a).
17
(7) $319,500,000 for emergency management
18
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
19
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert
20
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
21
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Re-
22
duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 762 of
23
title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan
24
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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(8) $281,475,000 for necessary expenses for Flood
2
Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to
3
and to supplement any other sums appropriated
4
under the National Flood Insurance Fund, and such
5
additional sums as may be provided by States or
6
other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping
7
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National
8
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)),
9
to remain available until expended.
10
11
(9) $10,800,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants.
12
(10) $117,000,000 for the emergency food and
13
shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento
14
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to re-
15
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided,
16
That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total ad-
17
ministrative costs.
18
19
(11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation Warning System.
20
(12) $293,757,369 for Community Project Fund-
21
ing and Congressionally Directed Spending grants,
22
which shall be for the purposes, and the amounts,
23
specified in the table entitled ‘‘Homeland Security—
24
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
25
Spending’’ under the ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks and
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1
Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ heading in
2
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in
3
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
4
Act), of which—
5
(A) $103,189,080, in addition to amounts
6
otherwise made available for such purpose, is for
7
emergency operations center grants under section
8
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
9
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c);
10
and
11
(B) $190,568,289, in addition to amounts
12
otherwise made available for such purpose, is for
13
pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 203
14
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
15
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e),
16
notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), and (l) of
17
that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), (l)).
18
(13) $305,987,000 to sustain current operations
19
for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other
20
programs.
21
22
DISASTER RELIEF FUND
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T.
23 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
24 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $20,261,000,000, to remain available
25 until expended: Provided, That such amount shall be for
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1 major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford
2 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
3 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Congress as being
4 for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the
5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
6 1985.
7
8
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act
9 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec10 tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert11 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law
12 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insur13 ance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128
14 Stat. 1020), $239,983,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2025, which shall be derived from offsetting
16 amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National
17 Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which
18 $18,917,000 shall be available for mission support associ19 ated with flood management; and of which $221,066,000
20 shall be available for flood plain management and flood
21 mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur22 suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance
23 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offset24 ting collections to this account, to be available for flood
25 plain management and flood mapping: Provided further,
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1 That in fiscal year 2024, no funds shall be available from
2 the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of
3 the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017)
4 in excess of—
5
(1) $230,504,000 for operating expenses and sal-
6
aries and expenses associated with flood insurance op-
7
erations;
8
9
10
11
(2) $1,300,000,000 for commissions and taxes of
agents;
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on
Treasury borrowings; and
12
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available
13
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for
14
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the
15
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
16
4104c),
17
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017):
notwithstanding
sections
1366(e)
and
18 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section
19 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
20 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance
21 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the
22 National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other
23 amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the Na24 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section
25 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance
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1 Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section
2 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e),
3 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra4 tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria5 tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available
6 to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance
7 Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033).
8
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
9
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
10
SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading
11 ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Oper12 ations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec13 essary expenses of procuring or providing access to cyberse14 curity threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent agen15 cies, corporations, establishments, and instrumentalities of
16 the Federal Government of the United States, state, local,
17 tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers as described
18 in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C.
19 124h), and Information Sharing and Analysis Organiza20 tions.
21
SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of
22 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12))
23 or any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of
24 the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1)
25 through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
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1 cy—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the recipient for
2 expenses directly related to administration of the grant.
3
(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also
4 apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant
5 under such paragraph (3).
6
SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading
7 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist8 ance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made avail9 able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the
10 date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall sub11 mit applications not later than 80 days after the grant an12 nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer13 gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after
14 the receipt of an application.
15
SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency
16 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants
17 under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Adminis18 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
19 brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
20 Representatives and the Senate 5 full business days in ad21 vance of announcing publicly the intention of making an
22 award.
23
(b) If any such public announcement is made before
24 5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing,
25 $1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed-
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1 eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and
2 Support’’ shall be rescinded.
3
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency
4 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants
5 under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu6 nications towers is not considered construction of a building
7 or other physical facility.
8
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs
9 (1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man10 agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department
11 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public
12 Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster Relief
13 Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2024 with respect to
14 budget year 2025 and current fiscal year 2024, respec15 tively—
16
17
18
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year
2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’
19
after ‘‘fifth’’.
20
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
21 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’,
22 for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
23 grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man24 agement Agency may grant waivers from the requirements
25 in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2),
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1 and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and
2 Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a).
3
SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during
4 fiscal year 2024, as authorized in title III of the Depart5 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop6 ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
7 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the
8 amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Secu9 rity to be necessary for its Radiological Emergency Pre10 paredness Program for the next fiscal year.
11
(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of
12 fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of pro13 viding such services, including administrative costs of col14 lecting such fees.
15
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological
16 Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting col17 lections and will become available for authorized purposes
18 on October 1, 2024, and remain available until expended.
19
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
20 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’,
21 for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Administrator of
22 the Federal Emergency Management Agency may waive
23 subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention
24 and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229).
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SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appro-
2 priated in any prior Act for activities funded by the Na3 tional Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the
4 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist5 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the day before
6 the date of enactment of section 1234 of division D of Public
7 Law 115–254, may be transferred to and merged with funds
8 set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) of section 203 of the
9 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist10 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the date of the
11 enactment of this section.
12
SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appro-
13 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage14 ment Agency—Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis
15 Program’’ in any prior Act may be transferred to and
16 merged with funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Fed17 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’
18 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk
19 Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pursuant to this
20 section shall be in addition to and supplement any other
21 sums appropriated for such purposes under the National
22 Flood Insurance Fund and such additional sums as may
23 be provided by States or other political subdivisions for
24 cost-shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of
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1 the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
2 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended.
3
TITLE IV
4
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND
5
SERVICES
6
U.S. CITIZENSHIP
7
8
AND IMMIGRATION
SERVICES
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
9 gration Services for operations and support, including for
10 the E-Verify Program, the Refugee and International Oper11 ations Programs, and backlog reduction, $271,140,000: Pro12 vided, That such amounts shall be in addition to any other
13 amounts made available for such purposes, and shall not
14 be construed to require any reduction of any fee described
15 in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
16 (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That not to exceed
17 $5,000 shall be for official reception and representation ex18 penses.
19
20
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
21 gration Services for Federal assistance for the Citizenship
22 and Integration Grant Program, $10,000,000, to remain
23 available until September 30, 2025.
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1
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS
2
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
3
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
4 ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ5 ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police6 type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services
7 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
8 $357,100,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain available
9 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed
10 $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation ex11 penses.
12
13
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
14 ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and
15 improvements, $20,100,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2028, for acquisition of necessary additional real
17 property and facilities, construction and ongoing mainte18 nance, facility improvements and related expenses of the
19 Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
20
SCIENCE
21
22
AND
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology
23 Directorate for operations and support, including the pur24 chase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $369,811,000, of
25 which $206,093,000 shall remain available until September
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1 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for
2 official reception and representation expenses.
3
4
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology
5 Directorate for procurement, construction, and improve6 ments, $61,000,000, to remain available until September
7 30, 2028.
8
9
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology
10 Directorate for research and development, $310,823,000, to
11 remain available until September 30, 2026.
12
COUNTERING WEAPONS
13
14
OF
MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of
15 Mass Destruction Office for operations and support,
16 $163,280,000, of which $69,364,000 shall remain available
17 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed
18 $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation ex19 penses.
20
21
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of
22 Mass Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and
23 improvements, $42,338,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2026.
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1
2
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of
3 Mass Destruction Office for research and development,
4 $60,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026.
5
6
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of
7 Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through
8 grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activi9 ties, $142,885,000, to remain available until September 30,
10 2026.
11
12
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
13 law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship
14 and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate,
15 equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only,
16 for areas where the Administrator of General Services does
17 not provide vehicles for lease.
18
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
19 Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those
20 areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’
21 residences and places of employment.
22
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
23 may be used to process or approve a competition under Of24 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services
25 provided by employees (including employees serving on a
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1 temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigra2 tion Services of the Department of Homeland Security who
3 are known as Immigration Information Officers, Immigra4 tion Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investiga5 tive Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers.
6
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
7 any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and
8 Immigration Services may be used for the collection and
9 use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigra10 tion Services Application Support Center that is overseen
11 virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
12 personnel using appropriate technology.
13
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
14 ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to
15 Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred par16 ticipating in training accreditation.
17
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac-
18 creditation Board, including representatives from the Fed19 eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi20 tation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall
21 lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation
22 process to continue the implementation of measuring and
23 assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en24 forcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
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1
SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En-
2 forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its
3 ‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account
4 from Government agencies requesting the construction of
5 special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (31
6 U.S.C. 1535(b)).
7
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
8 shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon
9 completion of such facilities.
10
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
11 ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified
12 as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Ac13 tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
14
TITLE V
15
GENERAL PROVISIONS
16
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
17
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in
18 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
19 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
20
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503
21 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations
22 provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to
23 appropriation accounts for such activities established pur24 suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica25 ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted
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1 for as one fund for the same time period as originally en2 acted.
3
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
4 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components
5 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security
6 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
7 year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury
8 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail9 able to the components funded by this Act, shall be available
10 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
11 funds that—
12
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or
13
activity, or increases funds for any program, project,
14
or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
15
stricted by the Congress;
16
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
17
ently performed by Federal employees or any new
18
function or activity proposed to be performed by Fed-
19
eral employees in the President’s budget proposal for
20
fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Homeland Se-
21
curity;
22
(3) augments funding for existing programs,
23
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10
24
percent, whichever is less;
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(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or
2
activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or
3
more; or
4
(5) results from any general savings from a re-
5
duction in personnel that would result in a change in
6
funding levels for programs, projects, or activities as
7
approved by the Congress.
8
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees
9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
10 Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such re11 programming.
12
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
13 able for the current fiscal year for the Department of Home14 land Security by this Act or provided by previous appro15 priations Acts may be transferred between such appropria16 tions if the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
17 Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30 days
18 in advance of such transfer, but no such appropriation, ex19 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased
20 by more than 10 percent by such transfer.
21
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no
22 funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between
23 appropriations—
24
(1) based upon an initial notification provided
25
after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances
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1
that imminently threaten the safety of human life or
2
the protection of property;
3
4
(2) to increase or decrease funding for grant programs; or
5
(3) to create a program, project, or activity pur-
6
suant to subsection (a)(1), including any new func-
7
tion or requirement within any program, project, or
8
activity, not approved by Congress in the consider-
9
ation of the enactment of this Act.
10
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth
11 in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use
12 of deobligated balances of funds provided in previous De13 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts that
14 remain available for obligation in the current year.
15
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of
16 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by
17 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations
18 available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro19 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on
20 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
21 Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer.
22
SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of Home-
23 land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Pub24 lic Law 115–31), related to the operations of a working cap25 ital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made available
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1 in this Act in the same manner as such section applied
2 to funds made available in that Act.
3
(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be obli-
4 gated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements from
5 components of the Department of Homeland Security.
6
SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided
7 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
8 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024, as re9 corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram10 ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2025, from
11 appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for fiscal
12 year 2024 in this Act shall remain available through Sep13 tember 30, 2025, in the account and for the purposes for
14 which the appropriations were provided.
15
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification
16 shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of
17 the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance
18 with section 503 of this Act.
19
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for
20 intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author21 ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na22 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal
23 year 2024 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel24 ligence activities for fiscal year 2024.
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(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail-
2 able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware3 ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts in
4 such authorization for such account shall be transferred to
5 and merged with amounts made available under the head6 ing ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Support’’.
7
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred
8 under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall
9 brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
10 Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use of
11 such funds.
12
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or
13 the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees
14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
15 Senate at least 3 full business days in advance of—
16
17
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or
grant in excess of $1,000,000;
18
(2) making or awarding a contract, other trans-
19
action agreement, or task or delivery order on a mul-
20
tiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent to-
21
taling in excess of $4,000,000;
22
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring
23
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than
24
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
25
land Security funds;
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(4) making a sole-source grant award; or
2
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make or
3
award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), in-
4
cluding a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition
5
Regulation.
6
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines
7 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial
8 risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made
9 without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the
10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate not later than 5 full business days after
12 such an award is made or letter issued.
13
14
15
(c) A notification under this section—
(1) may not involve funds that are not available
for obligation; and
16
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the
17
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap-
18
propriated; the type of contract; and the account from
19
which the funds are being drawn.
20
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
21 no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional
22 facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations,
23 to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce24 ment training without advance notification to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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1 the Senate, except that the Federal Law Enforcement
2 Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use
3 of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement
4 for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen5 ters’ facilities.
6
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
7 made available by this Act may be used for expenses for
8 any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project
9 for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33
10 of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex11 cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project
12 for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro13 spectus.
14
SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department of
15 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E
16 of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall
17 apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in
18 the same manner as such sections applied to funds made
19 available in that Act.
20
SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this
21 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi22 sions of the Buy American Act.
23
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy
24 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States
25 Code.
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this
2 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required
3 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
4 U.S.C. 1448).
5
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise
6 made available in this Act shall be available to carry out
7 section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
8 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress.
9
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this
10 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel11 oping a national identification card.
12
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act to
13 report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations
14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate may not
15 delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi16 cally authorized herein.
17
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this
18 Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of
19 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections
20 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal
21 Regulations.
22
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this
23 Act may be used to employ workers described in section
24 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
25 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
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SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
2 Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
3 available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive
4 fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be
5 below satisfactory performance or performance that does not
6 meet the basic requirements of a contract.
7
SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in this
8 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net9 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading,
10 and exchanging of pornography.
11
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
12 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial,
13 or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car14 rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica15 tion activities.
16
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this
17 Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to
18 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi19 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus20 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless
21 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu22 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times.
23
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this
24 Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of
25 more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
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1 partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the
2 United States, at a single international conference unless
3 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, deter4 mines that such attendance is in the national interest and
5 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
6 Representatives and the Senate within at least 10 days of
7 that determination and the basis for that determination.
8
(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘international
9 conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the
10 United States attended by representatives of the United
11 States Government and of foreign governments, inter12 national organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
13
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland Se-
14 curity of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000.
15
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually with-
16 out travel away from their permanent duty station within
17 the United States shall not be counted for purposes of this
18 section, and the prohibition contained in this section shall
19 not apply to payments for the costs of attendance for such
20 employees.
21
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this
22 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or
23 agency for its participation in a National Special Security
24 Event.
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SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to the
2 Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act
3 may be obligated for the implementation of any structural
4 pay reform or the introduction of any new position classi5 fication that will affect more than 100 full-time positions
6 or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the
7 end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which
8 the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a
9 notification that includes—
10
11
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by
such change;
12
(2) funding required for such change for the cur-
13
rent fiscal year and through the Future Years Home-
14
land Security Program;
15
(3) justification for such change; and
16
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of
17
compensation alternatives to such change that were
18
considered by the Department.
19
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if—
20
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget
21
proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and
22
(2) funds for such change have not been explic-
23
itly denied or restricted in this Act.
24
SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
25 able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c),
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1 post on the public website of that agency any report re2 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in this
4 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that
5 it shall serve the national interest.
6
7
8
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
(1) the public posting of the report compromises
homeland or national security; or
9
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
10
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall
11 do so only after such report has been made available to the
12 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa13 tives and the Senate for not less than 45 days except as
14 otherwise specified in law.
15
SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
16 ations and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement,
17 construction, and improvements.
18
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to
19 end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal
20 property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property.
21
SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of
22 the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
23 2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and sec24 ondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect dur25 ing fiscal year 2024.
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SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
2 wise made available to the Department of Homeland Secu3 rity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following
4 persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting over5 sight, any facility operated by or for the Department of
6 Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house
7 aliens, or to make any temporary modification at any such
8 facility that in any way alters what is observed by a vis9 iting Member of Congress or such designated employee, com10 pared to what would be observed in the absence of such
11 modification:
12
(1) A Member of Congress.
13
(2) An employee of the United States House of
14
Representatives or the United States Senate des-
15
ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this sec-
16
tion.
17
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require
18 a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent
19 to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose
20 of conducting oversight.
21
(c) With respect to individuals described in subsection
22 (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require
23 that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of an
24 intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a).
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SEC. 528. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
2 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used
3 to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De4 partment of Homeland Security (including during trans5 port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil6 ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation.
7
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a
8 pregnant woman if—
9
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of
10
Homeland Security makes an individualized deter-
11
mination that the woman—
12
13
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk
cannot be prevented by other means; or
14
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat
15
to harm herself or others that cannot be pre-
16
vented by other means; or
17
(2) a medical professional responsible for the
18
care of the pregnant woman determines that the use
19
of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med-
20
ical safety of the woman.
21
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to sub-
22 section (b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints,
23 as determined by the appropriate medical professional
24 treating the woman, may be used. In no case may restraints
25 be used on a woman who is in active labor or delivery,
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1 and in no case may a pregnant woman be restrained in
2 a face-down position with four-point restraints, on her
3 back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area of the
4 pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized by re5 straints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible,
6 on her left side.
7
SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by this
8 Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, or
9 other record pertaining to any—
10
(1) death of,
11
(2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated
12
13
14
against, or
(3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or disruption committed by
15 an individual held in the custody of the Department of
16 Homeland Security.
17
(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be
18 made available, in accordance with applicable laws and
19 regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti20 gation, to an individual who has been charged with a crime,
21 been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished as a re22 sult of an allegation described in paragraph (3), upon the
23 request of such individual.
24
SEC. 530. Section 519 of division F of Public Law
25 114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
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1 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply
2 with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner as
3 such section applied to funds made available in that Act.
4
SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date
5 on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is
6 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title
7 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage8 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees
9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
10 Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for the Depart11 ment of Homeland Security and separately for each depart12 mental component, for which discretionary funding would
13 be classified as budget function 050.
14
(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for
15 each such unfunded priority—
16
(1) a summary description, including the objec-
17
tives to be achieved if such priority is funded (wheth-
18
er in whole or in part);
19
(2) the description, including the objectives to be
20
achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole
21
or in part);
22
23
(3) account information, including the following
(as applicable):
24
(A) appropriation account; and
25
(B) program, project, or activity name; and
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(4) the additional number of full-time or part-
2
time positions to be funded as part of such priority.
3
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in
4 the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that—
5
6
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in
subsection (a);
7
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ-
8
ated with an operational or contingency plan for the
9
Department; and
10
(3) would have been recommended for funding
11
through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if—
12
(A) additional resources had been available
13
for the budget to fund the requirement;
14
15
(B) the requirement has emerged since the
budget was formulated; or
16
17
18
(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain
prior-year investments.
SEC. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter-
19 mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate
20 protection under any authority for a former or retired Gov21 ernment official or employee, or for an individual who, dur22 ing the duration of the directed protection, will become a
23 former or retired Government official or employee (referred
24 to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the Secretary
25 of Homeland Security shall submit a notification to con-
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1 gressional leadership and the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
3 Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa4 tives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security
5 of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Home6 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
7 the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of
8 Representatives (referred to in this section as the ‘‘appro9 priate congressional committees’’).
10
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified
11 form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director
12 of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu13 reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the
14 threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici15 pated cost and duration of such protection.
16
(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 days
17 before terminating, protection for a covered individual, the
18 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notification
19 regarding the extension or termination and any change to
20 the threat assessment to the congressional leadership and
21 the appropriate congressional committees.
22
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment
23 of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall sub24 mit a report to the congressional leadership and the appro25 priate congressional committees, which may be submitted
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1 in classified form, if necessary, detailing each covered indi2 vidual, and the scope and associated cost of protection.
3
SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds provided to the De-
4 partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act
5 may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro6 posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as authorized
7 by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National De8 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law
9 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of an ini10 tial project proposal to the Technology Modernization
11 Board, the head of the agency—
12
(1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
13
the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
14
proposed submission of the project proposal;
15
16
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations
a copy of the project proposal; and
17
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro-
18
posed project funding would supplement or supplant
19
funding requested as part of the Department’s most
20
recent budget submission.
21
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department of
22 Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization Fund
23 shall be available for obligation until 15 days after a report
24 on such funds has been transmitted to the Committees on
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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
2 Senate.
3
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in-
4 clude—
5
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and ap-
6
proved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization
7
Board;
8
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between
9
the Department and the Fund including the project’s
10
deliverables and repayment terms, as applicable;
11
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will
12
supplement or supplant existing funding available to
13
the Department for similar activities;
14
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay
15
the Fund, including specific planned funding sources,
16
as applicable; and
17
(5) other information as determined by the Sec-
18
retary.
19
SEC. 534. Within 60 days of any budget submission
20 for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year
21 2025 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from
22 the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not
23 been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget,
24 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Com25 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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1 and the Senate specific reductions in proposed discre2 tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues
3 assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not
4 enacted prior to October 1, 2024.
5
SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this
6 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms
7 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati8 fication for the Treaty.
9
SEC. 536. No Federal funds made available to the De-
10 partment of Homeland Security may be used to enter into
11 a procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or
12 cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide
13 a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified under section
14 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law
16 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity.
17
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
18 made available in this or any other Act may be used to
19 transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or
20 within the United States, its territories, or possessions
21 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—
22
23
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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1
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at
2
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
3
Cuba, by the Department of Defense.
4
SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (in
5 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on a bi6 monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of en7 actment of this Act, develop estimates of the number of non8 citizens anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of the
9 United States.
10
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum,
11 the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)—
12
13
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year;
14
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to in-
15
clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied
16
children;
17
18
(3) undergo an independent validation and
verification review;
19
(4) are used to inform policy planning and
20
budgeting processes within the Department of Home-
21
land Security; and
22
(5) are included in the budget materials sub-
23
mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning after
24
the date of enactment of this Act and in support of—
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(A) the President’s annual budget request
2
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
3
States Code;
4
5
(B) any supplemental funding request submitted to Congress;
6
(C) any reprogramming and transfer notifi-
7
cation pursuant to section 503 of this Act; and
8
(D) such budget materials shall include—
9
(i) the most recent bimonthly estimates
10
developed pursuant to subsection (a);
11
(ii) a description and quantification of
12
the estimates used to justify funding re-
13
quests for Department programs related to
14
border security, immigration enforcement,
15
and immigration services;
16
(iii) a description and quantification
17
of the anticipated workload and require-
18
ments resulting from such estimates; and
19
(iv) a confirmation as to whether the
20
budget requests for impacted agencies were
21
developed using the same estimates.
22
(c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates
23 developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of
24 Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Sec-
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1 retary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations of
2 the House of Representatives and the Senate.
3
(d) If the bimonthly estimates described in subsection
4 (b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re5 programming and transfer authority provided in section
6 503 of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the
7 required estimates are provided to the Committees on Ap8 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen9 ate.
10
SEC. 539. (a) Section 538 of the Department of Home-
11 land Security Appropriations Act, 2022 (division F of Pub12 lic Law 117–103) is amended by striking subsection (d) and
13 inserting the following—
14
‘‘(d) Amounts in the Fund may not be apportioned
15 or allotted for any fiscal year until after the date on which
16 the Act making full-year appropriations for the Department
17 of Homeland Security for the applicable fiscal year is en18 acted into law, subject to subsection (e).
19
‘‘(e) The Committees on Appropriations of the House
20 of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least
21 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.’’.
22
(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply
23 to amounts transferred under such section 538 on or after
24 the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 540. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Se-
2 curity requesting assistance from the Department of Defense
3 for border security operations, the Secretary shall ensure
4 that an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit analysis is
5 conducted before such request is made, which shall include
6 an examination of obtaining such support through other
7 means.
8
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a
9 request for assistance is made, the Secretary of Homeland
10 Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report de12 tailing the types of support requested, the alternatives anal13 ysis and cost-benefit analysis described in subsection (a),
14 and the operational impact to Department of Homeland Se15 curity operations of any Department of Defense border secu16 rity support requested by the Secretary.
17
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a
18 request made for assistance is granted and quarterly there19 after through the duration of such assistance, the Secretary
20 of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on
21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
22 Senate, a report detailing the assistance provided and the
23 operational impacts to border security operations.
24
SEC. 541. Funds made available in this Act or any
25 other Act for Operations and Support may be used for the
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1 necessary expenses of providing an employee emergency
2 back-up care program.
3
SEC. 542. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made available
4 in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and
5 Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to sup6 port and conduct necessary operations of the Blue Cam7 paign for fiscal year 2024.
8
(b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available by
9 subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
11 and the Senate.
12
13
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 543. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
14 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby
15 rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the
16 specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re17 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress
18 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res19 olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985:
21
(1) $800,000 from unobligated balances available
22
in the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Manage-
23
ment—Operations and Support’’ account (70 23/24
24
0100).
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1
(2) $4,100,000 from the unobligated balances
2
available in the ‘‘Management Directorate—Office of
3
the Chief Information Officer and Operations’’ ac-
4
count (70 X 0113).
5
(3) $1,473,000 from the unobligated balances
6
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
7
tion—Procurement,
8
ments’’ account (70 X 0532).
Construction,
and
Improve-
9
(4) $1,842,000 from the unobligated balances
10
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
11
tion—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and
12
Technology’’ account (70 X 0533).
13
(5) $450,000 from the unobligated balances
14
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
15
tion—Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations,
16
Maintenance, and Procurement’’ account (70 X
17
0544).
18
(6) $3,000,000 from the unobligated balances
19
available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
20
forcement—Operations and Support’’ account (70 23/
21
24 0540).
22
(7) $782,419 from the unobligated balances
23
available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
24
forcement—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X
25
0540).
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(8) $10,471 from the unobligated balances avail-
2
able in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
3
ment—Automation Modernization’’ account (70 X
4
0543).
5
(9) $22,600,000 from the unobligated balances
6
available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Con-
7
struction, and Improvements’’ account (70 X 0613).
8
(10) $150,000,000 from the unobligated balances
9
available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, Con-
10
struction, and Improvements’’ account.
11
(11) $2,400,000 from the unobligated balances
12
available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
13
ations and Support’’ account (70 X 0400).
14
(12) $4,000,000 from the unobligated balances
15
available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Pro-
16
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account
17
(70 23/25 0401).
18
(13) $3,500,000 from the unobligated balances
19
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
20
Security Agency—Procurement, Construction, and
21
Improvements’’ account (70 23/27 0412).
22
(14) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances
23
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
24
Security Agency—Research and Development’’ ac-
25
count (70 23/24 0805).
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(15) $5,821,000 from the unobligated balances
2
available in the ‘‘Federal Emergency Management
3
Agency—National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ ac-
4
count (70 X 0716).
5
(16) $40,000 from the unobligated balances
6
available in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
7
Services—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X
8
0300).
9
(17) $46,968 from the unobligated balances
10
available in the ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training
11
Centers—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
12
ments’’ account (70 20/24 0510).
13
(18) $900,000 from the unobligated balances
14
available in the ‘‘Science and Technology Direc-
15
torate—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X
16
0800).
17
(19) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances
18
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
19
struction Office—Research and Development’’ account
20
(70 22/24 0860).
21
(20) $2,900,000 from the unobligated balances
22
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
23
struction Office—Procurement, Construction, and Im-
24
provements’’ account (70 22/24 0862).
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(21) $19,700,000 from the unobligated balances
2
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
3
struction Office—Procurement, Construction, and Im-
4
provements’’ account (70 23/25 0862).
5
(22) $11,208,000 from the unobligated balances
6
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
7
struction—Research and Development’’ account (70
8
23/25 0860).
9
(23) $11,478 from the unobligated balances
10
available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De-
11
struction Office—Research and Development’’ account
12
(70 X 0860).
13
SEC. 544. The following unobligated balances made
14 available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu15 ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security
16 Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) are re17 scinded:
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
(1) $1,025,240 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and
Executive Management—Operations and Support’’.
(2) $982,350 from ‘‘Management Directorate—
Operations and Support’’.
(3) $757,750 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and
Situational Awareness—Operations and Support’’.
(4) $102,031 from ‘‘Office of the Inspector General—Operations and Support’’.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(5) $6,952,560 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border
Protection—Operations and Support’’.
(6) $7,661,620 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’.
(7) $31,022,129 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations
and Support’’.
(8) $364,550 from ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’.
9
(9) $1,407,050 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infra-
10
structure Security Agency—Operations and Sup-
11
port’’.
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
(10) $2,454,920 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Operations and Support’’.
(11) $3,146,930 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Operations and Support’’.
(12) $232,590 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers—Operations and Support’’.
(13) $51,440 from ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Operations and Support’’.
(14) $73,440 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass
21
Destruction Office—Operations and Support’’.
22
SEC. 545. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Depart-
23 ment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’
24 established in section 538 of division F of Public Law 117–
25 103, $699,662 are hereby rescinded.
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SEC. 546. (a) Of the unobligated balances from
2 amounts made available by section 104A(m) of Public Law
3 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4703a(m)), $30,000,000 are hereby per4 manently rescinded.
5
(b) Of the unobligated balances in the fund established
6 by section 223 of division G of Public Law 110–161,
7 $87,900,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September
8 30, 2024.
9
(c)(1) Of the unobligated balances of funds made avail-
10 able by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404,
11 2501, 2502, 2704, 3101, and 9911 of Public Law 117–2,
12 $239,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
13
(2) The report required to be submitted pursuant to
14 section 529 of division D of this consolidated Act shall in15 clude the amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection.
16
(d) Of the unobligated balances in the fund established
17 pursuant to section 527 of title 28, United States Code,
18 $75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later
19 than September 30, 2024.
20
(e) Of the amounts provided in title II of this Act
21 under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper22 ations and Support’’, $320,000,000 shall be paid from the
23 unobligated balances from amounts in the fund established
24 by section 9006(a) of title 26, United States Code.
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(f)(1) Of the total amount provided in title III of this
2 Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management
3 Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $364,000,000 shall be derived
4 by transfer from the unobligated balances from amounts
5 made available in paragraph (2) under such heading in
6 title V of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and
7 Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) and shall be merged with
8 amounts provided under such heading in title III of this
9 Act.
10
(2) Amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to
11 this subsection that were previously designated by the Con12 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur13 rent resolution on the Budget are designated as an emer14 gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con.
15 Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
16 budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing
17 fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Rep18 resentatives.
19
SEC. 547. Notwithstanding the amounts made avail-
20 able for vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to title
21 I of the Rehabilitation Act in ‘‘Department of Education—
22 Rehabilitation Services’’ in division D of this Act and not23 withstanding sections 100(b)(1) and 100(c)(2) of the Reha24 bilitation Act, each State shall be entitled to an allotment
25 equal to the amount such State received pursuant to section
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1 110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act for the fiscal year ending
2 September 30, 2023, prior to any additions or reductions
3 under section 110(b) or section 111(a)(2)(B): Provided,
4 That, of such amounts made available under the heading
5 ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation Services’’ in
6 division D of this Act, $286,791,761 is hereby rescinded:
7 Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2025, each State shall
8 be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 110(b) of
9 the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated as if this sec10 tion were not in effect in fiscal year 2024.
11
SEC. 548. The fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Na-
12 tional Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’ in divi13 sion E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub14 lic Law 118–42), is amended by striking ‘‘$12,500,000’’
15 and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’.
16
SEC. 549. (a) Of the unobligated balances made avail-
17 able under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’
18 in title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations
19 Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) for grants for the Economic
20 Development Initiative (EDI) specified in paragraph (4)
21 of such heading, $1,000,000 is hereby permanently re22 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from
23 amounts specified for Community Project Funding/Con24 gressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Com25 munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend-
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1 ing’’ included in the explanatory statement described in sec2 tion 4 in the matter preceding division A of such consoli3 dated Act.
4
(b) The matter under the heading ‘‘Transit Infrastruc-
5 ture Grants’’ in title I of division F of Public Law 118–
6 42 is amended—
7
(1) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by
8
striking
9
‘‘$253,386,844’’; and
10
‘‘$252,386,844’’
and
inserting
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’
11
and inserting ‘‘$21,000,000’’.
12
SEC. 550. (a) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Commu-
13 nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’
14 in the explanatory statement for division L of the Consoli15 dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) de16 scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
17 such Act, the item relating to ‘‘The Veterans’ Place Renova18 tion’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Renovation’’
19 and inserting ‘‘New Construction’’.
20
(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community
21 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the
22 explanatory statement for division F of the Consolidated
23 Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described
24 in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act,
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1 the item relating to ‘‘Kingfield Multi-Family Housing’’ is
2 deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Kingfield’’.
3
SEC. 551. The table entitled ‘‘Community Project
4 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex5 planatory statement for division F of the Consolidated Ap6 propriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described in
7 section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act
8 is deemed to be amended by adding at the end the items
9 in the table entitled ‘‘THUD Addendum’’ in the explana10 tory statement for this division described in section 4 (in
11 the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
12
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of
13 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
14 DIVISION D—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR,
15
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND
16
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
17
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
18
TITLE I
19
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
20
21
22
EMPLOYMENT
AND
TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation
23 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’)
24 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,006,421,000 plus
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1 reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro2 vided:
3
(1) for grants to States for adult employment
4
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
5
located worker employment and training activities,
6
$2,929,332,000 as follows:
7
(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment and
8
training activities, of which $173,649,000 shall
9
be available for the period July 1, 2024 through
10
June 30, 2025, and of which $712,000,000 shall
11
be available for the period October 1, 2024
12
through June 30, 2025;
13
(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which
14
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024
15
through June 30, 2025; and
16
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker
17
employment and training activities, of which
18
$235,553,000 shall be available for the period
19
July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and of
20
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
21
riod October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025:
22
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to
23
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the
24
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of sec-
25
tion 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided further,
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That notwithstanding the requirements of WIOA, out-
2
lying areas may submit a single application for a
3
consolidated grant that awards funds that would oth-
4
erwise be available to such areas to carry out the ac-
5
tivities described in subtitle B of title I of the WIOA:
6
Provided further, That such application shall be sub-
7
mitted to the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this
8
title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, in such manner,
9
and containing such information as the Secretary
10
may require: Provided further, That outlying areas
11
awarded a consolidated grant described in the pre-
12
ceding provisos may use the funds for any of the pro-
13
grams and activities authorized under such subtitle B
14
of title I of the WIOA subject to approval of the appli-
15
cation and such reporting requirements issued by the
16
Secretary; and
17
18
(2) for national programs, $1,077,089,000 as follows:
19
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated workers
20
assistance
21
$100,859,000 shall be available for the period
22
July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, and
23
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the
24
period October 1, 2024 through September 30,
25
2025: Provided, That funds provided to carry
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reserve,
of
which
411
1
out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be
2
used to provide assistance to a State for state-
3
wide or local use in order to address cases where
4
there have been worker dislocations across mul-
5
tiple sectors or across multiple local areas and
6
such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the
7
State workforce development plan with emerging
8
economic development needs; and train such eli-
9
gible dislocated workers: Provided further, That
10
funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and
11
169(c) of the WIOA may be used for technical as-
12
sistance and demonstration projects, respectively,
13
that provide assistance to new entrants in the
14
workforce and incumbent workers: Provided fur-
15
ther, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the
16
WIOA, of the funds provided under this subpara-
17
graph, the Secretary may reserve not more than
18
10 percent of such funds to provide technical as-
19
sistance and carry out additional activities re-
20
lated to the transition to the WIOA: Provided
21
further, That of the funds provided under this
22
subparagraph, $115,000,000 shall be for training
23
and
24
168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent
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assistance
under
sections
412
1
limitation in such section) and 170 of the WIOA
2
as follows:
3
(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers in
4
the Appalachian region, as defined by 40
5
U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the Lower
6
Mississippi, as defined in section 4(2) of the
7
Delta Development Act (Public Law 100–
8
460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)),
9
and workers in the region served by the
10
Northern Border Regional Commission, as
11
defined by 40 U.S.C. 15733; and
12
(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-
13
pose of developing, offering, or improving
14
educational or career training programs at
15
community colleges, defined as public insti-
16
tutions of higher education, as described in
17
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act
18
of 1965 and at which the associate’s degree
19
is primarily the highest degree awarded,
20
with other eligible institutions of higher
21
education, as defined in section 101(a) of
22
the Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible
23
to participate through consortia, with com-
24
munity colleges as the lead grantee: Pro-
25
vided, That the Secretary shall follow the
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1
requirements for the program in House Re-
2
port 116–62: Provided further, That any
3
grant funds used for apprenticeships shall
4
be used to support only apprenticeship pro-
5
grams registered under the National Ap-
6
prenticeship Act and as referred to in sec-
7
tion 3(7)(B) of the WIOA;
8
(B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro-
9
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which
10
shall be available for the period July 1, 2024
11
through June 30, 2025;
12
(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal
13
farmworker programs under section 167 of the
14
WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula grants
15
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for
16
employment and training services), $6,591,000
17
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not
18
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous-
19
ing), and $671,000 for other discretionary pur-
20
poses, which shall be available for the period
21
April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided,
22
That notwithstanding any other provision of law
23
or related regulation, the Department of Labor
24
shall take no action limiting the number or pro-
25
portion of eligible participants receiving related
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1
assistance services or discouraging grantees from
2
providing such services: Provided further, That
3
notwithstanding the definition of ‘‘eligible sea-
4
sonal farmworker’’ in section 167(i)(3)(A) of the
5
WIOA relating to an individual being ‘‘low-in-
6
come’’, an individual is eligible for migrant and
7
seasonal farmworker programs under section 167
8
of the WIOA under that definition if, in addi-
9
tion to meeting the requirements of clauses (i)
10
and (ii) of section 167(i)(3)(A), such individual
11
is a member of a family with a total family in-
12
come equal to or less than 150 percent of the pov-
13
erty line;
14
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities
15
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which
16
shall be available for the period April 1, 2024
17
through June 30, 2025;
18
(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activities,
19
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA,
20
which shall be available for the period April 1,
21
2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided, That of
22
this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for competitive
23
grants to national and regional intermediaries
24
for activities that prepare for employment young
25
adults with criminal legal histories, young
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1
adults who have been justice system-involved, or
2
young adults who have dropped out of school or
3
other educational programs, with a priority for
4
projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas;
5
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data
6
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section
7
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the
8
period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025;
9
(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities
10
through apprenticeships only registered under
11
the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred
12
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
13
able to the Secretary to carry out activities
14
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts
15
and other arrangements, with States and other
16
appropriate entities, including equity inter-
17
mediaries and business and labor industry part-
18
ner intermediaries, which shall be available for
19
the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025;
20
and
21
(H) $107,834,000 for carrying out Dem-
22
onstration and Pilot projects under section
23
169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available for
24
the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025,
25
in addition to funds available for such activities
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1
under subparagraph (A) for the projects, and in
2
the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Com-
3
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
4
rected Spending’’ included for this division in
5
the explanatory statement described in section 4
6
(in the matter preceding division A of this con-
7
solidated Act): Provided, That such funds may be
8
used for projects that are related to the employ-
9
ment and training needs of dislocated workers,
10
other adults, or youth: Provided further, That the
11
10 percent funding limitation under such section
12
of the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Pro-
13
vided further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the
14
WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided
15
further, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act
16
shall not apply to such funds.
17
JOB CORPS
18
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
19
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
20 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire
21 of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration,
22 and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur23 chase of real property for training centers as authorized by
24 the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
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1
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations,
2
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2024
3
through June 30, 2025;
4
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation
5
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be
6
available for the period July 1, 2024 through June
7
30, 2027, and which may include the acquisition,
8
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
9
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up
10
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational
11
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
12
ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred
13
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be avail-
14
able for obligation after June 30, 2024: Provided fur-
15
ther, That the Committees on Appropriations of the
16
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified
17
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and
18
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job
19
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the
20
period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024:
21 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation
22 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps
23 Centers.
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1
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
2
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965
3 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, which
4 shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 through June
5 30, 2025, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord6 ance with section 517(c) of the OAA.
7
8
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during fiscal year 2024 of trade adjust-
9 ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub10 chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974,
11 and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment
12 and case management services, allowances for job search
13 and relocation, and related State administrative expenses
14 under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of
15 the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al16 lowances, training, employment and case management serv17 ices, and related State administration provided pursuant
18 to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten19 sion Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Pref20 erences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the
21 Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $30,700,000 together with
22 such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the sub23 sequent appropriation for payments for any period subse24 quent to September 15, 2024: Provided, That notwith25 standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropria-
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1 tion provided under this heading may remain available for
2 obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the
3 authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
4 U.S.C. 2317(c)).
5
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
6
SERVICE OPERATIONS
7
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000,
9 together with not to exceed $3,922,084,000 which may be
10 expended from the Employment Security Administration
11 Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust
12 Fund’’), of which—
13
(1) $3,141,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for
14
grants to States for the administration of State un-
15
employment insurance laws as authorized under title
16
III of the Social Security Act (including not less than
17
$382,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and
18
eligibility assessments under section 306 of such Act,
19
any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in
20
such section, including those who are profiled as most
21
likely to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for
22
such services and assessments: Provided, That of such
23
amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under
24
section 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided
25
to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the
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1
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
2
of 1985 and $265,000,000 is additional new budget
3
authority
4
251(b)(2)(E) of such Act; and $9,000,000 for contin-
5
ued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity
6
Center of Excellence), the administration of unem-
7
ployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-
8
service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–
9
8523, and the administration of trade readjustment
10
allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assist-
11
ance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance
12
under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a)
13
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of
14
2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Pref-
15
erences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of
16
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be
17
available for obligation by the States through Decem-
18
ber 31, 2024, except that funds used for automation
19
shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
20
cember 31, 2024, and for State obligation through
21
September 30, 2026, or, if the automation is being
22
carried out through consortia of States, for State obli-
23
gation through September 30, 2030, and for expendi-
24
ture through September 30, 2031, and funds for com-
25
petitive grants awarded to States for improved oper-
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for
purposes
of
section
421
1
ations and to conduct in-person reemployment and
2
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance
3
improper payment reviews and provide reemployment
4
services and referrals to training, as appropriate,
5
shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
6
cember 31, 2024 (except that funds for outcome pay-
7
ments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Se-
8
curity Act shall be available for Federal obligation
9
through March 31, 2025), and for obligation by the
10
States through September 30, 2026, and funds for the
11
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excel-
12
lence shall be available for obligation by the State
13
through September 30, 2025, and funds used for un-
14
employment insurance workloads experienced through
15
September 30, 2024 shall be available for Federal ob-
16
ligation through December 31, 2024;
17
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
18
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
19
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance
20
system;
21
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together
22
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
23
ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section
24
6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for
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1
Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2024 through
2
June 30, 2025;
3
(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
4
tional activities of the Employment Service, including
5
administration of the work opportunity tax credit
6
under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
7
(including assisting States in adopting or modern-
8
izing information technology for use in the processing
9
of certification requests), and the provision of tech-
10
nical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-
11
Peyser Act;
12
(5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the
13
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
14
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
15
ality Act and related laws, of which $60,528,000 shall
16
be available for the Federal administration of such
17
activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available for
18
grants to States for the administration of such activi-
19
ties; and
20
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to
21
provide workforce information, national electronic
22
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner-
23
Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga-
24
tion for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30,
25
2025, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used to carry
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1
out research and demonstration projects related to
2
testing effective ways to promote greater labor force
3
participation of people with disabilities: Provided,
4
That the Secretary may transfer amounts made avail-
5
able for research and demonstration projects under
6
this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Disability Employ-
7
ment Policy’’ account for such purposes:
8 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In9 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2024 is pro10 jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an
11 additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail12 able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU
13 level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less
14 than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security
15 Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act
16 that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under
17 title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such
18 State to assist other States in carrying out activities under
19 such title III if the other States include areas that have
20 suffered a major disaster declared by the President under
21 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As22 sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use
23 funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of
24 the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of
25 States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires
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1 under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That
2 the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to
3 States under title III of the Social Security Act to make
4 payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the
5 State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur6 ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used
7 to establish a national one-stop career center system, or
8 which are used to support the national activities of the Fed9 eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or
10 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts,
11 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities:
12 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants
13 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu14 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi15 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system,
16 may award subgrants to other States and non-State entities
17 under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to
18 the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated
19 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of
20 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may
21 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insur22 ance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith23 standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the
24 final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements,
25 Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
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1 Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations:
2 Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a
3 State participating in a consortium with other States, may
4 reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the
5 Social Security Act to other States participating in the con6 sortium or to the entity operating the Unemployment In7 surance Information Technology Support Center in order
8 to carry out activities that benefit the administration of
9 the unemployment compensation law of the State making
10 the request: Provided further, That the Secretary may col11 lect fees for the costs associated with additional data collec12 tion, analyses, and reporting services relating to the Na13 tional Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and
14 local governments, public and private institutions of higher
15 education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize
16 such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C.
17 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infra18 structure, methodology, and data to meet the information
19 collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall
20 be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
21 until September 30, 2025, for such purposes.
22
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
23
OTHER FUNDS
24
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
25 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
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1 cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust
2 Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal
3 Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to
4 the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social
5 Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author6 ized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment
7 Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be
8 necessary, which shall be available for obligation through
9 September 30, 2025.
10
11
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and train-
12 ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed
13 $54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employment
14 Security Administration Account in the Unemployment
15 Trust Fund.
16
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
17
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
19 rity Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to
20 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30,
21 2025, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce22 ment litigation.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
2
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
3
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
4 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ5 ing financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV
6 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
7 within limits of funds and borrowing authority available
8 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
9 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
10 year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may
11 be necessary in carrying out the program, including associ12 ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2024,
13 for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail14 able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2024 shall be avail15 able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of
16 $512,900,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the
17 number of new plan participants in plans terminated by
18 the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2024, an
19 amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be
20 available through September 30, 2028, for obligations for
21 administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi22 nated participants: Provided further, That obligations in
23 excess of the amounts provided for administrative expenses
24 in this paragraph may be incurred and shall be available
25 through September 30, 2028 for obligation for unforeseen
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1 and extraordinary pre-termination or termination expenses
2 or extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses
3 after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and
4 notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the
5 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further,
6 That an additional amount shall be available for obligation
7 through September 30, 2028 to the extent the Corporation’s
8 costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or identity
9 monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a security
10 incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional
11 $100 per affected individual.
12
WAGE
13
14
AND
HOUR DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
15 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local
16 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren17 dered, $260,000,000.
18
OFFICE
19
20
OF
LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
21 ment Standards, $48,515,000.
22
OFFICE
OF
FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
23
24
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
25 tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000.
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1
OFFICE
OF
2
3
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
4 pensation
Programs,
$120,500,000,
together
with
5 $2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund
6 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the
7 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
8
SPECIAL BENEFITS
9
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
11 penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au12 thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal
13 year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits
14 as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’
15 in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947;
16 the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation
17 Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C.
18 App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards
19 Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent
20 of the additional compensation and benefits required by sec21 tion 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com22 pensation Act, $700,000,000, together with such amounts
23 as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year
24 appropriation for the payment of compensation and other
25 benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the cur-
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1 rent year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of
2 the Employees’ Compensation Fund established under 5
3 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may
4 be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse
5 an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury,
6 for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled bene7 ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements
8 unobligated on September 30, 2023, shall remain available
9 until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits,
10 and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall
11 be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service
12 and from any other corporation or instrumentality required
13 under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share
14 of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary
15 determines to be the cost of administration for employees
16 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2024: Pro17 vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac18 count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis19 tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act,
20 $83,007,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol21 lows:
22
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
23
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
24
communications systems, $28,153,000;
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(2) For automated workload processing oper-
2
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail
3
intake, and medical bill processing, $26,526,000;
4
5
(3) For periodic roll disability management and
medical review, $26,527,000;
6
(4) For program integrity, $1,801,000; and
7
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the
8
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
9 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any
10 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under
11 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com12 pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim,
13 such identifying information (including Social Security ac14 count number) as such regulations may prescribe.
15
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
16
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
17 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–
18 275, $22,890,000, to remain available until expended.
19
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
20 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act,
21 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts
22 as may be necessary.
23
For making benefit payments under title IV for the
24 first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $7,000,000, to remain
25 available until expended.
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1
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES
2
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND
3
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
4 ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act,
5 $66,532,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
6 That the Secretary may require that any person filing a
7 claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such
8 claim such identifying information (including Social Secu9 rity account number) as may be prescribed.
10
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
11
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
12
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung
13 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available
14 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by
15 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue
16 Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest
17 on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that
18 Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended
19 from the Fund for fiscal year 2024 for expenses of operation
20 and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program,
21 as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed
22 $44,059,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa23 tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed
24 $41,178,000 for transfer to Departmental Management,
25 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $368,000 for trans-
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1 fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen2 eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis3 cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the
4 Treasury.
5
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
6
7
AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
8 and Health Administration, $632,309,000, including not to
9 exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum amount
10 available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc11 cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants
12 shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa13 tional safety and health programs required to be incurred
14 under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18
15 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
16 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
17 may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training insti18 tute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law
19 to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational
20 safety and health training and education: Provided, That
21 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is author22 ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, to
23 collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally
24 Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such
25 sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a,
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1 to administer national and international laboratory rec2 ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and
3 products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur4 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para5 graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad6 minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order
7 under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en8 gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a
9 temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:
10 Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this
11 paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or
12 enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the
13 Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees
14 who is included within a category having a Days Away,
15 Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury
16 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification
17 code for which such data are published, less than the na18 tional average rate as such rates are most recently published
19 by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta20 tistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except—
21
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
22
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
23
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
24
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in
25
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation
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1
for violations found during such inspection, and to
2
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected
3
within a reasonable abatement period and for any
4
willful violations found;
5
6
7
8
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with
respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with
respect to health hazards;
9
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with
10
respect to a report of an employment accident which
11
is fatal to one or more employees or which results in
12
hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take
13
any action pursuant to such investigation authorized
14
by the Act; and
15
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with
16
respect to complaints of discrimination against em-
17
ployees for exercising rights under the Act:
18 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply
19 to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which
20 does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs
21 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $12,787,000
22 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants: Pro23 vided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for
24 Voluntary Protection Programs.
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MINE SAFETY
2
3
AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
4 Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase and be5 stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine
6 rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor
7 vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and
8 recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State
9 assistance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31
10 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by
11 the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room,
12 board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise
13 authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine
14 safety and health education and training activities: Pro15 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the
16 Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to
17 collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for
18 the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and
19 explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for
20 such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is au21 thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other
22 contributions from public and private sources and to pros23 ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal,
24 State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety
25 and Health Administration is authorized to promote health
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1 and safety education and training in the mining commu2 nity through cooperative programs with States, industry,
3 and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe5 ty Association as a principal safety association and, not6 withstanding any other provision of law, may provide
7 funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in8 cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration
9 officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga10 nization: Provided further, That any funds available to the
11 Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of
12 the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and
13 survival operations in the event of a major disaster.
14
BUREAU
15
16
OF
LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
17 tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed18 eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren19 dered, $629,952,000, together with not to exceed $68,000,000
20 which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad21 ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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1
OFFICE
OF
DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
5 ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and
6 initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of
7 eliminating barriers to the training and employment of
8 people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than
9 $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration projects
10 related to testing effective ways to promote greater labor
11 force participation of people with disabilities: Provided,
12 That the Secretary may transfer amounts made available
13 under this heading for research and demonstration projects
14 to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment
15 Service Operations’’ account for such purposes.
16
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
17
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
19
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management,
20 including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles,
21 $387,889,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which
22 may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis23 tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro24 vided, That $81,725,000 for the Bureau of International
25 Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De-
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1 cember 31, 2024: Provided further, That funds available to
2 the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to
3 administer or operate international labor activities, bilat4 eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro5 finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub6 grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not
7 less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat ex8 ploitative child labor internationally and not less than
9 $30,175,000 shall be used to implement model programs
10 that address worker rights issues through technical assist11 ance in countries with which the United States has free
12 trade agreements or trade preference programs: Provided
13 further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for program evalua14 tion and shall be available for obligation through September
15 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds available for pro16 gram evaluation may be used to administer grants for the
17 purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made
18 for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair
19 and open competition: Provided further, That funds avail20 able for program evaluation may be transferred to any
21 other appropriate account in the Department for such pur22 pose: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are
24 notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Pro25 vided further, That the funds available to the Women’s Bu-
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1 reau may be used for grants to serve and promote the inter2 ests of women in the workforce: Provided further, That of
3 the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, not
4 less than $5,000,000 shall be used for grants authorized by
5 the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupa6 tions Act.
7
8
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the
9 Employment Security Administration account in the Un10 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of
11 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of
12 which—
13
(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State
14
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
15
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under
16
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employ-
17
ment representatives under section 4104(b) of such
18
title, and for the expenses described in section
19
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expendi-
20
ture by the States through September 30, 2026, and
21
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
22
penditures for data systems and contract support to
23
allow for the tracking of participant and performance
24
information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds
25
may be used to support such specialists and rep-
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1
resentatives
2
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have
3
participated in the Transition Assistance Program
4
and have been identified as in need of intensive serv-
5
ices, to members of the Armed Forces who are wound-
6
ed, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military
7
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and
8
to the spouses or other family caregivers of such
9
wounded, ill, or injured members;
in
the
provision
of
services
to
10
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
11
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and
12
10 U.S.C. 1144;
13
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of
14
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021,
15
2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Pro-
16
vided, That up to $500,000 may be used to carry out
17
the Hire VETS Act (division O of Public Law 115–
18
31); and
19
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em-
20
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38
21
U.S.C. 4109:
22 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap23 propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4)
24 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria25 tion from which such reallocation is made.
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In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury,
2 $65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless
3 veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are
4 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021,
5 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided,
6 That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section
7 2023, the Secretary may award grants through September
8 30, 2024, to provide services under such section: Provided
9 further, That services provided under sections 2021 or
10 under 2021A may include, in addition to services to home11 less veterans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to vet12 erans who were homeless at some point within the 60 days
13 prior to program entry or veterans who are at risk of home14 lessness within the next 60 days, and that services provided
15 under section 2023 may include, in addition to services to
16 the individuals described in subsection (e) of such section,
17 services to veterans recently released from incarceration who
18 are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, That notwith19 standing paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appro20 priated in this paragraph may be used for data systems
21 and contract support to allow for the tracking of partici22 pant and performance information: Provided further, That
23 notwithstanding sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title
24 38, United States Code, such funds shall be available for
25 expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553.
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In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the
2 HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b)
3 of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available
4 to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion
5 Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall re6 main available until expended: Provided, That such sums
7 shall be in addition to any other funds available for such
8 purposes, including funds available under paragraph (3)
9 of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) of divi10 sion O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub11 lic Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply.
12
13
IT MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
14 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re15 lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000,
16 which shall be available through September 30, 2025.
17
18
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen20 eral Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to exceed
21 $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Employment
22 Security Administration account in the Unemployment
23 Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than $2,000,000 of
24 the amount provided under this heading may be available
25 until expended.
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2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
3 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo4 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora5 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive
6 Level II.
7
8
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
9 funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
10 Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
11 current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act
12 may be transferred between a program, project, or activity,
13 but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased
14 by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided,
15 That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not
16 be used to create any new program or to fund any project
17 or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act:
18 Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations
19 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified
20 at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
21
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126,
22 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
23 pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the
24 procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or
25 harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced
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1 or indentured child labor in industries and host countries
2 already identified by the United States Department of
3 Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
4
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
5 none of the funds made available to the Department of
6 Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Com7 petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29
8 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than com9 petitive grants for training individuals who are older than
10 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school
11 within a local educational agency in the occupations and
12 industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to
13 hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to
14 support such training.
15
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this
16 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin17 istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of
18 such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual,
19 either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess
20 of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to
21 vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office
22 of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States
23 are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower
24 limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and
25 bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac-
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1 count factors including the relative cost-of-living in the
2 State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local
3 government employees, and the size of the organizations
4 that administer Federal programs involved including Em5 ployment and Training Administration programs.
6
7
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
8 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ9 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di10 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv11 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is
12 determined that those services will be more efficiently per13 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section
14 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA.
15
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may
16 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary ap17 propriation made available to the Employment and Train18 ing Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Administra19 tion’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities re20 lating to any of the programs or activities that are funded
21 under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided,
22 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro23 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent
24 of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the
25 ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such ac-
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1 count to carry out program integrity activities related to
2 the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds trans3 ferred under this subsection shall be available to the Sec4 retary to carry out program integrity activities directly or
5 through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and other
6 arrangements with States and other appropriate entities:
7 Provided further, That funds transferred under the author8 ity provided by this subsection shall be available for obliga9 tion through September 30, 2025.
10
11
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more
12 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available
13 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry
14 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that
15 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under
16 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage17 ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer
18 within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for
19 obligation through September 30, 2025: Provided, That such
20 funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer
21 of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
23 the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15
24 days in advance of any transfer.
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1
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are:
2 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com3 munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State
4 Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper5 ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’,
6 ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and
7 Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance
8 Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc9 cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine
10 Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability
11 Employment Policy’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bu12 reau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bu13 reau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and
14 Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and
15 Training’’.
16
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards
17 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the fol18 lowing text is part of such section:
19
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply
20 for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major dis21 aster to any employee—
22
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
23
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an
24
employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate,
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1
in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, cas-
2
ualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts;
3
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average
4
weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per
5
week or any minimum weekly amount established by
6
the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of
7
weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activi-
8
ties described in subparagraph (C); and
9
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following:
10
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
11
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages or
12
losses arising from or relating to a disaster, wit-
13
nesses, or physicians;
14
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
15
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
16
mates;
17
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
18
tions regarding coverage or compensability of
19
claims or determining liability or value aspects
20
of claims;
21
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or
22
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding
23
24
litigation.
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect
25 the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
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‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection—
2
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
3
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any
4
State or Federal agency or department;
5
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or
6
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such
7
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
8
cured or secures a license required by applicable law
9
to engage in and perform the activities described in
10
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to
11
a major disaster, and is employed by an employer
12
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
13
erage or protection for its employees, if required by
14
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal,
15
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the
16
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees;
17
and
18
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that,
19
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or
20
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting
21
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
22
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
23
control with, another company.’’.
24
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
25 ment of this Act.
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1
SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT
2 CROSSING
OF
H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING
TO THE
IN THE
3 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.—
4
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject
to paragraph (2), if a
5
petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
6
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
7
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the
8
petition into the United States at any time during
9
the 120-day period beginning on the start date for
10
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
11
immigrants without filing another petition.
12
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH
13
DAY.—An
14
bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States
15
after the date that is 90 days after the start date for
16
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
17
immigrants unless the employer—
18
19
employer in the seafood industry may not
(A) completes a new assessment of the local
labor market by—
20
(i) listing job orders in local news-
21
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and
22
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the
23
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
24
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s
25
place of employment; and
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1
(B) offers the job to an equally or better
2
qualified United States worker who—
3
(i) applies for the job; and
4
(ii) will be available at the time and
5
place of need.
6
(3) EXEMPTION
FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO
7
STAGGERING.—The
8
sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings
9
H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during
10
the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be
11
staggering the date of need in violation of section
12
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or
13
any other applicable provision of law.
14
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section,
Secretary of Labor shall not con-
15 the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted
16 to
the
United
States
pursuant
to
section
17 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality
18 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
19
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for
20 the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of—
21 (1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other em22 ployees with similar experience and qualifications for such
23 position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage
24 level for the occupational classification of the position in
25 the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will
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1 be employed, based on the best information available at the
2 time of filing the petition. In the determination of pre3 vailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the
4 Secretary shall accept private wage surveys even in in5 stances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey
6 data are available unless the Secretary determines that the
7 methodology and data in the provided survey are not statis8 tically supported.
9
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
10 to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found
11 in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule defini12 tion found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto.
13 Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of tem14 porary workers under the H–2B program, the definition of
15 temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR
16 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B).
17
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
18 the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative
19 agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to
20 $2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter21 mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the
22 purpose of training apprentices in those programs.
23
SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a
24 Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat.
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1 736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text
2 is part of such Act:
3
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL.
4
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is author-
5 ized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents
6 to—
7
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of
8
Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
9
ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary
10
to the performance of official duties by the Secretary;
11
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
12
tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the im-
13
mediate family of the Secretary who is participating
14
in an activity or event relating to the official duties
15
of the Secretary;
16
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
17
retary (including during periods not described in
18
paragraph (1)) and to the members of the immediate
19
family of the Secretary if there is a unique and
20
articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance
21
with guidelines established by the Secretary; and
22
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary
23
of Labor or another senior officer representing the
24
Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a
25
unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in
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1
accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
2
retary.
3
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may au-
4 thorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed
5 under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the du6 ties authorized under subsection (a), to—
7
‘‘(1) carry firearms;
8
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
9
fense against the United States committed in the
10
presence of such officer or special agent;
11
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, includ-
12
ing identifying and mitigating potential threats and
13
conducting advance work to review security matters
14
relating to sites and events;
15
16
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and
17
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations
18
into potential threats to the security of the Secretary,
19
in coordination with the Inspector General of the De-
20
partment of Labor.
21
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforce-
22 ment officer or special agent employed under subsection (a)
23 shall exercise any authority provided under this section in
24 accordance with any—
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1
2
3
‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General;
and
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of
4
Labor.’’.
5
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
6 ment of this Act.
7
SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or
8 divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate,
9 including an agreement or partnership to construct a new
10 Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on
11 which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and the Gary
12 Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other disposi13 tion, to include any associated construction project, will not
14 be subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regula15 tion relating to the disposition of Federal real property or
16 relating to Federal procurement, including but not limited
17 to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States
18 Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United
19 States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I of
20 title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such
21 a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be
22 available until expended for such project to carry out the
23 Job Corps Program on Treasure Island and the Job Corps
24 Program in and around San Marcos, Texas, respectively.
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1
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act may be used to—
3
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement
4
between the United States Department of Labor and
5
the United States Department of Agriculture; or
6
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-
7
ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent the
8
endangerment of the health and safety of the students,
9
the capacity of the program is retained, and the re-
10
quirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA are met.
11
(RESCISSION)
12
SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under
13 section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
14 (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby perma15 nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2024.
16
17
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 117. Of the funds made available under the head-
18 ing ‘‘Employment and Training Administration–Training
19 and Employment Services’’ in division H of Public Law
20 117–328, $75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded
21 from the amounts specified in paragraph (2)(A) under such
22 heading for the period October 1, 2023, through September
23 30, 2024.
24
SEC. 118. In the table entitled ‘‘Community Project
25 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex-
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1 planatory statement for division H of Public Law 117–328
2 described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A
3 of such Public Law, the item relating to ‘‘Society for the
4 Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans
5 in Science, San Jose, CA to create a pipeline from commu6 nity colleges into the STEM workforce’’ is deemed to be
7 amended by striking ‘‘Society for the Advancement of Chi8 canos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science’’ and in9 serting ‘‘San Jose State University Research Foundation’’.
10
SEC. 119. Funds previously made available to the De-
11 partment of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
12 2016 (Public Law 114–113) in paragraph (2) under the
13 heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and Train14 ing Administration—Job Corps’’ that were obligated for the
15 construction of the Atlanta Job Corps center in Georgia and
16 that were available for initial obligation through June 30,
17 2019, are to remain available through fiscal year 2029 for
18 the liquidation of valid obligations incurred from July 1,
19 2016 through June 30, 2021.
20
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
21 Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1
TITLE II
2
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
3
SERVICES
4
HEALTH RESOURCES
5
6
AND
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health
7 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with
8 respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian
9 Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, That
10 no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended
11 for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS
12 Act: Provided further, That no more than $120,000,000
13 shall be available until expended for carrying out sub14 sections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS
15 Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health
16 and Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’)
17 pertaining to administrative claims made under such law.
18
19
HEALTH WORKFORCE
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS
20 Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and
21 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Qual22 ity Improvement Act of 1986, $1,404,376,000: Provided,
23 That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the proportional
24 funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section
25 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made avail-
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1 able under this heading: Provided further, That for any pro2 gram operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or
3 before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and
4 Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec5 retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con6 tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such
7 Act for the full project period of a grant under such section:
8 Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act shall
9 apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(a) of
10 such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall be available
11 for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That
12 fees collected for the disclosure of information under section
13 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
14 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security
15 Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating
16 the programs authorized by such sections and shall remain
17 available until expended for the National Practitioner Data
18 Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac19 count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D
20 of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year
21 adjustments to awards made under such section and sub22 part: Provided further, That $128,600,000 shall remain
23 available until expended for the purposes of providing pri24 mary health services, assigning National Health Service
25 Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) participants to expand the delivery of
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1 substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding
2 the assignment priorities and limitations under sections
3 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS
4 Act, and making payments under the NHSC Loan Repay5 ment Program under section 338B of such Act: Provided
6 further, That, within the amount made available in the pre7 vious proviso, $16,000,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended for the purposes of making payments under the
9 NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of
10 the PHS Act to individuals participating in such program
11 who provide primary health services in Indian Health
12 Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs,
13 and Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are
14 defined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment
15 priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act:
16 Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two pro17 visos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied
18 as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical
19 substance use disorder treatment services, including those
20 provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder
21 treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds
22 made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be
23 available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain
24 optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship
25 programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc-
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1 ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified
2 Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi3 tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur4 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading,
5 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac6 tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided further,
7 That the United States may recover liquidated damages in
8 an amount determined by the formula under section
9 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either fails to
10 begin or complete the service obligated by a contract under
11 section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That for
12 purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the Secretary
13 may include other mental and behavioral health disciplines
14 as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That
15 the Secretary may terminate a contract entered into under
16 section 775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated
17 in section 206 of this title for fiscal year 2024 contracts
18 entered into under section 338B of the PHS Act.
19
Of the funds made available under this heading,
20 $60,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
21 grants to public institutions of higher education to expand
22 or support graduate education for physicians provided by
23 such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de24 velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova25 tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such
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1 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu2 tions of higher education located in States with a projected
3 primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec4 retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim5 ited to such public institutions of higher education in States
6 in the top quintile of States with a projected primary care
7 provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
8 further, That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded
9 to such an institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per
10 year: Provided further, That such a grant may be awarded
11 for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, That
12 such a grant awarded with respect to a year to such an
13 institution shall be subject to a matching requirement of
14 non-Federal funds in an amount that is not more than 10
15 percent of the total amount of Federal funds provided in
16 the grant to such institution with respect to such year.
17
18
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the
19 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and
20 title V of the Social Security Act, $1,170,430,000: Provided,
21 That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of
22 the Social Security Act, not more than $210,116,000 shall
23 be available for carrying out special projects of regional and
24 national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such
25 Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described
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1 in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of
2 such Act.
3
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM
4
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re-
5 spect
to
the
Ryan
White
HIV/AIDS
program,
6 $2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain
7 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2026, for
8 parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which
9 not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug
10 Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616
11 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which $165,000,000, to remain
12 available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary
13 for carrying out a program of grants and contracts under
14 title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending
15 the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants
16 issued under such section 311(c) administered in conjunc17 tion with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limita18 tion on administrative expenses.
19
20
HEALTH SYSTEMS
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act
21 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell
22 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $122,009,000, of
23 which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facility
24 renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the Na25 tional Hansen’s Disease Program.
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1
2
RURAL HEALTH
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with
3 respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal
4 Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and
5 1820 of the Social Security Act, $364,607,000, of which
6 $64,277,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section
7 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for
8 carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants
9 program: Provided, That of the funds made available under
10 this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants,
11 up to $20,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural
12 Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality improve13 ment and adoption of health information technology, no less
14 than $5,000,000 shall be available to award grants to public
15 or non-profit private entities for the Rural Emergency Hos16 pital Technical Assistance Program, and up to $1,000,000
17 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Secu18 rity Act, with funds provided for grants under section
19 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation
20 of telehealth services and other efforts to improve health care
21 coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and
22 the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That
23 notwithstanding
section
338J(k)
of
the
PHS
Act,
24 $12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural
25 Health: Provided further, That $12,700,000 shall remain
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1 available through September 30, 2026, to support the Rural
2 Residency Development Program: Provided further, That
3 $145,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities Opioids
4 Response Program.
5
6
FAMILY PLANNING
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS
7 Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects,
8 $286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said
9 projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions,
10 that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and
11 that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity
12 (including the publication or distribution of literature) that
13 in any way tends to promote public support or opposition
14 to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office.
15
16
HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service
17 Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support
18 for activities funded in other appropriations included in
19 this Act for the Health Resources and Services Administra20 tion, $1,110,376,000, of which $42,050,000 shall be for ex21 penses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of Tele22 health, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agree23 ments for the advancement of telehealth activities: Provided,
24 That funds made available under this heading may be used
25 to supplement program support funding provided under the
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1 headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’,
2 ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS
3 Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Pro4 vided further, That of the amount made available under this
5 heading, $890,788,000 shall be used for the projects financ6 ing the construction and renovation (including equipment)
7 of health care and other facilities, and for the projects fi8 nancing one-time grants that support health-related activi9 ties, including training and information technology, and
10 in the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Community
11 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in12 cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de13 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of
14 this consolidated Act): Provided further, That none of the
15 funds made available for projects described in the preceding
16 proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or
17 section 205 of this Act.
18
19
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
20 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as
21 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related
22 injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after
23 September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of
24 the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided,
25 That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed
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1 $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the
2 Secretary.
3
4
COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND
For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act,
5 $7,000,000, to remain available until expended.
6
7
8
CENTERS
FOR
DISEASE CONTROL
AND
PREVENTION
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and
9 section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the
10 Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni11 zation and respiratory diseases, $237,358,000.
12
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
13
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION
14
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the
15 PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexu16 ally transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention,
17 $1,391,056,000.
18
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
19
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section
20 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra21 tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and
22 zoonotic infectious diseases, $708,272,000: Provided, That
23 of the amounts made available under this heading, up to
24 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay for
25 the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other re-
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1 lated costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal
2 or State quarantine law.
3
4
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX
5 of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention
6 and health promotion, $1,192,647,000: Provided, That
7 funds made available under this heading may be available
8 for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for
9 not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Pro10 vided further, That the proportional funding requirements
11 under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to
12 funds made available under this heading.
13
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,
14
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH
15
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the
16 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis17 abilities, disabilities and health, $206,060,000.
18
19
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
20 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health
21 informatics, and workforce development, $711,553,000: Pro22 vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein,
23 $42,944,000 shall be from funds available under section 241
24 of the PHS Act for health statistics.
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1
2
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
3 Act with respect to environmental health, $191,850,000.
4
5
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
6 Act with respect to injury prevention and control,
7 $761,379,000.
8
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
9
HEALTH
10
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
11 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501
12 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of
13 the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act,
14 and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and
15 Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health,
16 $362,800,000.
17
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
18
COMPENSATION PROGRAM
19
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
20 ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act,
21 $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
22 That this amount shall be available consistent with the pro23 vision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b)
24 of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554.
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1
GLOBAL HEALTH
2
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS
3 Act with respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which:
4 (1) $128,921,000 shall remain available through September
5 30,
2025
for
international
HIV/AIDS;
and
(2)
6 $293,200,000 shall remain available through September 30,
7 2026 for global public health protection: Provided, That
8 funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official
9 motor vehicles in foreign countries.
10
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
11
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of
12 the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and
13 response, and for expenses necessary to support activities
14 related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio15 logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations,
16 $938,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers
17 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title
18 as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic
19 Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff without
20 reimbursement to support an activation of the CDC Emer21 gency Operations Center, so long as the Director or Admin22 istrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the Committees
23 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
24 Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority, a full
25 report within 30 days after use of this authority which in-
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1 cludes the number of staff and funding level broken down
2 by the originating center and number of days detailed, and
3 an update of such report every 180 days until staff are no
4 longer on detail without reimbursement to the CDC Emer5 gency Operations Center.
6
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
7
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
9 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities,
10 $40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended:
11 Provided, That funds made available to this account in this
12 or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition of
13 real property or for construction or improvement of facili14 ties shall be available to make improvements on non-feder15 ally owned property, provided that any improvements that
16 are not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed
17 $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such improve18 ments accrues to CDC: Provided further, That funds pre19 viously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake
20 Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to
21 acquire a replacement mine safety research facility: Pro22 vided further, That funds made available to this account
23 in this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisi24 tion of real property or for construction or improvement
25 of facilities in conjunction with the new replacement mine
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1 safety research facility shall be available to make improve2 ments on non-federally owned property, provided that any
3 improvements that are not adjacent to federally owned
4 property do not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That
5 in addition, the prior year unobligated balance of any
6 amounts assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC
7 made available for Individual Learning Accounts shall be
8 credited to and merged with the amounts made available
9 under this heading to support the replacement of the mine
10 safety research facility.
11
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
12
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and
14 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities
15 and program support for activities funded in other appro16 priations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease
17 Control
and
Prevention,
$503,570,000,
of
which
18 $350,000,000 shall remain available through September 30,
19 2025, for public health infrastructure and capacity: Pro20 vided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b)
21 of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds
22 appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts
23 of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts made
24 available under this heading, $25,000,000, to remain avail25 able until expended, shall be available to the Director of
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1 the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Re2 sponse Reserve Fund established by section 231 of division
3 B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, That funds ap4 propriated under this heading may be used to support a
5 contract for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft
6 in direct support of activities throughout CDC to ensure
7 the agency is prepared to address public health prepared8 ness emergencies: Provided further, That employees of CDC
9 or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commis10 sioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other
11 organizations under authority of section 214 of the PHS
12 Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non13 Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not
14 be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the
15 Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or as16 signment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to
17 $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for
18 official reception and representation expenses when specifi19 cally approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further,
20 That in addition, such sums as may be derived from au21 thorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropria22 tion charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That
23 with respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees
24 from the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator
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1 Certification Program shall be available through September
2 30, 2025.
3
NATIONAL INSTITUTES
4
5
OF
HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
6 Act with respect to cancer, $7,224,159,000, of which up to
7 $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve8 ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Feder9 ally Funded Research and Development Center in Fred10 erick, Maryland.
11
12
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
13 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases,
14 and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000.
15
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL
16
RESEARCH
17
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
18 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases,
19 $520,163,000.
20
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
21
KIDNEY DISEASES
22
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
23 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis24 ease, $2,310,721,000.
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1
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND
2
STROKE
3
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
4 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke,
5 $2,603,925,000.
6
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
7
DISEASES
8
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
9 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases,
10 $6,562,279,000.
11
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
12
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
13 Act
with
respect
to
general
medical
sciences,
14 $3,244,679,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from funds
15 available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That
16 not less than $430,956,000 is provided for the Institutional
17 Development Awards program.
18
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD
19
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
20
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
21 Act with respect to child health and human development,
22 $1,759,078,000.
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1
2
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
3 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders,
4 $896,549,000.
5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
6
SCIENCES
7
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
8 Act with respect to environmental health sciences,
9 $913,979,000.
10
11
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
12 Act with respect to aging, $4,507,623,000.
13
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
14
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
15
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
16 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin
17 diseases, $685,465,000.
18
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
19
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
20
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
21 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis22 orders, $534,333,000.
23
24
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
25 Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000.
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1
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
2
ALCOHOLISM
3
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
4 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism,
5 $595,318,000.
6
7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
8 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000.
9
10
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
11 Act with respect to mental health, $2,187,843,000.
12
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
13
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
14 Act with respect to human genome research, $663,200,000.
15
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND
16
BIOENGINEERING
17
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
18 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering
19 research, $440,627,000.
20
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND
21
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH
22
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
23 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health,
24 $170,384,000.
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1
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH
2
DISPARITIES
3
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
4 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities
5 research, $534,395,000.
6
7
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty
8 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of
9 title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000.
10
11
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
12 Act with respect to health information communications,
13 $497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for
14 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be
15 available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That
16 in fiscal year 2024, the National Library of Medicine may
17 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of
18 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under
19 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re20 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’).
21
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL
22
SCIENCES
23
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS
24 Act with respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000:
25 Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to implement
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1 section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Accelera2 tion Network: Provided further, That at least $629,560,000
3 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences
4 Awards program.
5
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
6
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
7
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
8 the Director, NIH, $2,592,914,000: Provided, That funding
9 shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 pas10 senger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided fur11 ther, That all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund
12 shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal
13 year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That
14 $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on
15 Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That
16 $672,401,000 shall be available for the Common Fund es17 tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Pro18 vided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be
19 for official reception and representation expenses when spe20 cifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided fur21 ther, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office
22 of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000
23 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities
24 as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act:
25 Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be used to carry
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1 out section 404I of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating
2 to biomedical and behavioral research facilities: Provided
3 further, That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged
4 with the appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’
5 for oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH,
6 including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant
7 application evaluation and selection processes, and shall be
8 in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight
9 of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made available
10 under this heading are also available to establish, operate,
11 and support the Research Policy Board authorized by sec12 tion 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided fur13 ther, That the funds made available under this heading for
14 the Office of Research on Women’s Health shall also be
15 available for making grants to serve and promote the inter16 ests of women in research, and the Director of such Office
17 may, in making such grants, use the authorities available
18 to NIH Institutes and Centers.
19
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
20 mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS
21 Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund
22 from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de23 scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
24 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out section
25 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric re-
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1 search), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First
2 Research Act.
3
4
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renova-
5 tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or
6 used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property,
7 $350,000,000, to remain available until expended.
8
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT
9
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
11 scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act,
12 in addition to amounts available for such purposes in the
13 appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act,
14 $407,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to
16 section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from
17 amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such
18 Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the National
19 Institutes of Health to other accounts of the National Insti20 tutes of Health solely for the purposes provided in such Act:
21 Provided further, That upon a determination by the Direc22 tor that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso
23 are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts
24 may be transferred back to the Account: Provided further,
25 That the transfer authority provided under this heading is
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1 in addition to any other transfer authority provided by
2 law.
3
4
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV
5 of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects
6 for health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through
7 September 30, 2026.
8
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
9
ADMINISTRATION
10
MENTAL HEALTH
11
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS
12 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Advo13 cacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the SUP14 PORT for Patients and Communities Act, $2,775,507,000:
15 Provided, That of the funds made available under this head16 ing, $98,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic
17 Stress Initiative: Provided further, That notwithstanding
18 section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated
19 for carrying out section 520A shall be available for carrying
20 out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That
21 in addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall
22 be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out
23 subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund
24 section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data
25 collection and evaluation activities, and further that the
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1 total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities
2 shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for
3 subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That
4 of the funds made available under this heading for subpart
5 I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent
6 shall be available to support evidence-based crisis systems:
7 Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts
8 made available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health
9 Services program may be used to carry out demonstration
10 grants or contracts for early interventions with persons not
11 more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing
12 a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section
13 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro14 priated in this Act for fiscal year 2024: Provided further,
15 That $385,000,000 shall be available until September 30,
16 2026 for grants to communities and community organiza17 tions who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral
18 Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law
19 113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
20 for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section
21 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made
22 available under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to carry
23 out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act
24 of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note).
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1
2
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with
3 respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such
4 Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and preven5 tion, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, and the
6 SUPPORT
for
Patients
and
Communities
Act,
7 $4,078,098,000: Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for
8 carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act:
9 Provided further, That of such amount in the preceding pro10 viso not less than 4 percent shall be made available to In11 dian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided further, That
12 in addition to amounts provided herein, the following
13 amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS
14 Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of
15 title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical
16 assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation ac17 tivities, and further that the total available under this Act
18 for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of
19 the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title
20 XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treat21 ment programs: Provided further, That none of the funds
22 provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid
23 Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.
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1
2
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with
3 respect to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000.
4
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
5
For program support and cross-cutting activities that
6 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental
7 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance
8 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX
9 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi10 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and
11 Mental Health Services Administration, $210,245,000: Pro12 vided, That of the amount made available under this head13 ing, $72,090,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the
14 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project
15 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for
16 this division in the explanatory statement described in sec17 tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli18 dated Act): Provided further, That none of the funds made
19 available for projects described in the preceding proviso
20 shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or section
21 205 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition to
22 amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available
23 under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds
24 available to carry out national surveys on drug abuse and
25 mental health, to collect and analyze program data, and
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1 to conduct public awareness and technical assistance activi2 ties: Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be col3 lected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations,
4 and data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act
5 and provided to a public or private entity upon request,
6 which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re7 main available until expended for such purposes: Provided
8 further, That amounts made available in this Act for car9 rying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain avail10 able through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That
11 funds made available under this heading (other than
12 amounts specified in the first proviso under this heading)
13 may be used to supplement program support funding pro14 vided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance
15 Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’.
16
17
18
AGENCY
FOR
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH
AND
QUALITY
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act,
19 part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section
20 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
21 Modernization Act of 2003, $369,000,000: Provided, That
22 section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year
23 2024: Provided further, That in addition, amounts received
24 from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and
25 interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be cred-
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1 ited to this appropriation and shall remain available until
2 September 30, 2025.
3
CENTERS
4
FOR
MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
5
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
6 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $406,956,850,000,
7 to remain available until expended.
8
In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31,
9 2024, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2024 for unantici10 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums
11 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
12
In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first
13 quarter of fiscal year 2025, $245,580,414,000, to remain
14 available until expended.
15
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any
16 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment
17 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to
18 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quar19 ter.
20
21
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
22 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
23 Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and
24 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and
25 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section
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1 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative
2 expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social
3 Security Act, $476,725,000,000.
4
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
5 tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16
6 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in
7 budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary.
8
9
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
10 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles
11 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory
12 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil13 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not
14 to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Federal
15 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple16 mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by
17 section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all
18 funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS
19 Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds
20 retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of
21 the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected
22 from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall
23 be credited to this account and remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance
25 with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under
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1 title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available
2 for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro3 vided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees
4 in fiscal year 2024 from Medicare Advantage organizations
5 pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act
6 and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts
7 under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section
8 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That of the
9 amount made available under this heading, $397,334,000
10 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall
11 be available for the Survey and Certification Program: Pro12 vided further, That amounts available under this heading
13 to support quality improvement organizations (as defined
14 in section 1152 of the Social Security Act) shall not exceed
15 the amount specifically provided for such purpose under
16 this heading in division H of the Consolidated Appropria17 tions Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141).
18
19
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
20 gram integrity and program management, $915,000,000, to
21 remain available through September 30, 2025, to be trans22 ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and
23 the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund,
24 as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,
25 of which $675,058,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare
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1 & Medicaid Services program integrity activities, of which
2 $107,735,000 shall be for the Department of Health and
3 Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out
4 fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3)
5 of such Act, and of which $132,207,000 shall be for the De6 partment of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities
7 authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided,
8 That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social
9 Security Act for fiscal year 2024 shall include measures of
10 the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and
11 abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for
12 the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further,
13 That of the amount provided under this heading,
14 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section
15 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
16 Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $604,000,000 is additional
17 new budget authority specified for purposes of section
18 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care fraud
19 and abuse control activities: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 from
21 amounts made available under this heading and amounts
22 made available for fiscal year 2024 under section
23 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior
24 Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and
25 abuse.
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1
ADMINISTRATION
FOR
CHILDREN
AND
FAMILIES
2
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
3
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
4
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
5 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act
6 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,309,000,000, to remain
7 available until expended; and for such purposes for the first
8 quarter of fiscal year 2025, $1,400,000,000, to remain
9 available until expended.
10
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal
11 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI,
12 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of
13 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal
14 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal
15 year, such sums as may be necessary.
16
17
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d)
18 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
19 Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $4,025,000,000: Pro20 vided, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act,
21 not more than $9,600,000 may be reserved by the Secretary
22 for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of pro23 gram activities for compliance with internal controls, poli24 cies and procedures, and to supplement funding otherwise
25 available for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
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1 such Act, and the Secretary may, in addition to the au2 thorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds
3 through contracts with private entities that do not qualify
4 as nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That all but
5 $897,348,000 of the amount appropriated under this head6 ing shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for
7 such payments for fiscal year 2024 was less than
8 $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, after applying all
9 applicable provisions of section 2604 of such Act and the
10 previous proviso, each State or territory that would other11 wise receive an allocation that is less than 97 percent of
12 the amount that it received under this heading for fiscal
13 year 2023 from amounts appropriated in both division H
14 and in the second paragraph under this heading in title
15 VIII of division N of Public Law 117–328 shall have its
16 allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the por17 tions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that would
18 exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively received
19 in such fashion for fiscal year 2023 being ratably reduced.
20
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
21
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
23 ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration
24 and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu25 cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section
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1 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of
2 the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re3 authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec4 tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief
5 Act of 1998, $6,327,214,000, of which $6,277,459,000 shall
6 remain available through September 30, 2026 for carrying
7 out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That
8 amounts available under this heading to carry out the
9 TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation
10 with respect to activities under such Act: Provided further,
11 That the limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding
12 transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to
13 transfers to appropriations under this heading by sub14 stituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: Provided further,
15 That the contribution of funds requirement under section
16 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking
17 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 shall not
18 apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided
19 further, That for any month in fiscal year 2024 that the
20 number of unaccompanied children referred to the Depart21 ment of Health and Human Services pursuant to section
22 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235
23 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
24 Reauthorization Act of 2008 exceeds 16,000, as determined
25 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, an addi-
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1 tional $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2 2025, shall be made available for obligation for every 500
3 unaccompanied children above that level (including a pro
4 rata amount for any increment less than 500), for carrying
5 out such sections 462 and 235: Provided further, That if
6 less than $65,000,000 has been made available pursuant to
7 the preceding proviso as of September 15, 2024, then the
8 difference between $65,000,000 and the amount made avail9 able pursuant to such proviso shall become available, and
10 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for car11 rying out such sections 462 and 235.
12
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
13
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
14
For carrying out the Child Care and Development
15 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $8,746,387,000
16 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev17 enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families:
18 Provided,
That
technical
assistance
under
section
19 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through
20 the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or
21 interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds
22 made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Secu23 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for
24 that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision
25 of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority
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1 in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG
2 Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts re3 quired to be reserved by the Secretary under section
4 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $236,152,000 shall be for Indian
5 tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That of
6 the amounts made available under this heading, the Sec7 retary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal adminis8 trative expenses.
9
10
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002
11 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That
12 notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of
13 such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub14 paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu15 ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent.
16
17
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
18 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the
19 Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention
20 and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family
21 Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American
22 Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention
23 and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption
24 opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A,
25 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act,
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1 and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG
2 Act’’); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry
3 out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social
4 Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income
5 Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, $14,829,100,000, of
6 which $75,000,000, to remain available through September
7 30, 2025, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal
8 guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section
9 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adop10 tions and legal guardianships completed before September
11 30, 2024: Provided, That $12,271,820,000 shall be for mak12 ing payments under the Head Start Act, including for
13 Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, of which,
14 notwithstanding section 640 of such Act:
15
(1) $275,000,000 shall be available for a cost of
16
living adjustment, and with respect to any continuing
17
appropriations act, funding available for a cost of liv-
18
ing adjustment shall not be construed as an authority
19
or condition under this Act;
20
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation
21
by the Secretary to supplement activities described in
22
paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the
23
Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal Sys-
24
tem, established under the authority of sections
25
641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and
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1
such funds shall not be included in the calculation of
2
‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term
3
is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act;
4
(3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal
5
Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership
6
Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act;
7
and
8
(4) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement
9
funding otherwise available for research, evaluation,
10
and Federal administrative costs:
11 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res12 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act
13 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections
14 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act:
15 Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be available until
16 December 31, 2024 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213
17 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, That
18 up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall
19 be available for technical assistance and evaluation related
20 to grants awarded under such section 9212: Provided fur21 ther, That $804,383,000 shall be for making payments
22 under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That for services
23 furnished under the CSBG Act with funds made available
24 for such purpose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 2023,
25 States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of the
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1 CSBG Act by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’:
2 Provided further, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680
3 of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall
4 be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall
5 be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further,
6 That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act,
7 to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are
8 distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity
9 as provided under such Act, and have not been expended
10 by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carry11 over into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity
12 consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That
13 the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the dis14 position of intangible assets and program income that per15 mit such assets acquired with, and program income derived
16 from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the
17 CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after
18 a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the
19 grant period for any activity consistent with section
20 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That in21 tangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and
22 other debt instruments, and program income may be used
23 by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section
24 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these
25 procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available
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1 after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds ap2 propriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be
3 available for financing construction and rehabilitation and
4 loans or investments in private business enterprises owned
5 by community development corporations: Provided further,
6 That $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a)
7 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of
8 which $7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section
9 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such
10 Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in sec11 tion 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat12 ment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this
13 heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a
14 human services case management system for federally de15 clared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case
16 management contract and Federal costs of administering
17 the system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall
18 be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Informa19 tion System, including grants to States to support data col20 lection for a study of the system’s effectiveness: Provided
21 further, That $40,011,000 shall be used for the projects, and
22 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community
23 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in24 cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de25 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of
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1 this consolidated Act): Provided further, That none of the
2 funds made available for projects described in the preceding
3 proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or
4 section 205 of this Act.
5
6
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section
7 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car8 rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such
9 Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds available to
10 carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated con11 sistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section: Pro12 vided further, That of the funds available to carry out sec13 tion 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described
14 in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 shall be for grants to
15 each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV–
16 E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship
17 navigator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of
18 such Act and $2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise
19 appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, shall be for
20 the Family First Clearinghouse and to support evaluation
21 and technical assistance relating to the evaluation of child
22 and family services: Provided further, That section
23 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous pro24 viso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and not25 withstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may
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1 be used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating
2 practices to meet the criteria specified in section
3 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reservation in sec4 tion 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall
5 not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: Provided
6 further, That the minimum grant award for kinship navi7 gator programs in the case of States and territories shall
8 be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall be $25,000.
9
10
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title
11 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $8,594,000,000.
12
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title
13 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis14 cal year 2025, $3,400,000,000.
15
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal
16 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–
17 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the
18 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the
19 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
20
ADMINISTRATION
FOR
COMMUNITY LIVING
21
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
22
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
24 the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE
25 Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Rais-
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1 ing Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS
2 Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119
3 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers
4 Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the De5 velopmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
6 of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help
7 America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of
8 1998, titles II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such
9 titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Depart10 ment-wide coordination of policy and program activities
11 that assist individuals with disabilities, $2,465,100,000, to12 gether with $55,242,000 to be transferred from the Federal
13 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple14 mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section
15 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990:
16 Provided, That of amounts made available under this head17 ing to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA,
18 up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for
19 developing and implementing evidence-based practices for
20 enhancing senior nutrition, including medically-tailored
21 meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
22 provision of this Act, funds made available under this head23 ing to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred
24 to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such sec25 tion: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the funds
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1 provided for adult protective services grants under section
2 2042 of title XX of the Social Security Act may be used
3 to make grants to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided
4 further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to
5 support alternative financing programs that provide for the
6 purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a low-inter7 est loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving
8 loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Pro9 vided further, That applicants shall provide an assurance
10 that, and information describing the manner in which, the
11 alternative financing program will expand and emphasize
12 consumer choice and control: Provided further, That State
13 agencies and community-based disability organizations
14 that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis15 abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That
16 none of the funds made available under this heading may
17 be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 of
18 the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental
19 Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any
20 legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an
21 individual or group of individuals with a developmental
22 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop23 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
24 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a
25 mental impairment (or a combination of mental and phys-
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1 ical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the clo2 sure of State operated intermediate care facilities for people
3 with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless rea4 sonable public notice of the action has been provided to such
5 individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the
6 legal guardians who have been specifically awarded author7 ity by the courts to make healthcare and residential deci8 sions on behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such
9 action, within 90 days of instituting such legal action,
10 which informs such individuals (or such legal guardians)
11 of their legal rights and how to exercise such rights con12 sistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pro13 vided further, That the limitations in the immediately pre14 ceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an individual
15 who is neither competent to consent nor has a legal guard16 ian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of individuals
17 who are a ward of the State or subject to public guardian18 ship: Provided further, That of the amount made available
19 under this heading, $29,268,000 shall be used for the
20 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
21 ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
22 Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory
23 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
24 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That
25 none of the funds made available for projects described in
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1 the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the
2 PHS Act or section 205 of this Act.
3
ADMINISTRATION
FOR
STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS
AND
4
RESPONSE
5
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT
6
For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of
7 title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research,
8 development, storage, production, and procurement of med9 ical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, biologi10 cal, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu11 lations, $3,135,000,000: Provided, That of such amount:
12
(1) $1,015,000,000, to remain available through
13
September 30, 2025, shall be for expenses necessary to
14
support advanced research and development pursuant
15
to section 319L of the PHS Act and other adminis-
16
trative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research
17
and Development Authority;
18
(2) $825,000,000, to remain available until ex-
19
pended, shall be for expenses necessary for procuring
20
security countermeasures (as defined in section 319F–
21
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act);
22
(3) $980,000,000, to remain available until ex-
23
pended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry out
24
section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and
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1
(4) $315,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary
2
to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic,
3
of which $280,000,000 shall remain available until
4
expended for activities including the development and
5
purchase of vaccines, antivirals, necessary medical
6
supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance tools: Provided,
7
That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act,
8
funds allocated under this paragraph may be used for
9
the construction or renovation of privately owned fa-
10
cilities for the production of pandemic influenza vac-
11
cines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such
12
construction or renovation necessary to secure suffi-
13
cient supplies of such vaccines or biologics:
14 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading
15 for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures shall
16 be in addition to any other funds made available for such
17 purposes: Provided further, That products purchased with
18 funds made available under this heading may, at the discre19 tion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National
20 Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act.
21
OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
22
For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and
23 B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer24 gency response activities related to countering potential
25 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and
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1 other public health emergencies, $499,606,000: Provided,
2 That of the amounts made available under this heading,
3 $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30,
4 2026, to support emergency operations: Provided further,
5 That of the amounts made available under this heading,
6 $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 30,
7 2025, to support coordination of the development, produc8 tion, and distribution of vaccines, therapeutics, and other
9 medical countermeasures: Provided further, That of the
10 amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000
11 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for ad12 vanced research and development, manufacturing, produc13 tion, procurement, distribution, and the acquisition, con14 struction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned
15 facilities for the production and purchase of medical coun16 termeasures, which may include the development, trans17 lation, and demonstration at scale of innovations in manu18 facturing platform.
19
20
21
OFFICE
OF THE
SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
22 general departmental management, including hire of six
23 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III,
24 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United
25 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research
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1 studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act,
2 $537,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts
3 available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out
4 national health or human services research and evaluation
5 activities: Provided, That of this amount, $60,000,000 shall
6 be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities:
7 Provided further, That of the funds made available under
8 this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive
9 contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund
10 medically accurate and age appropriate programs that re11 duce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated
12 with administering and evaluating such contracts and
13 grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available
14 funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evalua15 tion, outreach, and additional program support activities,
16 and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli17 cating programs that have been proven effective through rig18 orous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral
19 risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associ20 ated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for re21 search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re22 fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies
23 for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That
24 of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts
25 available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000
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1 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longi2 tudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap3 proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail4 able under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making
5 competitive grants which exclusively implement education
6 in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining
7 from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That
8 funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid9 ance shall use medically accurate information referenced to
10 peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, gov11 ernmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence12 based approach integrating research findings with practical
13 implementation that aligns with the needs and desired out14 comes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits asso15 ciated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty
16 prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting
17 sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behav18 iors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without
19 normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no
20 more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive
21 grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech22 nical assistance and administrative costs of such programs:
23 Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for em24 bryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individ25 uals adopting embryos, through grants and other mecha-
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1 nisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec2 essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such serv3 ices shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4):
4 Provided further, That of the funds made available under
5 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize
6 competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to ac7 celerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treat8 ment of kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the
9 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15
10 U.S.C. 3719)).
11
In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title
12 II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise provided,
13 activities related to safeguarding classified national secu14 rity information and providing intelligence and national
15 security support across the Department and to counter cy16 bersecurity threats to civilian populations, $108,983,000.
17
18
MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and ap-
19 peals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall re20 main available until September 30, 2025, to be transferred
21 in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance
22 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur23 ance Trust Fund.
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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH
2
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National
4 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including
5 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel6 opment and advancement of interoperable health informa7 tion technology, $69,238,000 shall be from amounts made
8 available under section 241 of the PHS Act.
9
10
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
11 eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in12 vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
13 General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of such
14 amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing
15 protective services to the Secretary and investigating non16 payment of child support cases for which non-payment is
17 a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further,
18 That of the amount appropriated under this heading, nec19 essary sums shall be available for carrying out activities
20 authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C.
21 300jj–52).
22
23
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
24 $39,798,000.
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RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
2
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
3
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
4 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law,
5 for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro6 tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical
7 care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend8 ents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required
9 during the current fiscal year.
10
11
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
12 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and
13 representation expenses when specifically approved by the
14 Secretary.
15
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title
16 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through
17 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess
18 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds ap19 propriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH
20 from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi21 vidual at this rate.
22
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
23 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act,
24 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for
25 other taps and assessments made by any office located in
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1 HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report
2 by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of
3 the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the
4 planned uses of such funds.
5
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS
6 Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not
7 more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for
8 programs authorized under such Act shall be made available
9 for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and
10 the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in
11 this title.
12
13
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
14 funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
15 Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
16 current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred
17 between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
18 increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro19 vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section
20 shall not be used to create any new program or to fund
21 any project or activity for which no funds are provided in
22 this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro23 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
24 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section
2 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such
3 section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of
4 a contract awarded in fiscal year 2024 under section 338B
5 of such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been
6 awarded such contract has not received funds due under the
7 contract.
8
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
9 may be made available to any entity under title X of the
10 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the
11 Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de12 cision of minors to seek family planning services and that
13 it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts
14 to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
15
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
16 no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall
17 be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the
18 reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse,
19 rape, or incest.
20
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
21 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be
22 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the
23 Secretary denies participation in such program to an other24 wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga25 nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it
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1 will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide
2 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall
3 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation
4 payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound
5 estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such
6 entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this
7 section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s
8 coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga9 nization described in this section shall be responsible for
10 informing enrollees where to obtain information about all
11 Medicare covered services.
12
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this
13 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro14 mote gun control.
15
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through
16 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
17 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
18 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
19 by the Agency for International Development, the United
20 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
21 World Health Organization.
22
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international
23 health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious
24 disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other
25 health activities abroad during fiscal year 2024:
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(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva-
2
lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec-
3
tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities
4
Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
5
retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en-
6
sure that the authority provided in this section is ex-
7
ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the
8
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat-
9
utes administered by the Department of State.
10
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such
11
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary
12
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
13
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
14
ment of facilities outside of the United States for the
15
use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate
16
fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se-
17
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
18
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and
19
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes
20
established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized,
21
in consultation with the Secretary of State, through
22
grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to
23
public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in
24
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire,
25
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as
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necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter-
2
national health activities, including activities relating
3
to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic
4
and environmental diseases, and other health activi-
5
ties abroad.
6
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to
7
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to
8
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those
9
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign
10
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through
11
4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the
12
Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro-
13
vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as
14
a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based
15
comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that
16
would be payable to such personnel under section
17
5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s
18
official duty station were in the District of Columbia.
19
Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection
20
shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub-
21
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code,
22
or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to
23
individuals serving in the Foreign Service.
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2
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the
3 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up
4 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total
5 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for
6 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus:
7 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the
8 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at
9 least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
10
11
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act
12 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im13 munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director
14 of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research,
15 shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’
16 account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall
17 transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out
18 section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.
19
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any
20 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’)
21 may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the
22 PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts,
23 cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research
24 identified pursuant to or research and activities described
25 in such section 402(b)(12).
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(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions
2 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re3 view procedures (including consultation with appropriate
4 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro5 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical
6 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in
7 lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce8 dures that would otherwise be required under sections
9 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and
10 494 of the PHS Act.
11
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appro-
12 priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na13 tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re14 pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop15 er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein,
16 at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project.
17
18
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1
19 percent of the amount made available for National Research
20 Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the
21 Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin22 istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary
23 medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have
24 received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747
25 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
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1 able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of
2 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make
3 NRSA awards for health service research.
4
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and
5 Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con6 tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program
7 years, for purchase of research services or of security coun8 termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F–
9 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)),
10 if—
11
(1) funds are available and obligated—
12
(A) for the full period of the contract or for
13
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in
14
effect; and
15
(B) for the estimated costs associated with
16
a necessary termination of the contract; and
17
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year
18
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal
19
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
20
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
21
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs.
22
(b) A contract entered into under this section—
23
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
24
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41,
25
United States Code; and
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(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
2
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.
3
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal
4 year 2025 budget justification and on Departmental Web
5 sites information concerning the employment of full-time
6 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes
7 of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise
8 carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amend9 ments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and
10 each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA.
11
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported
12 by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the
13 ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary
14 shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
15
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such
16
Act under which such funds were appropriated, a
17
statement indicating the program, project, or activity
18
receiving such funds, the Federal operating division
19
or office that administers such program, and the
20
amount of funding received in discretionary or man-
21
datory appropriations.
22
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-
23
time equivalent employees or contracted employees as-
24
signed to each authorized and funded provision de-
25
tailed in accordance with paragraph (1).
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(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex-
2 clude from the report employees or contractors who—
3
(1) are supported through appropriations en-
4
acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-
5
grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA;
6
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on
7
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA;
8
or
9
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting
10
is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-
11
price contracts.
12
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the
13 fiscal year 2025 budget of the President submitted under
14 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information
15 that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for
16 Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insur17 ance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of
18 the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year
19 2025. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal
20 year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified
21 under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Trans22 parency’’ in the explanatory statement described in section
23 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
24 Act).
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SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or
3 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund,
4 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to
5 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program
6 Management’’ account, may be used for payments under
7 section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk
8 corridors).
9
10
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act,
11 the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under sec12 tion 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the
13 amounts specified, and for the activities specified under the
14 heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the ex15 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
16 preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
17
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the
18 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.
19
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under
20 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with21 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.
22
SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on No-
23 vember 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2026, any provision
24 of law that refers (including through cross-reference to an25 other provision of law) to the current recommendations of
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1 the United States Preventive Services Task Force with re2 spect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and pre3 vention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as
4 if—
5
(1) such reference to such current recommenda-
6
tions were a reference to the recommendations of such
7
Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening,
8
mammography, and prevention last issued before
9
2009; and
10
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009
11
applied to any screening mammography modality
12
under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42
13
U.S.C. 1395x(jj)).
14
SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the
15 provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45,
16 Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the
17 approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue
18 to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same
19 extent and in the same manner as such provisions were ap20 plied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the
21 funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made
22 available to the Department of Health and Human Services
23 or to any department or agency may be used to develop
24 or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or
25 to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of
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1 the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates be2 yond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quar3 ter.
4
5
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for
6 opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and
7 addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to
8 other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the
9 same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on
10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
11 Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in
12 the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer
13 authority provided by law.
14
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Com-
15 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
16 and the Senate:
17
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the
18
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection
19
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enroll-
20
ments during the open enrollment period; and
21
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant
22
awards, including supplements, authorized under sec-
23
tion 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
24
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House
25 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in
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1 advance of any public release of enrollment information or
2 the award of such grants.
3
SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-
4 able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro5 gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human
6 Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account
7 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the
8 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to
9 support program management activity related to the Medi10 care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur11 pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision
12 of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any
13 amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant
14 any other amounts within such account.
15
SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human
16 Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of
17 the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual report
18 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing described
19 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
20 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
21
SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are
22 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De23 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be
24 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an em25 ployee or of a member of his or her family, when such em-
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1 ployee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a
2 U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that are
3 the subject of a determination of a public health emergency
4 under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such
5 travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness,
6 injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately ad7 dressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this
8 section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means Guam, the Com9 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands,
10 the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory
11 of the Pacific Islands.
12
SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human
13 Services may accept donations from the private sector, non14 governmental organizations, and other groups independent
15 of the Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied
16 alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Home17 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in the care
18 of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration
19 for Children and Families, including medical goods and
20 services, which may include early childhood developmental
21 screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other
22 items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children.
23
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this
24 Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human
25 Services—Administration for Children and Families—Ref-
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1 ugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated to a grantee
2 or contractor to house unaccompanied alien children (as
3 such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland
4 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility
5 that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied
6 alien children, except in the case that the Secretary deter7 mines that housing unaccompanied alien children in such
8 a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx
9 of such children or an emergency, provided that—
10
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the op-
11
erations of any such facility that remains in oper-
12
ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-
13
quire compliance with—
14
(A) the same requirements as licensed place-
15
ments, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settle-
16
ment Agreement that the Secretary determines
17
are applicable to non-State licensed facilities;
18
and
19
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth
20
Care Worker for every eight (8) children or youth
21
during waking hours, one (1) on-duty Youth
22
Care Worker for every sixteen (16) children or
23
youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios
24
to children (including mental health providers)
25
as required in grantee cooperative agreements;
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(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for
2
a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with para-
3
graph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a re-
4
port to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s good-
5
faith efforts and progress towards compliance;
6
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under
7
paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or
8
grantee with respect to a specific facility;
9
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the moni-
10
toring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Poli-
11
cies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019;
12
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation
13
for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall
14
conduct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring
15
visit during the first three months of operation, with
16
quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; and
17
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
18
actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees
19
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
20
and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for
21
influx facilities including any requirement listed in
22
paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined
23
are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities.
24
SEC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional no-
25 tification for formal site assessments of potential influx fa-
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1 cilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro2 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
3 at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed facil4 ity, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-sided
5 or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates that,
6 in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is
7 that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the cus8 tody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer
9 than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will
10 be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing
11 such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary
12 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the
13 House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing
14 the total number of children in care at the facility, the aver15 age length of stay and average length of care of children
16 at the facility, and, for any child that has been at the facil17 ity for more than 60 days, their length of stay and reason
18 for delay in release.
19
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this
20 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or
21 Member of the House of Representatives from entering, for
22 the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the
23 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody
24 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as
25 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act
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1 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator
2 or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the Of3 fice of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days
4 in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere
5 with the operations (including child welfare and child safe6 ty operations) of such facility.
7
SEC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of en-
8 actment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary
9 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
10 House of Representatives and the Senate, and make pub11 licly available online, a report with respect to children who
12 were separated from their parents or legal guardians by the
13 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of
14 whether or not such separation was pursuant to an option
15 selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subse16 quently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and
17 transferred to the care and custody of ORR during the pre18 vious month. Each report shall contain the following infor19 mation:
20
(1) the number and ages of children so separated
21
subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of
22
entry, to be reported by sector where separation oc-
23
curred; and
24
25
(2) the documented cause of separation, as reported by DHS when each child was referred.
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SEC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are
2 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Cen3 ters for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be avail4 able for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible de5 pendents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as de6 fined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess of
7 those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense.
8
SEC. 236. Section 231 of division B of the Department
9 of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and
10 Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Ap11 propriations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 247d–4a) is amended by
12 striking the fifth, sixth, and seventh provisos and inserting
13 the following: ‘‘Provided further, That the Director shall
14 provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
15 of Representatives and the Senate, at least 7 days in ad16 vance of any transfer or obligation of funds made under
17 the authority provided in this section, both a notification
18 on the anticipated uses of funds by program, project, or ac19 tivity; and a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of
20 funds, including estimated personnel and administrative
21 costs, disaggregated by program, project, or activity: Pro22 vided further, That such spend plans shall be updated to
23 include all applicable obligations to date and unobligated
24 amounts and submitted quarterly to such Committees on
25 Appropriations until such funds are fully expended:’’.
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1
SEC. 237. Title VIII of division B of the CARES Act
2 (Public Law 116–136) is amended, under the heading ‘‘De3 partment of Health and Human Services—Centers for Dis4 ease Control and Prevention—CDC-Wide Activities and
5 Program Support’’ by striking the ninth proviso.
6
SEC. 238. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year there-
7 after, notwithstanding the income eligibility requirements
8 of subsections (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
9 (d) of section 645 of the Head Start Act and income eligi10 bility criteria and allowances prescribed in regulations, an
11 Indian tribe that operates a Head Start program may, at
12 its discretion, establish selection criteria, including criteria
13 to prioritize children in families for which a child, a family
14 member, or a member of the same household, is a member
15 of an Indian tribe, to enroll children who would benefit
16 from the Head Start program.
17
SEC. 239. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year there-
18 after, notwithstanding the income eligibility requirements
19 of subsection (a) of section 645 of the Head Start Act and
20 income eligibility criteria and allowances prescribed in reg21 ulations, an agency that operates a migrant or seasonal
22 Head Start program may, at its discretion, establish selec23 tion criteria to enroll children who would benefit from the
24 Head Start program, giving priority to children of migrant
25 farmworker families: Provided, That such selection criteria
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1 shall limit that enrollment to children who have at least
2 one family member whose income comes primarily from ag3 ricultural employment as defined in section 3 of the Mi4 grant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29
5 U.S.C. 1802).
6
7
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 240. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-
8 recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of di9 vision G of Public Law 110–161, $1,250,000,000 are hereby
10 rescinded not later than September 30, 2024.
11
12
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 241. Of the unobligated balances from amounts
13 made available under the heading ‘‘Department of Health
14 and Human Services—Administration for Children and
15 Families—Children and Families Services Programs’’ in
16 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
17 (Public Law 117–328) for grants to States for incentive
18 payments, as defined by section 473A of the Social Security
19 Act, $70,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
20
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health
21 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1
TITLE III
2
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3
EDUCATION
4
FOR THE
DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of
5 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
6 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section
7 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in
8 this
Act
as
‘‘HEA’’),
$19,107,790,000,
of
which
9 $8,179,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and
10 shall remain available through September 30, 2025, and of
11 which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1,
12 2024, and shall remain available through September 30,
13 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That
14 $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124
15 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of
16 these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education
17 (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2023,
18 to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level
19 census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Pro20 vided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentra21 tion grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided fur22 ther, That $5,292,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under
23 section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That
24 $5,292,550,000 shall be for education finance incentive
25 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further,
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1 That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of
2 part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 shall
3 be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.
4
5
IMPACT AID
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
6 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the
7 ESEA, $1,625,151,000, of which $1,474,000,000 shall be for
8 basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000
9 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under
10 section 7003(d), $19,000,000 shall be for construction under
11 section 7007(a), $79,000,000 shall be for Federal property
12 payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain
13 available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance
14 under section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of com15 puting the amount of a payment for an eligible local edu16 cational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 2023–
17 2024, children enrolled in a school of such agency that
18 would otherwise be eligible for payment under section
19 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both
20 parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian
21 having sole custody of such children, or due to the death
22 of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty
23 (so long as such children reside on Federal property as de24 scribed in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible
25 under such section, shall be considered as eligible students
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1 under such section, provided such students remain in aver2 age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu3 cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi4 bility status.
5
6
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
7 ized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of
8 part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V,
9 and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney10 Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu11 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the Civil
12 Rights
Act
of
1964,
$5,776,178,000,
of
which
13 $3,947,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and
14 remain available through September 30, 2025, and of which
15 $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2024,
16 and shall remain available through September 30, 2025, for
17 academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That $380,000,000
18 shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That
19 $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided fur20 ther, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which
21 may be used for construction, renovation, and moderniza22 tion of any public elementary school, secondary school, or
23 structure related to a public elementary school or secondary
24 school that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian stu25 dent body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section
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1 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative
2 purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs:
3 Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of
4 title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and
5 may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limita6 tion in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for
7 administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis8 trative costs: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be
9 available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech10 nical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make
11 such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure
12 that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services
13 provided under this section: Provided further, That
14 $220,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further,
15 That in carrying out such part B the percentage in section
16 316(b)(1)(D) of title III of division H of Public Law 116–
17 260 shall be deemed 83.33 percent: Provided further, That
18 $1,380,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart
19 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That funds pro20 vided by Public Law 117–328 and this Act for subpart B
21 of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
22 shall be available for expenditure by educational agencies
23 and institutions for an additional fiscal year following the
24 succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection 421(b)(1) of
25 the General Education Provisions Act.
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1
2
INDIAN EDUCATION
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not
3 otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA,
4 $194,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2
5 of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for subpart
6 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent limita7 tion in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the ESEA
8 on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply
9 only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That
10 grants awarded under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA
11 with funds provided under this heading may be for a period
12 of up to 5 years.
13
14
INNOVATION
AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1,
15 3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and
16 subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA,
17 $1,115,000,000: Provided, That $173,000,000 shall be for
18 subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made
19 available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and
20 2241: Provided further, That $683,000,000 shall be for parts
21 C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall
22 be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a),
23 and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section
24 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for
25 part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds avail-
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1 able for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less
2 than $60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, not more than
3 $140,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2025,
4 to carry out section 4305(b), from which the amount nec5 essary for continuation grants may be available for obliga6 tion through March 31, 2025, and not more than
7 $16,000,000 to carry out the activities in section
8 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section
9 4601(b), $259,000,000 shall be available through December
10 31, 2024 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV: Provided fur11 ther, That of the funds available for subpart 4 of part F
12 of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 shall be used for con13 tinuation grants for eligible national nonprofit organiza14 tions, as described in the Applications for New Awards; As15 sistance for Arts Education Program published in the Fed16 eral Register on May 31, 2022, for activities described
17 under section 4642(a)(1)(C).
18
19
SAFE SCHOOLS
AND
CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2
20 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $457,000,000, to
21 remain available through December 31, 2024: Provided,
22 That $216,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of
23 which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended,
24 shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Vio25 lence (Project SERV) program: Provided further, That
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1 $150,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: Provided
2 further, That $91,000,000 shall be for section 4624.
3
4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA,
5 $890,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2024,
6 and shall remain available through September 30, 2025, ex7 cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on
8 October 1, 2023, and shall remain available through Sep9 tember 30, 2025, to carry out activities under section
10 3111(c)(1)(C).
11
12
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
13 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport
14 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,467,264,000, of which
15 $5,890,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and
16 shall remain available through September 30, 2025, and of
17 which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1,
18 2024, and shall remain available through September 30,
19 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That the
20 amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal
21 to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during
22 fiscal year 2023, increased by the amount of inflation as
23 specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per24 cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i)
25 of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity
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1 during fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA,
3 distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in
4 section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount
5 by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds
6 appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section
7 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the
8 basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3
9 through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabil10 ities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free
11 appropriate public education under this part, and 15 per12 cent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations
13 of those children who are living in poverty: Provided fur14 ther, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds
15 under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction
16 in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading
17 made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur18 ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed
19 under the second proviso to local educational agencies in
20 accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the
21 amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d)
22 of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and
23 the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro24 visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not
25 be considered in calculating the awards under section
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1 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal
2 years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi3 sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in
4 which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced
5 for failure to comply with the requirement of section
6 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec7 ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive
8 fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until the entire reduction is
9 applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in any
10 fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 611
11 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce
12 the amount a State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by
13 an amount that bears the same relation to the maximum
14 amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under
15 section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State
16 would have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d)
17 in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, That the
18 Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of funds under
19 section 611 for any fiscal year following the fiscal year for
20 which the State fails to comply with the requirement of sec21 tion 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B),
22 or seek to recover funds under section 452 of the General
23 Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided fur24 ther, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may
25 be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve
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1 the capacity of the States to meet the data collection re2 quirements of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and
3 carry out other services and activities to improve data col4 lection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B and
5 C of the IDEA: Provided further, That the Secretary may
6 use funds made available for the State Personnel Develop7 ment Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA
8 to evaluate program performance under such subpart: Pro9 vided further, That States may use funds reserved for other
10 State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of
11 the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies,
12 institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and
13 private non-profit organizations to carry out activities au14 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, notwith15 standing section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer
16 States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of such
17 Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State in
18 an amount equal to the maximum amount described in sec19 tion 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if
20 more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section
21 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to
22 those States on the basis of the States’ relative populations
23 of infants and toddlers except that no such State shall re24 ceive a grant in excess of the amount described in section
25 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That States may
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1 use funds allotted under section 643(c) of the IDEA to make
2 subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of high3 er education, other public agencies, and private non-profit
4 organizations to carry out activities authorized by section
5 638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec6 tion 638 of the IDEA, a State may use funds it receives
7 under section 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early
8 intervention services to a child who previously received serv9 ices under part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the begin10 ning of the school year following the child’s third birthday
11 with parental consent and without regard to the procedures
12 in section 635(c) of the IDEA.
13
REHABILITATION SERVICES
14
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
15
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
16 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller Na17 tional Center Act, $4,397,033,000, of which $4,253,834,000
18 shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services
19 under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the
20 Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act, and unob21 ligated balances from title III of the Departments of Labor,
22 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
23 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, (division H of Public
24 Law 117–328), that remain available subsequent to the re25 allotment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of
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1 the Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at in2 creasing competitive integrated employment as defined in
3 section 7 of such Act for youth and other individuals with
4 disabilities, including related Federal administrative ex5 penses, for improving monitoring and oversight of grants
6 for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Re7 habilitation Act, and information technology needs under
8 section 15 and titles I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation
9 Act: Provided further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts
10 available subsequent to reallotment for the activities de11 scribed in the first proviso from funds provided under this
12 paragraph in this Act, may be used for evaluation and tech13 nical assistance related to such activities: Provided further,
14 That any funds made available subsequent to reallotment
15 for the activities described in the first proviso may be pro16 vided to States and other public, private and nonprofit en17 tities, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
18 education for carrying out such activities: Provided further,
19 That States and other public and nonprofit entities, includ20 ing Indian tribes and institutions of higher education may
21 award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other eligible
22 entities: Provided further, That any funds provided in this
23 Act and made available subsequent to reallotment for the
24 purposes described in the first proviso shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That the
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1 Secretary may transfer funds provided in this Act and
2 made available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to
3 States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act
4 to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ for the evaluation of
5 outcomes for students receiving services and supports under
6 IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title V, and title
7 VI of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That the
8 transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition
9 to any other transfer authority in this Act.
10 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS
11
12
FOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education
13 of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000.
14
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
15
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
16 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of
17 1986, $92,500,000: Provided, That from the total amount
18 available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for
19 the endowment program as authorized under section 207
20 of such Act.
21
22
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School,
23 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial
24 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of
25 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $167,361,000, of
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1 which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section
3 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount
4 available, the University may at its discretion use funds
5 for the endowment program as authorized under section 207
6 of such Act.
7
8
CAREER, TECHNICAL,
AND
ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
9 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
10 of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Fam11 ily Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), $2,181,436,000, of which
12 $1,390,436,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, and
13 shall remain available through September 30, 2025, and of
14 which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1,
15 2024, and shall remain available through September 30,
16 2025: Provided, That up to $6,100,000 shall be available
17 for innovation and modernization grants under such section
18 114(e) of the Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the
19 amounts made available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be
20 for national leadership activities under section 242.
21
22
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and
23 part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall
24 remain available through September 30, 2025.
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1
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
2 be eligible during award year 2024–2025 shall be $6,335.
3
4
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part
5 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and
6 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart
7 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act,
8 $2,058,943,000, to remain available through September 30,
9 2025: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new stu10 dent loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan
11 servicers on the basis of their past performance compared
12 to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics,
13 and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process
14 new and existing accounts: Provided further, That in order
15 to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor16 rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any con17 tract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing
18 environment, including the solicitation for the Federal Stu19 dent Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Servicing
20 Environment, unless such an environment provides for the
21 participation of multiple student loan servicers that con22 tract directly with the Department of Education to manage
23 a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life24 cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with certain
25 limited exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower ac-
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1 counts to eligible student loan servicers based on perform2 ance: Provided further, That the Department shall re-allo3 cate accounts from servicers for recurring non-compliance
4 with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and appli5 cable laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform bor6 rowers of available repayment options: Provided further,
7 That such servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability
8 to meet contract requirements (including an understanding
9 of Federal and State law), future performance on the con10 tracts, and history of compliance with applicable consumer
11 protections laws: Provided further, That to the extent FSA
12 permits student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall
13 hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the require14 ments of the contract, and the performance and expectations
15 of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime con16 tract and in the overall performance of the prime con17 tractor: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that the
18 Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, or
19 any new Federal loan servicing environment, incentivize
20 more support to borrowers at risk of delinquency or default:
21 Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that in such envi22 ronment contractors have the capacity to meet and are held
23 accountable for performance on service levels; are held ac24 countable for and have a history of compliance with appli25 cable consumer protection laws; and have relevant experi-
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1 ence and demonstrated effectiveness: Provided further, That
2 the Secretary shall provide quarterly briefings to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations and Education and the Work4 force of the House of Representatives and the Committees
5 on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen6 sions of the Senate on general progress related to implemen7 tation of Federal student loan servicing contracts: Provided
8 further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency through
9 expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan and
10 servicer performance: Provided further, That $25,000,000
11 shall be for ensuring the continuation of student loan serv12 icing activities, including supporting borrowers reentering
13 repayment: Provided further, That the limitation in section
14 302 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro15 priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under
16 this heading by substituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’
17 for the purposes of the continuation of basic operations, in18 cluding student loan servicing, business process operations,
19 digital customer care, common origination and disburse20 ment, cybersecurity activities, and information technology
21 systems: Provided further, That not later than 45 days after
22 enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the Committees
23 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
24 Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds
25 made available in this account for fiscal year 2024 and pro-
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1 vide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts
2 awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganiza3 tion costs, and any other activity carried out using
4 amounts provided under this heading for fiscal year 2024)
5 no later than 10 days prior to the start of such quarter:
6 Provided further, That FSA shall notify the Committees
7 within 10 days of any modification of such spend plan that
8 exceeds five percent of the amount appropriated under the
9 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’: Provided further,
10 That the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing
11 Environment, or any new Federal student loan servicing
12 environment, shall include accountability measures that ac13 count for the performance of the portfolio and contractor
14 compliance with FSA guidelines.
15
16
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
17 titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mu18 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and
19 section 117 of the Perkins Act, $3,283,296,000, of which
20 $171,000,000 shall remain available through December 31,
21 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
22 of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title
23 VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu24 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used
25 to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ-
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1 uals who are participating in advanced foreign language
2 training and international studies in areas that are vital
3 to United States national security and who plan to apply
4 their language skills and knowledge of these countries in
5 the fields of government, the professions, or international
6 development: Provided further, That of the funds referred
7 to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used
8 for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa9 tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to
10 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2
11 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used
12 for evaluation: Provided further, That section 313(d) of the
13 HEA shall not apply to an institution of higher education
14 that is eligible to receive funding under section 318 of the
15 HEA: Provided further, That amounts made available for
16 carrying out section 419N of the HEA may be awarded not17 withstanding the limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the
18 HEA: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail19 able under this heading, $202,344,000 shall be used for the
20 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
21 ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
22 Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory
23 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
24 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That
25 none of the funds made available for projects described in
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1 the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 302 of this
2 Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available
3 under this Act to carry out part B of title III of the HEA,
4 $3,000,000 shall be for grants to supplement amounts
5 awarded to part B institutions that are junior or commu6 nity colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the HEA: Pro7 vided further, That the supplemental funds described in the
8 preceding proviso are in addition to any grant award that
9 any institution may receive under section 323 of the HEA
10 and shall be allocated in accordance with the allotments
11 specified under section 324 of such Act.
12
13
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For
partial
support
of
Howard
University,
14 $304,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for
15 a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni16 versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until
17 expended.
18
COLLEGE HOUSING
19
20
AND
ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
21 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section
22 121 of the HEA, $298,000.
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1 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE
2
3
AND
UNIVERSITY CAPITAL
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
4 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which
5 shall remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro6 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
7 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
8 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are
9 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
10 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $377,340,824: Pro11 vided further, That these funds may be used to support
12 loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and
13 Universities without regard to the limitations within sec14 tion 344(a) of the HEA.
15
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
16 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi17 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title
18 III of the HEA, $528,000.
19
20
INSTITUTE
OF
EDUCATION SCIENCES
For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education
21 Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department
22 of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities
23 authorized by the National Assessment of Educational
24 Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational
25 Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the
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1 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $793,106,000,
2 which shall remain available through September 30, 2025:
3 Provided, That funds available to carry out section 208 of
4 the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used to
5 link Statewide elementary and secondary data systems with
6 early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data systems,
7 or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That
8 up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section
9 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be
10 used for awards to public or private organizations or agen11 cies to support activities to improve data coordination,
12 quality, and use at the local, State, and national levels.
13
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
14
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
15
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
16 the Department of Education Organization Act, including
17 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
18 hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $419,907,000: Pro19 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
20 none of the funds provided by this Act or provided by pre21 vious Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education
22 available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal
23 year may be used for any activity relating to implementing
24 a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing
25 level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or
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1 functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of
2 Education, relative to the organization and operation of the
3 Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018: Provided
4 further, That none of the funds provided by this Act may
5 be used on or after August 15, 2024, to support a number
6 of non-career employees that is above the number of non7 career employees as of December 31, 2022.
8
9
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
10 as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu11 cation Organization Act, $140,000,000.
12
13
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
14 eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of
15 Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which
16 $3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30,
17 2025.
18
19
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be
20 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol21 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
22
23
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
24 funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
25 Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
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1 Department of Education in this Act may be transferred
2 between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
3 increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro4 vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section
5 shall not be used to create any new program or to fund
6 any project or activity for which no funds are provided in
7 this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
9 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
10
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and consoli-
11 dated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the
12 ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2024, through Sep13 tember 30, 2025.
14
SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that
15 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro16 priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2024
17 may use the income from that fund to award scholarships
18 to
students,
subject
to
the
limitation
in
section
19 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such
20 purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid21 ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject
22 to that limitation.
23
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and
24 V of the HEA are reauthorized.
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1
SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
2 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for
3 ‘‘2021’’.
4
SEC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
5 1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for
6 ‘‘2021’’.
7
SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the
8 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available
9 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution
10 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per11 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Education
12 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.).
13
SEC. 308. Of the amounts made available in this title
14 under
the
heading
‘‘Student
Aid
Administration’’,
15 $2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to
16 conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D
17 of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may
18 intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m)
19 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers
20 are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancella21 tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct
22 outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan can23 cellation under section 455(m) of such Act except that the
24 borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required pay25 ments under a repayment plan that is not described under
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1 section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to
2 enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: Provided further,
3 That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct
4 Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) of
5 such Act and improve the filing of employment certification
6 by providing improved outreach and information such as
7 outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring promi8 nent access to program requirements and benefits on each
9 servicer’s website, and creating an option for all borrowers
10 to complete the entire payment certification process elec11 tronically and on a centralized website.
12
SEC. 309. The Secretary may reserve not more than
13 0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act
14 for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail15 able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to carry
16 out rigorous and independent evaluations and to collect and
17 analyze outcome data for any program authorized by the
18 HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in this Act
19 for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account shall be sub20 ject to the reservation under this section: Provided further,
21 That any funds reserved under this section shall be avail22 able through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That
23 if, under any other provision of law, funds are authorized
24 to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with respect
25 to a program or project, the Secretary may also reserve
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1 funds for such program or project for the purposes described
2 in this section so long as the total reservation of funds for
3 such program or project does not exceed any statutory lim4 its on such reservations: Provided further, That not later
5 than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds re6 served under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the
7 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
8 of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education,
9 Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on
10 Education and the Workforce of the House of Representa11 tives a plan that identifies the source and amount of funds
12 reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees
13 if funds are withheld for the purposes of this section, and
14 the activities to be carried out with such funds.
15
SEC. 310. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
16 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Im17 provement’’ for purposes authorized by the Elementary and
18 Secondary Education Act of 1965, there are hereby appro19 priated an additional $88,084,000 which shall be used for
20 the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
21 ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
22 Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory
23 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
24 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That none
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1 of the funds made available for such projects shall be subject
2 to section 302 of this Act.
3
4
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 311. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for
5 ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $20,000,000 shall
6 be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the Sec7 retary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of Edu8 cation Sciences (including, but not limited to information
9 technology services, lease or procurement of office space,
10 human resource services, financial management services, fi11 nancial systems support, budget formulation and execution,
12 legal counsel, equal employment opportunity services, phys13 ical security, facilities management, acquisition and con14 tract management, grants administration and policy, and
15 enterprise risk management): Provided, That the Secretary
16 shall calculate the actual amounts obligated and expended
17 for such support services by using a standard Department
18 of Education methodology for allocating the cost of all such
19 support services: Provided further, That the Secretary may
20 transfer any amounts available for IES support services in
21 excess of actual amounts needed for IES support services,
22 as so calculated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account
23 from the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Pro24 vided further, That in order to address any shortfall be25 tween amounts available for IES support services and
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1 amounts needed for IES support services, as so calculated,
2 the Secretary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Insti3 tute of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad4 ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
6 the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance of any
7 transfer made pursuant to this section.
8
9
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 312. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Depart-
10 ment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ estab11 lished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116–260,
12 $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September
13 30, 2024.
14
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
15 cation Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
16
TITLE IV
17
RELATED AGENCIES
18
COMMITTEE
19
PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND
20
21
FOR
OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase
22 From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred
23 to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under sec24 tion 8502 of title 41, United States Code, $13,124,000: Pro25 vided, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit
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1 agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41,
2 United States Code, to perform requirements of the Com3 mittee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, Code
4 of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a
5 written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency:
6 Provided further, That such agreement shall contain such
7 auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary
8 to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code:
9 Provided further, That such agreement shall include the ele10 ments listed under the heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase
11 From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written
12 Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement de13 scribed in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter
14 preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided
15 further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not
16 charge a fee under section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal
17 Regulations, prior to executing a written agreement with
18 the Committee: Provided further, That no less than
19 $3,150,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector Gen20 eral.
21
CORPORATION
22
23
FOR
NATIONAL
AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
24 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as
25 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
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1 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the
2 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to
3 in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $975,525,000, notwithstanding
4 sections
198B(b)(3),
198S(g),
501(a)(4)(C),
and
5 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts
6 provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program
7 grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting
8 grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer
9 reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle;
10 (2) $19,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to
11 State commissions on national and community service,
12 under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding
13 section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $37,735,000 shall
14 be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and
15 (4) $8,558,000 shall be available for expenses authorized
16 under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith17 standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded
18 by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That
19 for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying
20 the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de21 termination of need by the local community.
22
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST
23
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
24
For payment to the National Service Trust established
25 under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $180,000,000,
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1 to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS
2 may transfer additional funds from the amount provided
3 within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub4 title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service
5 Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary
6 to support the activities of national service participants
7 and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
9 Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans10 ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under
11 section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require12 ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b): Provided
13 further, That of the discretionary unobligated balances from
14 amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts to
15 the National Service Trust, $243,000,000 are hereby perma16 nently rescinded, except that no amounts may be rescinded
17 from amounts that were previously designated by the Con18 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
19 a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced
20 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21
22
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administration as provided
23 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section
24 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au25 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental
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1 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ2 ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C.
3 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
4 representation expenses, $99,686,000.
5
6
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
7 eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
8 $7,595,000.
9
10
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes
11 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only
12 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal
13 year 2024, during any grant selection process, an officer
14 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov15 ered grant selection information regarding such selection,
16 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer
17 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive
18 such information.
19
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants
20 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an
21 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the
22 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and
23 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require24 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of
25 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs
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1 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support
2 Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act,
3 and subject to partial waiver consistent with section
4 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
5
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196
6 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and
7 operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle
8 B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to
9 supplement and not supplant current programs and oper10 ations.
11
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section
12 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for
13 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited
14 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section
15 101 of the Act.
16
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section
17 189D of the 1990 Act—
18
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such
19
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under
20
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993
21
(‘‘NCPA’’);
22
(2) individuals described in such section shall be
23
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and
24
(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
25
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the
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1
1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history
2
record information, consistent with Public Law 92–
3
544.
4
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and
5 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com6 pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours during
7 a period of not more than one year may receive a national
8 service education award having a value of 70 percent of
9 the value of a national service education award determined
10 under section 147(a) of the Act.
11
SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall
12 be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national service
13 position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that receives
14 grants under subtitle C’’.
15
16
CORPORATION
FOR
PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
17 casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act
18 of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita19 tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2026,
20 $535,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail21 able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions,
22 parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government
23 officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the
24 funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available
25 or used to aid or support any program or activity from
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1 which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is
2 discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national
3 origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the
4 funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to
5 apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap6 pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action
7 with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB.
8
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and
9 upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system
10 and other technologies and services that create infrastruc11 ture and efficiencies within the public media system,
12 $60,000,000.
13
FEDERAL MEDIATION
14
15
AND
CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and
16 Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions
17 vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947,
18 including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec19 essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978;
20 and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the
21 functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
22 $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
23 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special train24 ing activities and other conflict resolution services and tech25 nical assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
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1 ments and international organizations, and for arbitration
2 services shall be credited to and merged with this account,
3 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur4 ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available
5 only for education, training, and professional development
6 of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director
7 of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of
8 the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or
9 other property in the aid of any projects or functions within
10 the Director’s jurisdiction.
11
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY
AND
HEALTH REVIEW
12
COMMISSION
13
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
15 and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000.
16
INSTITUTE
OF
MUSEUM
AND
LIBRARY SERVICES
17
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND
18
ADMINISTRATION
19
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services
20 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American
21 History and Culture Act, $294,800,000.
22
MEDICAID
AND
23
24
CHIP PAYMENT
AND
ACCESS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the
25 Social Security Act, $9,405,000.
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1
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
2
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the
4 Social Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to this
5 appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
6 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
7 Trust Fund.
8
NATIONAL COUNCIL
9
10
ON
DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on
11 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
12 Act of 1973, $3,850,000.
13
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
14
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
16 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
17 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws,
18 $299,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
19 shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri20 cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations,
21 hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units
22 composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section
23 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the
24 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in
25 section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in
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1 said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and
2 operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways
3 when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis
4 and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there5 by is used for farming purposes.
6
7
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act or
8 previous Acts making appropriations for the National
9 Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad10 ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em11 ployees any means of voting through any electronic means
12 in an election to determine a representative for the purposes
13 of collective bargaining.
14
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
15
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
17 the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap18 pointed by the President, $15,113,000.
19
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND
HEALTH REVIEW
20
COMMISSION
21
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety
23 and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000.
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1
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
2
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
3
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account,
4 authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement
5 Act of 1974, $8,000,000, which shall include amounts be6 coming available in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section
7 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an
8 amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided
9 herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by
10 which the product of recipients and the average benefit re11 ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested
12 dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided
13 herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts
14 on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.
15
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
16
ACCOUNTS
17
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
18 ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire19 ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks,
20 $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025,
21 which shall be the maximum amount available for payment
22 pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76.
23
24
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement
25 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
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1 ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act,
2 $126,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined
3 by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and
4 from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur5 ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding
6 section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita7 tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted
8 service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall
9 not change the status under Federal employment laws of
10 any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior
11 to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That notwith12 standing section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act,
13 this limitation may be used to hire students attending
14 qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have
15 recently completed qualifying educational programs using
16 current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office
17 of Personnel Management.
18
19
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
20 eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au21 thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more
22 than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire23 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac24 count.
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1
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
2
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
3
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
4 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
5 Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and
6 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $10,000,000.
7
8
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
9 rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212
10 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public
11 Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security
12 trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant
13 to
section
201(g)(1)
of
the
Social
Security
Act,
14 $45,365,042,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State
16 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State
17 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro18 vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be
19 available for research and demonstrations under sections
20 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re21 main available through September 30, 2026.
22
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
23 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So24 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
25 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
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1
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the
2 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025,
3 $21,700,000,000, to remain available until expended.
4
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
5
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
6
For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-
7 chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed
8 $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
9 not more than $14,075,978,000 may be expended, as author10 ized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from
11 any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section:
12 Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be for the So13 cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unob14 ligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at
15 the end of fiscal year 2024 not needed for fiscal year 2024
16 shall remain available until expended to invest in the So17 cial Security Administration information technology and
18 telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure,
19 including related equipment and non-payroll administra20 tive expenses associated solely with this information tech21 nology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided
22 further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall no23 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate prior to making unobligated
25 balances available under the authority in the previous pro-
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1 viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust
2 funds under this heading for expenditures for official time
3 for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu4 ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services
5 for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or
6 procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall
7 be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest,
8 from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appro9 priated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are
10 made.
11
From funds provided under the first paragraph under
12 this heading, not more than $1,851,000,000, to remain
13 available through March 31, 2025, is for the costs associated
14 with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI
15 of the Social Security Act, including work-related con16 tinuing disability reviews to determine whether earnings
17 derived from services demonstrate an individual’s ability
18 to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the cost associ19 ated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under
20 title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-opera21 tive disability investigation units, and for the cost associ22 ated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and op23 erations of the Social Security Administration by Special
24 Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such
25 amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of sec-
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and $1,578,000,000
3 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes
4 of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That,
5 of the additional new budget authority described in the pre6 ceding proviso, up to $15,100,000 may be transferred to the
7 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administra8 tion, for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability
9 investigation units: Provided further, That such transfer
10 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority
11 provided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner
12 shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal
13 year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these
14 funds, similar to the reports that were required by section
15 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996
16 through 2002: Provided further, That none of the funds de17 scribed in this paragraph shall be available for transfer or
18 reprogramming except as specified in this paragraph.
19
In addition, $150,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
20 tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment
21 collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security
22 Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall
23 remain available until expended: Provided, That to the ex24 tent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections
25 in fiscal year 2024 exceed $150,000,000, the amounts shall
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1 be available in fiscal year 2025 only to the extent provided
2 in advance in appropriations Acts.
3
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees
4 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security
5 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex6 pended.
7
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
8
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
9
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
10 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
11 Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to exceed
12 $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
13 by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the
14 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
15 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: Provided,
16 That $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
17 information technology modernization, including related
18 hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and
19 for administrative expenses directly associated with infor20 mation technology modernization.
21
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the
22 total provided in this appropriation may be transferred
23 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social
24 Security Administration, to be merged with this account,
25 to be available for the time and purposes for which this
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1 account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers
2 shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro3 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
4 at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
5
TITLE V
6
GENERAL PROVISIONS
7
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
9 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer
10 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts
11 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this
12 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same
13 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they
14 were originally appropriated.
15
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in
16 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
17 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
18
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
19 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public
20 Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec21 ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
22 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
23 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic
24 communication, radio, television, or video presentation de25 signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
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1 fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla2 tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any
3 State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or
4 defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative
5 action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State
6 or local government, except in presentation to the executive
7 branch of any State or local government itself.
8
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
9 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law
10 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any
11 grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi12 ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact13 ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra14 tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before
15 the Congress or any State government, State legislature or
16 local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal
17 and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici18 pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal
19 government in policymaking and administrative processes
20 within the executive branch of that government.
21
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall
22 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed,
23 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or
24 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction
25 on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
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1 keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro2 motion of gun control.
3
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are
4 authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and
5 $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and
6 expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re7 ception and representation expenses; the Director of the
8 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized
9 to make available for official reception and representation
10 expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for
11 ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and
12 Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation
13 Board is authorized to make available for official reception
14 and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds
15 available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex16 penses’’.
17
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
18 quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents
19 describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part
20 with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds
21 included in this Act, including but not limited to State and
22 local governments and recipients of Federal research grants,
23 shall clearly state—
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1
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
2
gram or project which will be financed with Federal
3
money;
4
5
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the
project or program; and
6
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total
7
costs of the project or program that will be financed
8
by non-governmental sources.
9
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
10 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds
11 are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any
12 abortion.
13
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and
14 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are
15 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene16 fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
17
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the
18 package of services covered by a managed care provider or
19 organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
20
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
21 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion—
22
23
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of
rape or incest; or
24
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a
25
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,
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1
including
2
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that
3
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman
4
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
5
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed
a
life-endangering
physical
condition
6 as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity,
7 or private person of State, local, or private funds (other
8 than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match9 ing funds).
10
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed
11 as restricting the ability of any managed care provider
12 from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or
13 locality to contract separately with such a provider for such
14 coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s
15 contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
16
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act
17 may be made available to a Federal agency or program,
18 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program,
19 or government subjects any institutional or individual
20 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the
21 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov22 erage of, or refer for abortions.
23
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’
24 includes an individual physician or other health care pro25 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a
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1 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan,
2 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or
3 plan.
4
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this
5 Act may be used for—
6
7
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos
for research purposes; or
8
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
9
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected
10
to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed
11
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR
12
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health
13
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
14
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
15 bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as
16 a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the
17 enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par18 thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more
19 human gametes or human diploid cells.
20
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this
21 Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza22 tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule
23 I of the schedules of controlled substances established under
24 section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
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1 mal and recognized executive-congressional communica2 tions.
3
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply
4 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic
5 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that
6 federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de7 termine therapeutic advantage.
8
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this
9 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard
10 under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing
11 for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health
12 identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca13 pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg14 islation is enacted specifically approving the standard.
15
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this
16 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
17 a contract with an entity if—
18
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the
19
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38
20
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual
21
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
22
ment of certain veterans; and
23
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
24
quired by that section for the most recent year for
25
which such requirement was applicable to such entity.
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this
2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur4 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided
5 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
6
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this
7 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act
8 may be made available to any library covered by paragraph
9 (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil10 dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made
11 the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.
12
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this
13 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the
14 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli15 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from
16 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
17 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
18 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
19 through a reprogramming of funds that—
20
(1) creates new programs;
21
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
22
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means
23
for any project or activity for which funds have been
24
denied or restricted;
25
(4) relocates an office or employees;
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1
(5) reorganizes or renames offices;
2
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
3
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or
4
activities presently performed by Federal employees;
5 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
6 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in
7 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of
8 intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs
9 earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of
10 such reprogramming.
11
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
12 vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies
13 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
14 expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any ac15 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
16 collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
17 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
18 a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per19 cent, whichever is less, that—
20
21
(1) augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities;
22
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
23
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
24
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
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1
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
2
duction in personnel which would result in a change
3
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
4
proved by Congress;
5 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
6 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in
7 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of
8 intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs
9 earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of
10 such reprogramming.
11
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this
12 Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint13 ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the
14 political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or
15 the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit16 ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work
17 of the committee involved.
18
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may
19 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false
20 or misleading.
21
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act,
22 each department and related agency funded through this
23 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro24 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations
25 for fiscal year 2024 that are different than those specified
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1 in this Act, the explanatory statement described in section
2 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
3 Act) or the fiscal year 2024 budget request.
4
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
5 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and
6 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
7 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number
8 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree9 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a
10 particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in
11 value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive
12 basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2024, but not to
13 include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by
14 law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor
15 or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental pur16 pose, including a justification for issuing the award on a
17 non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to
18 the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter
19 for which the report is submitted.
20
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
21 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So22 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security
23 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act,
24 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage
25 based on work performed under a social security account
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1 number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform2 ance of such work under such number has formed the basis
3 for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section
4 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.
5
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
6 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the
7 Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of
8 employees of the Social Security Administration to admin9 ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree10 ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to11 talization arrangements between the social security system
12 established by title II of the Social Security Act and the
13 social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise
14 be payable but for such agreement.
15
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this
16 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net17 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading,
18 and exchanging of pornography.
19
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
20 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
21 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi22 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
23
SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive
24 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo25 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements
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1 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to
2 conference attendance and expenditures:
3
4
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered independent agencies; and
5
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
6
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not
7
included in agency totals.
8
SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall
9 clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver10 tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet
11 postings, that the communication is printed, published, or
12 produced and disseminated at United States taxpayer ex13 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out
14 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made avail15 able to the agency for advertising or other communications
16 regarding the programs and activities of the agency.
17
SEC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
18 tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry
19 out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots
20 shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of division
21 H of Public Law 113–76, except that in carrying out such
22 Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Fiscal
23 Year 2024’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in the title of subsection
24 (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ for ‘‘Sep25 tember 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, That
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1 such pilots shall include communities that have experienced
2 civil unrest.
3
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
4 cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par5 ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being
6 carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section
7 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of
8 division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division
9 H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division H of Pub10 lic Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of Public Law
11 115–141, section 524 of division A of Public Law 116–94,
12 section 524 of division H of Public Law 116–260, section
13 523 of division H of Public Law 117–103,and section 523
14 of division H of Public Law 117–328.
15
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and
16 prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agen17 cies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such au18 thorities.
19
SEC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of each
20 calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal
21 year 2024 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
22 Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis23 tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of
24 the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the
25 status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for bal-
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1 ances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed,
2 and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall
3 separately identify the amounts attributable to each source
4 year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or,
5 to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which bal6 ances were derived.
7
SEC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and
8 Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
10 and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or competi11 tive grant award notifications, including supplements,
12 issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than
13 3 full business days before any entity selected to receive a
14 grant award is announced by the Department or its offices
15 (other than emergency response grants at any time of the
16 year or for grant awards made during the last 10 business
17 days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program
18 year).
19
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
20 Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur21 chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection
22 of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not
23 apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other
24 than making such purchases if the relevant State or local
25 health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
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1 ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or
2 local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at
3 risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an
4 HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program
5 is operating in accordance with State and local law.
6
SEC. 527. Each department and related agency funded
7 through this Act shall provide answers to questions sub8 mitted for the record by members of the Committee within
9 45 business days after receipt.
10
SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
11 ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the So12 cial Security Act and the income derived from investment
13 of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act,
14 $14,224,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this
15 fiscal year.
16
17
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances of funds made
18 available by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403,
19 2404, 2501, 2502, 2704, 3101 and 9911 of the American
20 Rescue
Plan
Act
of
2021
(Public
Law
117–2),
21 $4,309,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not
22 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
23 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit
24 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobli-
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1 gated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both
2 account and amount from each applicable appropriation
3 in Public Law 117–2.
4
5
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances of amounts
6 made available in section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public Law
7 117–169, $10,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
8
SEC. 531. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Adminis-
9 tration for Children and Families in the Department of
10 Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation
11 Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter12 agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bureau
13 of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor.
14
(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are
15 either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable
16 basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations
17 identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta18 tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through
19 September 30, 2028: Provided, That when an office ref20 erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation
21 funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may use
22 a single Treasury account for such activities, with funding
23 advanced on a reimbursable basis.
24
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are unex-
25 pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or
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1 cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall imme2 diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis3 cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval4 uation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts are
5 available.
6
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of
7 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
8 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
9
DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
10
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
11
TITLE I
12
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
13
SENATE
14
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
15
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000;
16 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority
17 Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen18 ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor19 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore
20 Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority
21 Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and
22 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees,
23 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000.
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For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
2 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;
3 in all, $30,000.
4
5
SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
6 authorized
by
law,
including
agency
contributions,
7 $277,838,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
8 as follows:
9
10
11
12
13
14
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $3,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $843,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus,
15 $364,000.
16
17
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
18 $6,272,000.
19
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
20
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
21 $3,934,000.
22
23
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
24 $19,319,000.
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2
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference
3 of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
4 Chairman of each such committee, $1,914,000 for each such
5 committee; in all, $3,828,000.
6
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF
7
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
8
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
9 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $952,000.
10
11
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
12 Minority Policy Committee, $1,955,000 for each such com13 mittee; in all, $3,910,000.
14
15
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $606,000.
16
17
18
19
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $30,288,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
20 $115,875,000.
21
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
22
MINORITY
23
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
24 Secretary for the Minority, $2,644,000.
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1
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
2
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
3 thorized by law, and related expenses, $86,003,000.
4
5
OFFICE
OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
OF THE
SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
6 tive Counsel of the Senate, $8,650,000.
7
8
OFFICE
OF
SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
9 Counsel, $1,365,000.
10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
OF THE
SECRETARY
OF THE
SEN-
11
ATE,
12
SENATE,
13
MINORITY
14
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,
SERGEANT
AND
AT
ARMS
AND
SECRETARIES
OF THE
DOORKEEPER
FOR THE
OF THE
MAJORITY
AND
SENATE
15 $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
16 $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500;
17 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all,
18 $30,000.
19
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
20
21
OF THE
SENATE
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered
22 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule
23 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of
24 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980
25 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th
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1 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $174,000,000, of which
2 $17,400,000 shall remain available until September 30,
3 2026.
4
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
5
CONTROL
6
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
7 International Narcotics Control, $582,000.
8
9
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
10 ate, $17,494,000, of which $12,994,000 shall remain avail11 able until September 30, 2028, and of which $4,500,000
12 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
13 the amounts made available under this heading, $112,000
14 shall be available for the requirements associated with Pub15 lic Law 117–326.
16
17
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
18 Doorkeeper
of
the
Senate,
$194,942,000,
of
which
19 $185,442,000 shall remain available until September 30,
20 2028: Provided, That of the amounts made available under
21 this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, shall be for Senate hearing room audiovisual equip23 ment; $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall
24 be for a residential security system program; and
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1 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
2 a joint audible warning system.
3
4
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $26,517,000 which shall re-
5 main available until September 30, 2026.
6
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
7
ACCOUNT
8
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
9 Account, $552,600,000, of which $20,128,000 shall remain
10 available until September 30, 2026, and of which
11 $7,000,000 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of pro12 viding financial compensation to Senate interns.
13
14
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
15 Senate, $300,000.
16
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
17
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL
18
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE
19
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE
20
FEDERAL DEBT
21
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
22 any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head23 ing ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT EXPENSES
OF THE
SEN-
24
ATE—SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EX-
25
PENSE ACCOUNT’’
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1 ing the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts
2 are made available. Any unexpended balances under such
3 allowances remaining after the end of the period of avail4 ability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance with
5 the undesignated paragraph under the center heading
6 ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ under chapter XI of the Third
7 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107)
8 and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal
9 budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for
10 reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary
11 of the Treasury considers appropriate).
12
13
NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS
SEC. 102. Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appro-
14 priations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 6501(a)) is amended, in the
15 first sentence, by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’.
16
AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORITY OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO
17
USE APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS FOR CHILD CARE TO
18
THE UNITED STATES SENATE
19
SEC. 103. (a) Section 590(g) of title 40, United States
20 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
21
‘‘(7) APPLICATION
TO SENATE.—This
subsection
22
shall apply with respect to the Senate in the same
23
manner as it applies to an Executive agency, except
24
that—
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‘‘(A) the authority granted to the Office of
2
Personnel Management shall be exercised with
3
respect to the Senate, by the Majority and Mi-
4
nority Leaders of the Senate, in accordance with
5
regulations promulgated by the Committee on
6
Rules and Administration of the Senate; and
7
‘‘(B) amounts may be made available to
8
implement this subsection with respect to the
9
Senate without advance notice to the Committee
10
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
11
tives.’’.
12
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
13 section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2024 and each
14 succeeding fiscal year.
15
16
SECURITY OF OFFICE SPACE RENTED BY SENATORS
SEC. 104. Section 3 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
17 priations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 6317) is amended—
18
(1) in subsection (b)—
19
(A)
by
redesignating
paragraphs
(1)
20
through (12) as subparagraphs (A) through (L),
21
respectively;
22
(B) by striking ‘‘The aggregate’’ and insert-
23
ing ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the aggre-
24
gate’’; and
25
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) The aggregate square feet of an office space
2
for purposes of paragraph (1) shall not include any
3
portion of the office space used for security or safety
4
enhancements that are—
5
‘‘(A) of a kind authorized by the Committee
6
on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
7
which shall include an information technology
8
security closet and a secure lobby or reception
9
area; and
10
‘‘(B) approved by the Sergeant at Arms and
11
Doorkeeper of the Senate.’’; and
12
(2) in subsection (c)(1)—
13
(A) by striking ‘‘The maximum’’ and in-
14
serting ‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the
15
maximum’’; and
16
(B) by adding at the end the following:
17
‘‘(B) The portion of the cost of a rental de-
18
scribed in subparagraph (A) that is attributable
19
to building security and safety measures shall
20
not be included in determining the annual rate
21
paid for the rental for purposes of subparagraph
22
(A) if—
23
‘‘(i) the costs are for building security
24
and safety measures—
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‘‘(I) of a kind authorized by the
2
Committee on Rules and Administra-
3
tion of the Senate, which shall include
4
guard services, access control, and fa-
5
cility monitoring; and
6
‘‘(II) approved by the Sergeant at
7
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate;
8
and
9
‘‘(ii) such costs are itemized separately
10
in a manner approved by the Sergeant at
11
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.’’.
12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13
14
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
15 tives, $1,850,998,000, as follows:
16
17
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
18 $36,560,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $10,499,000,
19 including $35,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office
20 of the Majority Floor Leader, $3,730,000, including $15,000
21 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the
22 Minority Floor Leader, $10,499,000, including $17,500 for
23 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major24 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
25 $3,099,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
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1 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the
2 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $2,809,000, including $5,000
3 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con4 ference, $2,962,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,962,000: Pro5 vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re6 main available from January 3, 2024 until January 2,
7 2025.
8
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
9
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES
10
11
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL
For Members’ representational allowances, including
12 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
13 $810,000,000.
14 ALLOWANCE
15
16
FOR
COMPENSATION
OF INTERNS IN
MEMBER
OFFICES
For the allowance established under section 120 of the
17 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C.
18 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve in the of19 fices of Members of the House of Representatives,
20 $20,638,800, to remain available through January 2, 2025:
21 Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act,
22 an office of a Member of the House of Representatives may
23 use not more than $46,800 of the allowance available under
24 this heading during legislative year 2024.
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ALLOWANCE
FOR
2
3
COMPENSATION
OF INTERNS IN
HOUSE
LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For the allowance established under section 113 of the
4 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 U.S.C.
5 5106) for the compensation of interns who serve in House
6 leadership offices, $586,000, to remain available through
7 January 2, 2025: Provided, That of the amount provided
8 under this heading, $322,300 shall be available for the com9 pensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices
10 of the majority, to be allocated among such offices by the
11 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and $263,700 shall
12 be available for the compensation of interns who serve in
13 House leadership offices of the minority, to be allocated
14 among such offices by the Minority Floor Leader.
15
ALLOWANCE
16
STANDING, SPECIAL
17
FOR
COMPENSATION
AND
OF INTERNS IN
HOUSE
SELECT COMMITTEE OFFICES
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(1)
18 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public
19 Law 117–103) for the compensation of interns who serve
20 in offices of standing, special, and select committees (other
21 than the Committee on Appropriations), $2,600,000, to re22 main available through January 2, 2025: Provided, That
23 of the amount provided under this heading, $1,300,000 shall
24 be available for the compensation of interns who serve in
25 offices of the majority, and $1,300,000 shall be available
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1 for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the
2 minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Chair,
3 in consultation with the ranking minority member, of the
4 Committee on House Administration.
5
ALLOWANCE
6
FOR
COMPENSATION
OF INTERNS IN
HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OFFICES
7
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(2)
8 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public
9 Law 117–103) for the compensation of interns who serve
10 in offices of the Committee on Appropriations, $463,000:
11 Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading,
12 $231,500 shall be available for the compensation of interns
13 who serve in offices of the majority, and $231,500 shall be
14 available for the compensation of interns who serve in of15 fices of the minority, to be allocated among such offices by
16 the Chair, in consultation with the ranking minority mem17 ber, of the Committee on Appropriations.
18
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
19
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL
20
AND
SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
21 cial
and
select,
authorized
by
House
resolutions,
22 $180,587,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain
23 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31,
24 2024, except that $5,800,000 of such amount shall remain
25 available until expended for committee room upgrading.
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2
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
3 priations, $31,294,000, including studies and examinations
4 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for
5 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section
6 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and
7 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services
8 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail9 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2024.
10
11
SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
12 ees, as authorized by law, $324,879,000, including: for sala13 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the
14 positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including
15 not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep16 tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the
17 Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office
18 of the Chaplain, $41,455,000, of which $9,000,000 shall re19 main available until expended; for salaries and expenses
20 of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position
21 of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency
22 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $38,793,000, of
24 which $22,232,000 shall remain available until expended;
25 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Adminis-
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1 trative Officer including not more than $3,000 for official
2 representation and reception expenses, $213,072,000, of
3 which $26,477,000 shall remain available until expended;
4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Whistleblower
5 Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
6 of the Inspector General, $5,512,000; for salaries and ex7 penses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,987,000; for sala8 ries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, in9 cluding the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Di10 gest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep11 resentation and reception expenses, $2,240,000; for salaries
12 and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of
13 the House, $3,900,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of14 fice of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $14,671,000,
15 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended;
16 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary
17 Affairs,
$934,000;
for
other
authorized
employees,
18 $1,065,000.
19
20
ALLOWANCES
AND
EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
21 resolution or law, $433,390,200, including: supplies, mate22 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
23 $1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices,
24 and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern25 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,
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1 contractor support for actuarial projections, and other ap2 plicable employee benefits, $392,368,200, to remain avail3 able until March 31, 2025, except that $37,000,000 of such
4 amount shall remain available until expended; salaries and
5 expenses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery,
6 $27,264,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available
7 until expended; transition activities for new members and
8 staff, $5,895,000, to remain available until expended; Green
9 and Gold Congressional Aide Program, $3,356,000, to re10 main available until expended; Office of Congressional Eth11 ics, $1,762,000; and miscellaneous items including pur12 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
13 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
14 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,
15 $1,000,000.
16
HOUSE
17
18
OF
REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT
For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-
19 tiatives Account established under section 115 of the Legis20 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513),
21 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
22 That disbursement from this account is subject to approval
23 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives: Provided further, That funds provided in this
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1 account shall only be used for initiatives approved by the
2 Committee on House Administration.
3
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
4
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
5
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
6
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT
7
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
8 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for
9 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
10
PENSES—MEMBERS’
REPRESENTATIONAL
AND
EX-
ALLOWANCES’’
11 shall be available only for fiscal year 2024. Any amount
12 remaining after all payments are made under such allow13 ances for fiscal year 2024 shall be deposited in the Treasury
14 and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal
15 budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for
16 reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary
17 of the Treasury considers appropriate).
18
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the
19 House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe
20 regulations to carry out this section.
21
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the
22 House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or
23 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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2
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this
3 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the
4 House of Representatives to make any payments from any
5 Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a
6 vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate
7 amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.
8
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF
9
REPRESENTATIVES
10
SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that provides
11 assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s
12 efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecu13 rity risks to, and incidents involving, the information sys14 tems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure
15 the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the
16 government at all stages of providing the assistance, includ17 ing applying minimization procedures to limit the spread
18 or sharing of privileged House and Member information.
19
JOINT ITEMS
20
For Joint Committees, as follows:
21
22
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
23 mittee, $4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
24 Senate.
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1
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
2
3
CEREMONIES
OF
ON INAUGURAL
2025
For salaries and expenses associated with conducting
4 the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice Presi5 dent of the United States, January 20, 2025, in accordance
6 with such program as may be adopted by the joint congres7 sional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural cere8 monies of 2025, $3,675,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary
9 of the Senate and to remain available until September 30,
10 2025: Provided, That funds made available under this head11 ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs12 able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1,
13 2024: Provided further, That the compensation of any em14 ployee of the Committee on Rules and Administration of
15 the Senate who has been designated to perform service with
16 respect to the inaugural ceremonies of 2025 shall continue
17 to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration,
18 but the account from which such staff member is paid may
19 be reimbursed for the services of the staff member out of
20 funds made available under this heading: Provided further,
21 That of the amounts made available under the heading
22 ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE—IN23
QUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS’’,
there are authorized to be
24 paid sums as may be necessary, without fiscal year limita-
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1 tion, for agency contributions related to the compensation
2 of employees of the joint congressional committee.
3
4
JOINT COMMITTEE
ON
TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
5 Taxation, $13,554,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin6 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
7
8
9
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE
OF THE
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
10 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi11 cian and their assistants, including:
12
13
14
15
(1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the Attending Physician;
(2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the Senior Medical Officer;
16
(3) an allowance of $900 per month each to three
17
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
18
tending Physician;
19
(4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assist-
20
ants and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
21
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
22
ants; and
23
(5) $3,054,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
24
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and
25
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending
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1
Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to
2
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from
3
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses
4
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes
5
thereof, $4,764,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
6
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
7
OFFICE
OF
8
9
CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional
10 Accessibility Services, $1,766,000, to be disbursed by the
11 Secretary of the Senate.
12
CAPITOL POLICE
13
SALARIES
14
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
15 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con16 tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes17 sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee
18 benefits, $588,627,000, of which overtime shall not exceed
19 $74,976,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the
20 House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief
21 of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: Pro22 vided, That of the amounts made available under this head23 ing, at least $3,167,000 shall be available for overtime to
24 support mission requirements associated with the national
25 political conventions and pre-inauguration preparedness;
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1 and $15,000,000 shall be available for tuition reimburse2 ment, recruitment and retention bonuses and other reten3 tion focused salary related items.
4
5
GENERAL EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including
6 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu7 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup8 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services,
9 Member protection-related activities and equipment, steno10 graphic services, personal and professional services, the em11 ployee assistance program, the awards program, postage,
12 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in13 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce14 ment Training Centers, and not more than $7,500 to be
15 expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Po16 lice in connection with official representation and reception
17 expenses, $202,846,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the
18 Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: Provided,
19 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost
20 of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law
21 Enforcement Training Centers for fiscal year 2024 shall be
22 paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds
23 available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro24 vided further, That of the amounts made available under
25 this heading, $3,200,000 shall be available to support mis-
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1 sion requirements associated with the national political
2 conventions and pre-inauguration preparedness: Provided
3 further, That none of the amounts made available under
4 this heading may be used to purchase a drone manufactured
5 in the People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated
6 with the People’s Republic of China except for national se7 curity purposes.
8
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE
9
RIGHTS
10
11
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation
12 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $8,150,000,
13 of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until September
14 30, 2025, and of which not more than $1,000 may be ex15 pended on the certification of the Executive Director in con16 nection with official representation and reception expenses.
17
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
18
19
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of
20 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than
21 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director
22 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $70,000,000:
24 Provided, That the Director shall use not less than $500,000
25 of the amount made available under this heading for (1)
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1 improving technical systems, processes, and models for the
2 purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budg3 etary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members
4 of Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the avail5 ability of models, economic assumptions, and data for Mem6 bers of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the
7 public.
8
9
10
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
AND
OPERATIONS
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other
11 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all
12 necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op13 eration, and general and administrative support in connec14 tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar15 chitect of the Capitol, including the Botanic Garden, Senate
16 and House office buildings, and other facilities under the
17 jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; for furnishings
18 and office equipment; for official reception and representa19 tion expenses of not more than $5,000, to be expended as
20 the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or
21 exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor
22 vehicle, $152,507,000, of which $3,100,000 shall remain
23 available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That
24 $1,000,000 shall be for improvements to rooms for nursing
25 mothers and related resources across the Capitol complex.
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1
2
CAPITOL BUILDING
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
3 and operation of the Capitol, $95,688,000, of which
4 $46,599,000 shall remain available until September 30,
5 2028, and of which $17,000,000 shall remain available
6 until expended.
7
8
CAPITOL GROUNDS
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement
9 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
10 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $16,600,000,
11 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September
12 30, 2028.
13
14
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
15 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and
16 furnishings to be expended under the control and super17 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $138,751,000, of which
18 $52,825,000 shall remain available until September 30,
19 2028, and of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until
20 expended.
21
22
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care,
23 and operation of the House office buildings, $166,426,000,
24 of which an amount equal to the balance of the House Office
25 Buildings Fund under section 176(d) of the Continuing Ap-
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1 propriations Act, 2017 (2 U.S.C. 2001 note) as of the date
2 of the enactment of this Act shall be derived from such
3 Fund, and of which $50,562,000 shall remain available
4 until September 30, 2028, and of which $41,800,000 shall
5 remain available until expended for the restoration and
6 renovation of the Cannon House Office Building.
7
8
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
9 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; and all electrical
10 substations of the Capitol; lighting, heating, power (includ11 ing the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer
12 services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings,
13 Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the
14 same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning
15 refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such build16 ings; heating the Government Publishing Office and Wash17 ington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for
18 air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the
19 Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Ju20 diciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, ex21 penses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon re22 quest of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received
23 shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this
24 appropriation, $148,650,000, of which $43,400,000 shall re25 main available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That
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1 not more than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be
2 reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall
3 be available for obligation during fiscal year 2024.
4
5
LIBRARY BUILDINGS
AND
GROUNDS
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
6 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
7 buildings and grounds, $94,978,000, of which $27,800,000
8 shall remain available until September 30, 2028; and of
9 which $30,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
10
11
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS
AND
SECURITY
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
12 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance13 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located,
14 the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap15 itol security operations, $85,207,000, of which $26,169,000
16 shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided,
17 That of such amount, $250,000 shall be for construction
18 contingencies related to Project 116–DS: Provided further,
19 That none of the amounts made available under this head20 ing may be used to purchase a drone manufactured in the
21 People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated with
22 the People’s Republic of China except for national security
23 purposes.
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1
2
BOTANIC GARDEN
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $20,506,000, of which $4,900,000
8 shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided,
9 That, of the amount made available under this heading, the
10 Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums
11 as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper12 ation of the National Garden established under section
13 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989
14 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect
15 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee.
16
17
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
18 itol Visitor Center, $28,000,000.
19
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
20
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR
21
OVER BUDGET
22
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available in this
23 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make
24 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on
25 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind
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1 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol,
2 or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de3 viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven
4 scope changes, or are not significant within the overall
5 scope of the project and/or program.
6
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
7
8
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress
9 not otherwise provided for, including development and
10 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo11 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology
12 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laun13 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic14 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte15 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep16 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi17 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger
18 motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust
19 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any
20 trust fund held by the Board, $592,411,000, and, in addi21 tion, amounts credited to this appropriation during fiscal
22 year 2024 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;
23 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), shall remain available until
24 expended: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not
25 obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under
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1 the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized
2 for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Pro3 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
4 more than $18,000 may be expended, on the certification
5 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official
6 representation and reception expenses, including for the
7 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total
8 amount appropriated, no less than $10,360,000 shall re9 main available until expended for the Teaching with Pri10 mary Sources program, of which $2,379,000 shall be for the
11 Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative: Pro12 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
13 $1,509,000 shall remain available until expended for up14 grade of the Legislative Branch Financial Management
15 System: Provided further, That of the total amount appro16 priated, no less than $150,000 shall remain available until
17 expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the
18 program and facilitate a greater number of donations to
19 eligible entities across the United States: Provided further,
20 That of the total amount appropriated, $4,205,000 shall re21 main available until expended for the Veterans History
22 Project to continue digitization efforts of already collected
23 materials, reach a greater number of veterans to record
24 their stories, and promote public access to the Project: Pro25 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
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1 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the
2 COVID–19 American History Project: Provided further,
3 That of such amount, $5,000,000 shall be available until
4 expended for the development and implementation of a pilot
5 data storage and migration method initiative.
6
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
7
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
9 $103,128,000, of which not more than $38,025,000, to re10 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec11 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2024
12 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States
13 Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate
14 or expend any funds derived from collections under such
15 section in excess of the amount authorized for obligation
16 or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further,
17 That not more than $7,566,000 shall be derived from collec18 tions during fiscal year 2024 under sections 111(d)(2),
19 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided further,
20 That the total amount available for obligation shall be re21 duced by the amount by which collections are less than
22 $45,591,000: Provided further, That of the funds provided
23 under this heading, not less than $10,300,000 is for mod24 ernization initiatives, of which $9,300,000 shall remain
25 available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That
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1 not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is
2 available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy3 right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of
4 Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing
5 countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro6 vided further, That not more than $6,500 may be expended,
7 on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec8 tion with official representation and reception expenses for
9 activities of the International Copyright Institute and for
10 copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided fur11 ther, That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of
12 title 17, United States Code, any amounts made available
13 under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees
14 and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant
15 to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be
16 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the
17 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of
18 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty
19 Judges and staff under section 802(e).
20
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
21
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
24 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con25 stitution of the United States of America, $136,080,000:
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1 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay
2 any salary or expense in connection with any publication,
3 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of
4 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con5 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval
6 of either the Committee on House Administration of the
7 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and
8 Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this
9 prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confiden10 tial Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Pro11 vided further, That a non-confidential CRS product in12 cludes any written product containing research or analysis
13 that is currently available for general congressional access
14 on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made
15 available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal
16 course of business and does not include material prepared
17 in response to Congressional requests for confidential anal18 ysis or research.
19
NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE
FOR THE
BLIND
20
DISABLED
21
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
22
AND
PRINT
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of
23 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),
24 $66,130,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro25 priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide
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1 newspapers to blind and print disabled residents at no cost
2 to the individual.
3
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
4
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES
5
SEC. 130. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2024, the
6 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac7 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed
8 $324,110,000.
9
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
10 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities
11 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to
12 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative
13 branch.
14
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
15
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING
16
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
17
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
18 tion and the distribution of congressional information in
19 any format; publishing of Government publications author20 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and
21 publishing, and distribution of Government publications
22 authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the
23 recipient, $83,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation
24 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi25 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
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1 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized
2 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided
3 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the
4 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations
5 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided
6 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under
7 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds
8 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other
9 Act for printing and binding and related services provided
10 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code,
11 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica12 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that
13 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con14 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print15 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States
16 Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended
17 balances of expired discretionary funds made available
18 under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be
19 transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading
20 ‘‘GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPER21
ATIONS
REVOLVING FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth
22 fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds
23 are available for the purposes for which appropriated, to
24 be available for carrying out the purposes of this heading,
25 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
2 further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906
3 of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be
4 used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only
5 a monthly and session basis.
6
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS
7
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
OF THE
DOCUMENTS
8
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
9
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
10
For expenses of the public information programs of the
11 Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide
12 for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications
13 in any format, and their distribution to the public, Mem14 bers of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated
15 depository and international exchange libraries as author16 ized by law, $37,388,000: Provided, That amounts of not
17 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are
18 authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional
19 serial sets and other related publications for the preceding
20 two fiscal years to depository and other designated libraries:
21 Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances
22 of expired discretionary funds made available under this
23 heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred
24 to, and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERN25
MENT
PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS RE-
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1
VOLVING
FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year
2 after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available
3 for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for
4 carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap5 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
6 of Representatives and the Senate.
7
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS
8
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND
9
For payment to the Government Publishing Office
10 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $11,611,000, to re11 main available until expended, for information technology
12 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov13 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make
14 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and
15 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and
16 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as
17 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code,
18 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur19 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
20 the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re21 volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500
22 may be expended on the certification of the Director of the
23 Government Publishing Office in connection with official
24 representation and reception expenses: Provided further,
25 That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be
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1 available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas2 senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures
3 in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils
4 to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall
5 be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44,
6 United States Code: Provided further, That the Business
7 Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem8 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
9 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not
10 more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic
11 pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316
12 of such title: Provided further, That activities financed
13 through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro14 vide information in any format: Provided further, That the
15 Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro16 vided under the heading ‘‘PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS
17
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCUMENTS’’ may not be
18 used for contracted security services at Government Pub19 lishing Office’s passport facility in the District of Colum20 bia.
21
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
22
23
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
24 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex25 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of
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1 the United States in connection with official representation
2 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services
3 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but
4 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent
5 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive
6 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas7 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries
8 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States
9 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections
10 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
11 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre12 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States,
13 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $811,894,000,
14 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
15 Provided, That, in addition, $73,976,000 of payments re16 ceived under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31,
17 United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year
18 limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and
19 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de20 partment or agency which is a member of the National
21 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern22 mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro23 priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the
24 respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of
25 non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments
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1 hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements
2 to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini3 tially financed.
4
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL
5
LEADERSHIP FUND
6
For a payment to the Congressional Office for Inter-
7 national Leadership Fund for financing activities of the
8 Congressional Office for International Leadership under
9 section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
10 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $6,000,000: Provided, That funds
11 made available to support Russian participants shall only
12 be used for those engaging in free market development, hu13 manitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall not
14 be used for officials of the central government of Russia.
15 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
16
17
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public
18 Service Development Trust Fund established under section
19 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train20 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.
21
TITLE II
22
GENERAL PROVISIONS
23
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES
24
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this
25 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private
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1 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as
2 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa3 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com4 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued
5 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
6
7
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this
8 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year
9 2024 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
10
11
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position
12 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
13 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate
14 of compensation or designation of any office or position ap15 propriated for is different from that specifically established
16 by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
17 in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto:
18 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various
19 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit20 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk
21 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa22 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
23
24
CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under
25 this Act for any consulting service through procurement
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1 contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
2 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures
3 are a matter of public record and available for public in4 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing
5 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing
6 law.
7
COSTS OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL MANAGERS
8
COUNCIL
9
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
10 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates
11 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council
12 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall
13 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC
14 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total
15 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla16 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities
17 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
18
19
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this
20 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur22 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided
23 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
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2
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
3 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap4 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided
5 tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ6 ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other
7 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless
8 through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of
9 the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C.
10 2242(b)(8)).
11
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or
12 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap13 proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the
14 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in15 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo16 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re17 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the
18 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the
19 Capitol.
20
LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
21
PROCUREMENT
22
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
23 wise made available under this Act may be used to acquire
24 telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech25 nologies Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or mod-
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1 erate impact information system, as defined for security
2 categorization in the National Institute of Standards and
3 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing
4 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat5 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys6 tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring
7 the equipment or system has—
8
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
9
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to
10
inform acquisition decisions for high or moderate im-
11
pact information systems within the Federal Govern-
12
ment;
13
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
14
sumptive awardee against available and relevant
15
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of
16
Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and
17
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of
18
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity,
19
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
20
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of
21
such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a
22
high or moderate impact system, including any risk
23
associated with such system being produced, manufac-
24
tured, or assembled by one or more entities identified
25
by the United States Government as posing a cyber
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1
threat, including but not limited to, those that may
2
be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Re-
3
public of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
4
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Rus-
5
sian Federation.
6
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
7 available under this Act may be used to acquire a high or
8 moderate impact information system reviewed and assessed
9 under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity
10 described in subsection (a) has—
11
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and
12
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation
13
strategy for any identified risks;
14
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and
15
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisi-
16
tion of such telecommunications equipment for inclu-
17
sion in a high or moderate impact system is in the
18
vital national security interest of the United States;
19
and
20
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
21
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
22
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the
23
telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high
24
or moderate impact system intended for acquisition
25
and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies
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identified in paragraph (1), provided that such report
2
may include a classified annex as necessary.
3
4
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this
5 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net6 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading,
7 and exchanging of pornography.
8
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
9 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
10 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi11 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities or
12 other official government activities.
13
14
PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION
SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act
15 that contract with a food service provider or providers shall
16 confer and coordinate with such food service provider or
17 providers, in consultation with disability advocacy groups,
18 to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including waste from
19 plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable items, and
20 increase recycling and composting opportunities.
21
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch
22 Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1 DIVISION
F—DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE,
2
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED
3
PROGRAMS
4
2024
APPROPRIATIONS
ACT,
5
TITLE I
6
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY
7
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
8
ADMINISTRATION
9
OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS
10
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and
11 the
Foreign
Service
not
otherwise
provided
for,
12 $9,413,107,000, of which $839,910,000 may remain avail13 able until September 30, 2025, and of which up to
14 $3,813,707,000 may remain available until expended for
15 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made
16 available under this heading shall be allocated in accord17 ance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as follows:
18
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For
necessary ex-
19
penses for training, human resources management,
20
and salaries, including employment without regard to
21
civil service and classification laws of persons on a
22
temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as author-
23
ized by section 801 of the United States Information
24
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11;
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Chapter
2
$684,767,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.
3
36),
$3,336,128,000,
(2) OVERSEAS
of
which
PROGRAMS.—For
up
to
necessary ex-
4
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department of
5
State and overseas activities as authorized by law,
6
$1,828,155,000.
7
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For
8
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the
9
Department of State, including representation to cer-
10
tain international organizations in which the United
11
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
12
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe-
13
cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and
14
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament ac-
15
tivities as authorized, $1,091,879,000.
16
(4) SECURITY
PROGRAMS.—For
necessary ex-
17
penses for security activities, $3,156,945,000, of which
18
up to $3,128,940,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
19
tection.
20
(5)
REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding
any
21
other provision of this Act, funds may be repro-
22
grammed within and between paragraphs (1) through
23
(4) under this heading subject to section 7015 of this
24
Act.
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1
2
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS
Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border
3 Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year
4 pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State,
5 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
6 Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), $50,000,000
7 shall be available until expended for the purposes of such
8 account, including to reduce passport backlogs and reduce
9 visa wait times: Provided, That the Secretary of State may
10 by regulation authorize State officials or the United States
11 Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for each
12 application for a passport accepted by such officials or by
13 that Service.
14
15
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
16 Fund, as authorized, $389,000,000, to remain available
17 until expended.
18
19
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
20 eral, $131,670,000, of which $16,025,000 may remain
21 available until September 30, 2025, and of which
22 $24,835,000 may remain available until September 30,
23 2025 for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re24 construction (SIGAR): Provided, That funds appropriated
25 under this heading are made available notwithstanding sec-
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1 tion 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
2 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections: Provided fur3 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading that are
4 made available for the printing and reproduction costs of
5 SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs during the
6 prior fiscal year.
7
8
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural ex-
9 change programs, as authorized, $741,000,000, to remain
10 available
until
expended,
of
which
not
less
than
11 $287,800,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program: Provided,
12 That fees or other payments received from, or in connection
13 with, English teaching, educational advising and coun14 seling programs, and exchange visitor programs as author15 ized may be credited to this account, to remain available
16 until expended: Provided further, That a portion of the Ful17 bright awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions
18 shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, fol19 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria20 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
21 heading that are made available for the Benjamin Gilman
22 International Scholarships Program shall also be made
23 available for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, pursu24 ant to section 7075 of the Department of State, Foreign Op25 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019
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1 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That
2 any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to
3 programs funded under this heading in this Act shall be
4 subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica5 tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
6
7
8
9
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES
For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000.
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to en-
10 able the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary pro11 tective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain avail12 able until September 30, 2025.
13
14
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign
15 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), pre16 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real
17 property that are owned or leased by the Department of
18 State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail19 able, the Harry S Truman Building, $902,615,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2028, of which not to
21 exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation ex22 penses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds ap23 propriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi24 tion of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de25 partments and agencies of the United States Government.
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1
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
2 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized,
3 $1,055,206,000, to remain available until expended.
4
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
5
SERVICE
6
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State
7 to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic
8 and Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, to remain
9 available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
10 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro11 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans
12 Program Account’’.
13
14
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $1,800,000, as authorized:
15 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
16 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such
18 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
19 principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $5,167,004.
20
21
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
22 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $35,964,000.
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1
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF
2
COLUMBIA
3
Not to exceed $1,842,732 shall be derived from fees col-
4 lected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facili5 ties at the International Center in accordance with section
6 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553),
7 and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act,
8 $744,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by such
9 section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section.
10
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
11
DISABILITY FUND
12
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
13 Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000.
14
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
15
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
16
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
17 meet annual obligations of membership in international
18 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified
19 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven20 tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,543,452,000, of which
21 $96,240,000 may remain available until September 30,
22 2025: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the
23 time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress
24 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, trans25 mit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent
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1 biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the op2 erations of the United Nations: Provided further, That the
3 Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro4 priations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency,
5 as far in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations
6 action to increase funding for any United Nations program
7 without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the
8 United Nations budget: Provided further, That any pay9 ment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to
10 activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United
11 States and the respective international organization and
12 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
13 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
14 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
15 available for a United States contribution to an inter16 national organization for the United States share of interest
17 costs made known to the United States Government by such
18 organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984,
19 through external borrowings: Provided further, That funds
20 made available under this heading may be made available
21 for United States contributions in support of the Inter22 national Energy Forum.
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1
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
2
ACTIVITIES
3
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
4 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
5 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and
6 security, $1,367,407,000, of which $683,704,000 may re7 main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That
8 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli9 gated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations
10 peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance
11 of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security
12 Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is prac13 ticable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of:
14 (1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objec15 tives of the mission, the national interest that will be served,
16 and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including
17 any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay
18 the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated
19 cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of
20 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
21 available for obligation unless the Secretary of State cer22 tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on
23 a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United
24 Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures
25 to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel,
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1 and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf2 ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or com3 mitting acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other viola4 tions of human rights, and to hold accountable individuals
5 who engage in such acts while participating in such mis6 sion, including prosecution in their home countries and
7 making information about such prosecutions publicly avail8 able on the website of the United Nations: Provided further,
9 That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Na10 tions and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping
11 troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure
12 that such troops have not violated human rights: Provided
13 further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex14 penses unless the Secretary of State determines that United
15 States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given op16 portunities to provide equipment, services, and material for
17 United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being
18 given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided fur19 ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
20 made available under this heading may be used for any
21 United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve
22 United States Armed Forces under the command or oper23 ational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s
24 military advisors have submitted to the President a rec25 ommendation that such involvement is in the national in-
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1 terest of the United States and the President has submitted
2 to Congress such a recommendation: Provided further, That
3 any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this
4 Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
5 of the Committees on Appropriations.
6
7
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
8 meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties,
9 or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
10
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
11
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
12
For necessary expenses for the United States Section
13 of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
14 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli15 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed
16 $6,000 for representation expenses, as follows:
17
18
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
19 $64,800,000, of which $9,720,000 may remain available
20 until September 30, 2025.
21
22
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
23 thorized projects, $156,050,000, to remain available until
24 expended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds appro25 priated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts mak-
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1 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op2 erations, and related programs for the United States Sec3 tion, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged
4 with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Salaries and
5 Expenses’’ to carry out the purposes of the United States
6 Section, which shall be subject to prior consultation with,
7 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees
8 on Appropriations: Provided further, That such transfer
9 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority
10 provided in this Act.
11
12
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the
13 International Joint Commission and the International
14 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au15 thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada
16 or Great Britain, and for technical assistance grants and
17 the Community Assistance Program of the North American
18 Development Bank, $16,204,000: Provided, That of the
19 amount provided under this heading for the International
20 Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available
21 until September 30, 2025, and up to $9,000 may be made
22 available for representation expenses: Provided further,
23 That of the amount provided under this heading for the
24 International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be
25 made available for representation expenses.
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2
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
3 missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law,
4 $65,719,000: Provided, That the United States share of such
5 expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions
6 pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
7
8
9
10
RELATED AGENCY
UNITED STATES AGENCY
FOR
GLOBAL MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to enable the United States
11 Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry
12 out international communication activities, and to make
13 and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television
14 broadcasting to the Middle East, $857,214,000, of which
15 $42,861,000 may remain available until September 30,
16 2025: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise
17 available for such purposes, up to $75,722,000 of the
18 amount appropriated under this heading may remain
19 available until expended for satellite transmissions, global
20 network distribution, and Internet freedom programs, of
21 which not less than $43,500,000 shall be for Internet free22 dom programs: Provided further, That of the total amount
23 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000
24 may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000
25 may be used for such expenses within the United States as
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1 authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for rep2 resentation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
3 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head4 ing shall be allocated in accordance with the table included
5 under this heading in the explanatory statement described
6 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con7 solidated Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding the
8 previous proviso, funds may be reprogrammed within and
9 between amounts designated in such table, subject to the reg10 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro11 priations, except that no such reprogramming may reduce
12 a designated amount by more than 5 percent: Provided fur13 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be
14 made available in accordance with the principles and
15 standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the United
16 States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C.
17 6202) and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204): Pro18 vided further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer
19 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15
20 days of any determination by the USAGM that any of its
21 broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, pro22 vides an open platform for international terrorists or those
23 who support international terrorism, or is in violation of
24 the principles and standards set forth in section 303(a) and
25 (b) of such Act or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics:
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1 Provided further, That in addition to funds made available
2 under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising
4 and revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in re5 ceipts from cooperating international organizations, and
6 up to $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of
7 the Voice of America and the International Broadcasting
8 Bureau, shall remain available until expended for carrying
9 out authorized purposes: Provided further, That significant
10 modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justi11 fied to Congress, including changes to transmission plat12 forms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and tel13 evision), for all USAGM language services shall be subject
14 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
15 Appropriations: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000
16 from the USAGM Buying Power Maintenance account may
17 be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by
18 this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting
19 Operations’’, which shall remain available until expended:
20 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi21 tion to any transfer authority otherwise available under
22 any other provision of law and shall be subject to prior con23 sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of,
24 the Committees on Appropriations.
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1
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
2
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva-
3 tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and
4 digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and
5 installation of necessary equipment for radio, television,
6 and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba,
7 as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition
8 to
amounts
otherwise
available
for
such
purposes,
9 $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author10 ized.
11
RELATED PROGRAMS
12
THE ASIA FOUNDATION
13
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized
14 by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $22,000,000,
15 to remain available until expended.
16
17
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE
OF
PEACE
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute
18 of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of
19 Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $55,000,000, to remain
20 available until September 30, 2025, which shall not be used
21 for construction activities.
22
CENTER
FOR
23
24
MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE
TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
25 ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section
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1 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
2 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
3 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and
4 earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30,
5 2024, to remain available until expended.
6
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
7
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
8 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5
9 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20
10 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
11 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund
12 on or before September 30, 2024, to remain available until
13 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
14 herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa15 tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay16 ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376
17 of title 5, United States Code; or for purposes which are
18 not in accordance with section 200 of title 2 of the Code
19 of Federal Regulations, including the restrictions on com20 pensation for personal services.
21
22
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship
23 Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela24 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
25 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing to the
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1 Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30,
2 2024, to remain available until expended.
3
4
EAST-WEST CENTER
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
5 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and
6 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960,
7 by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter8 change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii,
9 $22,000,000.
10
11
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the Department of State to the
12 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the
13 National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412),
14 $315,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
15 $210,316,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and cus16 tomary manner, including for the core institutes, and
17 $104,684,000 shall be for democracy programs: Provided,
18 That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this Act shall
19 not apply to funds made available under this heading.
20
21
OTHER COMMISSIONS
COMMISSION
FOR THE
PRESERVATION
OF
22
HERITAGE ABROAD
23
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
24
AMERICA’S
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the
25 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, as authorized
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1 by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, $770,000,
2 of which $116,000 may remain available until September
3 30, 2025: Provided, That the Commission may procure tem4 porary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding
5 paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro6 vided further, That such authority shall terminate on Octo7 ber 1, 2024: Provided further, That the Commission shall
8 notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising
9 such authority.
10
UNITED STATES COMMISSION
ON INTERNATIONAL
11
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
12
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
14 sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by
15 title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
16 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,000,000, to remain available
17 until September 30, 2025, including not more than $4,000
18 for representation expenses.
19 COMMISSION
20
21
ON
SECURITY
AND
COOPERATION
IN
EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security
22 and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law
23 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, including not
24 more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to remain
25 available until September 30, 2025.
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1
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION
2
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
3
4
OF
ON THE
CHINA
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive
5 Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author6 ized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000
7 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not more
8 than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2025.
10 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC
AND
SECURITY REVIEW
11
COMMISSION
12
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
13
For necessary expenses of the United States-China
14 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized
15 by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense
16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002),
17 $4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for representa18 tion expenses, to remain available until September 30,
19 2025: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita20 tions, and conditions contained in the second through fifth
21 provisos under this heading in the Department of State,
22 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
23 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall con24 tinue in effect during fiscal year 2024 and shall apply to
25 funds appropriated under this heading.
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1
COMMISSION
ON
REFORM
AND
MODERNIZATION
2
DEPARTMENT
3
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4
OF
OF THE
STATE
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Reform
5 and Modernization of the Department of State, as author6 ized by section 9803 of the Department of State Authoriza7 tion Act of 2022 (title XCVIII of division I of Public Law
8 117–263), $2,000,000, to remain available until September
9 30, 2025.
10
TITLE II
11
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
12
DEVELOPMENT
13
FUNDS APPROPRIATED
14
15
TO THE
PRESIDENT
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
16 section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
17 $1,695,000,000, of which up to $254,250,000 may remain
18 available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That none
19 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under
20 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may
21 be made available to finance the construction (including ar22 chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term
23 lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter24 national Development, unless the USAID Administrator
25 has identified such proposed use of funds in a report sub-
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1 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15
2 days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: Pro3 vided further, That contracts or agreements entered into
4 with funds appropriated under this heading may entail
5 commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the
6 following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority
7 of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
8 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer
9 funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such
10 Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provi11 sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the funds
12 appropriated or made available under this heading, not to
13 exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and
14 entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may
15 be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed
16 $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID
17 during the current fiscal year: Provided further, That of
18 the funds appropriated under this heading, up to
19 $20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds
20 appropriated or otherwise made available in title II of this
21 Act under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, subject
22 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro23 cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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1
2
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and
3 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of
4 information technology and related capital investments,
5 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
6 1961, $259,100,000, to remain available until expended:
7 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other8 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That
9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
10 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit11 tees on Appropriations.
12
13
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
14 section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
15 $85,500,000, of which up to $12,825,000 may remain avail16 able until September 30, 2025, for the Office of Inspector
17 General of the United States Agency for International De18 velopment.
19
TITLE III
20
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
21
FUNDS APPROPRIATED
22
TO THE
PRESIDENT
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry
23 out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
24 and for other purposes, as follows:
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1
2
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
3 chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
4 of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds
5 otherwise available for such purposes, $3,985,450,000, to re6 main available until September 30, 2025, and which shall
7 be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for
8 International Development: Provided, That this amount
9 shall be made available for training, equipment, and tech10 nical assistance to build the capacity of public health insti11 tutions and organizations in developing countries, and for
12 such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health
13 programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration pro14 grams; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation
15 programs which directly address the needs of mothers and
16 children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for
17 children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS;
18 (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and
19 research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and
20 other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis21 eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected
22 by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by
23 AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises;
24 (7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to unan25 ticipated and emerging global health threats, including
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1 zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/reproductive
2 health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
3 this paragraph may be made available for United States
4 contributions to The GAVI Alliance and to a multilateral
5 vaccine development partnership to support epidemic pre6 paredness: Provided further, That none of the funds made
7 available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from
8 prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any
9 organization or program which, as determined by the Presi10 dent of the United States, supports or participates in the
11 management of a program of coercive abortion or involun12 tary sterilization: Provided further, That any determina13 tion made under the previous proviso must be made not
14 later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
15 and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria uti16 lized to make the determination: Provided further, That
17 none of the funds made available under this Act may be
18 used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method
19 of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to
20 practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this
21 paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory
22 prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the For23 eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none
24 of the funds made available under this Act may be used
25 to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in
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1 order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations,
2 funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning
3 projects which offer, either directly or through referral to,
4 or information about access to, a broad range of family
5 planning methods and services, and that any such vol6 untary family planning project shall meet the following re7 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the
8 project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other
9 numerical targets, of total number of births, number of fam10 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method
11 of family planning (this provision shall not be construed
12 to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators
13 for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall
14 not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or fi15 nancial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for be16 coming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program per17 sonnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total
18 number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or
19 acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3)
20 the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including
21 the right of access to participate in any program of general
22 welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence
23 of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning
24 services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac25 ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits
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1 and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions
2 that might render the use of the method inadvisable and
3 those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use
4 of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experi5 mental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce6 dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study
7 in which participants are advised of potential risks and
8 benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which
9 the USAID Administrator determines that there has been
10 a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1),
11 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of
12 violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4)
13 of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations a report containing a descrip15 tion of such violation and the corrective action taken by
16 the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants for
17 natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign
18 Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated
19 against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien20 tious commitment to offer only natural family planning;
21 and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the
22 requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That
23 for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro24 priating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper25 ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it
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1 relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed
2 to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of infor3 mation or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided
4 further, That information provided about the use of
5 condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded
6 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically
7 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and
8 failure rates of such use.
9
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the
10 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre11 vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
12 AIDS, $6,045,000,000, to remain available until September
13 30, 2028, which shall be apportioned directly to the Depart14 ment of State: Provided, That funds appropriated under
15 this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding
16 any other provision of law, except for the United States
17 Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
18 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United States con19 tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
20 and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, That the
21 amount of such contribution shall be $1,650,000,000: Pro22 vided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount
23 of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year
24 2024 may be made available to USAID for technical assist25 ance related to the activities of the Global Fund, subject
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1 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
2 Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds appro3 priated under this paragraph, up to $22,000,000 may be
4 made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available
5 for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the United
6 States Global AIDS Coordinator, consistent with the direc7 tion included under this heading in the explanatory state8 ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi9 sion A of this consolidated Act).
10
11
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
12 sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255,
13 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
14 1961, $3,931,000,000, to remain available until September
15 30, 2025: Provided, That funds made available under this
16 heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency
17 for International Development.
18
19
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
20 section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter21 national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction
22 assistance, $4,779,000,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which $750,000,000 is designated by the Congress
24 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
25 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That funds made
2 available under this heading shall be apportioned to the
3 United States Agency for International Development not
4 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
5
6
TRANSITION INITIATIVES
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
7 bilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the
8 Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for
9 International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the
10 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transition
11 to democracy and long-term development of countries in cri12 sis, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That such support may include assistance to develop,
14 strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc15 esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful
16 resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID
17 Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees on
18 Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new,
19 or terminating a, program of assistance: Provided further,
20 That if the Secretary of State determines that it is impor21 tant to the national interest of the United States to provide
22 transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated
23 under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro24 priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I
25 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for pur-
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1 poses of this heading and under the authorities applicable
2 to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further,
3 That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso
4 shall be made available subject to prior consultation with
5 the Committees on Appropriations.
6
7
COMPLEX CRISES FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
8 section 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V
9 of division J of Public Law 116–94), $55,000,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That funds ap11 propriated under this heading may be made available not12 withstanding any other provision of law, except sections
13 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M of the
14 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That
15 funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned
16 to the United States Agency for International Development.
17
18
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
19 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
20 $3,890,400,000, to remain available until September 30,
21 2025, of which $300,000,000 is designated by the Congress
22 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
24 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1
2
DEMOCRACY FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
3 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de4 mocracy globally, including to carry out the purposes of sec5 tion 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C.
6 4411), $205,200,000, to remain available until September
7 30, 2025, which shall be made available for the Human
8 Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy,
9 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Provided,
10 That funds appropriated under this heading that are made
11 available to the National Endowment for Democracy and
12 its core institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise
13 made available by this Act for such purposes: Provided fur14 ther, That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human
15 Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall consult with
16 the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obli17 gation of funds appropriated under this paragraph.
18
For an additional amount for such purposes,
19 $140,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
20 2025, which shall be made available for the Bureau for De21 mocracy, Human Rights, and Governance, United States
22 Agency for International Development.
23
24
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Sup-
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1 port Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for East2 ern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law
3 101–179), $770,334,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2025, which shall be available, notwithstanding
5 any other provision of law, except section 7047 of this Act,
6 for assistance and related programs for countries identified
7 in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C.
8 5801) and section 3(c) of the SEED Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C.
9 5402), in addition to funds otherwise available for such
10 purposes, of which $310,000,000 is designated by the Con11 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
12 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That funds ap14 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health
15 Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter16 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are
17 made available for assistance for such countries shall be ad18 ministered in accordance with the responsibilities of the co19 ordinator designated pursuant to section 102 of the FREE20 DOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED Act of
21 1989: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
22 heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under
23 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making
24 available the administrative authorities contained in that
25 Act for the use of economic assistance: Provided further,
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1 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made
2 available for contributions to multilateral initiatives to
3 counter hybrid threats.
4
5
6
DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to
7 enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions
8 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assist9 ance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), and other activities to
10 meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of
11 personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign
12 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); allowances
13 as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5,
14 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor
15 vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
16 5, United States Code, $3,928,000,000, to remain available
17 until expended, of which $750,000,000 is designated by the
18 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
19 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That of
21 the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall
22 be made available for refugees resettling in Israel.
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1
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
2
ASSISTANCE FUND
3
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
4 section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
5 of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $100,000, to remain available
6 until expended: Provided, That amounts in excess of the
7 limitation contained in paragraph (2) of such section shall
8 be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available
9 by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee As10 sistance’’.
11
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
12
PEACE CORPS
13
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
14
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
15 the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the
16 purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for
17 administrative purposes for use outside of the United
18 States, $430,500,000, of which $7,800,000 is for the Office
19 of Inspector General, to remain available until September
20 30, 2025: Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps
21 may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Ac22 count, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act
23 (22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Pro24 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre25 vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made avail-
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1 able for Peace Corps overseas operations: Provided further,
2 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to
3 exceed $104,000 may be available for representation ex4 penses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available
5 for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That in addi6 tion to the requirements under section 7015(a) of this Act,
7 the Peace Corps shall consult with the Committees on Ap8 propriations prior to any decision to open, close, or suspend
9 a domestic or overseas office or a country program unless
10 there is a substantial risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps
11 personnel: Provided further, That none of the funds appro12 priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor13 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous
14 proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76
15 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.
16
17
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
18 the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et
19 seq.) (MCA), $930,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under
21 this heading, up to $143,000,000 may be available for ad22 ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corpora23 tion: Provided further, That section 605(e) of the MCA (22
24 U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to funds appropriated under
25 this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated
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1 under this heading may be made available for a Millen2 nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section
3 609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact
4 obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to
5 the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the
6 parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the
7 United States Government funding anticipated for the du8 ration of the Compact: Provided further, That of the funds
9 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000
10 may be available for representation and entertainment ex11 penses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for
12 entertainment expenses: Provided further, That the member
13 of the Board described in section 604(c)(3)(B)(ii) of the Mil14 lennium
Challenge
Act
of
2003
(22
U.S.C.
15 7703(c)(3)(B)(ii)), whose term began on September 16,
16 2019, shall continue to serve in such appointment until De17 cember 31, 2024: Provided further, That in the event that
18 a new member of the Board described in section
19 604(c)(3)(B) of such Act is appointed prior to December
20 31, 2024, the term of the member of the Board whose term
21 began on September 16, 2019, shall terminate as of the date
22 of such appointment.
23
24
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of
25 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro-
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1 visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969,
2 $47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:
3 Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head4 ing, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representa5 tion expenses.
6
7
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the African Devel-
8 opment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 22
9 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $45,000,000, to remain available until
10 September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be
11 available for representation expenses: Provided, That funds
12 made available to grantees may be invested pending expend13 iture for project purposes when authorized by the Board of
14 Directors of the United States African Development Foun15 dation (USADF): Provided further, That interest earned
16 shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was
17 made: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
18 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act (22
19 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in exceptional circumstances the
20 Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the $250,000
21 limitation contained in that section with respect to a
22 project and a project may exceed the limitation by up to
23 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency
24 fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall sub25 mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
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1 after each time such waiver authority is exercised: Provided
2 further, That the USADF may make rent or lease payments
3 in advance from appropriations available for such purpose
4 for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as
5 may be necessary to carry out its functions: Provided fur6 ther, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts out7 side the United States Treasury and retain any interest
8 earned on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of
9 the African Development Foundation Act: Provided further,
10 That the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation
11 from the Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds
12 for program purposes.
13
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TREASURY
14
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
15
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
16 section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
17 $38,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
18 That amounts made available under this heading may be
19 made available to contract for services as described in sec20 tion 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
21 without regard to the location in which such services are
22 performed.
23
24
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of
25 the Treasury—Debt Restructuring’’ there is appropriated
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1 $26,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027,
2 for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
3 Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees
4 for, or credits extended to, such countries as the President
5 may determine, including the costs of selling, reducing, or
6 canceling amounts owed to the United States pursuant to
7 multilateral debt restructurings, including Paris Club debt
8 restructurings and the ‘‘Common Framework for Debt
9 Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative’’:
10 Provided, That such amounts may be used notwithstanding
11 any other provision of law.
12
13
TROPICAL FOREST AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION
For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
14 sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan
15 guarantees, as the President may determine, for which
16 funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available
17 for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func18 tion 150, including the costs of selling, reducing, or can19 celing amounts owed to the United States as a result of
20 concessional loans made to eligible countries pursuant to
21 part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000,
22 to remain available until September 30, 2027.
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1
TITLE IV
2
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE
3
DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
4
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
5
ENFORCEMENT
6
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the
7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,400,000,000, to remain
8 available until September 30, 2025, of which $115,000,000
9 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
10 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:
12 Provided, That the Department of State may use the au13 thority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
14 without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property
15 from an agency of the United States Government for the
16 purpose of providing such property to a foreign country or
17 international organization under chapter 8 of part I of such
18 Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the
19 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That sec20 tion 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not
21 apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except that
22 any funds made available notwithstanding such section
23 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
24 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
25 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
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1 able to support training and technical assistance for foreign
2 law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other judicial au3 thorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided further,
4 That funds made available under this heading that are
5 transferred to another department, agency, or instrumen6 tality of the United States Government pursuant to section
7 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in ex8 cess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant to
9 section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject to the regular
10 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria11 tions: Provided further, That funds made available under
12 this heading for Program Development and Support may
13 be made available notwithstanding pre-obligation require14 ments contained in this Act, except for the notification re15 quirements of section 7015.
16
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
17
RELATED PROGRAMS
18
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
19 rorism, demining and related programs and activities,
20 $870,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
21 2025, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II
22 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism as23 sistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
24 of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22
25 U.S.C. 5854), section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act
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1 (22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
2 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded ord3 nance, the destruction of small arms, and related activities,
4 notwithstanding any other provision of law, including ac5 tivities implemented through nongovernmental and inter6 national organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution to
8 the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory
9 Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the Inter10 national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided, That
11 funds made available under this heading for the Non12 proliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be made avail13 able, notwithstanding any other provision of law and sub14 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification
15 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to pro16 mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non17 proliferation, disarmament, and weapons destruction, and
18 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
19 That such funds may also be used for such countries other
20 than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and
21 international organizations when it is in the national secu22 rity interest of the United States to do so: Provided further,
23 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made
24 available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State deter25 mines that Israel is being denied its right to participate
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1 in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That
2 funds made available for conventional weapons destruction
3 programs, including demining and related activities, in ad4 dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may
5 be used for administrative expenses related to the operation
6 and management of such programs and activities, subject
7 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
8 Appropriations.
9
10
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
11 section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
12 $410,458,000, of which $291,425,000 may remain available
13 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds appro14 priated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding
15 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to provide
16 assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign civilian secu17 rity forces, including gendarmes, to participate in peace18 keeping operations: Provided further, That of the funds ap19 propriated under this heading, not less than $34,000,000
20 shall be made available for a United States contribution
21 to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the
22 Sinai: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
23 this heading may be made available to pay assessed ex24 penses of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia
25 under the same terms and conditions, as applicable, as
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1 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Con2 tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’: Pro3 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
4 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
5 Committees on Appropriations.
6
7
8
FUNDS APPROPRIATED
TO THE
PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
9 section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
10 $119,152,000, to remain available until September 30,
11 2025: Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom mili12 tary education and training may be provided under this
13 heading may include civilians who are not members of a
14 government whose participation would contribute to im15 proved civil-military relations, civilian control of the mili16 tary, or respect for human rights: Provided further, That
17 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $3,000,000
18 shall remain available until expended to increase the par19 ticipation of women in programs and activities funded
20 under this heading, following consultation with the Com21 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the
22 funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
23 $50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.
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2
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the Presi-
3 dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms
4 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $6,133,397,000, of
5 which $275,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being
6 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That to expedite the
9 provision of assistance to foreign countries and inter10 national organizations, the Secretary of State, following
11 consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and
12 subject to the regular notification procedures of such Com13 mittees, may use the funds appropriated under this heading
14 to procure defense articles and services to enhance the ca15 pacity of foreign security forces: Provided further, That
16 funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this
17 heading shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any re18 quirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act:
19 Provided further, That funds made available under this
20 heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in accord21 ance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of title 31,
22 United States Code.
23
None of the funds made available under this heading
24 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti25 cles, defense services, or design and construction services
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1 that are not sold by the United States Government under
2 the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro3 posing to make such procurement has first signed an agree4 ment with the United States Government specifying the
5 conditions under which such procurement may be financed
6 with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
7 level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the
8 regular notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act:
9 Provided further, That funds made available under this
10 heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision
11 of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance,
12 and related activities, and may include activities imple13 mented through nongovernmental and international organi14 zations: Provided further, That a country that is a member
15 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or is
16 a major non-NATO ally designated by section 517(b) of the
17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may utilize funds made
18 available under this heading for procurement of defense ar19 ticles, defense services, or design and construction services
20 that are not sold by the United States Government under
21 the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds
22 appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the
23 minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for de24 fense articles and services: Provided further, That not more
25 than $72,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
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1 heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including
2 the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement
3 only for use outside of the United States, for the general
4 costs of administering military assistance and sales, except
5 that this limitation may be exceeded only through the reg6 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro7 priations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State
8 may use funds made available under this heading pursuant
9 to the previous proviso for the administrative and other
10 operational costs of the Department of State related to mili11 tary assistance and sales, assistance under section 551 of
12 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and Department of De13 fense security assistance programs, in addition to funds oth14 erwise available for such purposes: Provided further, That
15 up to $2,000,000 of the funds made available pursuant to
16 the previous proviso may be used for direct hire personnel,
17 except that this limitation may be exceeded by the Secretary
18 of State following consultation with the Committees on Ap19 propriations: Provided further, That of the funds made
20 available under this heading for general costs of admin21 istering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000
22 may be available for entertainment expenses and not to ex23 ceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses:
24 Provided further, That not more than $1,541,392,546 of
25 funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms
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1 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) may be obli2 gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense
3 during fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 43(b) of the
4 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), except that
5 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular
6 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria7 tions.
8
TITLE V
9
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE
10
FUNDS APPROPRIATED
TO THE
PRESIDENT
11
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
12
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
13 section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
14 $436,920,000: Provided, That section 307(a) of the Foreign
15 Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contributions to
16 the United Nations Democracy Fund: Provided further,
17 That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
18 of this Act, such funds shall be made available for core con19 tributions for each entity listed in the table under this head20 ing in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in
21 the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act)
22 unless otherwise provided for in this Act, or if the Secretary
23 of State has justified to the Committees on Appropriations
24 the proposed uses of funds other than for core contributions
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1 following prior consultation with, and subject to the regular
2 notification procedures of, such Committees.
3
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
4
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
5
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
6 struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi7 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury,
8 $150,200,000, to remain available until expended.
9
10
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND
For contribution to the Clean Technology Fund,
11 $125,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That up to $125,000,000 of such amount shall be
13 available to cover costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con14 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans issued to the
15 Clean Technology Fund: Provided further, That such funds
16 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
17 amount of direct loans without limitation.
18
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
19
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
20
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
21 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury
22 for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the
23 increases in capital stock, $206,500,000, to remain avail24 able until expended.
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2
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the International Bank
3 for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without
4 fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
5 United States share of increases in capital stock in an
6 amount not to exceed $1,421,275,728.70.
7
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
8
ASSOCIATION
9
For payment to the International Development Asso-
10 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,380,256,000,
11 to remain available until expended.
12
13
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian
14 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury,
15 $87,220,000, to remain available until expended.
16
17
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the African Development Bank by the
18 Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of
19 the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock,
20 $54,648,752, to remain available until expended.
21
22
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
23 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to
24 the callable capital portion of the United States share of
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1 increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed
2 $856,174,624.
3
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
4
For payment to the African Development Fund by the
5 Secretary of the Treasury, $197,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended.
7
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
8
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
9
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
10 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
11 $43,000,000, to remain available until expended.
12
GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM
13
For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Secu-
14 rity
Program
by
the
Secretary
of
the
Treasury,
15 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
16
17
TREASURY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For contributions by the Secretary of the Treasury to
18 international financial institutions and trust funds admin19 istered by such institutions, in addition to amounts other20 wise available for such purposes, $50,000,000, to remain
21 available until expended: Provided, That of the amount
22 made available under this heading, up to $50,000,000 may
23 be available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the
24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees to the
25 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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1 and the Asian Development Bank: Provided further, That
2 funds made available under this heading may be trans3 ferred to, and merged with, funds provided under the head4 ing ‘‘Contribution to the International Development Asso5 ciation’’ in this title and under the headings ‘‘Department
6 of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assist7 ance’’ and ‘‘Department of the Treasury, Debt Restruc8 turing’’ in title III of this Act: Provided further, That such
9 transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority
10 otherwise available in this Act and under any other provi11 sion of law: Provided further, That funds made available
12 under this heading, including funds transferred pursuant
13 to the second proviso, shall be subject to prior consultation
14 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com15 mittees on Appropriations.
16
TITLE VI
17
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
18
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
19
20
OF THE
UNITED STATES
INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
21 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
22 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $8,860,000, of which up to
23 $1,329,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025.
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PROGRAM ACCOUNT
2
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
3 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
4 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora5 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con6 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi7 tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
8 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro9 gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Pro10 vided, That none of the funds available during the current
11 fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts,
12 or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel,
13 or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon
14 state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non15 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive eco16 nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto17 nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of this
18 Act.
19
20
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
21 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including
22 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
23 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to
24 exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation ex25 penses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed
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1 $125,000,000, of which up to $18,750,000 may remain
2 available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the Ex3 port-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, pay4 ment or services provided by transaction participants for
5 legal, financial, or technical services in connection with any
6 transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee
7 or insurance commitment has been made: Provided further,
8 That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the
9 Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) of such
10 section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2024:
11 Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees for nec12 essary expenses (including special services performed on a
13 contract or fee basis, but not including other personal serv14 ices) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the
15 Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other as16 sets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed
17 the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property,
18 or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects
19 of any transaction for which an application for a loan,
20 guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or sys21 tems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Pro22 vided further, That in addition to other funds appropriated
23 for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to
24 this account for such purposes, to remain available until
25 expended.
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2
PROGRAM BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance,
3 and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex4 port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not to exceed
5 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
6 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
7 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such
9 funds shall remain available until September 30, 2039, for
10 the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance
11 and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2024 through
12 2027.
13
14
RECEIPTS COLLECTED
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank
15 Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal Credit
16 Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount
17 appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting collec18 tions to this account: Provided, That the sums herein appro19 priated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar20 for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as to result
21 in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund
22 estimated at $0.
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1 UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
2
CORPORATION
3
INSPECTOR GENERAL
4
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
5 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
6 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $7,200,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2025.
8
9
CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT
The United States International Development Finance
10 Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to make such
11 expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds
12 and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and
13 in accordance with the law, and to make such expenditures
14 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations,
15 as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code,
16 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs for the
17 current fiscal year for the Corporation: Provided, That for
18 necessary expenses of the activities described in subsections
19 (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act
20 of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) and for admin21 istrative expenses to carry out authorized activities de22 scribed in section 1434(d) of such Act, $983,250,000: Pro23 vided further, That of the amount provided—
24
(1) $243,000,000 shall remain available until
25
September 30, 2026, for administrative expenses to
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carry out authorized activities (including an amount
2
for official reception and representation expenses
3
which shall not exceed $25,000); and
4
(2) $740,250,000 shall remain available until
5
September 30, 2026, for the activities described in
6
subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421
7
of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts obli-
8
gated in a fiscal year for activities described in sec-
9
tion 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for
10
disbursement for the term of the underlying project:
11
Provided further, That amounts made available under
12
this paragraph may be paid to the ‘‘United States
13
International Development Finance Corporation—
14
Program Account’’ for programs authorized by sub-
15
sections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the
16
BUILD Act of 2018:
17 Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursu18 ant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject
19 to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional
20 committees and the regular notification procedures of the
21 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
22 funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap23 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper24 ations, and related programs for support by the Corpora25 tion in upper-middle income countries shall be subject to
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1 prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations:
2 Provided further, That in fiscal year 2024 collections of
3 amounts described in section 1434(h) of the BUILD Act of
4 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this appro5 priation: Provided further, That such collections collected
6 in fiscal year 2024 in excess of $983,250,000 shall be cred7 ited to this account and shall be available in future fiscal
8 years only to the extent provided in advance in appropria9 tions Acts: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2024, if
10 such collections are less than $983,250,000, receipts collected
11 pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal Credit
12 Reform Act of 1990, in an amount equal to such shortfall,
13 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this appropria14 tion: Provided further, That fees charged for project-specific
15 transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of the
16 BUILD Act of 2018, and other direct costs associated with
17 origination or monitoring services provided to specific or
18 potential investors, shall not be considered administrative
19 expenses for the purposes of this heading: Provided further,
20 That such fees shall be credited to this account for such pur21 poses, to remain available until expended: Provided further,
22 That funds appropriated or otherwise made available under
23 this heading may not be used to provide any type of assist24 ance that is otherwise prohibited by any other provision
25 of law or to provide assistance to any foreign country that
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1 is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law: Pro2 vided further, That the sums herein appropriated from the
3 General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis
4 by the offsetting collections described under this heading so
5 as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the
6 General Fund estimated at $556,450,000.
7
8
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De-
9 velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac10 count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30,
11 2026: Provided, That amounts paid to this account from
12 CCA or transferred to this account pursuant to section
13 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public
14 Law 115–254) shall be available for the costs of direct and
15 guaranteed loans provided by the Corporation pursuant to
16 section 1421(b) of such Act and the costs of modifying loans
17 and loan guarantees transferred to the Corporation pursu18 ant to section 1463 of such Act: Provided further, That such
19 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
20 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
21 of 1974: Provided further, That such amounts obligated in
22 a fiscal year shall remain available for disbursement for
23 the following 8 fiscal years: Provided further, That funds
24 made available in this Act and transferred to carry out the
25 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to section 1434(j)
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1 of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available for obliga2 tion for 1 additional fiscal year: Provided further, That the
3 total loan principal or guaranteed principal amount shall
4 not exceed $12,000,000,000.
5
6
TRADE
AND
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
7 section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
8 $87,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
9 of which no more than $24,500,000 may be used for admin10 istrative expenses: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
11 under this heading, not more than $5,000 may be available
12 for representation and entertainment expenses.
13
TITLE VII
14
GENERAL PROVISIONS
15
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS
16
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this
17 Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for al18 lowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59
19 of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by
20 section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger transpor21 tation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, United States
22 Code.
23
24
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United
25 States Government to which funds are appropriated or oth-
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1 erwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu3 lative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended,
4 balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury
5 Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such depart6 ment or agency in fiscal year 2024 or any previous fiscal
7 year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report
8 required by this section shall be submitted not later than
9 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter and should
10 specify by account the amount of funds obligated pursuant
11 to bilateral agreements which have not been further sub-obli12 gated.
13
14
CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation
15 under title I of this Act for any consulting service through
16 procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5,
17 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where
18 such expenditures are a matter of public record and avail19 able for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
20 under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued
21 pursuant to existing law.
22
23
24
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (2) of section
25 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterter-
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1 rorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427,
2 as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law
3 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), as
4 amended by section 111 of the Department of State Authori5 ties Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a project
6 to construct a facility of the United States may include of7 fice space or other accommodations for members of the
8 United States Marine Corps.
9
(b) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATIONS.—Funds ap-
10 propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria11 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and
12 related programs, which may be made available for the ac13 quisition of property or award of construction contracts for
14 overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fiscal
15 year 2024, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and
16 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on
17 Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant to
18 this subsection shall include the information enumerated
19 under this section in the explanatory statement described
20 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con21 solidated Act): Provided further, That the Secretary of State
22 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at the
23 early project development stage for out-year construction
24 projects, including to discuss security and non-security con25 struction requirements, modifications to scope, and cost re-
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1 ductions identified for such projects, consistent with appli2 cable laws and regulations: Provided further, That the Sec3 retary shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees
4 on Appropriations on contingency savings identified from
5 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security,
6 Construction, and Maintenance’’ by prior Acts making ap7 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper8 ations, and related programs, and the obligation of funds
9 made available by such savings shall be subject to prior con10 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
11
12
(c) INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.—
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds
appro-
13
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se-
14
curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be made
15
available, following consultation with the appropriate
16
congressional
17
vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United
18
States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical
19
security upgrades and local guard staffing.
committees,
to
address
security
20
(2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any other
21
provision of law, the opening, closure, or any signifi-
22
cant modification to an interim or temporary United
23
States diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior
24
consultation with the appropriate congressional com-
25
mittees and the regular notification procedures of the
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Committees on Appropriations, except that such con-
2
sultation and notification may be waived if there is
3
a security risk to personnel.
4
(d) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act
5 under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and
6 Maintenance’’ may be made available for security upgrades
7 to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, resi8 dences, and places of worship used by United States diplo9 matic personnel and their dependents.
10
(e) REPORT.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act
11 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, $100,000,000
12 may not be obligated until the Secretary of State promul13 gates new guidance and requirements consistent with sec14 tion 9301 of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter15 terrorism Act of 2022 (title XCIII of division I of Public
16 Law 117–263) and submits to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a report detailing such guidance and re18 quirements, including the impact of implementation on
19 United States diplomatic facilities and construction
20 projects.
21
(f) FACILITIES.—
22
(1) None of the funds made available by this Act
23
may be used to move the United States embassy in
24
Israel to a location other than Jerusalem.
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(2) Section 305 of the Departments of Commerce,
2
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen-
3
cies Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–459)
4
is repealed.
5
6
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or
7 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per8 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in9 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg10 etary resources available under title I to such department
11 or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds
12 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
13 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities
14 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use
15 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re16 programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act.
17
18
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained
19 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur20 poses within the United States not authorized before enact21 ment of this Act by Congress: Provided, That up to $25,000
22 may be made available to carry out the provisions of section
23 316 of the International Security and Development Co24 operation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C.
25 2151a note).
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PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
2
COUNTRIES
3
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
4 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of
5 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly
6 any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba,
7 North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes
8 of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi9 tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and
10 guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.
´TAT
COUPS D’E
11
12
SEC. 7008. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap-
13 propriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles
14 III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended
15 to finance directly any assistance to the government of any
16 country whose duly elected head of government is deposed
17 by military coup d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enact18 ment of this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the mili19 tary plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may
20 be resumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer21 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit22 tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a demo23 cratically elected government has taken office: Provided fur24 ther, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to
25 assistance to promote democratic elections or public partici-
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1 pation in democratic processes, or to support a democratic
2 transition: Provided further, That funds made available
3 pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to prior
4 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures
5 of, the Committees on Appropriations.
6
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following con-
7 sultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, may
8 waive the restriction in this section on a program-by-pro9 gram basis if the Secretary certifies and reports to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations that such waiver is in the na11 tional security interest of the United States: Provided, That
12 funds made available pursuant to such waiver shall be sub13 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification
14 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
15
16
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
AND
UNITED
17 STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.—
18
(1) DEPARTMENT
19
(A) IN
OF STATE.—
GENERAL.—Not
to exceed 5 percent
20
of any appropriation made available for the cur-
21
rent fiscal year for the Department of State
22
under title I of this Act may be transferred be-
23
tween, and merged with, such appropriations,
24
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise
25
specifically provided, shall be increased by more
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than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no
2
such transfer may be made to increase the ap-
3
propriation under the heading ‘‘Representation
4
Expenses’’.
5
(B) EMBASSY
SECURITY.—Funds
appro-
6
priated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
7
grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Pro-
8
tection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and
9
Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo-
10
matic and Consular Service’’ in this Act may be
11
transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
12
priated under such headings if the Secretary of
13
State determines and reports to the Committees
14
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to
15
implement the recommendations of the Benghazi
16
Accountability Review Board, for emergency
17
evacuations, or to prevent or respond to security
18
situations and requirements, following consulta-
19
tion with, and subject to the regular notification
20
procedures of, such Committees.
21
(C) EMERGENCIES
IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND
22
CONSULAR
23
available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
24
grams’’ for Worldwide Security Protection, not
25
to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, and
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the amount made
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merged with, funds made available by this Act
2
under the heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo-
3
matic and Consular Service’’, to be available
4
only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as
5
authorized.
6
(D) CAPITAL
INVESTMENT FUND.—Of
the
7
amount made available under the heading, ‘‘Dip-
8
lomatic Programs’’, up to $50,000,000 may be
9
transferred to, and merged with, funds made
10
available in title I of this Act under the heading
11
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’.
12
(E) PRIOR
CONSULTATION.—The
transfer
13
authorities provided by subparagraphs (B), (C),
14
and (D) are in addition to any transfer author-
15
ity otherwise available in this Act and under
16
any other provision of law and the exercise of
17
such authority shall be subject to prior consulta-
18
tion with the Committees on Appropriations.
19
(2) UNITED
STATES
AGENCY
FOR
GLOBAL
20
MEDIA.—Not
21
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the
22
United States Agency for Global Media under title I
23
of this Act may be transferred between, and merged
24
with, such appropriations, but no such appropriation,
25
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
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creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
2
fers.
3
(3)
TREATMENT
AS
REPROGRAMMING.—Any
4
transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as
5
a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this
6
Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
7
penditure except in compliance with the procedures
8
set forth in that section.
9
(b) LIMITATION
ON
TRANSFERS
OF
FUNDS BETWEEN
10 AGENCIES.—
11
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None
of the funds made avail-
12
able under titles II through V of this Act may be
13
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
14
tality of the United States Government, except pursu-
15
ant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
16
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
17
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
18
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers
19
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds
20
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of
21
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated
22
or transferred to agencies of the United States Gov-
23
ernment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109,
24
610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (divi-
2
sion F of Public Law 115–254).
3
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered into
4
by the United States Agency for International Devel-
5
opment or the Department of State with any depart-
6
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
7
Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign
8
Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000
9
and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a)
10
of such Act, with funds appropriated by this Act or
11
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department
12
of State, foreign operations, and related programs
13
under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘De-
14
velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
15
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
16
Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
17
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
18
vided, That the requirement in the previous sentence
19
shall not apply to agreements entered into between
20
USAID and the Department of State.
21
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
22 FINANCE CORPORATION.—
23
(1) TRANSFERS.—Amounts transferred pursuant
24
to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division
25
F of Public Law 115–254) may only be transferred
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from funds made available under title III of this Act:
2
Provided, That any such transfers, or any other
3
amounts transferred to the United States Inter-
4
national Development Finance Corporation (the Cor-
5
poration) pursuant to any provision of law, shall be
6
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular no-
7
tification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
8
priations: Provided further, That the Secretary of
9
State, the Administrator of the United States Agency
10
for International Development, and the Chief Execu-
11
tive Officer of the Corporation, as appropriate, shall
12
ensure that the programs funded by such transfers are
13
coordinated with, and complement, foreign assistance
14
programs implemented by the Department of State
15
and USAID.
16
(2) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS FROM MILLENNIUM
17
CHALLENGE
18
under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
19
tion’’ in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
20
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations,
21
and related programs may be transferred to accounts
22
under the heading ‘‘United States International De-
23
velopment Finance Corporation’’ and, when so trans-
24
ferred, may be used for the costs of activities described
25
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1421 of the
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appropriated
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BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, That such funds shall
2
be subject to the limitations provided in the second,
3
third, and fifth provisos under the heading ‘‘United
4
States International Development Finance Corpora-
5
tion—Program Account’’ in this Act: Provided fur-
6
ther, That any transfer executed pursuant to the
7
transfer authority provided in this paragraph shall
8
not exceed 10 percent of an individual Compact
9
awarded pursuant to section 609(a) of the Millen-
10
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (title VI of Public Law
11
108–199): Provided further, That such funds shall not
12
be available for administrative expenses of the United
13
States International Development Finance Corpora-
14
tion: Provided further, That such authority shall be
15
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular no-
16
tification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
17
priations: Provided further, That the transfer author-
18
ity provided in this section is in addition to any
19
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided
20
further, That within 60 days of the termination in
21
whole or in part of the Compact from which funds
22
were transferred under this authority to the United
23
States International Development Finance Corpora-
24
tion, any unobligated balances shall be transferred
25
back to the Millennium Challenge Corporation, subject
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to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
2
tees on Appropriations.
3
(d) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—
4 None of the funds made available under titles II through
5 V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations
6 account to which such funds were not appropriated, except
7 for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless the
8 President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any
9 authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
10 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written pol11 icy justification to the Committees on Appropriations.
12
(e)
AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF
13 FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of
14 funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appro15 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations,
16 and related programs entered into between the Department
17 of State or USAID and another agency of the United States
18 Government under the authority of section 632(a) of the
19 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any comparable provi20 sion of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector Gen21 eral (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation
22 of such funds, or other entity with audit responsibility if
23 the receiving agency does not have an IG, shall perform
24 periodic program and financial audits of the use of such
25 funds and report to the Department of State or USAID,
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1 as appropriate, upon completion of such audits: Provided,
2 That such audits shall be transmitted to the Committees
3 on Appropriations by the Department of State or USAID,
4 as appropriate: Provided further, That funds transferred
5 under such authority may be made available for the cost
6 of such audits.
7
8
PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the
9 funds made available by this Act may be used for first-class
10 travel by employees of United States Government depart11 ments and agencies funded by this Act in contravention of
12 section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of
13 Federal Regulations.
14
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds made
15 available by this Act for the operating expenses of any
16 United States Government department or agency may be
17 used to establish or maintain a computer network for use
18 by such department or agency unless such network has fil19 ters designed to block access to sexually explicit websites:
20 Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall limit the
21 use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or
22 local law enforcement agency, or any other entity carrying
23 out the following activities: criminal investigations, pros24 ecutions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; and
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1 the monitoring of such websites undertaken as part of offi2 cial business.
3
(c) PROHIBITION
ON
PROMOTION
OF
TOBACCO.—None
4 of the funds made available by this Act shall be available
5 to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products
6 (including electronic nicotine delivery systems), or to seek
7 the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restric8 tions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (in9 cluding electronic nicotine delivery systems), except for re10 strictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or
11 tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys12 tems) of the same type.
13
(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE
THE .GOV
DOMAIN.—
14 None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head15 ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment
16 Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital
17 Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made available to
18 the Department of State and the United States Agency for
19 International Development may be made available to sup20 port the use or establishment of email accounts or email
21 servers created outside the .gov domain or not fitted for
22 automated records management as part of a Federal gov23 ernment records management program in contravention of
24 the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of
25 2014 (Public Law 113–187).
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2
(e) REPRESENTATION
PENSES.—Each
AND
ENTERTAINMENT EX-
Federal department, agency, or entity
3 funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Department
4 of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in titles
5 III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that domestic
6 and overseas representation and entertainment expenses
7 further official agency business and United States foreign
8 policy interests, and—
9
10
11
12
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside
of the Executive Branch;
(2) are principally for meals and events of a
protocol nature;
13
(3) are not for employee-only events; and
14
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
15
tially of a recreational character.
16
(f) LIMITATIONS
ON
ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.—
17 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
18 by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Military
19 Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
20 Program’’ for Informational Program activities or under
21 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development As22 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for
23 Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be obligated or
24 expended to pay for—
25
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
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(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are
2
substantially of a recreational character, including
3
entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musi-
4
cal productions, and amusement parks.
5
6
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained
7 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the
8 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro9 vided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for
10 the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661,
11 chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist12 ance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control
13 Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds made available for
14 ‘‘United States International Development Finance Cor15 poration’’ and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe,
16 Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an
17 additional 4 years from the date on which the availability
18 of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds
19 are initially obligated before the expiration of their respec20 tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided
21 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this
22 Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter
23 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash
25 disbursements in order to address balance of payments or
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1 economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available for
2 an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail3 ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such
4 funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expira5 tion of their respective periods of availability contained in
6 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State and
7 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development shall provide a report to the Commit9 tees on Appropriations not later than October 31, 2024, de10 tailing by account and source year, the use of this authority
11 during the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That an
12 obligation in excess of $2,000,000 from deobligated balances
13 of funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making
14 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper15 ations, and related programs that remain available due to
16 the exercise of the authority of this section shall be subject
17 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
18 Appropriations.
19
20
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided
21 under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to fur22 nish assistance to the government of any country which is
23 in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in
24 payment to the United States of principal or interest on
25 any loan made to the government of such country by the
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1 United States pursuant to a program for which funds are
2 appropriated under this Act unless the President deter3 mines, following consultation with the Committees on Ap4 propriations, that assistance for such country is in the na5 tional interest of the United States.
6
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES
7
ASSISTANCE
8
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION
ON
TAXATION.—None of
9 the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this
10 Act may be made available to provide assistance for a for11 eign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the
12 terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be
13 provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating
14 that assistance provided by the United States shall be ex15 empt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign govern16 ment, and the Secretary of State and the Administrator of
17 the United States Agency for International Development
18 shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing
19 bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re20 quirement.
21
(b) NOTIFICATION
AND
REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
22 TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total
23 taxes assessed during fiscal year 2024 on funds appro24 priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations
25 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related
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1 programs by a foreign government or entity against United
2 States assistance programs, either directly or through
3 grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall be withheld
4 from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for
5 fiscal year 2025 and for prior fiscal years and allocated
6 for the central government of such country or for the West
7 Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, if, not later than
8 September 30, 2025, such taxes have not been reimbursed.
9
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de
10 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of sub11 section (b).
12
(d) REPROGRAMMING
OF
FUNDS.—Funds withheld
13 from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur14 suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance
15 for countries which do not assess taxes on United States
16 assistance or which have an effective arrangement that is
17 providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that
18 can reasonably accommodate such assistance in a program19 matically responsible manner.
20
21
(e) DETERMINATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The
provisions of this section
22
shall not apply to any foreign government or entity
23
that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of State re-
24
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that—
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(A) such foreign government or entity has
2
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
3
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or
4
(B) the foreign policy interests of the United
5
States outweigh the purpose of this section to en-
6
sure that United States assistance is not subject
7
to taxation.
8
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State
9
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations
10
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of
11
this subsection with regard to any foreign government
12
or entity.
13
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall
14 issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as
15 appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax16 ation of assistance contained in this section.
17
18
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) BILATERAL
AGREEMENT.—The
term ‘‘bilat-
19
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral agree-
20
ment between the Government of the United States
21
and the government of the country receiving assist-
22
ance that describes the privileges and immunities ap-
23
plicable to United States foreign assistance for such
24
country generally, or an individual agreement be-
25
tween the Government of the United States and such
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1
government that describes, among other things, the
2
treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the
3
United States assistance provided under that agree-
4
ment.
5
(2) TAXES
AND TAXATION.—The
term ‘‘taxes and
6
taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and cus-
7
toms duties but shall not include individual income
8
taxes assessed to local staff.
9
10
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
11 priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are
12 specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other pro13 grams within the same account notwithstanding the des14 ignation if compliance with the designation is made impos15 sible by operation of any provision of this or any other Act:
16 Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject
17 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
18 Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is
19 reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made
20 available under the same terms and conditions as originally
21 provided.
22
(b) EXTENSION
OF
AVAILABILITY.—In addition to the
23 authority contained in subsection (a), the original period
24 of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and ad25 ministered by the Department of State or the United States
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1 Agency for International Development that are specifically
2 designated for particular programs or activities by this or
3 any other Act may be extended for an additional fiscal year
4 if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as
5 appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations that the termination of assist7 ance to a country or a significant change in circumstances
8 makes it unlikely that such designated funds can be obli9 gated during the original period of availability: Provided,
10 That such designated funds that continue to be available
11 for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the
12 purpose of such designation.
13
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
14 ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be
15 applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise
16 made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act spe17 cifically so directs: Provided, That specifically designated
18 funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained
19 in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appro20 priated by this Act.
21
22
23
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION
GRAMS,
PROJECTS,
AND
OF
CHANGES
IN
PRO-
ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds
24 made available in titles I, II, and VI, and under the head25 ings ‘‘Peace Corps’’ and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
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1 tion’’, of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for
2 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related
3 programs to the departments and agencies funded by this
4 Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2024,
5 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
6 United States derived by the collection of fees or of currency
7 reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by
8 transfer, to the departments and agencies funded by this
9 Act, shall be available for obligation to—
10
(1) create new programs;
11
(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or
12
activity;
13
14
15
16
17
18
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or
post;
(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename
bureaus, centers, or offices; or
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;
19 unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropria20 tions or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance
21 of such obligation.
22
(b) NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF
FUNDS.—
23 None of the funds provided under titles I, II, and VI of
24 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De25 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
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1 grams, to the departments and agencies funded under such
2 titles that remain available for obligation in fiscal year
3 2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of
4 the United States derived by the collection of fees available
5 to the department and agency funded under title I of this
6 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for pro7 grams, projects, or activities through a reprogramming of
8 funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is
9 less, that—
10
11
(1) augments or changes existing programs,
projects, or activities;
12
(2) relocates an existing office or employees;
13
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
14
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
15
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
16
(4) results from any general savings, including
17
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would
18
result in a change in existing programs, projects, or
19
activities as approved by Congress;
20 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15
21 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
22
(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the funds
23 made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global
24 Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic
25 Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
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1 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Millen2 nium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘International Narcotics
3 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti4 terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace5 keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Education
6 and Training’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
7 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘United
8 States International Development Finance Corporation’’,
9 and ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’ shall be available
10 for obligation for programs, projects, activities, type of ma11 teriel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified
12 or in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on
13 Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific
14 headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are noti15 fied 15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided, That
16 the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds
17 appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Ex18 port Control Act for the provision of major defense equip19 ment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major
20 defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or com21 bat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 per22 cent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless
23 the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
24 advance of such commitment: Provided further, That re25 quirements of this subsection or any similar provision of
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1 this or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming
2 for a program, project, or activity for which funds are ap3 propriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less
4 than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Con5 gress for obligation for such program, project, or activity
6 for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That any noti7 fication submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section
8 shall include information (if known on the date of trans9 mittal of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding
10 authority.
11
12
(d) DEPARTMENT
ING
OF
DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND
FUND-
NOTIFICATIONS.—
13
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appropriated
14
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for
15
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
16
lated programs may be made available to support or
17
continue any program initially funded under any au-
18
thority of title 10, United States Code, or any Act
19
making or authorizing appropriations for the Depart-
20
ment of Defense, unless the Secretary of State, in con-
21
sultation with the Secretary of Defense and in accord-
22
ance with the regular notification procedures of the
23
Committees on Appropriations, submits a justifica-
24
tion to such Committees that includes a description
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1
of, and the estimated costs associated with, the sup-
2
port or continuation of such program.
3
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
4
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department of
5
Defense to the Department of State and the United
6
States Agency for International Development for as-
7
sistance for foreign countries and international orga-
8
nizations shall be subject to the regular notification
9
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
10
(3) NOTIFICATION
ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
11
CLES.—Prior
12
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the
13
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of
14
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
15
tions to the same extent and under the same condi-
16
tions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f)
17
of that section: Provided, That before issuing a letter
18
of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms
19
Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall
20
notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
21
ance with the regular notification procedures of such
22
Committees if such defense articles are significant
23
military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the
24
Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of
25
original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if
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1
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the
2
use of appropriated funds for specific countries that
3
would receive such excess defense articles: Provided
4
further, That such Committees shall also be informed
5
of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.
6
(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or any
7 similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including
8 any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with the
9 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro10 priations, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a
11 substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That
12 in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees
13 on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable,
14 but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action
15 to which such notification requirement was applicable, in
16 the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver:
17 Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant
18 to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer19 gency circumstances.
20
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of
21 the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this
22 Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghan23 istan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt,
24 El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran,
25 Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Phil-
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1 ippines, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, South
2 Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen,
3 and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular noti4 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
5
(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise
6 made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts mak7 ing funds available for the Department of State, foreign op8 erations, and related programs that are made available for
9 a trust fund held by an international financial institution
10 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
11 Committees on Appropriations, and such notification shall
12 include the information specified under this section in the
13 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
14 preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
15
16
17
(h)
OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
(1)
DIPLOMATIC
PROGRAMS.—Funds
appro-
18
priated under title I of this Act under the heading
19
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that are made available for
20
lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be subject
21
to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
22
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
23
(2) OTHER
PROGRAMS.—Funds
appropriated by
24
this Act that are made available for the following pro-
25
grams and activities shall be subject to the regular no-
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1
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
2
tions:
3
(A) the Global Engagement Center;
4
(B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa
5
initiatives;
6
(C) community-based police assistance con-
7
ducted pursuant to the authority of section
8
7035(a)(1) of this Act;
9
10
(D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund
and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund;
11
(E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy;
12
(F) the Countering PRC Influence Fund
13
and the Countering Russian Influence Fund;
14
15
(G) the Gender Equity and Equality Action
Fund; and
16
(H) funds specifically allocated for the
17
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and In-
18
vestment.
19
(3) DEMOCRACY
PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE-
20
DURES.—Modifications
21
and procedures, including relating to the use of con-
22
sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall
23
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular
24
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
25
priations.
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(4) ARMS
SALES.—The
reports, notifications,
2
and certifications, and any other documents, required
3
to be submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms
4
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and such docu-
5
ments submitted pursuant to section 36(b) through
6
(d) of such Act with respect to countries that have re-
7
ceived assistance provided with funds appropriated by
8
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the
9
Department of State, foreign operations, and related
10
programs, shall be concurrently submitted to the Com-
11
mittees on Appropriations and shall include informa-
12
tion about the source of funds for any sale or transfer,
13
as applicable, if known at the time of submission.
14
(i) WITHHOLDING
OF
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
15 by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from
16 obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap17 plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act
18 shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification
19 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
20
(j) REQUIREMENT
TO
INFORM.—The Secretary of
21 State and USAID Administrator, as applicable, shall
22 promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees
23 of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act
24 for assistance have been diverted or destroyed, to include
25 the type and amount of assistance, a description of the inci-
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1 dent and parties involved, and an explanation of the re2 sponse of the Department of State or USAID, as appro3 priate.
4
(k) PRIOR CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
5 retary of State, the Administrator of the United States
6 Agency for International Development, the Chief Executive
7 Officer of the United States International Development Fi8 nance Corporation, and the Chief Executive Officer of the
9 Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult with the
10 Committees on Appropriations at least 7 days prior to in11 forming a government of, or publicly announcing a decision
12 on, the suspension or early termination of assistance to a
13 country or a territory, including as a result of an inter14 agency review of such assistance, from funds appropriated
15 by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the
16 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro17 grams: Provided, That such consultation shall include a de18 tailed justification for such suspension, including a descrip19 tion of the assistance being suspended.
20
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT,
21
AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS
22
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the
23 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III
24 through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovern25 mental organization, including any contractor, which fails
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1 to provide upon timely request any document, file, or record
2 necessary to the auditing requirements of the Department
3 of State and the United States Agency for International
4 Development.
5
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.—
6
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and
7
(3), any report required by this Act to be submitted
8
to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds
9
made available by this Act shall be posted on the pub-
10
lic website of such agency not later than 45 days fol-
11
lowing the receipt of such report by Congress.
12
13
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report
if—
14
(A) the head of such agency determines and
15
reports to the Committees on Appropriations in
16
the transmittal letter accompanying such report
17
that—
18
(i) the public posting of the report
19
would compromise national security, in-
20
cluding the conduct of diplomacy; or
21
(ii) the report contains proprietary or
22
other privileged information; or
23
(B) the public posting of the report is spe-
24
cifically exempted in House Report 118–146,
25
Senate Report 118–71, or the explanatory state-
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1
ment described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
2
ceding division A of this consolidated Act).
3
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so
4
only after the report has been made available to the
5
Committees on Appropriations.
6
(4) The head of the agency posting such report
7
shall do so in a central location on the public website
8
of such agency.
9
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT
10
CURITY
AND
RELATED CYBERSE-
PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and USAID
11 Administrator shall—
12
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
13
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with Fed-
14
eral statutes, regulations, and presidential executive
15
orders and memoranda concerning the preservation of
16
all records made or received in the conduct of official
17
business, including record emails, instant messaging,
18
and other online tools;
19
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under the
20
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital In-
21
vestment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’
22
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, as appro-
23
priate, to improve Federal records management pur-
24
suant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters
25
21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal
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1
records management statutes, regulations, or policies
2
for the Department of State and USAID;
3
(3) direct departing employees, including senior
4
officials, that all Federal records generated by such
5
employees belong to the Federal Government;
6
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre-
7
vious fiscal year, the response time for identifying
8
and retrieving Federal records, including requests
9
made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States
10
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Informa-
11
tion Act’’); and
12
(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate
13
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use
14
of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov
15
domain, improve the process to identify and remove
16
inactive user accounts, update and enforce guidance
17
related to the control of national security informa-
18
tion, and implement the recommendations of the ap-
19
plicable reports of the cognizant Office of Inspector
20
General.
21
22
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not
23 to comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional
24 grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify
25 the Committees on Appropriations in writing within 5 days
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1 of such determination, the basis for such determination and
2 any resulting changes to program or policy.
3
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
4
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
5
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry
6 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend7 ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions
8 as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce
9 any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made
10 available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
11 of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform12 ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family
13 planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive
14 to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds
15 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
16 Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio17 medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth18 ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri19 lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds
20 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
21 Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for
22 any country or organization if the President certifies that
23 the use of these funds by any such country or organization
24 would violate any of the above provisions related to abor25 tions and involuntary sterilizations.
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2
ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to sub-
3 section (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III
4 through V shall be made available in the amounts specifi5 cally designated in the respective tables included in the ex6 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
7 preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided,
8 That such designated amounts for foreign countries and
9 international organizations shall serve as the amounts for
10 such countries and international organizations transmitted
11 to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of the
12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available
13 for such foreign countries and international organizations
14 notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such report.
15
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise pro-
16 vided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Admin17 istrator of the United States Agency for International De18 velopment, as applicable, may only deviate up to 10 percent
19 from the amounts specifically designated in the respective
20 tables included in the explanatory statement described in
21 section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli22 dated Act): Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded
23 only if the Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, as
24 applicable, determines and reports in writing to the Com25 mittees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that such
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1 deviation is necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or
2 unforeseen events, or to address other exceptional cir3 cumstances directly related to the national security interest
4 of the United States, including a description of such events
5 or circumstances: Provided further, That deviations pursu6 ant to the preceding proviso shall be subject to prior con7 sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of,
8 the Committees on Appropriations.
9
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts
10 that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report
11 required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
12 1961, deviations authorized by subsection (b) may only take
13 place after submission of such report.
14
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—
15
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to—
16
(A) funds for which the initial period of
17
availability has expired; and
18
(B) amounts designated by this Act as min-
19
imum funding requirements.
20
(2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate
21
from amounts designated in the respective tables in-
22
cluded in the explanatory statement described in sec-
23
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
24
solidated Act) shall not apply to the table included
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1
under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in such
2
statement.
3
(3) With respect to the amounts designated for
4
‘‘Global Programs’’ in the table under the heading
5
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ included in the explana-
6
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
7
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), the
8
matter preceding the first proviso in subsection (b) of
9
this section shall be applied by substituting ‘‘5 per-
10
cent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’, and the provisos in such sub-
11
section (b) shall not apply.
12
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Ad-
13 ministrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate,
14 shall submit the reports required, in the manner described,
15 in House Report 118–146, Senate Report 118–71, and the
16 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
17 preceding division A of this consolidated Act), unless other18 wise directed in such explanatory statement.
19
(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act
20 under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and
21 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be included
22 for purposes of meeting amounts designated for countries
23 in this Act, unless such headings are specifically designated
24 as the source of funds.
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2
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other-
3 wise made available by this Act may be used to make any
4 pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bilat5 eral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act
6 unless such pledge was: (1) previously justified, including
7 the projected future year costs, in a congressional budget
8 justification; (2) included in an Act making appropriations
9 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related
10 programs or previously authorized by an Act of Congress;
11 (3) notified in accordance with the regular notification pro12 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the
13 projected future year costs; or (4) the subject of prior con14 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations and such
15 consultation was conducted at least 7 days in advance of
16 the pledge.
17
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS
18
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
19
20
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS.—
21
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
22
priated or otherwise made available under titles III
23
through VI of this Act may be made available to any
24
foreign government which provides lethal military
25
equipment to a country the government of which the
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1
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
2
national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of
3
the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C.
4
4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this
5
section with respect to a foreign government shall ter-
6
minate 12 months after that government ceases to
7
provide such military equipment: Provided further,
8
That this section applies with respect to lethal mili-
9
tary equipment provided under a contract entered
10
into after October 1, 1997.
11
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by
12
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law,
13
may be furnished if the President determines that to
14
do so is important to the national interest of the
15
United States.
16
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a
17
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
18
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
19
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such
20
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the as-
21
sistance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount
22
of such assistance, and an explanation of how the as-
23
sistance furthers the United States national interest.
24
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—
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(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
2
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act
3
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior
4
Acts making appropriations for the Department of
5
State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall
6
not be made available to any foreign government
7
which the President determines—
8
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to
9
any individual or group which has committed
10
an act of international terrorism;
11
12
(B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or
13
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
14
ignated as a terrorist organization under section
15
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
16
U.S.C. 1189).
17
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
18
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the
19
President determines that national security or hu-
20
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided,
21
That the President shall publish each such waiver in
22
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the
23
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Ap-
24
propriations of the waiver (including the justification
25
for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notifi-
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cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
2
tions.
3
4
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except
5 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop6 ment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith7 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C.
8 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
9 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign
10 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
11 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Se12 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
13
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
14
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of
15 this Act, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined
16 at the appropriations Act account level and shall include
17 all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding direc18 tives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for
19 the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe,
20 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ21 ing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
22 shall also be considered to include country, regional, and
23 central program level funding within each such account,
24 and for the development assistance accounts of the United
25 States Agency for International Development, ‘‘program,
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1 project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include
2 central, country, regional, and program level funding, ei3 ther as—
4
(1) justified to Congress; or
5
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accord-
6
ance with the report required by section 653(a) of the
7
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modified pursu-
8
ant to section 7019 of this Act.
9
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN
10
FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOP-
11
MENT FOUNDATION
12
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary,
13 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions
14 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria15 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and
16 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi17 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act,
18 the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Devel19 opment Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con20 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro21 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on
22 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15
23 days of taking such action.
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COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the funds
3 appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III
4 through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none of the
5 funds otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank
6 and the United States International Development Finance
7 Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any
8 loan, any assistance, or any other financial commitments
9 for establishing or expanding production of any commodity
10 for export by any country other than the United States,
11 if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets
12 at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to
13 become operative and if the assistance will cause substantial
14 injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or
15 competing commodity: Provided, That such prohibition
16 shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judg17 ment of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and
18 employment in the United States are likely to outweigh the
19 injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or
20 competing commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so
21 notifies the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur22 ther, That this subsection shall not prohibit—
23
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
24
sistance from the International Development Associa-
25
tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
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national Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
2
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
3
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is
4
furnished; or
5
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
6
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
7
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency.
8
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by this
9 or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the
10 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any
11 testing or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement
12 or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or
13 training in connection with the growth or production in
14 a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export
15 which would compete with a similar commodity grown or
16 produced in the United States: Provided, That this sub17 section shall not prohibit—
18
(1) activities designed to increase food security
19
in developing countries where such activities will not
20
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
21
tural commodities of the United States;
22
23
(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit United States producers;
24
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
25
sistance from the International Development Associa-
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tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
2
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
3
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
4
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is
5
furnished; or
6
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
7
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
8
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency.
9
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The
10 Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
11 executive director of each international financial institu12 tion to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose
13 any assistance by such institution, using funds appro14 priated or otherwise made available by this Act, for the pro15 duction or extraction of any commodity or mineral for ex16 port, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assist17 ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro18 ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
19
20
21
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.—
22
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to
23
the government of a foreign country under chapters 1
24
and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the For-
25
eign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which
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result in the generation of local currencies of that
2
country, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
3
cy for International Development shall—
4
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
5
ited in a separate account established by that
6
government;
7
8
(B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets forth—
9
(i) the amount of the local currencies
10
to be generated; and
11
(ii) the terms and conditions under
12
which the currencies so deposited may be
13
utilized, consistent with this section; and
14
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
15
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that
16
government to monitor and account for deposits
17
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
18
count.
19
(2) USES
OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As
may be
20
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
21
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to
22
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
23
rencies, shall be used only—
24
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I
25
or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
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Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such pur-
2
poses as—
3
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
4
ties; or
5
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or
6
(B) for the administrative requirements of
7
the United States Government.
8
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID
9
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiv-
10
alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to
11
subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab-
12
lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the
13
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
14
(4) TERMINATION
OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
15
Upon termination of assistance to a country under
16
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of
17
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may
18
be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
19
main in a separate account established pursuant to
20
subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes
21
as may be agreed to by the government of that coun-
22
try and the United States Government.
23
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
24
25
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If
assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under
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chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of
2
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer
3
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that
4
country shall be required to maintain such funds in
5
a separate account and not commingle with any other
6
funds.
7
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF
8
LAW.—Such
9
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
10
sistent with the nature of this assistance, including
11
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explana-
12
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom-
13
panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report
14
No. 98–1159).
funds may be obligated and expended
15
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob-
16
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector
17
assistance, the President shall submit a notification
18
through the regular notification procedures of the
19
Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a
20
detailed description of how the funds proposed to be
21
made available will be used, with a discussion of the
22
United States interests that will be served by such as-
23
sistance (including, as appropriate, a description of
24
the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by
25
such assistance).
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(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance
2
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
3
graph (1) only through the regular notification proce-
4
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
5
6
7
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this
8 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country
9 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of
10 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap11 propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap12 ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II
13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from funds ap14 propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur15 asia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before using the au16 thority of this subsection to furnish assistance in support
17 of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the Presi18 dent shall notify the Committees on Appropriations pursu19 ant to the regular notification procedures, including a de20 scription of the program to be assisted, the assistance to
21 be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assistance:
22 Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall be
23 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions
24 against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in
25 this or any other Act.
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(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2024, re-
2 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
3 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict
4 assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–
5 480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none of the
6 funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and
7 made available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated
8 or expended except as provided through the regular notifica9 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
10
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
11
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
12
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision
13
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support
14
international terrorism; or
15
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
16
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of
17
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a
18
country
19
human rights.
20
21
that
violates
internationally
recognized
PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC INTERESTS
SEC. 7028. (a) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—Con-
22 sistent with section 704 of the Championing American
23 Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of divi24 sion J of Public Law 116–94), the Secretary of State, in
25 consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, should
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1 prioritize the allocation of funds appropriated by this Act
2 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for support of
3 Chief of Mission diplomatic engagement to foster commer4 cial relations and safeguard United States economic and
5 business interests in the country in which each Chief of Mis6 sion serves, including activities and initiatives to create
7 and maintain an enabling environment, promote and pro8 tect such interests, and resolve commercial disputes: Pro9 vided, That each Mission Resource Request and Bureau Re10 source Request shall include amounts required to prioritize
11 the activities described in this subsection.
12
(b) TRAINING.—In carrying out section 705 of title VII
13 of division J of Public Law 116–94, the Secretary of State
14 shall annually assess training needs across the economic
15 and commercial diplomacy issue areas and ensure, after a
16 review of course offerings, course attendance records, and
17 course evaluation results, that current offerings meet train18 ing needs.
19
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State should direct
20 each Chief of Mission to consider how best to advance and
21 support commercial relations and the safeguarding of
22 United States business interests in the development and exe23 cution of the applicable Integrated Country Strategy and
24 the Mission Resource Request for each country receiving bi25 lateral assistance from funds appropriated by this Act.
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary of the
3 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director
4 of each international financial institution to use the voice
5 of the United States to encourage such institution to adopt
6 and implement a publicly available policy, including the
7 strategic use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct
8 independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of at
9 least 35 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and signifi10 cant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the in11 stitution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equi12 table economic growth, consistent with relevant safeguards,
13 to ensure that decisions to support such loans, grants, pro14 grams, and activities are based on accurate data and objec15 tive analysis.
16
(b) SAFEGUARDS.—
17
(1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury
18
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of
19
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-
20
opment and the International Development Associa-
21
tion to use the voice and vote of the United States to
22
oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such in-
23
stitution has adopted and is implementing any social
24
or environmental safeguard relevant to such loan,
25
grant, policy, or strategy that provides less protection
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than World Bank safeguards in effect on September
2
30, 2015.
3
(2) ACCOUNTABILITY,
STANDARDS,
AND
BEST
4
PRACTICES.—The
5
struct the United States executive director of each
6
international financial institution to use the voice
7
and vote of the United States to oppose loans or other
8
financing for projects unless such projects—
Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
9
(A) provide for accountability and trans-
10
parency, including the collection, verification,
11
and publication of beneficial ownership informa-
12
tion related to extractive industries and on-site
13
monitoring during the life of the project;
14
(B) will be developed and carried out in ac-
15
cordance with best practices regarding environ-
16
mental conservation, cultural protection, and
17
empowerment of local populations, including
18
free, prior and informed consent of affected In-
19
digenous communities;
20
(C) do not provide incentives for, or facili-
21
tate, forced displacement or other violations of
22
human rights; and
23
(D) do not partner with or otherwise in-
24
volve enterprises owned or controlled by the
25
armed forces.
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(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appropriated
2 under title V of this Act may be made as payment to any
3 international financial institution while the United States
4 executive director to such institution is compensated by the
5 institution at a rate which, together with whatever com6 pensation such executive director receives from the United
7 States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual
8 occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule
9 under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while
10 any alternate United States executive director to such insti11 tution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess
12 of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position
13 at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of
14 title 5, United States Code.
15
(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury
16 shall instruct the United States executive director of each
17 international financial institution to use the voice and vote
18 of the United States to promote human rights due diligence
19 and risk management, as appropriate, in connection with
20 any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution in
21 accordance with the requirements specified under this sec22 tion in Senate Report 118–71.
23
(e) FRAUD
AND
CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the
24 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director
25 of each international financial institution to use the voice
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1 of the United States to include in loan, grant, and other
2 financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’
3 financial management and judicial capacity to investigate,
4 prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption.
5
(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The Sec-
6 retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States exec7 utive director of each international financial institution to
8 use the voice of the United States to encourage such institu9 tion to collect, verify, and publish, to the maximum extent
10 practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding
11 proprietary information) for any corporation or limited li12 ability company, other than a publicly listed company, that
13 receives funds from any such financial institution.
14
(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary
15 of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive
16 director of each international financial institution to use
17 the voice of the United States to encourage such institution
18 to effectively implement and enforce policies and procedures
19 which meet or exceed best practices in the United States
20 for the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, includ21 ing—
22
23
24
(1) protection against retaliation for internal
and lawful public disclosure;
(2) legal burdens of proof;
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(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
3
(4) access to binding independent adjudicative
4
bodies, including shared cost and selection external
5
arbitration; and
6
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven re-
7
taliation, including provision for the restoration of
8
prior employment.
9
(h) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS
AND
PROCEDURES.—
10 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United
11 States executive director of each international financial in12 stitution to use the voice of the United States to support
13 independent investigative and adjudicative mechanisms
14 and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in the
15 United States to provide due process and fair compensa16 tion, including the right to reinstatement, for employees
17 who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retalia18 tion, false allegations, or other misconduct.
19
(i) CAPITAL INCREASES.—None of the funds appro-
20 priated by this Act may be made available to support a
21 new capital increase for an international financial institu22 tion unless the President submits a budget request for such
23 increase to Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury de24 termines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations
25 that—
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(1) the institution has completed a thorough
2
analysis of the development challenges facing the rel-
3
evant geographical region, the role of the institution
4
in addressing such challenges and its role relative to
5
other financing partners, and the steps to be taken to
6
enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the institu-
7
tion; and
8
9
10
(2) the governors of such institution have approved the capital increase.
(j) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date
11 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
12 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de13 tailing any funding provided in the prior calendar year
14 by a financial intermediary fund overseen by the Depart15 ment of the Treasury to the People’s Republic of China or
16 any country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions
17 by the United States.
18
19
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE INITIATIVE
SEC. 7030. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by
20 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall
21 be made available for the Economic Resilience Initiative
22 to enhance the economic security and stability of the United
23 States and partner countries, including through efforts to
24 counter economic coercion: Provided, That such funds are
25 in addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur-
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1 poses by this Act, including funds made available under
2 the heading ‘‘Treasury International Assistance Programs’’:
3 Provided further, That funds made available by this sub4 section may only be made available following consultation
5 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com6 mittees on Appropriations, and shall include—
7
(1) not less than $55,000,000 for strategic infra-
8
structure investments, which shall be administered by
9
the Secretary of State in consultation with the heads
10
of other relevant Federal agencies: Provided, That
11
such funds may be transferred to, and merged with,
12
funds appropriated by this Act to the Export-Import
13
Bank of the United States under the heading ‘‘Pro-
14
gram Account’’, to the United States International
15
Development Finance Corporation under the heading
16
‘‘Corporate Capital Account’’, and under the heading
17
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’: Provided further,
18
That such transfer authority is in addition to any
19
other transfer authority provided by this Act or any
20
other Act, and is subject to the regular notification
21
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations;
22
23
(2) not less than $50,000,000 to enhance critical
mineral supply chain security;
24
(3) not less than $60,000,000 for economic resil-
25
ience programs administered by the Administrator of
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the United States Agency for International Develop-
2
ment, consistent with the strategy required in sub-
3
section (d); and
4
(4) not less than $50,000,000 for the Cyberspace,
5
Digital Connectivity, and Related Technologies Fund
6
in accordance with Chapter 10 of Part II of the For-
7
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the au-
8
thority of section 592(f) of such Act may apply to
9
amounts made available for such Fund under the
10
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and such funds
11
may be made available for the Digital Connectivity
12
and Cybersecurity Partnership program consistent
13
with section 6306 of the Department of State Author-
14
ization Act of 2023 (division F of Public Law 118–
15
31): Provided further, That funds made available
16
pursuant to this paragraph are in addition to funds
17
otherwise made available for such purposes and shall
18
be coordinated with the USAID Administrator, in-
19
cluding for relevant USAID programming.
20
(b) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under
21 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance
22 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and
23 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of
24 State, foreign operations, and related programs, including
25 funds made available pursuant to this section, may be made
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1 available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt,
3 Jordan, Small Island Developing States, and Ukraine,
4 which are authorized to be provided and which shall be ad5 ministered by the United States Agency for International
6 Development unless otherwise provided for by this Act or
7 any other provision of law: Provided, That amounts made
8 available under this subsection for the costs of such guaran9 tees shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of
10 provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: Provided
11 further, That funds made available pursuant to the authori12 ties of this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation
13 with the appropriate congressional committees and the reg14 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro15 priations.
16
17
(c) CHIPS
NOLOGY
FOR
AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TECH-
SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND.—
18
(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the
19
Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made avail-
20
able from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce
21
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America International
22
Technology Security and Innovation Fund for fiscal
23
year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec-
24
tion 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A
25
of Public Law 117–167), to the accounts specified and
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in the amounts specified, in the table titled ‘‘CHIPS
2
for America International Technology Security and
3
Innovation Fund’’ in the explanatory statement de-
4
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
5
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such funds
6
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the
7
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on
8
Appropriations.
9
(2) Neither the President nor his designee may
10
allocate any amounts that are made available for any
11
fiscal year under section 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act
12
of 2022 if there is in effect an Act making or con-
13
tinuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for
14
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
15
lated Programs: Provided, That in any fiscal year,
16
the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to
17
the
18
amounts for continuing administration of programs
19
allocated using funds transferred from the CHIPS for
20
America International Technology Security and In-
21
novation Fund, which may be allocated pursuant to
22
the transfer authority in section 102(c)(1) of the
23
CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that are no
24
more than the allocation for such purposes in para-
25
graph (1) of this subsection.
allocation,
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(3) Concurrent with the annual budget submis-
2
sion of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Sec-
3
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
4
propriations proposed allocations by account and by
5
program, project, or activity, with detailed justifica-
6
tions, for amounts made available under section
7
102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year
8
2025.
9
(4) The Secretary of State shall provide the
10
Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on
11
the status of balances of projects and activities funded
12
by the CHIPS for America International Technology
13
Security and Innovation Fund for amounts allocated
14
pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, includ-
15
ing all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated
16
funds.
17
(5) Amounts transferred to the Export-Import
18
Bank and the United States International Develop-
19
ment Finance Corporation pursuant to the transfer
20
authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of
21
2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167) may be
22
made available for the costs of direct loans and loan
23
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such
24
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
25
Budget Act of 1974.
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(d) STRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date
2 of enactment of this Act and following consultation with
3 the Committees on Appropriations, the Secretary of State,
4 Secretary of the Treasury, and USAID Administrator, in
5 consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agen6 cies, shall jointly submit a strategy to the Committees on
7 Appropriations detailing the planned uses of funds pro8 vided by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the
9 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro10 grams, and other Acts, consistent with the purposes of this
11 section, including through cooperation with the private sec12 tor.
13
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND
14
ANTI-CORRUPTION
15
16
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION
TO-GOVERNMENT
ON
DIRECT GOVERNMENT-
ASSISTANCE.—
17
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by
18
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
19
ment-to-government assistance only if—
20
(A) the requirements included in section
21
7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) of the Department of
22
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
23
grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of
24
Public Law 116–6) are fully met; and
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(B) the government of the recipient country
2
is taking steps to reduce corruption.
3
(2) CONSULTATION
AND NOTIFICATION.—In
ad-
4
dition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds
5
may only be made available for direct government-to-
6
government assistance subject to prior consultation
7
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the
8
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such
9
notification shall contain an explanation of how the
10
proposed activity meets the requirements of para-
11
graph (1): Provided further, That the requirements of
12
this paragraph shall only apply to direct government-
13
to-government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and
14
all funds available for cash transfer, budget support,
15
and cash payments to individuals.
16
(3) SUSPENSION
OF ASSISTANCE.—The
Adminis-
17
trator of the United States Agency for International
18
Development or the Secretary of State, as appro-
19
priate, shall suspend any direct government-to-gov-
20
ernment assistance if the Administrator or the Sec-
21
retary has credible information of material misuse of
22
such assistance, unless the Administrator or the Sec-
23
retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations
24
that it is in the national interest of the United States
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to continue such assistance, including a justification,
2
or that such misuse has been appropriately addressed.
3
(4) SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION.—The
Sec-
4
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
5
propriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2025
6
congressional budget justification materials, amounts
7
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by
8
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds,
9
and type of assistance.
10
(5) DEBT
SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.—
11
None of the funds made available by this Act may be
12
used by the government of any foreign country for
13
debt service payments owed by any country to any
14
international financial institution or to the Govern-
15
ment of the People’s Republic of China.
16
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
17
18
AND
CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.—
(1) MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANS-
19
PARENCY.—The
20
update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum requirements of
21
fiscal transparency’’ for each government receiving
22
assistance appropriated by this Act, as identified in
23
the report required by section 7031(b) of the Depart-
24
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grams Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public
2
Law 113–76).
3
(2) DETERMINATION
AND REPORT.—For
each
4
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the
5
Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after the
6
date of enactment of this Act, shall make or update
7
any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no
8
significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum re-
9
quirements of fiscal transparency, and make such de-
10
terminations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal
11
Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart-
12
ment of State website: Provided, That such report
13
shall include the elements included under this section
14
in House Report 118–146.
15
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of
16
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
17
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available
18
for programs and activities to assist governments
19
identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve
20
budget transparency and to support civil society or-
21
ganizations in such countries that promote budget
22
transparency.
23
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.—
24
(1) INELIGIBILITY.—
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(A) Officials of foreign governments and
2
their immediate family members about whom the
3
Secretary of State has credible information have
4
been involved, directly or indirectly, in signifi-
5
cant corruption, including corruption related to
6
the extraction of natural resources, or a gross
7
violation of human rights, including the wrong-
8
ful detention of locally employed staff of a
9
United States diplomatic mission or a United
10
States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for
11
entry into the United States.
12
(B) Concurrent with the application of sub-
13
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall, as appro-
14
priate, refer the matter to the Office of Foreign
15
Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, to
16
determine whether to apply sanctions authorities
17
in accordance with United States law to block
18
the transfer of property and interests in prop-
19
erty, and all financial transactions, in the
20
United States involving any person described in
21
such subparagraph.
22
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or pri-
23
vately designate or identify the officials of for-
24
eign governments and their immediate family
25
members about whom the Secretary has such
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credible information without regard to whether
2
the individual has applied for a visa.
3
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
4
gible for entry into the United States pursuant to
5
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important
6
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
7
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obliga-
8
tions under the United Nations Headquarters Agree-
9
ment: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) shall
10
be construed to derogate from United States Govern-
11
ment obligations under applicable international
12
agreements.
13
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
14
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines
15
that the waiver would serve a compelling national in-
16
terest or that the circumstances which caused the in-
17
dividual to be ineligible have changed sufficiently.
18
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the
19
date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
20
thereafter until September 30, 2025, the Secretary of
21
State shall submit a report, including a classified
22
annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional
23
committees and the Committees on the Judiciary de-
24
scribing the information related to corruption or vio-
25
lation of human rights concerning each of the individ-
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uals found ineligible in the previous 12 months pur-
2
suant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals
3
who the Secretary designated or identified pursuant
4
to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but
5
for the application of paragraph (2), a list of any
6
waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the jus-
7
tification for each waiver.
8
9
10
(5) POSTING
OF REPORT.—Any
unclassified por-
tion of the report required under paragraph (4) shall
be posted on the Department of State website.
11
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
12
graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart-
13
ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices
14
of the United States pertaining to the issuance or re-
15
fusal of visas or permits to enter the United States
16
shall not be considered confidential.
17
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—
18
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this
19
Act shall be made available to promote and support
20
transparency and accountability of expenditures and
21
revenues related to the extraction of natural resources,
22
including by strengthening implementation and mon-
23
itoring of the Extractive Industries Transparency
24
Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 8204
25
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
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(Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the
2
amendments made by such section, and to prevent the
3
sale of conflict minerals, and for technical assistance
4
to promote independent audit mechanisms and sup-
5
port civil society participation in natural resource
6
management.
7
8
(2) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT AU-
DITS.—
9
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
10
struct the executive director of each international
11
financial institution to use the voice and vote of
12
the United States to oppose any assistance by
13
such institutions (including any loan, credit,
14
grant, or guarantee) to any country for the ex-
15
traction and export of a natural resource if the
16
government of such country has in place laws,
17
regulations, or procedures to prevent or limit the
18
public disclosure of company payments as re-
19
quired by United States law, and unless such
20
government has adopted laws, regulations, or
21
procedures in the sector in which assistance is
22
being considered that: (1) accurately account for
23
and publicly disclose payments to the govern-
24
ment by companies involved in the extraction
25
and export of natural resources; (2) include inde-
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pendent auditing of accounts receiving such pay-
2
ments and the public disclosure of such audits;
3
and (3) require public disclosure of agreement
4
and bidding documents, as appropriate.
5
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A)
6
shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of
7
building the capacity of such government to meet
8
the requirements of such subparagraph.
9
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
10 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made
11 available for any independent agency in title III, as appro12 priate, shall be made available to support the provision of
13 additional information on United States Government for14 eign assistance on the ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ website: Pro15 vided, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall
16 provide such information on foreign assistance, upon re17 quest and in a timely manner, to the Department of State
18 and the United States Agency for International Develop19 ment.
20
21
22
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of
the funds appropriated by
23
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
24
ance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy
25
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
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Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law
2
Enforcement’’, $2,900,000,000 should be made avail-
3
able for democracy programs.
4
(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for
5
democracy programs under the headings ‘‘Economic
6
Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia
7
and Central Asia’’ pursuant to paragraph (1), not
8
less than $117,040,000 shall be made available to the
9
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
10
Department of State.
11
(b) AUTHORITIES.—
12
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by
13
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
14
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
15
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available notwith-
16
standing any other provision of law, and with regard
17
to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED),
18
any regulation.
19
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by
20
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant to
21
the authority of the National Endowment for Democ-
22
racy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), including
23
all decisions regarding the selection of beneficiaries.
24
(c) DEFINITION
OF
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For
25 purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
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1 mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good gov2 ernance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of ex3 pression, association, assembly, and religion, human rights,
4 labor rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and
5 that otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic polit6 ical parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations
7 and institutions, and citizens to support the development
8 of democratic states and institutions that are responsive
9 and accountable to citizens.
10
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
11 able pursuant to subsection (a) to strengthen ministries and
12 agencies should be prioritized in countries that demonstrate
13 a strong commitment to the separation of powers, checks
14 and balances, the rule of law, and credible electoral proc15 esses.
16
17
18
(e) RESTRICTIONS
ON
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTER-
FERENCE.—
(1) PRIOR
APPROVAL.—With
respect to the pro-
19
vision of assistance for democracy programs in this
20
Act, the organizations implementing such assistance,
21
the specific nature of the assistance, and the partici-
22
pants in such programs shall not be subject to prior
23
approval by the government of any foreign country.
24
25
(2) DISCLOSURE
FORMATION.—If
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1
tion with the Administrator of the United States
2
Agency for International Development, determines
3
that the government of the country is undemocratic or
4
has engaged in or condoned harassment, threats, or
5
attacks against organizations implementing democ-
6
racy programs, any new bilateral agreement gov-
7
erning the terms and conditions under which assist-
8
ance is provided to such country shall not require the
9
disclosure of the names of implementing partners of
10
democracy programs, and the Secretary of State and
11
the USAID Administrator shall expeditiously seek to
12
negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agree-
13
ments, as necessary, to conform to this requirement.
14
(f) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT PRACTICES.—USAID
15 shall continue to implement civil society and political com16 petition and consensus building programs abroad with
17 funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that recognizes
18 the unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in
19 implementing such programs.
20
(g) PROTECTION
OF
CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
AND
21 JOURNALISTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the
22 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy
23 Fund’’ shall be made available to support and protect civil
24 society activists and journalists who have been threatened,
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1 harassed, or attacked, including journalists affiliated with
2 the United States Agency for Global Media.
3
(h) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM
OF
EXPRESSION
AND
4 INDEPENDENT MEDIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act
5 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made
6 available for programs to protect international freedom of
7 expression and independent media, including through mul8 tilateral initiatives.
9
10
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
11 OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the head12 ing ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available for the
13 Office of International Religious Freedom, Department of
14 State.
15
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act
16 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ17 racy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’
18 shall be made available for international religious freedom
19 programs and funds appropriated by this Act under the
20 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migra21 tion and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for
22 humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted eth23 nic and religious minorities: Provided, That funds made
24 available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup25 port Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this sec-
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1 tion shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large
2 for International Religious Freedom, in consultation with
3 other relevant United States Government officials, and shall
4 be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Ap5 propriations.
6
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act and
7 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of
8 State, foreign operations, and related programs under the
9 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available
10 notwithstanding any other provision of law for assistance
11 for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.
12
(d) DESIGNATION
OF
NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section
13 7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations,
14 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division
15 J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during
16 fiscal year 2024.
17
18
19
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS
DREN, AND
OF
WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in
20 title III of this Act that are made available for victims of
21 war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to combat
22 trafficking in persons and assist victims of such trafficking
23 may be made available notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law.
25
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.—
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(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
2
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
3
$20,000,000 shall be made available for forensic an-
4
thropology assistance related to the exhumation and
5
identification of victims of war crimes, crimes
6
against humanity, and genocide, which shall be ad-
7
ministered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy,
8
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State:
9
Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to
10
funds made available by this Act and prior Acts mak-
11
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
12
eign operations, and related programs for assistance
13
for countries.
14
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
15
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and
16
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be
17
made available for DNA forensic technology programs
18
to combat human trafficking in Central America and
19
Mexico.
20
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by
21 the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States
22 Agency for International Development, from this or any
23 other Act that remain available for obligation may be made
24 available as a general contribution to the World Food Pro25 gramme.
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2
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.—
(1) RESEARCH
AND TRAINING.—Funds
appro-
3
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for
4
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be made
5
available to carry out the Program for Research and
6
Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent
7
States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized by
8
the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training
9
Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).
10
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.—
11
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
12
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
13
eign operations, and related programs under the
14
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance
15
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be made
16
available as contributions to establish and maintain
17
memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular noti-
18
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
19
tions.
20
(3) PRIVATE
SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of
the
21
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings
22
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support
23
Fund’’ that are made available for private sector
24
partnerships, including partnerships with philan-
25
thropic foundations, up to $50,000,000 may remain
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available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That
2
funds made available pursuant to this paragraph
3
may only be made available following prior consulta-
4
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of,
5
the Committees on Appropriations.
6
(4) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—Of
the amounts
7
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
8
matic Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made avail-
9
able for grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign
10
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22
11
U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate collaboration
12
with Indigenous communities.
13
(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator
14
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title
15
III to make innovation incentive awards in accord-
16
ance with the terms and conditions of section
17
7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
18
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
19
2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6), except that
20
each individual award may not exceed $500,000.
21
(6) DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION
VENTURES.—
22
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
23
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and made available for the
24
Development Innovation Ventures program may be
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made available for the purposes of chapter I of part
2
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
3
(7) EXCHANGE
VISITOR PROGRAM.—None
of the
4
funds made available by this Act may be used to mod-
5
ify the Exchange Visitor Program administered by
6
the Department of State to implement the Mutual
7
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
8
(Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), except
9
through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to
10
the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et
11
seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to such rule-
12
making process in such Act: Provided, That funds
13
made available for such purpose shall only be made
14
available after consultation with, and subject to the
15
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on
16
Appropriations, regarding how any proposed modi-
17
fication would affect the public diplomacy goals of,
18
and the estimated economic impact on, the United
19
States: Provided further, That such consultation shall
20
take place not later than 30 days prior to the publica-
21
tion in the Federal Register of any regulatory action
22
modifying the Exchange Visitor Program.
23
(8) PAYMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act
24
and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
25
partment of State, foreign operations, and related
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programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’
2
and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, except for funds des-
3
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement
4
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or
5
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
6
Act of 1985, are available to provide payments pursu-
7
ant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the
8
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22
9
U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, That funds made
10
available pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject
11
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appro-
12
priations.
13
(9) AFGHAN
ALLIES.—Subsection
(b) of section
14
602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8
15
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended as follows—
16
(A) in paragraph (3)(F)—
17
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2023’’
18
and inserting ‘‘2024’’;
19
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i),
20
in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘38,500’’
21
and inserting ‘‘50,500’’; and
22
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Decem-
23
ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,
24
2025’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (13), in the matter pre-
2
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘January
3
31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’.
4
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner
5 vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or mak6 ing a significant change to the scope of an existing partner
7 vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID Ad8 ministrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Commit9 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary and
10 the Administrator shall provide a direct vetting option for
11 prime awardees in any partner vetting program initiated
12 or significantly modified after the date of enactment of this
13 Act, unless the Secretary or Administrator, as applicable,
14 informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by15 case basis that a direct vetting option is not feasible for
16 such program: Provided further, That the Secretary and the
17 Administrator may restrict the award of, terminate, or can18 cel contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements or require
19 an awardee to restrict the award of, terminate, or cancel
20 a sub-award based on information in connection with a
21 partner vetting program.
22
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2024, the
23 President may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority
24 of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not25 withstanding any other provision of law.
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(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
2 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under
3 title III of this Act for assistance for the central government
4 of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com5 ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter6 national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October
7 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the
8 Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with9 holding funds under this subsection.
10
11
(h) TRANSFER
TECTION.—The
OF
FUNDS
FOR
EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
Secretary of State may transfer to, and
12 merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign
13 Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired
14 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro15 grams’’ for fiscal year 2024, at no later than the end of
16 the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such
17 funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated:
18 Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be trans19 ferred.
20
(i) PROTECTIONS
AND
21 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
22
TIONS.—The
REMEDIES
AND
FOR
EMPLOYEES
OF
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
terms and conditions of section 7034(k) of the
23 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro24 grams Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law
25 116–94) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024.
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(j) IMPACT
ON
JOBS.—Section 7056 of the Department
2 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro3 priations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116–260)
4 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024.
5
6
(k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.—
(1) INCENTIVES
FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The
au-
7
thority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supple-
8
mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–
9
32) shall remain in effect through September 30,
10
11
2024.
(2) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The
Foreign
12
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
13
Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is
14
amended—
15
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
16
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking
17
‘‘and 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2023, and
18
2024’’; and
19
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking
20
‘‘2023’’ each place it appears and inserting
21
‘‘2024’’; and
22
(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255
23
note), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’.
24
(3) SPECIAL
25
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANI-
STAN RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STATUS.—Not-
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withstanding any other provision of law, any em-
2
ployee of the Special Inspector General for Afghani-
3
stan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes at least
4
12 months of continuous service after enactment of
5
this Act or who is employed on the date on which
6
SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, shall ac-
7
quire competitive status for appointment to any posi-
8
tion in the competitive service for which the employee
9
possesses the required qualifications.
10
(4) TRANSFER
OF BALANCES.—Section
7081(h)
11
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
12
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division
13
J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect dur-
14
ing fiscal year 2024.
15
(5) PROTECTIVE
SERVICES.—Section
7071 of the
16
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
17
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K
18
of Public Law 117–103) shall continue in effect dur-
19
ing fiscal year 2024 and shall be applied to funds ap-
20
propriated by this Act by substituting ‘‘$40,000,000’’
21
for ‘‘$30,000,000’’.
22
(6) EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO
23
ISRAEL.—Chapter
24
time Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public
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795
1
Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended under the
2
heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’—
3
(A) in the matter preceding the first pro-
4
viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ and in-
5
serting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’; and
6
(B) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘Sep-
7
tember 30, 2028’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
8
2029’’.
9
(7) EXTENSION
OF CERTAIN PERSONAL SERVICES
10
CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The
11
section 2401 of division C of the Extending Govern-
12
ment Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance
13
Act (Public Law 117–43) shall remain in effect
14
through September 30, 2024.
15
(l) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—
16
(1) BENEFICIARY
authority provided in
FEEDBACK.—Funds
appro-
17
priated by this Act that are made available for moni-
18
toring and evaluation of assistance under the head-
19
ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Dis-
20
aster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
21
ance’’ shall be made available for the regular and sys-
22
tematic collection of feedback obtained directly from
23
beneficiaries to enhance the quality and relevance of
24
such assistance: Provided, That not later than 90
25
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of State and USAID Administrator shall sub-
2
mit to the Committees on Appropriations, and post
3
on their respective websites, updated procedures for
4
implementing partners that receive funds under such
5
headings for regularly and systematically collecting
6
and responding to such feedback, including guidelines
7
for the reporting on actions taken in response to the
8
feedback received: Provided further, That the Sec-
9
retary of State and USAID Administrator shall regu-
10
larly—
11
(A) conduct oversight to ensure that such
12
feedback is regularly collected and used by imple-
13
menting partners to maximize the cost-effective-
14
ness and utility of such assistance; and
15
(B) consult with the Committees on Appro-
16
priations on the results of such oversight.
17
(2) EVALUATIONS.—Of the funds appropriated
18
by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than
19
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
20
be made available for impact evaluations, including
21
ex-post evaluations, of the effectiveness and sustain-
22
ability of United States Government-funded assist-
23
ance programs: Provided, That of the funds made
24
available pursuant to this paragraph, $10,000,000
25
shall be administered in coordination with the Office
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of the Chief Economist, USAID, and may be used for
2
administrative expenses of such Office: Provided fur-
3
ther, That funds made available pursuant to this
4
paragraph are in addition to funds otherwise made
5
available for such purposes.
6
(m) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds
7 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab8 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper9 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro10 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made
11 available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child
12 survival, malaria, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious
13 diseases to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals
14 and other products, subject to the terms and conditions in
15 such section: Provided, That the authority in section
16 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
17 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public
18 Law 108–447) shall be exercised by the Assistant Adminis19 trator for Global Health, USAID, with respect to funds de20 posited for such non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other
21 products, and shall be subject to the regular notification
22 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
23 further, That the Secretary of State shall include in the con24 gressional budget justification an accounting of budgetary
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1 resources, disbursements, balances, and reimbursements re2 lated to such fund.
3
(n) LOCAL WORKS.—
4
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by
5
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’
6
and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
7
$100,000,000 shall be made available for Local Works
8
pursuant to section 7080 of the Department of State,
9
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
10
priations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–
11
235), which may remain available until September
12
30, 2028.
13
(2) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—For
the purposes of
14
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
15
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
16
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible
17
entities’’ shall be defined as small local, international,
18
and United States-based nongovernmental organiza-
19
tions, educational institutions, and other small enti-
20
ties that have received less than a total of $5,000,000
21
from USAID over the previous 5 fiscal years: Pro-
22
vided, That departments or centers of such edu-
23
cational institutions may be considered individually
24
in determining such eligibility.
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(o) EXTENSION
OF
PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Sec-
2 tion 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations,
3 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division
4 I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect during fis5 cal year 2024.
6
(p) EXTENSION.—Section 7034(r) of the Department
7 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro8 priations Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103)
9 shall apply during fiscal year 2024.
10
11
(q) STAFF CARE SERVICES
ALS.—Up
FOR
AFGHAN NATION-
to $50,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act
12 and prior acts making appropriations for the Department
13 of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are
14 made available to carry out section 7901 of title 5, United
15 States Code, may be used by USAID to provide services
16 to individuals who have served as locally employed staff of
17 the USAID mission in Afghanistan.
18
(r) WAR CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY.—Of the funds ap-
19 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup20 port Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made avail21 able for the purposes authorized by section 2015 of Public
22 Law 107–206, as amended by section 7073 of the Depart23 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
24 Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–
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1 328), including not less than $2,500,000 as a contribution
2 to the Trust Fund for Victims.
3
4
(s) DEFINITIONS.—
(1)
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
5
TEES.—Unless
6
poses of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congressional
7
committees’’ means the Committees on Appropriations
8
and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Commit-
9
tees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the
10
otherwise defined in this Act, for pur-
House of Representatives.
11
(2) FUNDS
12
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless
13
for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated
14
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for
15
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
16
lated programs’’ means funds that remain available
17
for obligation, and have not expired.
18
APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND
otherwise defined in this Act,
(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
19
In this Act ‘‘international financial institutions’’
20
means the International Bank for Reconstruction and
21
Development, the International Development Associa-
22
tion, the International Finance Corporation, the
23
Inter-American Development Bank, the International
24
Monetary Fund, the International Fund for Agricul-
25
tural Development, the Asian Development Bank, the
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Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Invest-
2
ment Corporation, the North American Development
3
Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and De-
4
velopment, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
5
can Development Fund, and the Multilateral Invest-
6
ment Guarantee Agency.
7
(4) PACIFIC
ISLANDS COUNTRIES.—In
this Act,
8
the term ‘‘Pacific Islands countries’’ means the Cook
9
Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Kiribati,
10
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
11
States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, Niue, the
12
Republic of Palau, the Independent State of Papua
13
New Guinea, the Independent State of Samoa, the
14
Solomon Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and
15
the Republic of Vanuatu.
16
(5) SPEND
PLAN.—In
this Act, the term ‘‘spend
17
plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds appro-
18
priated for a particular entity, country, program,
19
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a
20
minimum, a description of—
21
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria
22
for measuring progress, and a timeline for
23
achieving such goals;
24
25
(B) amounts and sources of funds by account;
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2
(C) how such funds will complement other
ongoing or planned programs; and
3
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
4
imum extent practicable.
5
(6) SUCCESSOR
OPERATING
UNIT.—Any
ref-
6
erence to a particular operating unit or office in this
7
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
8
partment of State, foreign operations, and related
9
programs shall be deemed to include any successor op-
10
erating unit performing the same or similar func-
11
tions.
12
(7) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’
13
means the United States Agency for International De-
14
velopment.
15
16
17
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY
SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.—
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
POLICE ASSISTANCE.—
18
Funds made available under titles III and IV of this
19
Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part
20
I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
21
sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding
22
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness
23
and accountability of civilian police authority
24
through training and technical assistance in human
25
rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic plan-
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ning, and through assistance to foster civilian police
2
roles that support democratic governance, including
3
assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to
4
disasters, address gender-based violence, and foster
5
improved police relations with the communities they
6
serve.
7
(2) COMBAT
CASUALTY CARE.—
8
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the
9
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms
10
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this
11
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
12
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
13
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
14
ualty training and equipment in an amount
15
above the prior fiscal year.
16
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
17
bat casualty care training and equipment as a
18
component of any package of lethal assistance
19
funded by this Act with funds appropriated
20
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’
21
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’:
22
Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
23
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, unless
24
the Secretary determines that such country has
25
in place, to the maximum extent practicable,
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functioning combat casualty care treatment and
2
equipment that meets or exceeds the standards
3
recommended by the Committee on Tactical
4
Combat Casualty Care: Provided further, That
5
any such training and equipment for combat
6
casualty care shall be made available through an
7
open and competitive process.
8
(3) CASUALTY
REHABILITATION.—Of
the funds
9
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
10
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ in this Act and
11
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department
12
of State, foreign operations, and related programs,
13
not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for
14
a program to provide medical and casualty rehabili-
15
tation services, consistent with the purposes under
16
this section in the explanatory statement described in
17
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
18
consolidated Act).
19
(4) TRAINING
20
MANITARIAN LAW.—The
21
training related to the requirements of international
22
humanitarian law as a component of any package of
23
lethal assistance funded by this Act with funds appro-
24
priated under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
25
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’:
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Secretary of State shall offer
805
1
Provided, That the requirement of this paragraph
2
shall not apply to a country that is a member of the
3
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is a
4
major non-NATO ally designated by section 517(b) of
5
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or is complying
6
with international humanitarian law: Provided fur-
7
ther, That any such training shall be made available
8
through an open and competitive process.
9
(5)
INTERNATIONAL
PRISON
CONDITIONS.—
10
Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings
11
‘‘Development
12
Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and
13
Law Enforcement’’ shall be made available for assist-
14
ance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign
15
prisons and other detention facilities, notwithstanding
16
section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:
17
Provided, That the Secretary of State and the USAID
18
Administrator shall consult with the Committees on
19
Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds
20
prior to obligation and not later than 60 days after
21
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
22
That such funds shall be in addition to funds other-
23
wise made available by this Act for such purpose.
24
(b) AUTHORITIES.—
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Assistance’’,
‘‘Economic
Support
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1
(1) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR-
2
ITY.—In
3
priated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the
4
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a nation
5
emerging from instability may be deemed to mean
6
support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-
7
national entity emerging from instability, as well as
8
a nation emerging from instability.
9
providing assistance with funds appro-
(2) DISARMAMENT,
DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
10
INTEGRATION.—Section
11
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
12
propriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law
13
113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year
14
2024.
15
(3) COMMERCIAL
7034(d) of the Department of
LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
16
CLES.—Notwithstanding
17
and subject to the regular notification procedures of
18
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of
19
section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
20
U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to
21
Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
22
(NATO), and major non-NATO allies for the procure-
23
ment by leasing (including leasing with an option to
24
purchase) of defense articles from United States com-
25
mercial suppliers, not including Major Defense
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1
Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of
2
aircraft having possible civilian application), if the
3
President determines that there are compelling foreign
4
policy or national security reasons for those defense
5
articles being provided by commercial lease rather
6
than by government-to-government sale under such
7
Act.
8
(4) SPECIAL
DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.—Not
9
to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to
10
section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
11
U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the Special De-
12
fense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to remain avail-
13
able for obligation until September 30, 2026: Pro-
14
vided, That the provision of defense articles and de-
15
fense services to foreign countries or international or-
16
ganizations from the Fund shall be subject to the con-
17
currence of the Secretary of State.
18
(5) EXTENSION
OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE
19
AUTHORITY.—Section
20
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is
21
amended by striking ‘‘or 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2025
22
and 2026’’.
23
(6) PROGRAM
514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign As-
CLARIFICATION.—Notwithstanding
24
section 503(a)(3) of Public Law 87–195 (22 U.S.C.
25
2311(a)(3)), the procurement of defense articles and
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services funded on a non-repayable basis under sec-
2
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be
3
priced to include the costs of salaries of members of
4
the Armed Forces of the United States engaged in se-
5
curity assistance activities pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 341
6
(relating to the State Partnership Program): Pro-
7
vided, That this paragraph shall only apply to funds
8
that remain available for obligation in fiscal year
9
2024.
10
(7)
REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding
any
11
other provision of law or regulation, equipment pro-
12
cured with funds appropriated in prior Acts making
13
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
14
operations, and related programs under the heading
15
‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund’’ may
16
be used for any other program and in any region:
17
Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to
18
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional
19
committees and the regular notification procedures of
20
the Committees on Appropriations.
21
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
22
(1) CHILD
SOLDIERS.—Funds
appropriated by
23
this Act should not be used to support any military
24
training or operations that include child soldiers.
25
(2) LANDMINES
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1
(A)
LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding
any
2
other provision of law, demining equipment
3
available to the United States Agency for Inter-
4
national Development and the Department of
5
State and used in support of the clearance of
6
landmines and unexploded ordnance for humani-
7
tarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant
8
basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms
9
and conditions as the Secretary of State may
10
prescribe.
11
(B) CLUSTER
MUNITIONS.—No
military as-
12
sistance shall be furnished for cluster munitions,
13
no defense export license for cluster munitions
14
may be issued, and no cluster munitions or clus-
15
ter munitions technology shall be sold or trans-
16
ferred, unless—
17
(i) the submunitions of the cluster mu-
18
nitions, after arming, do not result in more
19
than 1 percent unexploded ordnance across
20
the range of intended operational environ-
21
ments, and the agreement applicable to the
22
assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster
23
munitions or cluster munitions technology
24
specifies that the cluster munitions will
25
only be used against clearly defined mili-
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1
tary targets and will not be used where ci-
2
vilians are known to be present or in areas
3
normally inhabited by civilians; or
4
(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or
5
transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing
6
or permanently disposing of such cluster
7
munitions.
8
(3) CROWD
CONTROL.—If
the Secretary of State
9
has information that a unit of a foreign security force
10
uses excessive force to repress peaceful expression or
11
assembly concerning corruption, harm to the environ-
12
ment or human health, or the fairness of electoral
13
processes, or in countries that are undemocratic or
14
undergoing democratic transition, the Secretary shall
15
promptly determine if such information is credible:
16
Provided, That if the information is determined to be
17
credible, funds appropriated by this Act should not be
18
used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, ammu-
19
nition, or other items for crowd control purposes for
20
such unit, unless the Secretary of State determines
21
that the foreign government is taking effective meas-
22
ures to bring the responsible members of such unit to
23
justice.
24
(4) OVERSIGHT
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1
(A) Prior to the signing of a new Letter of
2
Offer and Acceptance (LOA) involving funds ap-
3
propriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military
4
Financing Program’’, the Secretary of State
5
shall consult with each recipient government to
6
ensure that the LOA between the United States
7
and such recipient government complies with the
8
purposes of section 4 of the Arms Export Control
9
Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) and that the defense arti-
10
cles, services, and training procured with funds
11
appropriated under such heading are consistent
12
with United States national security policy.
13
(B) The Secretary of State shall promptly
14
inform the appropriate congressional committees
15
of any instance in which the Secretary of State
16
has credible information that such assistance
17
was used in a manner contrary to such agree-
18
ment.
19
(d) OTHER MATTERS.—
20
(1) SECURITY
ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not
later
21
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
22
the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees
23
on Appropriations a report on funds obligated and
24
expended during fiscal year 2023, by country and
25
purpose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace-
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keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
2
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
3
nancing Program’’.
4
(2) ANNUAL
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
5
PORT.—For
6
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term ‘‘mili-
7
tary training provided to foreign military personnel
8
by the Department of Defense and the Department of
9
State’’ shall be deemed to include all military train-
10
ing provided by foreign governments with funds ap-
11
propriated to the Department of Defense or the De-
12
partment of State, except for training provided by the
13
government of a country designated by section 517(b)
14
of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2321k(b)) as a major non-
15
NATO ally: Provided, That such third-country train-
16
ing shall be clearly identified in the report submitted
17
pursuant to section 656 of such Act.
18
the purposes of implementing section 656
(3) LEAHY
LAW.—For
purposes of implementing
19
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
20
the term ‘‘credible information’’ means information
21
that, considering the source of such information and
22
the surrounding circumstances, supports a reasonable
23
belief that a violation has occurred, and shall not be
24
determined solely on the basis of the number of
25
sources; whether the source has been critical of a pol-
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icy of the United States Government or its security
2
partners; whether the source has a personal connec-
3
tion to the information being reported; or whether the
4
United States Government is able to independently
5
verify the information.
6
COUNTERING THE FLOW OF FENTANYL AND OTHER
7
SYNTHETIC DRUGS
8
SEC. 7036. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
9 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
10 Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En11 forcement’’, not less than $125,000,000 shall be made avail12 able for programs to counter the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl
13 precursors, and other synthetic drugs into the United
14 States: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to
15 funds otherwise made available for such purposes.
16
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available pursuant
17 to subsection (a) shall be made available to support—
18
(1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl
19
precursors, and other synthetic drugs and their pre-
20
cursor materials to the United States from and
21
through the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mex-
22
ico, and other countries;
23
(2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity
24
building efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling
25
transnational criminal organizations involved in the
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production and trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl pre-
2
cursors, and other synthetic drugs;
3
(3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging
4
Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Last-
5
ing Results Act (part 7 of subtitle C of the James M.
6
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
7
Year 2023, Public Law 117–263); and
8
(4) engagement, including through multilateral
9
organizations and frameworks, to catalyze collective
10
action to address the public health and security
11
threats posed by fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and
12
other synthetic drugs, including through the Global
13
Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats.
14
(c) COUNTER FENTANYL COORDINATION.—The Sec-
15 retary of State shall designate an existing senior official
16 of the Department of State at the rank of Deputy Assistant
17 Secretary or above to coordinate counter fentanyl efforts,
18 whose responsibilities shall include—
19
(1) ensuring that funds made available pursuant
20
to subsection (a) are implemented in a targeted and
21
effective manner, including by providing policy guid-
22
ance and coordination; and
23
(2) coordinating diplomatic engagement and
24
other activities with the heads of other relevant Fed-
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1
eral agencies and domestic and international stake-
2
holders.
3
(d) REPORTS.—
4
(1) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation
5
with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies and
6
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
7
this Act, submit a report to the appropriate congres-
8
sional committees detailing and assessing the coopera-
9
tion of the PRC in countering the flow of fentanyl,
10
fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs, and
11
describing actions taken by the United States in co-
12
ordination with other countries to engage the PRC on
13
taking concrete and measurable steps to stop the flow
14
of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic
15
drugs from the PRC to other countries: Provided,
16
That such report shall be updated and resubmitted
17
quarterly thereafter until September 30, 2025.
18
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
19
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re-
20
port to the appropriate congressional committees de-
21
tailing how assistance for Mexico is strategically
22
aligned to address the proliferation of fentanyl,
23
fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs from
24
Mexico to the United States.
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2
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD
SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE.—None of
3 the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this
4 Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless
5 the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro6 priate congressional committees that—
7
8
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian
state—
9
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to
10
peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; and
11
(B) is taking appropriate measures to
12
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the
13
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling
14
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating
15
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate
16
security organizations; and
17
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing
18
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with
19
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
20
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive
21
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and
22
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the
23
context of full and normal relationships, which should
24
include—
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2
(A) termination of all claims or states of
belligerency;
3
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the
4
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political
5
independence of every state in the area through
6
measures including the establishment of demili-
7
tarized zones;
8
(C) their right to live in peace within secure
9
and recognized boundaries free from threats or
10
acts of force;
11
12
(D) freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; and
13
14
15
(E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.
(b) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
16 that the governing entity should enact a constitution assur17 ing the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect
18 for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other
19 laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable
20 governance.
21
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a)
22 if the President determines that it is important to the na23 tional security interest of the United States to do so.
24
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a)
25 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the
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1 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the
2 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of
3 subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 7040
4 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian
5 Authority’’).
6
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
7
BROADCASTING CORPORATION
8
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
9 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide
10 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any
11 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting
12 Corporation.
13
14
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2024, 30
15 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral
16 West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall
17 certify to the Committees on Appropriations that proce18 dures have been established to assure the Comptroller Gen19 eral of the United States will have access to appropriate
20 United States financial information in order to review the
21 uses of United States assistance for the Program funded
22 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West
23 Bank and Gaza.
24
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
25 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support
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1 Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec2 retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure
3 that such assistance is not provided to or through any indi4 vidual, private or government entity, or educational insti5 tution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe ad6 vocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter7 rorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or edu8 cational institutions, those that have as a principal officer
9 of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trust10 ees any individual that has been determined to be involved
11 in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a
12 member of a designated foreign terrorist organization: Pro13 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, es14 tablish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car15 rying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to
16 any individual, entity, or educational institution which the
17 Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating
18 terrorist activity.
19
20
(c) PROHIBITION.—
(1) RECOGNITION
OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.—
21
None of the funds appropriated under titles III
22
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West
23
Bank and Gaza Program may be made available
24
for—
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(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise
2
honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
3
mitted acts of terrorism; and
4
(B) any educational institution located in
5
the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an
6
individual who the Secretary of State determines
7
has committed an act of terrorism.
8
(2) SECURITY
9
ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of
10
law, none of the funds made available by this or prior
11
appropriations Acts, including funds made available
12
by transfer, may be made available for obligation for
13
security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until
14
the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on
15
Appropriations on—
16
(A) the benchmarks that have been estab-
17
lished for security assistance for the West Bank
18
and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian com-
19
pliance with such benchmarks; and
20
(B) the steps being taken by the Palestinian
21
Authority to end torture and other cruel, inhu-
22
man, and degrading treatment of detainees, in-
23
cluding by bringing to justice members of Pales-
24
tinian security forces who commit such crimes.
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(d) OVERSIGHT
BY THE
UNITED STATES AGENCY
FOR
2 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—
3
(1) The Administrator of the United States
4
Agency for International Development shall ensure
5
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors
6
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub-
7
grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program,
8
are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure,
9
among other things, compliance with this section.
10
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to
11
$1,400,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector
12
General of the United States Agency for International
13
Development for audits, investigations, and other ac-
14
tivities in furtherance of the requirements of this sub-
15
section: Provided, That such funds are in addition to
16
funds otherwise available for such purposes.
17
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE
UNITED STATES
18 AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified in sub19 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States
20 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat21 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral West
22 Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as
23 cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2024 under the head24 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such audit shall ad25 dress—
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1
(1) the extent to which such Program complies
2
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
3
(2) an examination of all programs, projects,
4
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
5
cluding both obligations and expenditures.
6
(f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made avail-
7 able in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject
8 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
9 Appropriations.
10
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN
11
AUTHORITY
12
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION
OF
FUNDS.—None of the
13 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
14 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
15 may be obligated or expended with respect to providing
16 funds to the Palestinian Authority.
17
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection
18 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
19 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President
20 pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro21 priations that waiving such prohibition is important to the
22 national security interest of the United States.
23
(c) PERIOD
OF
APPLICATION
OF
WAIVER.—Any waiv-
24 er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more
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1 than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply
2 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
3
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
4 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit
5 a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the
6 justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds
7 will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to
8 ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Provided,
9 That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian
10 Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons
11 and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
12
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the
13 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of
14 State must certify and report to the Committees on Appro15 priations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pales16 tinian Authority has established a single treasury account
17 for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing
18 mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financ19 ing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority
20 treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil
21 service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority
22 is acting to counter incitement of violence against Israelis
23 and is supporting activities aimed at promoting peace, co24 existence, and security cooperation with Israel.
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2
(f) PROHIBITION
ERATION
TO
HAMAS
AND THE
PALESTINE LIB-
ORGANIZATION.—
3
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III
4
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries
5
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in
6
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance
7
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by
8
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which
9
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
10
ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises
11
undue influence.
12
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph
13
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing
14
government only if the President certifies and reports
15
to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov-
16
ernment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
17
lent, has publicly accepted and is complying with the
18
principles contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and
19
(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
20
ed.
21
(3) The President may exercise the authority in
22
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
23
as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of
24
2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to this sub-
25
section.
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(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to para-
2
graph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall
3
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
4
within 120 days of the certification and every quarter
5
thereafter on whether such government, including all
6
of its ministers or such equivalent are continuing to
7
comply with the principles contained in section
8
620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act
9
of 1961, as amended: Provided, That the report shall
10
also detail the amount, purposes and delivery mecha-
11
nisms for any assistance provided pursuant to the
12
abovementioned certification and a full accounting of
13
any direct support of such government.
14
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles
15
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for assist-
16
ance for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
17
18
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.—
19
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by
20
this Act, not less than $1,425,000,000 should be made
21
available for assistance for Egypt, of which—
22
(A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be
23
made available from funds under the heading
24
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, of which not less
25
than $40,000,000 should be made available for
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1
higher education programs, including not less
2
than $15,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian
3
students with high financial need to attend not-
4
for-profit institutions of higher education in
5
Egypt that are currently accredited by a re-
6
gional accrediting agency recognized by the
7
United States Department of Education, or
8
meets standards equivalent to those required for
9
United States institutional accreditation by a
10
regional accrediting agency recognized by such
11
Department: Provided, That such funds shall be
12
made available for democracy programs, and for
13
development programs in the Sinai; and
14
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 should be
15
made available from funds under the heading
16
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, to re-
17
main available until September 30, 2025: Pro-
18
vided, That such funds may be transferred to an
19
interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve
20
Bank of New York, following consultation with
21
the Committees on Appropriations and the uses
22
of any interest earned on such funds shall be
23
subject to the regular notification procedures of
24
the Committees on Appropriations.
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(2) CERTIFICATION
AND REPORT.—Funds
appro-
2
priated by this Act that are available for assistance
3
for Egypt may be made available notwithstanding
4
any other provision of law restricting assistance for
5
Egypt, except for this subsection and section 620M of
6
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be
7
made available for assistance for the Government of
8
Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports
9
to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov-
10
ernment is—
11
12
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship
with the United States; and
13
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979
14
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.
15
(3) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds made available
16
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), $320,000,000 shall be
17
withheld from obligation until the Secretary certifies
18
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that
19
the Government of Egypt is meeting the requirements
20
under this section in the explanatory statement de-
21
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
22
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That the Sec-
23
retary may waive such requirement if the Secretary
24
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
25
priations that such funds are necessary for counterter-
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1
rorism, border security, or nonproliferation programs
2
or that it is otherwise important to the national secu-
3
rity interest of the United States to do so, including
4
a detailed justification for the use of such waiver and
5
the reasons why any of the requirements cannot be
6
met: Provided further, That the report required by the
7
previous proviso shall be submitted in unclassified
8
form but may be accompanied by a classified annex.
9
(b) IRAN.—
10
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act
11
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
12
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-
13
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall be
14
made available—
15
(A) to support the United States policy to
16
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to
17
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon;
18
(B) to support an expeditious response to
19
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
20
cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s
21
nuclear program;
22
(C) to support the implementation and en-
23
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support
24
of nuclear weapons development, terrorism,
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human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and
2
weapons proliferation; and
3
(D) for democracy programs in support of
4
the aspirations of the Iranian people.
5
(2) REPORTS.—
6
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The
Secretary
7
of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
8
propriations the semi-annual report required by
9
section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic Energy Act of
10
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by sec-
11
tion 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act
12
of 2015 (Public Law 114–17).
13
(B) SANCTIONS
REPORT.—Not
later than
14
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
15
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
16
Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the
17
appropriate congressional committees a report
18
on—
19
(i) the status of United States bilateral
20
sanctions on Iran;
21
(ii) the reimposition and renewed en-
22
forcement of secondary sanctions; and
23
(iii) the impact such sanctions have
24
had
25
throughout the Middle East.
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2
(3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to—
3
(A) implement an agreement with the Gov-
4
ernment of Iran relating to the nuclear program
5
of Iran, or a renewal of the Joint Comprehensive
6
Plan of Action adopted on October 18, 2015, in
7
contravention of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Re-
8
view Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 2160e); or
9
(B) revoke the designation of the Islamic
10
Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Ter-
11
rorist Organization pursuant to section 219 of
12
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
13
1189).
14
(c) IRAQ.—
15
(1) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV
16
of this Act shall be made available for assistance for
17
Iraq for—
18
(A) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
19
national security assistance, including in the
20
Kurdistan Region of Iraq;
21
22
(B) stabilization assistance, including in
Anbar Province;
23
(C) programs to support government trans-
24
parency and accountability, support judicial
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1
independence, protect the right of due process,
2
end the use of torture, and combat corruption;
3
4
(D) humanitarian assistance, including in
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq;
5
6
(E) programs to protect and assist religious
and ethnic minority populations; and
7
(F) programs to increase United States pri-
8
vate sector investment.
9
(2) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this
10
Act under title III and made available for bilateral
11
economic assistance for Iraq may not be made avail-
12
able to an organization or entity for which the Sec-
13
retary of State has credible information is controlled
14
by the Badr Organization.
15
(d) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act
16 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
17 not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants
18 only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of
19 enactment of this Act: Provided, That to the extent that the
20 Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such
21 purposes, grants made available for Israel under this head22 ing shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be
23 available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less
24 than $725,300,000 shall be available for the procurement
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1 in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including
2 research and development.
3
(e) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act
4 under titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall
5 be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not
6 less than $845,100,000 shall be made available for budget
7 support for the Government of Jordan and not less than
8 $425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading
9 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’.
10
(f) LEBANON.—
11
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
12
priated by this Act may be made available for the
13
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leba-
14
nese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is
15
controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as des-
16
ignated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration
17
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
18
(2) SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—
19
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under
20
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control
21
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military
22
Financing Program’’ that are made available for
23
assistance for Lebanon may be made available
24
for programs and equipment for the ISF and the
25
LAF to address security and stability require-
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1
ments in areas affected by conflict in Syria, fol-
2
lowing consultation with the appropriate con-
3
gressional committees.
4
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under
5
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
6
gram’’ that are made available for assistance for
7
Lebanon may only be made available for pro-
8
grams to—
9
(i) professionalize the LAF to mitigate
10
internal and external threats from non-state
11
actors, including Hizballah;
12
(ii) strengthen the security of borders
13
and combat terrorism, including training
14
and equipping the LAF to secure the bor-
15
ders of Lebanon and address security and
16
stability requirements in areas affected by
17
conflict in Syria, interdicting arms ship-
18
ments, and preventing the use of Lebanon
19
as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and
20
(iii) implement United Nations Secu-
21
rity Council Resolution 1701:
22
Provided, That prior to obligating funds made
23
available by this subparagraph for assistance for
24
the LAF, the Secretary of State shall submit to
25
the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan,
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1
including actions to be taken to ensure equip-
2
ment provided to the LAF is used only for the
3
intended purposes, except such plan may not be
4
considered as meeting the notification require-
5
ments under section 7015 of this Act or under
6
section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
7
1961: Provided further, That any notification
8
submitted pursuant to such section shall include
9
any funds specifically intended for lethal mili-
10
tary equipment.
11
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this
12
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’
13
that are made available for assistance for Lebanon
14
may be made available notwithstanding section 1224
15
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
16
Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 2346
17
note).
18
(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated under titles III
19 and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance
20 for Morocco.
21
(h) SAUDI ARABIA.—
22
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
23
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education
24
and Training’’ should be made available for assist-
25
ance for the Government of Saudi Arabia.
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(2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
2
made available by this Act and prior Acts making
3
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
4
operations, and related programs should be obligated
5
or expended by the Export-Import Bank of the United
6
States to guarantee, insure, or extend (or participate
7
in the extension of) credit in connection with the ex-
8
port of nuclear technology, equipment, fuel, materials,
9
or other nuclear technology-related goods or services to
10
Saudi Arabia unless the Government of Saudi Ara-
11
bia—
12
(A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation
13
agreement pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic
14
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153);
15
(B) has committed to renounce uranium en-
16
richment and reprocessing on its territory under
17
that agreement; and
18
(C) has signed and implemented an Addi-
19
tional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards
20
Agreement with the International Atomic Energy
21
Agency.
22
(i) SYRIA.—
23
(1) NON-LETHAL
ASSISTANCE.—Funds
appro-
24
priated by this Act under titles III and IV may be
25
made available, notwithstanding any other provision
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1
of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance for
2
Syria, including for emergency medical and rescue
3
response and chemical weapons investigations.
4
5
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection—
6
(A) may not be made available for a project
7
or activity that supports or otherwise legitimizes
8
the Government of Iran, foreign terrorist organi-
9
zations (as designated pursuant to section 219 of
10
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
11
1189)), or a proxy of Iran in Syria;
12
(B) may not be made available for activities
13
that further the strategic objectives of the Govern-
14
ment of the Russian Federation that the Sec-
15
retary of State determines may threaten or un-
16
dermine United States national security inter-
17
ests; and
18
(C) should not be used in areas of Syria
19
controlled by a government led by Bashar al-
20
Assad or associated forces or made available to
21
an organization or entity effectively controlled
22
by an official or immediate family member of an
23
official of such government.
24
(3) UNITED
25
TION PLAN.—Of
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the funds appropriated under title
837
1
III of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations
2
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and
3
related programs, not less than $25,000,000 shall be
4
made available to implement the ‘‘U.S. Government
5
Al-Hol Action Plan’’.
6
7
(4) MONITORING,
OVERSIGHT,
CONSULTATION,
AND NOTIFICATION.—
8
(A) Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
9
priated by this Act and made available for as-
10
sistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall
11
take all practicable steps to ensure that mecha-
12
nisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and
13
control of such assistance inside Syria.
14
(B) Funds made available pursuant to this
15
subsection may only be made available following
16
consultation with the appropriate congressional
17
committees and shall be subject to the regular no-
18
tification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
19
propriations: Provided, That such consultation
20
shall include the steps taken to comply with sub-
21
paragraph (A) and steps intended to be taken to
22
comply with section 7015(j) of this Act.
23
(j) TUNISIA.—Funds appropriated under titles III and
24 IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Tu25 nisia for programs to support democratic governance and
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1 civil society, protect due process of law, and maintain re2 gional stability and security, following consultation with
3 the Committees on Appropriations.
4
5
(k) WEST BANK AND GAZA.—
(1) REPORT
ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior
to the ini-
6
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act
7
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for as-
8
sistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary
9
of State shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
10
tions that the purpose of such assistance is to—
11
(A) advance Middle East peace;
12
(B) improve security in the region;
13
(C) continue support for transparent and
14
accountable government institutions;
15
(D) promote a private sector economy; or
16
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs.
17
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
18
(A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under
19
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this
20
Act may be made available for assistance for the
21
Palestinian Authority, if after the date of enact-
22
ment of this Act—
23
(I) the Palestinians obtain the same
24
standing as member states or full member-
25
ship as a state in the United Nations or
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1
any specialized agency thereof outside an
2
agreement negotiated between Israel and the
3
Palestinians; or
4
(II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
5
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially
6
authorized investigation, or actively support
7
such an investigation, that subjects Israeli
8
nationals to an investigation for alleged
9
crimes against Palestinians.
10
(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the
11
restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re-
12
sulting from the application of subclause (I) of
13
such clause if the Secretary certifies to the Com-
14
mittees on Appropriations that to do so is in the
15
national security interest of the United States,
16
and submits a report to such Committees detail-
17
ing how the waiver and the continuation of as-
18
sistance would assist in furthering Middle East
19
peace.
20
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
21
sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations
22
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
23
(Public Law 100–204) if the President deter-
24
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of
25
the House of Representatives, the President pro
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1
tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con-
2
gressional committees that the Palestinians have
3
not, after the date of enactment of this Act—
4
(I) obtained in the United Nations or
5
any specialized agency thereof the same
6
standing as member states or full member-
7
ship as a state outside an agreement nego-
8
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians;
9
and
10
(II) initiated or actively supported an
11
ICC investigation against Israeli nationals
12
for alleged crimes against Palestinians.
13
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi-
14
dent is unable to make the certification pursuant
15
to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the President
16
may waive section 1003 of Public Law 100–204
17
if the President determines and certifies in writ-
18
ing to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
19
tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate,
20
and the Committees on Appropriations that the
21
Palestinians have entered into direct and mean-
22
ingful negotiations with Israel: Provided, That
23
any waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of
24
Public Law 100–204 under clause (i) of this sub-
25
paragraph or under previous provisions of law
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must expire before the waiver under this clause
2
may be exercised.
3
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara-
4
graph shall be effective for no more than a period
5
of 6 months at a time and shall not apply be-
6
yond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
7
(3) APPLICATION
OF
TAYLOR
FORCE
ACT.—
8
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
9
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available
10
for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza shall be
11
made available consistent with section 1004(a) of the
12
Taylor Force Act (title X of division S of Public Law
13
115–141).
14
(4) SECURITY
REPORT.—The
reporting require-
15
ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro-
16
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall
17
apply to funds made available by this Act, including
18
a description of modifications, if any, to the security
19
strategy of the Palestinian Authority.
20
(5) INCITEMENT
REPORT.—Not
later than 90
21
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
22
retary of State shall submit a report to the appro-
23
priate congressional committees detailing steps taken
24
by the Palestinian Authority to counter incitement of
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violence against Israelis and to promote peace and co-
2
existence with Israel.
3
4
5
AFRICA
SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION ASSISTANCE
RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act
6 under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and
7 Training’’ for the central government of a country in the
8 African Great Lakes region may be made available only
9 for Expanded International Military Education and
10 Training and professional military education until the Sec11 retary of State determines and reports to the Committees
12 on Appropriations that such government is not facilitating
13 or otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a
14 neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed
15 groups.
16
(b) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds ap-
17 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup18 port Fund’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail19 able for a contribution to the Special Criminal Court in
20 Central African Republic.
21
(c) COUNTER ILLICIT ARMED GROUPS.—Funds appro-
22 priated by this Act shall be made available for programs
23 and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance
24 Army (LRA) or other illicit armed groups in Eastern
25 Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African
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1 Republic, including to improve physical access, tele2 communications infrastructure, and early-warning mecha3 nisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and
4 reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child
5 soldiers.
6
(d) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE
CONGO.—Funds
7 appropriated by this Act shall be made available for assist8 ance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for
9 stabilization, democracy, global health, and bilateral eco10 nomic assistance: Provided, That such funds shall also be
11 made available to support security, stabilization, develop12 ment, and democracy in Eastern DRC.
13
(e) ETHIOPIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that
14 are made available for assistance for Ethiopia should be
15 used to support—
16
(1) political dialogue;
17
(2) civil society and the protection of human
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
rights;
(3) investigations and prosecutions of gross violations of human rights;
(4) efforts to provide unimpeded access to, and
monitoring of, humanitarian assistance; and
(5) the restoration of basic services in areas impacted by conflict.
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(f) MALAWI.—Funds appropriated by this Act and
2 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of
3 State, foreign operations, and related programs that are
4 made available for higher education programs in Malawi
5 shall be made available for higher education and workforce
6 development programs in agriculture as described under
7 this section in House Report 118–146.
8
(g) POWER AFRICA.—Prior to the initial obligation of
9 funds appropriated by this Act and made available for the
10 Power Africa program, the Administrator of the United
11 States Agency for International Development shall submit
12 the report required under this section in the explanatory
13 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
14 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such
15 funds shall be used for all-of-the-above energy development
16 consistent with the Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Public Law
17 114–121).
18
(h) SOUTH SUDAN.—None of the funds appropriated
19 by this Act under title IV may be made available for assist20 ance for the central Government of South Sudan, except to
21 support implementation of outstanding issues of the Com22 prehensive Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements related
23 to post-referendum issues associated with such Agreement,
24 or any other viable peace agreement in South Sudan.
25
(i) SUDAN.—
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(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
2
priated by this Act under title IV may be made avail-
3
able for assistance for the central Government of
4
Sudan, except to support implementation of out-
5
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agree-
6
ment, mutual arrangements related to post-ref-
7
erendum issues associated with such Agreement, or
8
any other viable peace agreement in Sudan.
9
(2) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by
10
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for
11
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
12
lated programs that are made available for any new
13
program, project, or activity in Sudan shall be subject
14
to prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
15
sional committees.
16
(j) ZIMBABWE.—
17
(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
18
ury shall instruct the United States executive director
19
of each international financial institution to vote
20
against any extension by the respective institution of
21
any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe,
22
except to meet basic human needs or to promote de-
23
mocracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and
24
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the
25
rule of law has been restored, including respect for
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ownership and title to property, and freedoms of ex-
2
pression, association, and assembly.
3
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
4
priated by this Act shall be made available for assist-
5
ance for the central Government of Zimbabwe, except
6
for health and education, unless the Secretary of State
7
certifies and reports as required in paragraph (1).
8
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
9
10
SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.—
(1) USES
OF FUNDS.—Of
the funds appropriated
11
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support
12
Fund’’, not less than $121,000,000 shall be made
13
available for assistance for Burma for the purposes
14
described in section 5575 of the Burma Act of 2022
15
(subtitle E of title LV of division E of Public Law
16
117–263) and section 7043(a) of the Department of
17
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
18
propriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law
19
117–328): Provided, That the authorities, limitations,
20
and conditions contained in section 7043(a) of divi-
21
sion K of Public Law 117–328 shall apply to funds
22
made available for assistance for Burma under this
23
Act, except for the minimum funding requirements
24
and paragraph (1)(B): Provided further, That for the
25
purposes of section 5575 of the Burma Act of 2022
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1
and assistance for Burma made available by this Act
2
and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
3
partment of State, foreign operations, and related
4
programs, ‘‘non-lethal assistance’’ shall include equip-
5
ment and associated training to support—
6
(A) atrocities prevention;
7
(B) the protection of civilians from military
8
attack;
9
(C) the delivery of humanitarian assistance;
10
(D) investigations into genocide and human
11
rights violations committed by the Burmese mili-
12
tary;
13
(E) local governance and the provision of
14
services in areas outside the control of the Bur-
15
mese military; and
16
(F) medical trauma care, supplies, and
17
training.
18
(2) DESERTER
PROGRAMS.—Pursuant
to section
19
7043(a)(1)(A) of division K of Public Law 117–328,
20
as continued in effect by this subsection, funds appro-
21
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
22
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
23
ations, and related programs that are made available
24
for assistance for Burma shall be made available for
25
programs and activities to support deserters from the
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1
military junta and its allied entities, following con-
2
sultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
3
tees.
4
(b) CAMBODIA.—
5
Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
6
ment of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of
7
funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
8
able for assistance for Cambodia, the Secretary of
9
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional
10
committees an assessment of the extent of the influence
11
of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia, in-
12
cluding on the Government of Cambodia and with re-
13
spect to the purposes and operations of Ream Naval
14
Base.
15
(c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.—
16
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated
17
under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than
18
$1,800,000,000 shall be made available to support im-
19
plementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
20
(2) COUNTERING
PRC INFLUENCE FUND.—Of
the
21
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings
22
‘‘Development
23
Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law
24
Enforcement’’,
25
Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign
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‘‘Economic
‘‘Nonproliferation,
Support
Anti-terrorism,
849
1
Military
2
$400,000,000 shall be made available for a Coun-
3
tering PRC Influence Fund to counter the influence
4
of the Government of the People’s Republic of China
5
and the Chinese Communist Party and entities acting
6
on their behalf globally, which shall be subject to prior
7
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations:
8
Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts
9
otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided
10
further, That up to 10 percent of such funds shall be
11
held in reserve to respond to unanticipated opportu-
12
nities to counter PRC influence: Provided further,
13
That funds made available pursuant to this para-
14
graph under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
15
ing Program’’ may remain available until September
16
30, 2025: Provided further, That funds appropriated
17
by this Act for such Fund under the headings ‘‘Inter-
18
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’,
19
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re-
20
lated Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
21
Program’’ may be transferred to, and merged with,
22
funds appropriated under such headings: Provided
23
further, That such transfer authority is in addition to
24
any other transfer authority provided by this Act or
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Financing
Program’’,
not
less
than
850
1
any other Act, and is subject to the regular notifica-
2
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
3
(3) RESTRICTION
ON USES OF FUNDS.—None
of
4
the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts
5
making appropriations for the Department of State,
6
foreign operations, and related programs may be
7
made available for any project or activity that di-
8
rectly supports or promotes—
9
(A) the Belt and Road Initiative or any
10
dual-use infrastructure projects of the People’s
11
Republic of China; or
12
(B) the use of technology, including bio-
13
technology,
14
cyber, developed by the People’s Republic of
15
China unless the Secretary of State, in consulta-
16
tion with the USAID Administrator and the
17
heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate,
18
determines that such use does not adversely im-
19
pact the national security of the United States.
20
(4) STRATEGIC
digital,
telecommunications,
REVIEW.—Funds
and
appropriated
21
by this Act shall be made available to design and im-
22
plement reforms of the processes and procedures re-
23
garding the application, consideration, and delivery
24
of equipment and technical training under the For-
25
eign Military Sales (FMS) program, including imple-
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1
mentation of FMS 2023 by the Department of State:
2
Provided, That not later than 180 days after the date
3
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
4
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal
5
agencies, shall submit a comprehensive strategic re-
6
view to the appropriate congressional committees on
7
the implementation and impact of such reforms in the
8
Indo-Pacific: Provided further, That such review shall
9
provide an assessment of major defense equipment
10
sought by key United States allies and security part-
11
ners in the region, including the Philippines, Indo-
12
nesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Taiwan: Provided
13
further, That the Secretary shall consult with the ap-
14
propriate congressional committees prior to submit-
15
ting such review.
16
(5) MAPS.—None of the funds made available by
17
this Act should be used to create, procure, or display
18
any map that inaccurately depicts the territory and
19
social and economic system of Taiwan and the is-
20
lands or island groups administered by Taiwan au-
21
thorities.
22
(d) LAOS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act
23 under titles III and IV, not less than $93,000,000 shall be
24 made available for assistance for Laos, including for assist25 ance for persons with disabilities caused by unexploded ord-
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1 nance accidents, and of which up to $1,500,000 may be
2 made available for programs to assist persons with severe
3 physical mobility, cognitive, or developmental disabilities
4 in areas sprayed with Agent Orange: Provided, That funds
5 made available pursuant to this subsection may be used,
6 in consultation with the Government of Laos, for assess7 ments of the existence of dioxin contamination resulting
8 from the use of Agent Orange in Laos and the feasibility
9 and cost of remediation.
10
(e) NORTH KOREA.—
11
(1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds appro-
12
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
13
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations,
14
and related programs may be made available for as-
15
sistance for the central government of a country the
16
Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
17
propriate congressional committees engages in signifi-
18
cant transactions contributing materially to the mali-
19
cious cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Government
20
of North Korea: Provided, That the Secretary of State
21
shall submit the report required by section 209 of the
22
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act
23
of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 U.S.C. 9229) to the
24
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
25
That the Secretary of State may waive the applica-
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1
tion of the restriction in this paragraph with respect
2
to assistance for the central government of a country
3
if the Secretary determines and reports to the appro-
4
priate congressional committees that to do so is im-
5
portant to the national security interest of the United
6
States, including a description of such interest served.
7
(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this
8
Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting
9
Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain
10
broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not less
11
than the prior fiscal year.
12
(3) HUMAN
RIGHTS.—Funds
appropriated by
13
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
14
Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made avail-
15
able for the promotion of human rights in North
16
Korea: Provided, That the authority of section
17
7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds.
18
(4) LIMITATION
ON USE OF FUNDS.—None
of the
19
funds made available by this Act under the heading
20
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available
21
for assistance for the Government of North Korea.
22
(f) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.—
23
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this
24
Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for
25
the Department of State and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’
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1
for the United States Agency for International Devel-
2
opment shall be made available to expand the United
3
States diplomatic and development presence in Pa-
4
cific Islands countries (PICs), including the number
5
and location of facilities and personnel.
6
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by
7
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
8
ance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International
9
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
10
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
11
Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
12
gram’’, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made
13
available for assistance for PICs, including to imple-
14
ment the Pacific Partnership Strategy of the United
15
States and Partners in the Blue Pacific initiative,
16
and to further the goals of the Pacific Islands Fo-
17
rum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent:
18
Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that
19
are made available for the Countering PRC Influence
20
Fund shall be made available for assistance for PICs,
21
in addition to funds made available under this para-
22
graph: Provided further, That funds made available
23
by this paragraph for assistance for PICs shall be
24
made available for programs and activities to
25
strengthen and expand cooperation between the
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1
United States and higher education institutions in
2
PICs, to be awarded on a competitive basis: Provided
3
further, That funds made available by this paragraph
4
for assistance for PICs shall be made available to ap-
5
propriately commemorate the anniversary of World
6
War II battles in the Pacific in which American serv-
7
icemen and women lost their lives: Provided further,
8
That of the funds made available by this paragraph
9
for assistance for PICs, not less than $5,000,000 shall
10
be made available for trilateral programs.
11
(g) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—
12
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
13
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
14
ance for the Government of the People’s Republic of
15
China or the Chinese Communist Party.
16
(2) HONG
KONG.—Of
the funds appropriated by
17
this Act under the first paragraph under the heading
18
‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be
19
made available for democracy and Internet freedom
20
programs for Hong Kong, including legal and other
21
support for democracy activists.
22
(h) PHILIPPINES.—
23
(1) FOREIGN
MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—
24
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
25
ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less
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than $40,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
2
ance for the Philippines.
3
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
4
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International
5
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be
6
made available for counternarcotics assistance for the
7
Philippines, except for drug demand reduction, mari-
8
time law enforcement, or transnational interdiction.
9
(i) TAIWAN.—
10
(1)
GLOBAL
COOPERATION
AND
TRAINING
11
FRAMEWORK.—Of
12
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
13
less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for the
14
Global Cooperation and Training Framework, which
15
shall be administered by the American Institute in
16
Taiwan.
17
(2) FOREIGN
the funds appropriated by this Act
MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—
18
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
19
ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less
20
than $300,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
21
ance for Taiwan: Provided, That the Secretary of
22
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
23
shall prioritize the delivery of defense articles and
24
services for Taiwan.
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(3) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PROGRAM
2
LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—Funds
3
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
4
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
5
ations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘For-
6
eign Military Financing Program’’, except for
7
amounts designated as an emergency requirement
8
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or
9
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
10
Act of 1985, may be made available for the costs, as
11
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
12
Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan guarantees for
13
Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(g) of the Tai-
14
wan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title LV
15
of division E of Public Law 117–263).
16
(4)
FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM.—Funds
ap-
appro-
17
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Payment to
18
the American Institute in Taiwan’’ shall be made
19
available for the Taiwan Fellowship Program.
20
(5) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 60 days
21
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
22
of State shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
23
priations on the uses of funds made available pursu-
24
ant to this subsection: Provided, That such funds shall
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be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
2
Committees on Appropriations.
3
(j) TIBET.—
4
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
5
of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
6
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
7
$10,000,000 shall be made available to nongovern-
8
mental organizations with experience working with
9
Tibetan communities to support activities which pre-
10
serve cultural traditions and promote sustainable de-
11
velopment, education, and environmental conserva-
12
tion in Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous
13
Region and in other Tibetan communities in China.
14
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
15
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
16
$8,000,000 shall be made available for programs to
17
promote and preserve Tibetan culture and language
18
in the refugee and diaspora Tibetan communities, de-
19
velopment, and the resilience of Tibetan communities
20
and the Central Tibetan Administration in India and
21
Nepal, and to assist in the education and development
22
of the next generation of Tibetan leaders from such
23
communities: Provided, That such funds are in addi-
24
tion to amounts made available in paragraph (1) for
25
programs inside Tibet.
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(3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
2
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
3
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to
4
strengthen the capacity of the Central Tibetan Ad-
5
ministration, of which up to $1,500,000 may be made
6
available to address economic growth and capacity
7
building activities, including for displaced Tibetan
8
refugee families in India and Nepal to help meet
9
basic needs, following consultation with the Commit-
10
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That such funds
11
shall be administered by USAID.
12
(k) VIETNAM.—Of the funds appropriated under titles
13 III and IV of this Act, not less than $197,000,000 shall be
14 made available for assistance for Vietnam, of which not less
15 than—
16
(1) $30,000,000 shall be made available for
17
health and disability programs to assist persons with
18
severe physical mobility, cognitive, or developmental
19
disabilities: Provided, That such funds shall be
20
prioritized to assist persons whose disabilities may be
21
related to the use of Agent Orange and exposure to
22
dioxin, or are the result of unexploded ordnance acci-
23
dents;
24
(2) $20,000,000 shall be made available, notwith-
25
standing any other provision of law, for activities re-
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lated to the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites
2
in Vietnam and may be made available for assistance
3
for the Government of Vietnam, including the mili-
4
tary, for such purposes;
5
(3) $3,000,000 shall be made available for the
6
Reconciliation/Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Ini-
7
tiative; and
8
9
(4) $15,000,000 shall be made available for higher education programs.
10
11
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.—
12
(1) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds appro-
13
priated by this Act that are made available for assist-
14
ance for Afghanistan may be made available for as-
15
sistance to the Taliban.
16
(2) AFGHAN
STUDENTS.—Funds
appropriated by
17
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for
18
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
19
lated programs shall be made available to—
20
(A) support the higher education of students
21
from Afghanistan studying outside of the coun-
22
try, including the costs of reimbursement to in-
23
stitutions hosting such students, as appropriate:
24
Provided, That the Secretary of State and the
25
Administrator of the United States Agency for
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International Development, as appropriate, shall
2
consult with the Committees on Appropriations
3
prior to the initial obligation of funds for such
4
purposes; and
5
(B) provide modified learning opportunities
6
for women and girls in Afghanistan, including
7
but not limited to, efforts to expand internet ac-
8
cess, online schooling, and distribution of edu-
9
cational content.
10
(3) AFGHAN
WOMEN.—
11
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act
12
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’
13
that are made available for assistance for Af-
14
ghanistan, not less than $5,000,000 shall be
15
made available for programs to investigate and
16
document human rights abuses against women
17
in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds shall
18
be the responsibility of the Bureau of Democracy,
19
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State,
20
following consultation with the Committees on
21
Appropriations.
22
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act that
23
are made available for assistance for Afghani-
24
stan shall be made available for a program for
25
Afghan women-led organizations to support edu-
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cation, human rights, and economic livelihoods
2
in Afghanistan: Provided, That such program
3
shall be co-designed by women in Afghanistan.
4
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the
5
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
6
and the USAID Administrator shall submit a report
7
to the appropriate congressional committees detailing
8
plans, consistent with the restriction contained in
9
paragraph (1), to—
10
11
(A) protect and strengthen the rights of Afghan women and girls;
12
(B) support higher education programs, in-
13
cluding continued support for the American Uni-
14
versity of Afghanistan’s (AUAF) online pro-
15
grams and support for other higher education in-
16
stitutions in South Asia and the Middle East
17
that are hosting AUAF and other Afghan stu-
18
dents;
19
(C) support Afghan civil society activists,
20
journalists, and independent media, including in
21
third countries; and
22
(D) support health, education, including
23
community-based education, and other programs
24
to address the basic needs of the people of Af-
25
ghanistan.
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(b) PAKISTAN.—
2
(1) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this
3
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
4
Program’’ that are made available for assistance for
5
Pakistan may only be made available to support
6
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities
7
in Pakistan.
8
(2) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated
9
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made
10
available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000
11
shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary
12
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations
13
that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison
14
and cleared of all charges relating to the assistance
15
provided to the United States in locating Osama bin
16
Laden.
17
(c) SRI LANKA.—
18
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under
19
title III of this Act shall be made available for assist-
20
ance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic de-
21
velopment programs, particularly in areas recovering
22
from ethnic and religious conflict.
23
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by
24
this Act for assistance for the central Government of
25
Sri Lanka may be made available only if the Sec-
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retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees
2
on Appropriations that such Government is taking ef-
3
fective and consistent steps to—
4
(A) protect the rights and freedoms of the
5
people of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and
6
religious belief, including by investigating viola-
7
tions of human rights and the laws of war and
8
holding perpetrators of such violations account-
9
able;
10
(B) implement the necessary political, eco-
11
nomic, military, and legal reforms to enable eco-
12
nomic recovery and to prevent conflict and fu-
13
ture economic crises;
14
(C) increase transparency and account-
15
ability in governance and combat corruption, in-
16
cluding bringing to justice public officials who
17
have engaged in significant acts of corruption;
18
19
(D) assert its sovereignty against influence
by the People’s Republic of China; and
20
(E) promote reconciliation between ethnic
21
and religious groups, particularly arising from
22
past conflict in Sri Lanka, as described under
23
this section in House Report 118–146:
24
Provided, That the limitations of this paragraph shall
25
not apply to funds made available for humanitarian
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assistance and disaster response; to protect human
2
rights, locate and identify missing persons, and assist
3
victims of torture and trauma; to promote justice, ac-
4
countability, and reconciliation; to enhance maritime
5
security and domain awareness; to promote fiscal
6
transparency and sovereignty; and for International
7
Military Education and Training.
8
(3) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this
9
Act that are made available for assistance for the Sri
10
Lankan armed forces may only be made available
11
for—
12
13
(A) international peacekeeping operations
training;
14
15
(B) humanitarian assistance and disaster
response;
16
17
(C) instruction in human rights and related
curricula development;
18
(D) maritime security and domain aware-
19
ness, including professionalization and training
20
for the navy and coast guard; and
21
(E) programs and activities under the head-
22
ing ‘‘International Military Education and
23
Training’’.
24
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds made available for
25
assistance for Sri Lanka for international peace-
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keeping operations training shall be subject to prior
2
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
3
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
4
5
SEC. 7045. (a) ASSISTANCE
THE
FOR
LATIN AMERICA
AND
CARIBBEAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act under
6 titles III and IV and made available for countries in Latin
7 America and the Caribbean shall be prioritized for pro8 grams as described under this section in the explanatory
9 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
10 division A of this consolidated Act).
11
(b) CENTRAL AMERICA.—
12
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under ti-
13
tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for
14
assistance for countries in Central America, con-
15
sistent with subsection (a), of which—
16
(A) $61,500,000 should be made available to
17
support entities and activities to combat corrup-
18
tion and impunity in such countries, including,
19
as appropriate, offices of Attorneys General;
20
(B) $70,000,000 should be made available
21
for programs to reduce violence against women
22
and girls, including for Indigenous women and
23
girls;
24
(C) funds should be made available for as-
25
sistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Hon-
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duras for programs that support locally-led de-
2
velopment in such countries: Provided, That up
3
to 15 percent of the funds made available to
4
carry out this subparagraph may be used by the
5
Administrator of the United States Agency for
6
International Development for administrative
7
and oversight expenses related to the purposes of
8
this subparagraph: Provided further, That the
9
USAID Administrator shall consult with the
10
Committees on Appropriations on the planned
11
uses of funds to carry out this subparagraph
12
prior to the initial obligation of funds: Provided
13
further, That such funds shall be subject to the
14
regular notification procedures of the Committees
15
on Appropriations; and
16
(D) funds shall be made available for the
17
youth empowerment program established pursu-
18
ant to section 7045(a)(1)(C) of the Department
19
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
20
grams Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of
21
Public Law 117–103).
22
(2) LIMITATION
23
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS.—
ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN
24
(A) Of the funds made available pursuant
25
to paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Economic
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Support Fund’’ and under title IV of this Act,
2
60 percent of such funds that are made available
3
for assistance for each of the central governments
4
of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras may
5
only be obligated after the Secretary of State cer-
6
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
7
priations that such government is—
8
(i) combating corruption and impu-
9
nity, including investigating and pros-
10
ecuting government officials, military per-
11
sonnel, and police officers credibly alleged to
12
be corrupt, and improving strategies to
13
combat money laundering and other global
14
financial crimes;
15
(ii) implementing reforms, policies,
16
and programs to strengthen the rule of law,
17
including increasing the transparency of
18
public institutions, strengthening the inde-
19
pendence of judicial and electoral institu-
20
tions, and improving the transparency of
21
political campaign and political party fi-
22
nancing;
23
(iii) protecting the rights of human
24
rights defenders, trade unionists, journal-
25
ists, civil society groups, opposition polit-
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ical parties, and the independence of the
2
media;
3
(iv) providing effective and accountable
4
law enforcement and security for its citi-
5
zens, curtailing the role of the military in
6
public security, and upholding due process
7
of law;
8
(v) implementing programs to reduce
9
violence against women and girls;
10
(vi) implementing policies to reduce
11
poverty and promote economic growth and
12
opportunity, including the implementation
13
of reforms to strengthen educational sys-
14
tems, vocational training programs, and
15
programs for at-risk youth;
16
(vii) cooperating with the United
17
States to counter drug trafficking, human
18
trafficking
19
transnational crime;
and
smuggling,
and
other
20
(viii) cooperating with the United
21
States and other governments in the region
22
to facilitate the return, repatriation, and
23
reintegration of migrants;
24
(ix) taking demonstrable actions to se-
25
cure national borders and stem mass migra-
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tion, including by informing its citizens of
2
the dangers of the journey to the southwest
3
border of the United States and advancing
4
efforts to combat crime and violence, build
5
economic opportunity, improve government
6
services, and protect human rights; and
7
(x) implementing policies that improve
8
the environment for businesses, including
9
foreign businesses, to operate and invest, in-
10
cluding executing tax reform in a trans-
11
parent manner, ensuring effective legal
12
mechanisms for reimbursements of tax re-
13
funds owed to United States businesses, and
14
resolving disputes involving the confiscation
15
of real property of United States entities.
16
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of sub-
17
paragraph (A) shall not apply to funds appro-
18
priated by this Act that are made available for—
19
(i) judicial entities and activities to
20
combat corruption and impunity;
21
(ii) programs to combat gender-based
22
violence;
23
(iii) programs to promote and protect
24
human rights, including those of Indigenous
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communities and Afro-descendants, and to
2
investigate human rights abuses;
3
(iv) support for women’s economic em-
4
powerment;
5
(v) humanitarian assistance; and
6
(vi) food security programs.
7
(C) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
8
GRAM.—None
9
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
10
nancing Program’’ may be made available for
11
assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Hon-
12
duras, except for programs that support humani-
13
tarian assistance and disaster response.
14
15
of the funds appropriated by this
(c) COLOMBIA.—
(1) PRE-OBLIGATION
REPORTS.—Prior
to the
16
initial obligation of funds appropriated by this Act
17
and made available for assistance for Colombia, the
18
Secretary of State shall submit the reports required
19
under this section in the explanatory statement de-
20
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
21
A of this consolidated Act).
22
(2) ASSISTANCE.—
23
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under
24
titles III and IV shall be made available for as-
25
sistance for Colombia: Provided, That such funds
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shall be made available for the programs and ac-
2
tivities described under this section in the ex-
3
planatory statement described in section 4 (in
4
the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
5
dated Act).
6
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act
7
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
8
trol and Law Enforcement’’ and made available
9
for assistance pursuant to this subsection, not
10
less than $40,000,000 shall be made available to
11
enhance rural security in coca producing mu-
12
nicipalities and other municipalities with high
13
levels of illicit activities: Provided, That such
14
funds shall be prioritized in such municipalities
15
that are also targeted for assistance programs
16
that provide viable economic alternatives and
17
improve access to public services.
18
(3) WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS.—
19
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds ap-
20
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
21
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
22
ment’’ that are made available for assistance for
23
Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only if
24
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the
25
Committees on Appropriations that in the pre-
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vious 12 months the Government of Colombia
2
has—
3
(i) reduced overall coca cultivation,
4
production, and drug trafficking;
5
(ii) continued cooperating with the
6
United States on joint counternarcotics
7
strategies; and
8
(iii) maintained extradition coopera-
9
tion with the United States.
10
(B) HUMAN
RIGHTS.—Of
the funds appro-
11
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign
12
Military Financing Program’’ and made avail-
13
able for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent may
14
be obligated only if the Secretary of State cer-
15
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
16
priations that—
17
(i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
18
and other judicial authorities, as appro-
19
priate, are sentencing perpetrators of gross
20
violations of human rights, including those
21
with command responsibility, to depriva-
22
tion of liberty;
23
(ii) the Government of Colombia is
24
making consistent progress in reducing
25
threats and attacks against human rights
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defenders and other civil society activists,
2
and judicial authorities are prosecuting and
3
punishing those responsible for ordering and
4
carrying out such attacks;
5
(iii) the Government of Colombia is
6
making consistent progress in protecting
7
Afro-Colombian and Indigenous commu-
8
nities and is respecting their rights and ter-
9
ritories;
10
(iv) senior military officers credibly al-
11
leged, or whose units are credibly alleged, to
12
be responsible for ordering, committing, and
13
covering up cases of false positives and
14
other extrajudicial killings, or of commit-
15
ting other gross violations of human rights,
16
or of conducting illegal communications
17
intercepts or other illicit surveillance, are
18
being held accountable, including removal
19
from active duty if found guilty through
20
criminal, administrative, or disciplinary
21
proceedings; and
22
(v) the Colombian Armed Forces are
23
cooperating fully with the requirements de-
24
scribed in clauses (i) through (iv).
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(4) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph
2
(3) shall not apply to funds made available for avia-
3
tion instruction and maintenance, and maritime and
4
riverine security programs.
5
(5) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds
6
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
7
propriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
8
erations, and related programs and made available
9
for assistance for Colombia may be used to transport
10
personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication
11
and interdiction, including security for such activi-
12
ties, and to provide transport in support of alter-
13
native development programs and investigations by
14
civilian judicial authorities.
15
(6) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
16
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
17
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations,
18
and related programs that are made available for as-
19
sistance for Colombia may be made available for pay-
20
ment of reparations to conflict victims, compensation
21
to demobilized combatants, or cash subsidies for
22
agrarian reforms associated with the implementation
23
of the 2016 peace agreement between the Government
24
of Colombia and illegal armed groups.
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(d) CUBA DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
2 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support
3 Fund’’ and made available for democracy programs in
4 Cuba may not be made available for business promotion,
5 economic reform, entrepreneurship, or any other assistance
6 that is not democracy building as expressly authorized in
7 the
Cuban
Liberty
and
Democratic
Solidarity
8 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 and the Cuban Democracy Act
9 of 1992.
10
(e) CUBAN DOCTORS.—
11
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the
12
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
13
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional
14
committees listing the countries and international or-
15
ganizations for which the Secretary has credible infor-
16
mation are directly paying the Government of Cuba
17
for coerced and trafficked labor of Cuban medical pro-
18
fessionals: Provided, That such report shall be sub-
19
mitted in unclassified form but may include a classi-
20
fied annex.
21
(2) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall
22
apply the requirements of section 7031(c) of this Act
23
to officials from countries and organizations identi-
24
fied in the report required pursuant to the previous
25
paragraph.
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(f) FACILITATING IRRESPONSIBLE MIGRATION.—None
2 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
3 this Act may be used to encourage, mobilize, publicize, or
4 manage mass-migration caravans towards the United
5 States southwest border: Provided, That not later than 180
6 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
7 of State shall report to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees with analysis on the organization and funding of
9 mass-migration caravans in the Western Hemisphere: Pro10 vided further, That the prohibition contained in this sub11 section shall not be construed to preclude the provision of
12 humanitarian assistance.
13
(g) HAITI.—
14
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this
15
Act under titles III and IV shall be made available
16
for assistance for Haiti to support the basic needs of
17
the Haitian people.
18
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by
19
this Act that are made available for assistance for
20
Haiti may only be made available for the central
21
Government of Haiti if the Secretary of State certifies
22
and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
23
tees by January 1, 2025 that elections have been
24
scheduled or held in Haiti and it is in the national
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interest of the United States to provide such assist-
2
ance.
3
4
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph
(2), funds may be made available to support—
5
(A) democracy programs;
6
(B) police, anti-gang, and administration
7
of justice programs, including to reduce pre-trial
8
detention and eliminate inhumane prison condi-
9
tions;
10
(C) public health, food security, subsistence
11
farmers, water and sanitation, education, and
12
other programs to meet basic human needs; and
13
(D) disaster relief and recovery.
14
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by
15
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for
16
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
17
lated programs that are made available for any new
18
program, project, or activity in Haiti shall be subject
19
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appro-
20
priations: Provided, That the requirement of this
21
paragraph shall also apply to any funds from such
22
Acts that are made available for support for an inter-
23
national security force in Haiti.
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(5) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
2
priated or otherwise made available by this Act may
3
be used for assistance for the armed forces of Haiti.
4
(6) HAITIAN
COAST GUARD.—The
Government of
5
Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and
6
services under the Arms Export Control Act (22
7
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard.
8
(7) MODIFICATION.—Section 7045(c)(3) of the
9
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
10
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K
11
of Public Law 117–328) is amended by striking
12
‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
13
(h) MEXICO.—Of the funds appropriated under title
14 IV in this Act that are made available for assistance for
15 Mexico, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until
16 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appro17 priate congressional committees that the Government of
18 Mexico has taken steps to—
19
20
21
22
(1) reduce the amount of fentanyl arriving at the
United States-Mexico border;
(2)
dismantle
and
hold
accountable
transnational criminal organizations;
23
(3) support joint counternarcotics operations
24
and intelligence sharing with United States counter-
25
parts; and
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(4) respect extradition requests for criminals
2
sought by the United States.
3
(i) NICARAGUA.—Of the funds appropriated by this
4 Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less
5 than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy
6 and religious freedom programs for Nicaragua.
7
(j) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—
8
(1) The Secretary of State shall instruct the
9
United States Permanent Representative to the Orga-
10
nization of American States (OAS) to use the voice
11
and vote of the United States to:
12
13
(A) implement budgetary reforms and efficiencies within the Organization;
14
(B) eliminate arrears, increase other donor
15
contributions, and impose penalties for successive
16
late payment of assessments;
17
(C) prevent programmatic and organiza-
18
tional redundancies and consolidate duplicative
19
activities and functions;
20
(D) prioritize areas in which the OAS has
21
expertise, such as strengthening democracy, mon-
22
itoring electoral processes, and protecting human
23
rights; and
24
(E) implement reforms within the Office of
25
the Inspector General (OIG) to ensure the OIG
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has the necessary leadership, integrity, profes-
2
sionalism, independence, policies, and procedures
3
to properly carry out its responsibilities in a
4
manner that meets or exceeds best practices in
5
the United States.
6
(2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated
7
by this Act and made available for an assessed con-
8
tribution to the Organization of American States, but
9
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
10
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report
11
to the appropriate congressional committees on ac-
12
tions taken or planned to be taken pursuant to para-
13
graph (1) that are in addition to actions taken dur-
14
ing the preceding fiscal year, and the results of such
15
actions.
16
(k) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by
17 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $88,000,000
18 shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security
19 Initiative.
20
(l) VENEZUELA.—
21
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
22
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $50,000,000
23
should be made available for democracy programs for
24
Venezuela.
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(2) Of the funds made available pursuant to
2
paragraph (1) that are allocated for electoral-related
3
activities, 50 percent may only be obligated after the
4
Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
5
propriate congressional committees that elections re-
6
lated to such activities—
7
(A) allow for the diaspora from Venezuela
8
to participate;
9
(B) are open for credible, unobstructed
10
international observation; and
11
(C) allow for opposition candidates selected
12
through credible and democratic processes to par-
13
ticipate.
14
(3) Funds shall be made available for assistance
15
for communities in countries supporting or otherwise
16
impacted by migrants from Venezuela: Provided, That
17
such amounts are in addition to funds otherwise
18
made available for assistance for such countries and
19
are subject to the regular notification procedures of
20
the Committees on Appropriations.
21
22
23
EUROPE AND EURASIA
SEC. 7046. (a) SECTION 907
PORT
OF THE
FREEDOM SUP-
ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act
24 (22 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to—
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(1) activities to support democracy or assistance
2
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22
3
U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the Defense
4
Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50
5
U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation assistance;
6
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
7
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign
8
Assistance Act of 1961;
9
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
10
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
11
acting within his or her official capacity;
12
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or
13
other assistance provided by the United States Inter-
14
national Development Finance Corporation as au-
15
thorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of
16
Public Law 115–254);
17
18
19
20
(5) any financing provided under the ExportImport Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or
(6) humanitarian assistance.
(b) TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—None of the funds ap-
21 propriated by this Act may be made available for assistance
22 for a government of an Independent State of the former So23 viet Union if such government directs any action in viola24 tion of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of
25 any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union,
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1 such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act:
2 Provided, That except as otherwise provided in section
3 7047(a) of this Act, funds may be made available without
4 regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President
5 determines that to do so is in the national security interest
6 of the United States: Provided further, That prior to exe7 cuting the authority contained in the previous proviso, the
8 Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Ap9 propriations on how such assistance supports the national
10 security interest of the United States.
11
(c) TURKEY.—None of the funds made available by
12 this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of
13 defense articles or defense services to the Turkish Presi14 dential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 of
15 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless
16 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro17 priate congressional committees that members of the TPPD
18 who are named in the July 17, 2017, indictment by the
19 Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and against
20 whom there are pending charges, have returned to the
21 United States to stand trial in connection with the offenses
22 contained in such indictment or have otherwise been
23 brought to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this
24 paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds made avail25 able by this Act for border security purposes, for North At-
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1 lantic Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to
2 enhance the protection of United States officials and facili3 ties in Turkey.
4
5
(d) UKRAINE.—
(1) STRATEGY
REQUIREMENT.—Not
later than
6
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
7
Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of
8
other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the
9
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
10
resentatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the
11
Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees
12
a strategy to prioritize United States national secu-
13
rity interests in response to Russian aggression in
14
Ukraine and its impact in Europe and Eurasia,
15
which shall include an explanation of how United
16
States assistance for Ukraine and affected countries
17
in the region advances the objectives of such strategy:
18
Provided, That such strategy shall include clear goals,
19
benchmarks, timelines, and strategic objectives with
20
respect to funds appropriated by this Act and prior
21
Acts making appropriations for the Department of
22
State, foreign operations, and related programs that
23
are made available for assistance for Ukraine, includ-
24
ing details on the staffing requirements necessary to
25
carry out such strategy.
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(2) COST
MATCHING.—Funds
appropriated by
2
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
3
Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen-
4
tral Asia’’ that are made available for contributions
5
to the Government of Ukraine may not exceed 50 per-
6
cent of the total amount provided for such assistance
7
by all sources: Provided, That the President may
8
waive the limitation in this paragraph if the Presi-
9
dent determines and reports to the appropriate con-
10
gressional committees that to do so is in the national
11
security interest of the United States, including a de-
12
tailed justification for such determination and an ex-
13
planation as to why other donors to the Government
14
of Ukraine are unable to meet or exceed such level:
15
Provided further, That following such determination,
16
the President shall submit a report to the Speaker
17
and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives,
18
the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and
19
the appropriate congressional committees every 120
20
days while assistance is provided in reliance on the
21
determination under the previous proviso detailing
22
steps taken by the Department of State to increase
23
other donor contributions and an update on the status
24
of such contributions: Provided further, That the re-
25
quirements of this paragraph shall continue in effect
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until funds made available by this Act pursuant to
2
this paragraph have been expended.
3
(3) OVERSIGHT.—
4
(A) STAFFING.—Funds appropriated under
5
titles I and II of this Act shall be made available
6
to support the appropriate level of staff in
7
Ukraine and neighboring countries to conduct ef-
8
fective monitoring and oversight of United States
9
foreign assistance and ensure the safety and se-
10
curity of United States personnel, consistent
11
with the strategy required in paragraph (1).
12
(B) IN-PERSON
MONITORING.—The
Sec-
13
retary of State shall, to the maximum extent
14
practicable, ensure that funds appropriated by
15
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
16
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and
17
Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control
18
and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation,
19
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
20
grams’’ and made available for project-based as-
21
sistance for Ukraine are subject to in-person
22
monitoring by United States personnel or by vet-
23
ted third party monitors.
24
(C) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 15
25
days prior to the initial obligation of funds ap-
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propriated by this Act and made available for
2
assistance for Ukraine under the headings ‘‘Eco-
3
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe,
4
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Nar-
5
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
6
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re-
7
lated Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
8
ing Program’’, the Secretary of State and the
9
USAID Administrator shall jointly certify and
10
report to the appropriate congressional commit-
11
tees that mechanisms for monitoring and over-
12
sight of funds are in place and functioning to
13
ensure accountability of such funds to prevent
14
waste, fraud, abuse, diversion, and corruption,
15
including mechanisms such as use of third-party
16
monitors, enhanced end-use monitoring, external
17
and independent audits and evaluations, ran-
18
domized spot checks, and regular reporting on
19
outcomes achieved and progress made toward
20
stated program objectives, consistent with the
21
strategy required in paragraph (1): Provided,
22
That section 7015(e) of this Act shall apply to
23
the certification requirement of this subpara-
24
graph.
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(D) NOTIFICATION.—The requirements of
2
section 1706 of the Additional Ukraine Supple-
3
mental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division M of
4
Public Law 117–328) shall apply to funds ap-
5
propriated by this Act under titles I through IV
6
that are made available for assistance for
7
Ukraine.
8
(E) REPORTS.—
9
(i) Not later than 60 days after the
10
date of enactment of this Act and every 90
11
days thereafter until all funds appropriated
12
by this Act and made available for Ukraine
13
have been expended, the Secretary of State
14
and the USAID Administrator shall pro-
15
vide a comprehensive report to the appro-
16
priate congressional committees on assist-
17
ance made available for Ukraine since Feb-
18
ruary 24, 2022, in this Act and prior Acts
19
making appropriations for the Department
20
of State, foreign operations, and related
21
programs: Provided, That such report shall
22
include the total amount of such funds,
23
disaggregated by account and fiscal year,
24
that remain unobligated, are obligated but
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unexpended, and are committed but not yet
2
notified.
3
(ii) Not later than 90 days after the
4
date of enactment of this Act and every 90
5
days thereafter until all funds appropriated
6
by this Act and made available for Ukraine
7
have been expended, the Secretary of State
8
and the USAID Administrator shall jointly
9
report to the appropriate congressional com-
10
mittees on the use and planned uses of
11
funds made available during fiscal year
12
2024 for assistance for Ukraine, including
13
categories and amounts, the intended results
14
and the results achieved, a summary of
15
other donor contributions, and a description
16
of the efforts undertaken by the Secretary
17
and Administrator to increase other donor
18
contributions: Provided, That such reports
19
shall also include the metrics established to
20
measure such results, and determine effec-
21
tiveness of funds provided, and a detailed
22
description of coordination and information
23
sharing with the Offices of the Inspectors
24
General, including a full accounting of any
25
reported allegations of waste, fraud, abuse,
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and corruption, steps taken to verify such
2
allegations, and steps taken to address all
3
verified allegations.
4
(F) TRANSPARENCY.—The reports required
5
under this subsection shall be made publicly
6
available consistent with the requirements of sec-
7
tion 7016(b) of this Act.
8
9
COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION
SEC. 7047. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap-
10 propriated by this Act may be made available for assistance
11 for the central Government of the Russian Federation.
12
(b) ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.—
13
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
14
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
15
ance for the central government of a country that the
16
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
17
mittees on Appropriations has taken affirmative steps
18
intended to support or be supportive of the Russian
19
Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in
20
Ukraine: Provided, That except as otherwise provided
21
in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive the re-
22
striction on assistance required by this paragraph if
23
the Secretary determines and reports to such Commit-
24
tees that to do so is in the national interest of the
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United States, and includes a justification for such
2
interest.
3
4
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for—
5
(A) the implementation of any action or
6
policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the Rus-
7
sian Federation over Crimea or other territory
8
in Ukraine;
9
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee
10
of United States Government investments in Cri-
11
mea or other territory in Ukraine under the con-
12
trol of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed
13
forces, if such activity includes the participation
14
of Russian Government officials, or other Rus-
15
sian owned or controlled financial entities; or
16
(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory
17
in Ukraine under the control of the Russian Fed-
18
eration or Russian-backed forces, if such assist-
19
ance includes the participation of Russian Gov-
20
ernment officials, or other Russian owned or con-
21
trolled financial entities.
22
(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
23
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
24
United States executive director of each international
25
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the
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United States to oppose any assistance by such insti-
2
tution (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
3
antee) for any program that violates the sovereignty
4
or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
5
(4) DURATION.—The requirements and limita-
6
tions of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the
7
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
8
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of
9
Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea
10
and other territory in Ukraine under the control of
11
the Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces.
12
(c) OCCUPATION
OF THE
GEORGIAN TERRITORIES
OF
13 ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.—
14
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
15
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
16
ance for the central government of a country that the
17
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
18
mittees on Appropriations has recognized the inde-
19
pendence of, or has established diplomatic relations
20
with, the Russian Federation occupied Georgian terri-
21
tories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South
22
Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary shall publish on
23
the Department of State website a list of any such
24
central governments in a timely manner: Provided
25
further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction
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on assistance required by this paragraph if the Sec-
2
retary determines and reports to the Committees on
3
Appropriations that to do so is in the national inter-
4
est of the United States, and includes a justification
5
for such interest.
6
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
7
priated by this Act may be made available to support
8
the Russian Federation occupation of the Georgian
9
territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South
10
11
Ossetia.
(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
12
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
13
United States executive director of each international
14
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the
15
United States to oppose any assistance by such insti-
16
tution (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
17
antee) for any program that violates the sovereignty
18
and territorial integrity of Georgia.
19
(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.—Of the
20 funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap21 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper22 ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Assist23 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Inter24 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Inter25 national Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign
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1 Military Financing Program’’, not less than $300,000,000
2 shall be made available to carry out the purposes of the
3 Countering Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by sec4 tion 254 of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe
5 and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C.
6 9543) and notwithstanding the country limitation in sub7 section (b) of such section, and programs to enhance the
8 capacity of law enforcement and security forces in countries
9 in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia and strengthen secu10 rity cooperation between such countries and the United
11 States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as ap12 propriate: Provided, That funds made available pursuant
13 to this paragraph under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi14 nancing Program’’ may remain available until September
15 30, 2025.
16
UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL
17
ORGANIZATIONS
18
19
SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY
ABILITY.—Not
AND
ACCOUNT-
later than 120 days after the date of enact-
20 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the
21 Committees on Appropriations whether each organization,
22 department, or agency receiving a contribution from funds
23 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Contributions
24 to International Organizations’’ and ‘‘International Orga25 nizations and Programs’’—
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(1) is posting on a publicly available website,
2
consistent with privacy regulations and due process,
3
regular financial and programmatic audits of such
4
organization, department, or agency, and providing
5
the United States Government with necessary access
6
to such financial and performance audits;
7
(2) has submitted a report to the Department of
8
State, which shall be posted on the Department’s
9
website in a timely manner, demonstrating that such
10
organization is effectively implementing and enforc-
11
ing policies and procedures which meet or exceed best
12
practices in the United States for the protection of
13
whistleblowers from retaliation, including—
14
15
(A) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosures;
16
(B) legal burdens of proof;
17
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting re-
18
taliation;
19
(D) access to binding independent adjudica-
20
tive bodies, including shared cost and selection of
21
external arbitration; and
22
(E) results that eliminate the effects of prov-
23
en retaliation, including provision for the res-
24
toration of prior employment; and
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(3) is effectively implementing and enforcing
2
policies and procedures on the appropriate use of
3
travel funds, including restrictions on first-class and
4
business-class travel;
5
(4) is taking credible steps to combat anti-Israel
6
bias;
7
(5) is developing and implementing mechanisms
8
to inform donors of instances in which funds have
9
been diverted or destroyed and an explanation of the
10
response by the respective international organization;
11
and
12
(6) is implementing policies and procedures to
13
effectively vet staff for any affiliation with a terrorist
14
organization.
15
(b) RESTRICTIONS
16
17
AND
ON
UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS.—
(1) RESTRICTIONS
ON UNITED STATES DELEGA-
18
TIONS.—None
19
may be used to pay expenses for any United States
20
delegation to any specialized agency, body, or com-
21
mission of the United Nations if such agency, body,
22
or commission is chaired or presided over by a coun-
23
try, the government of which the Secretary of State
24
has determined, for purposes of section 1754(c) of the
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Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C.
2
4813(c)), supports international terrorism.
3
(2) RESTRICTIONS
ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None
of
4
the funds made available by this Act may be used by
5
the Secretary of State as a contribution to any orga-
6
nization, agency, commission, or program within the
7
United Nations system if such organization, agency,
8
commission, or program is chaired or presided over
9
by a country the government of which the Secretary
10
of State has determined, for purposes of section 620A
11
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of
12
the Arms Export Control Act, section 1754(c) of the
13
Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C.
14
4813(c)), or any other provision of law, is a govern-
15
ment that has repeatedly provided support for acts of
16
international terrorism.
17
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive
18
the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary de-
19
termines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
20
priations that to do so is important to the national
21
interest of the United States, including a description
22
of the national interest served.
23
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.—
24
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
25
may be made available in support of the United Na-
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1
tions Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of
2
State determines and reports to the appropriate con-
3
gressional committees that participation in the Coun-
4
cil is important to the national interest of the United
5
States and that such Council is taking significant
6
steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item
7
and ensure integrity in the election of members to
8
such Council: Provided, That such report shall in-
9
clude a description of the national interest served and
10
provide a detailed reform agenda, including a
11
timeline to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item
12
and ensure integrity in the election of members to
13
such Council: Provided further, That the Secretary of
14
State shall withhold, from funds appropriated by this
15
Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
16
national Organizations’’ for a contribution to the
17
United Nations Regular Budget, the United States
18
proportionate share of the total annual amount of the
19
United Nations Regular Budget funding for the
20
United Nations Human Rights Council until such de-
21
termination and report is made: Provided further,
22
That if the Secretary is unable to make such deter-
23
mination and report, such amounts may be repro-
24
grammed for purposes other than the United Nations
25
Regular Budget, subject to the regular notification
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procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
2
vided further, That the Secretary shall report to the
3
Committees on Appropriations not later than Sep-
4
tember 30, 2024, on the resolutions considered in the
5
United Nations Human Rights Council during the
6
previous 12 months, and on steps taken to remove
7
Israel as a permanent agenda item and to improve
8
the quality of membership through competitive elec-
9
tions.
10
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
11
may be made available for the United Nations Inter-
12
national Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Pal-
13
estinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and
14
Israel.
15
(d) PROHIBITION
OF
PAYMENTS
TO
UNITED NATIONS
16 MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or made avail17 able pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for car18 rying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used
19 to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages,
20 or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from funds
21 appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part
22 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for partici23 pation of another country’s delegation at international con24 ferences held under the auspices of multilateral or inter25 national organizations.
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date
2 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit
3 a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the
4 amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in
5 fiscal year 2024 for contributions to any organization, de6 partment, agency, or program within the United Nations
7 system or any international program that are withheld
8 from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law:
9 Provided, That the Secretary shall update such report each
10 time additional funds are withheld by operation of any pro11 vision of law: Provided further, That the reprogramming
12 of any withheld funds identified in such report, including
13 updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with,
14 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees
15 on Appropriations.
16
17
(f) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
KEEPING
AND
ABUSE
IN
PEACE-
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall, to the
18 maximum extent practicable, withhold assistance to any
19 unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Sec20 retary has credible information that such unit has engaged
21 in sexual exploitation or abuse, including while serving in
22 a United Nations peacekeeping operation, until the Sec23 retary determines that the government of such country is
24 taking effective steps to hold the responsible members of such
25 unit accountable and to prevent future incidents: Provided,
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1 That the Secretary shall promptly notify the government
2 of each country subject to any withholding of assistance
3 pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify the appro4 priate congressional committees of such withholding not
5 later than 10 days after a determination to withhold such
6 assistance is made: Provided further, That the Secretary
7 shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist such gov8 ernment in bringing the responsible members of such unit
9 to justice.
10
(g) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the regular
11 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria12 tions, funds appropriated by this Act which are returned
13 or not made available due to the second proviso under the
14 heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Ac15 tivities’’ in title I of this Act or section 307(a) of the For16 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall re17 main available for obligation until September 30, 2025:
18 Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for pro19 grams in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by
21 this Act.
22
(h) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than
23 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of
25 the United States Agency for International Development,
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1 shall seek to enter into written agreements with each inter2 national organization that receives funding appropriated
3 by this Act to provide timely access to the Inspectors Gen4 eral of the Department of State and the United States Agen5 cy for International Development and the Comptroller Gen6 eral of the United States to such organization’s financial
7 data and other information relevant to United States con8 tributions to such organization, as determined by the In9 spectors and Comptroller General.
10
11
(i) STRENGTHENING AMERICAN PRESENCE
NATIONAL
AT INTER-
ORGANIZATIONS.—
12
(1) Of the funds made available by this Act
13
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and
14
Programs’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made
15
available for the placement of United States citizens
16
in the Junior Professional Officer Programme.
17
(2) Of the funds made available by this Act
18
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less
19
than $750,000 shall be made available to enhance the
20
competitiveness of United States citizens for leader-
21
ship positions in the United Nations system, includ-
22
ing pursuant to section 9701 of the Department of
23
State Authorization Act of 2022 (title XCVII of divi-
24
sion I of Public Law 117–263).
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
SEC. 7049. If the President determines that doing so
3 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
4 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
5 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec6 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to
7 $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na8 tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the
9 former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council
10 or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may
11 establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without
12 regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2)
13 thereof: Provided, That the determination required under
14 this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise
15 required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds
16 made available pursuant to this section shall be made avail17 able subject to the regular notification procedures of the
18 Committees on Appropriations.
19
20
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM
SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for
21 obligation during fiscal year 2024 under the headings
22 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Sup23 port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Eu24 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than $94,000,000
25 shall be made available for programs to promote Internet
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1 freedom globally, consistent with section 9707 of the Depart2 ment of State Authorization Act of 2022 (title XCVII of
3 division I of Public Law 117–263).
4
(b) COORDINATION
AND
SPEND PLANS.—After con-
5 sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate
6 and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90
7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
8 of State and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States
9 Agency for Global Media, in consultation with the President
10 of the Open Technology Fund, shall submit to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made avail12 able by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom
13 globally, which shall include a description of safeguards es14 tablished by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs
15 are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Depart16 ment of State spend plan shall include funding for all such
17 programs for all relevant Department of State and United
18 States Agency for International Development offices and
19 bureaus.
20
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING
21
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
22
SEC. 7051. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made
23 available by this Act may be used to support or justify the
24 use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat-
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1 ment or punishment by any official or contract employee
2 of the United States Government.
3
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III
4 and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding
5 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assist6 ance to eliminate torture and other cruel, inhuman, or de7 grading treatment or punishment by foreign police, mili8 tary, or other security forces in countries receiving assist9 ance from funds appropriated by this Act.
10
11
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
12 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft
13 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior
14 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State,
15 foreign operations, and related programs under the head16 ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics
17 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Ini18 tiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be
19 used for any other program and in any region.
20
(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in
21 subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State
22 determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria23 tions that the equipment is no longer required to meet pro24 grammatic purposes in the designated country or region:
25 Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior
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1 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures
2 of, the Committees on Appropriations.
3
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.—
4
(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft purchased
5
or leased by the Department of State and the United
6
States Agency for International Development with
7
funds made available in this Act or prior Acts mak-
8
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
9
eign operations, and related programs shall be coordi-
10
nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of
11
Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to
12
transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable
13
basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting
14
Department of State and USAID programs and ac-
15
tivities: Provided further, That official travel for other
16
agencies for other purposes may be supported on a re-
17
imbursable basis, or without reimbursement when
18
traveling on a space available basis: Provided further,
19
That funds received by the Department of State in
20
connection with the use of aircraft owned, leased, or
21
chartered by the Department of State may be credited
22
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department and
23
shall be available for expenses related to the purchase,
24
lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such
25
aircraft.
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(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities of
2
this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the pri-
3
mary purpose of which is the transportation of per-
4
sonnel.
5
(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
AND
MAINTENANCE.—To
6 the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and
7 maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act
8 shall be borne by the recipient country.
9
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY
10
11
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055
12 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re13 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of
14 Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided,
15 That subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be applied
16 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30,
17 2009’’.
18
19
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi-
20 tions of sections 7086(b)(1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the De21 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro22 grams Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law
23 111–117) shall apply to this Act.
24
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall
25 instruct the United States Executive Director of the Inter-
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1 national Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any
2 loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private or multi3 lateral creditors.
4
EXTRADITION
5
SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
6 priated in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other
7 than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Development As8 sistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex
9 Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law
10 Enforcement’’,
‘‘Migration
and
Refugee
Assistance’’,
11 ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assist12 ance
Fund’’,
and
‘‘Nonproliferation,
Anti-terrorism,
13 Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the central govern14 ment of a country which has notified the Department of
15 State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any
16 individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the
17 maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possi18 bility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as
19 specified in a United States extradition request.
20
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply
21 to the central government of a country with which the
22 United States maintains diplomatic relations and with
23 which the United States has an extradition treaty and the
24 government of that country is in violation of the terms and
25 conditions of the treaty.
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(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the
2 restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the
3 Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
4 that such waiver is important to the national interest of
5 the United States.
6
7
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
SEC. 7056. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds
8 made available under titles III through VI of this Act may
9 be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro10 priate congressional committees are notified at least 15
11 days in advance.
12
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the dis-
13 tribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dis14 solution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole
15 or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate
16 congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the
17 assets of the Enterprise Fund.
18
(c) TRANSITION
OR
OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a
19 transition to and operation of any private equity fund or
20 other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise
21 Fund, the President shall submit such transition or oper22 ating plan to the appropriate congressional committees.
23
24
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
SEC. 7057. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made
25 available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations
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1 and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2024, $32,500,000
2 shall be made available for the United Nations Population
3 Fund (UNFPA).
4
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by
5 this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for
6 UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law,
7 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac8 count and shall be made available for family planning, ma9 ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the reg10 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro11 priations.
12
(c) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS
IN
CHINA.—None
13 of the funds made available by this Act may be used by
14 UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic
15 of China.
16
(d) CONDITIONS
ON
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds
17 made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made
18 available unless—
19
(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by
20
this Act in an account separate from other accounts
21
of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with
22
other sums; and
23
24
(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions.
(e) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS
25 WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—
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(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of en-
2
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
3
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations in-
4
dicating the amount of funds that UNFPA is budg-
5
eting for the year in which the report is submitted for
6
a country program in the People’s Republic of China.
7
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates
8
that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country pro-
9
gram in the People’s Republic of China in the year
10
covered by the report, then the amount of such funds
11
UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of
12
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
13
able to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the
14
remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is
15
submitted.
16
17
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by
18 titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for
19 bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease
20 programs including activities relating to research on, and
21 the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may
22 be made available notwithstanding any other provision of
23 law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health
24 Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/
25 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat.
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1 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That
2 of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not
3 less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family
4 planning/reproductive health, including in areas where
5 population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered spe6 cies.
7
(b) PANDEMICS
AND
OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE
8 OUTBREAKS.—
9
(1) GLOBAL
HEALTH SECURITY.—Funds
appro-
10
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global Health
11
Programs’’ shall be made available for global health
12
security programs to accelerate the capacity of coun-
13
tries to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious dis-
14
ease outbreaks, including by strengthening public
15
health capacity where there is a high risk of emerging
16
zoonotic infectious diseases: Provided, That not later
17
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
18
the Administrator of the United States Agency for
19
International Development and the Secretary of
20
State, as appropriate, shall consult with the Commit-
21
tees on Appropriations on the planned uses of such
22
funds.
23
(2) EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES.—If
the Sec-
24
retary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
25
tees on Appropriations that an international infec-
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tious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is
2
spreading internationally, or that it is in the na-
3
tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer-
4
gency of International Concern, not to exceed an ag-
5
gregate total of $200,000,000 of the funds appro-
6
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global
7
Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Inter-
8
national
9
Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy
10
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
11
Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and
12
‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made
13
available to combat such infectious disease or public
14
health emergency, and may be transferred to, and
15
merged with, funds appropriated under such headings
16
for the purposes of this paragraph.
17
(3)
Disaster
Assistance’’,
EMERGENCY
RESERVE
‘‘Complex
Crises
FUND.—Up
to
18
$70,000,000 of the funds made available under the
19
heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made
20
available for the Emergency Reserve Fund established
21
pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Department of
22
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
23
propriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law
24
115–31): Provided, That such funds shall be made
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available under the same terms and conditions of such
2
section.
3
(4) CONSULTATION
AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds
4
made available by this subsection shall be subject to
5
prior consultation with, and the regular notification
6
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
7
(c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
8 sion of law, none of the funds made available by this Act
9 may be made available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology
10 located in the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of
11 China.
12
GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
13
SEC. 7059. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by
14 this Act shall be made available to promote the equality
15 and empowerment of women and girls in United States
16 Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising
17 the status, increasing the economic participation and op18 portunities for political leadership, and protecting the
19 rights of women and girls worldwide.
20
(b) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.—Funds ap-
21 propriated by this Act shall be made available to expand
22 economic opportunities for women by increasing the num23 ber and capacity of women-owned enterprises, improving
24 property rights for women, increasing women’s access to fi25 nancial services and capital, enhancing the role of women
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1 in economic decision-making at the local, national, and
2 international levels, and improving women’s ability to par3 ticipate in the global economy, including through imple4 mentation of the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic
5 Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–428): Pro6 vided, That the Secretary of State and the Administrator
7 of the United States Agency for International Development,
8 as applicable, shall consult with the Committees on Appro9 priations on the uses of funds made available pursuant to
10 this subsection.
11
(c) GENDER EQUITY
AND
EQUALITY ACTION FUND.—
12 Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up
13 to $200,000,000 may be made available for the Gender Eq14 uity and Equality Action Fund.
15
(d) MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP
16 PROGRAM.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of
17 this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available
18 for the Madeleine K. Albright Women’s Leadership Pro19 gram, as established by section 7059(b) of the Department
20 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro21 priations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328).
22
(e) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.—
23
(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III
24
and IV of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall
25
be made available to implement a multi-year strategy
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1
to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in
2
countries where it is common in conflict and non-con-
3
flict settings.
4
(2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV
5
of this Act that are available to train foreign police,
6
judicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
7
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, where
8
appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based
9
violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote
10
the integration of women into the police and other se-
11
curity forces.
12
(3) Funds made available pursuant to this sub-
13
section should include efforts to combat a variety of
14
forms of violence against women and girls, including
15
child marriage, rape, and female genital cutting and
16
mutilation.
17
(f) WOMEN, PEACE,
AND
SECURITY.—Of the funds ap-
18 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development
19 Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for
20 Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International
21 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $150,000,000
22 should be made available to support a multi-year strategy
23 to expand, and improve coordination of, United States Gov24 ernment efforts to empower women as equal partners in
25 conflict prevention, peace building, transitional processes,
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1 and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict
2 or in political transition, and to ensure the equitable provi3 sion of relief and recovery assistance to women and girls.
4
5
6
7
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION
AND
HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—
(1) BASIC
EDUCATION.—
8
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title
9
III of this Act, not less than $922,000,000 shall
10
be made available for the Nita M. Lowey Basic
11
Education Fund, and such funds may be made
12
available notwithstanding any other provision of
13
law that restricts assistance to foreign countries:
14
Provided, That such funds shall also be used for
15
secondary education activities: Provided further,
16
That of the funds made available by this para-
17
graph, $150,000,000 should be available for the
18
education of girls in areas of conflict.
19
(B) Of the funds appropriated under title
20
III of this Act for assistance for basic education
21
programs, $152,000,000 shall be made available
22
for contributions to multilateral partnerships
23
that support education.
24
(2) HIGHER
25
EDUCATION.—Of
the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than
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$271,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
2
for higher education: Provided, That such funds may
3
be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
4
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
5
tries, and shall be subject to the regular notification
6
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
7
vided further, That of such amount, not less than
8
$33,000,000 shall be made available for new and on-
9
going partnerships between higher education institu-
10
tions in the United States and developing countries
11
focused on building the capacity of higher education
12
institutions and systems in developing countries: Pro-
13
vided further, That of such amount and in addition
14
to the previous proviso, not less than $35,000,000
15
shall be made available for higher education programs
16
pursuant to section 7060(a)(3) of the Department of
17
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
18
propriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law
19
116–260).
20
(3) SCHOLAR
RESCUE PROGRAMS.—Of
the funds
21
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Devel-
22
opment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and
23
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’,
24
not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for
25
scholar rescue programs to support projects that
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1
strengthen democracy and civil society by protecting
2
scholars at risk overseas, including through fellow-
3
ships and placement opportunities abroad, which
4
shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for
5
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department
6
of State.
7
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
8 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist9 ance’’, not less than $18,500,000 shall be made available
10 for United States Agency for International Development co11 operative development programs and not less than
12 $31,500,000 shall be made available for the American
13 Schools and Hospitals Abroad program.
14
(c) DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by
15 this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall
16 be made available for programs and activities administered
17 by USAID to address the needs of, and protect and promote
18 the rights of, people with disabilities in developing coun19 tries, including initiatives that focus on independent living,
20 economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment,
21 transportation, sports, political and electoral participation,
22 and integration of individuals with disabilities, including
23 for the cost of translation: Provided, That funds shall be
24 made available to support disability rights advocacy orga25 nizations in developing countries: Provided further, That
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1 of the funds made available pursuant to this subsection, 5
2 percent may be used by USAID for management, oversight,
3 and technical support.
4
5
6
(d) FOOD SECURITY
AND
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—
(1) USE
OF FUNDS.—Of
the funds appropriated
7
by title III of this Act, not less than $960,000,000
8
shall be made available for food security and agricul-
9
tural development programs to carry out the purposes
10
of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law
11
114–195), including for the Feed the Future Innova-
12
tion Labs: Provided, That funds may be made avail-
13
able for a contribution as authorized by section 3202
14
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
15
(Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 3310
16
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public
17
Law 115–334).
18
(2) FEED
19
THE FUTURE MODERNIZATION.—Of
the
funds made available pursuant to this subsection—
20
(A) not less than 50 percent should be made
21
available for the Feed the Future target coun-
22
tries; and
23
(B) not less than $25,000,000 shall be made
24
available to support private sector investment in
25
food security, including as catalytic capital.
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2
(e) MICRO, SMALL,
PRISES.—Of
AND
MEDIUM-SIZED ENTER-
the funds appropriated by this Act, not less
3 than $252,000,000 shall be made available to support the
4 development of, and access to financing for, micro, small,
5 and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe6 cially women.
7
8
(f) PROGRAMS
SONS.—Of
TO
COMBAT TRAFFICKING
IN
PER-
the funds appropriated by this Act under the
9 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support
10 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’,
11 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce12 ment’’, not less than $111,000,000 shall be made available
13 for activities to combat trafficking in persons internation14 ally, including for the Program to End Modern Slavery,
15 of which not less than $89,500,000 shall be from funds made
16 available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Con17 trol and Law Enforcement’’: Provided, That funds made
18 available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As19 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for
20 Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are made avail21 able for activities to combat trafficking in persons should
22 be obligated and programmed consistent with the country23 specific recommendations included in the annual Traf24 ficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordinated with
25 the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
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1 Department of State: Provided further, That such funds are
2 in addition to funds made available by this Act under the
3 heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for the Office to Monitor
4 and Combat Trafficking in Persons: Provided further, That
5 funds made available by this Act shall be made available
6 to further develop, standardize, and update training for all
7 United States Government personnel under Chief of Mission
8 authority posted at United States embassies and consulates
9 abroad on recognizing signs of human trafficking and pro10 tocols for reporting such cases.
11
(g) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds
12 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria13 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and
14 related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support
15 Fund’’, $100,000,000 shall be made available to support
16 new public-private partnership foundations for conserva17 tion and food security if legislation establishing such foun18 dations is enacted into law by December 31, 2024.
19
(h) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
20 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist21 ance’’, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available
22 to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which
23 bring together individuals of different ethnic, racial, reli24 gious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil strife
25 and war: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the
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1 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro2 priations: Provided further, That to the maximum extent
3 practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources other
4 than the United States Government: Provided further, That
5 such funds shall be administered by the Center for Conflict
6 and Violence Prevention, USAID.
7
(i) WATER
AND
SANITATION.—Of the funds appro-
8 priated by this Act, not less than $451,000,000 shall be
9 made available for water supply and sanitation projects
10 pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
11 1961, of which not less than $225,500,000 shall be for pro12 grams in sub-Saharan Africa.
13
(j) DEVIATION.—Unless otherwise provided for by this
14 Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator,
15 as applicable, may deviate below the minimum funding re16 quirements designated in sections 7059, 7060, and 7061 of
17 this Act by up to 10 percent, notwithstanding such designa18 tion: Provided, That such deviations shall only be exercised
19 to address unforeseen or exigent circumstances: Provided
20 further, That concurrent with the submission of the report
21 required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
22 1961, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Ap23 propriations in writing any proposed deviations utilizing
24 such authority that are planned at the time of submission
25 of such report: Provided further, That any deviations pro-
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1 posed subsequent to the submission of such report shall be
2 subject to prior consultation with such Committees: Pro3 vided further, That not later than November 1, 2025, the
4 Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees
5 on Appropriations on the use of the authority of this sub6 section.
7
8
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS
SEC. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act to
9 carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and
10 chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
11 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
12 except for the provisions of this section and only subject
13 to the reporting procedures of the Committees on Appro14 priations, to support environment programs.
15
(b)(1) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this
16 Act, not less than $365,750,000 shall be made available for
17 biodiversity conservation programs.
18
(2) Not less than $118,750,000 of the funds appro-
19 priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made
20 available to combat the transnational threat of wildlife
21 poaching and trafficking.
22
(3) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of
23 this Act may be made available for training or other assist24 ance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary
25 of State determines has been credibly alleged to have par-
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1 ticipated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Sec2 retary reports to the appropriate congressional committees
3 that to do so is in the national security interest of the
4 United States.
5
(4) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity
6 programs shall not be used to support the expansion of in7 dustrial scale logging, agriculture, livestock production,
8 mining, or any other industrial scale extractive activity
9 into areas that were primary/intact tropical forests as of
10 December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
11 instruct the United States executive directors of each inter12 national financial institution (IFI) to use the voice and
13 vote of the United States to oppose any financing of any
14 such activity.
15
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
16 United States executive director of each IFI that it is the
17 policy of the United States to use the voice and vote of the
18 United States, in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or
19 policy of such institution, regarding the construction of any
20 large dam consistent with the criteria set forth in Senate
21 Report 114–79, while also considering whether the project
22 involves important foreign policy objectives.
23
(d) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this
24 Act, not less than $175,750,000 shall be made available for
25 sustainable landscapes programs.
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1
(e) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this
2 Act, not less than $256,500,000 shall be made available for
3 adaptation programs, including in support of the imple4 mentation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
5
(f) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this
6 Act, not less than $247,000,000 shall be made available for
7 clean energy programs, including in support of carrying
8 out the purposes of the Electrify Africa Act (Public Law
9 114–121) and implementing the Power Africa initiative.
10
(g) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III
11 may be made available for United States contributions to
12 the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries
13 Fund.
14
(h) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this
15 Act, not less than $47,500,000 shall be made available for
16 the purposes enumerated under section 7060(c)(7) of the De17 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro18 grams Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law
19 116–260): Provided, That such funds may only be made
20 available following consultation with the Committees on
21 Appropriations.
22
(i) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this
23 Act, not less than $19,000,000 shall be made available to
24 support Indigenous and other civil society organizations in
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1 developing countries that are working to protect the envi2 ronment, including threatened and endangered species.
3
(j) The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator
4 shall implement the directive regarding law enforcement in
5 national parks and protected areas as described under this
6 section in Senate Report 118–71.
7
8
BUDGET DOCUMENTS
SEC. 7062. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45
9 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each depart10 ment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and
11 VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and
12 Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, includ13 ing the Inter-American Foundation and the United States
14 African Development Foundation, shall submit to the Com15 mittees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds ap16 propriated to such department, agency, or organization in
17 such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obli18 gation in fiscal year 2024, that provides details of the uses
19 of such funds at the program, project, and activity level:
20 Provided, That such plans shall include, as applicable, a
21 comparison between the congressional budget justification
22 funding levels, the most recent congressional directives or
23 approved funding levels, and the funding levels proposed by
24 the department or agency; and a clear, concise, and inform25 ative description/justification: Provided further, That oper-
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1 ating plans that include changes in levels of funding for
2 programs, projects, and activities specified in the congres3 sional budget justification, in this Act, or amounts des4 ignated in the tables in the explanatory statement described
5 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con6 solidated Act), as applicable, shall be subject to the notifica7 tion and reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of
8 this Act.
9
(b) SPEND PLANS.—
10
(1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the
11
Secretary of State or Administrator of the United
12
States Agency for International Development, as ap-
13
propriate, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
14
priations a spend plan for funds made available by
15
this Act for—
16
(A) assistance for countries in Central
17
America and the Caribbean, Cambodia, Ethi-
18
opia, Iraq, Pacific Islands countries, Pakistan,
19
Tunisia, and Ukraine;
20
(B) assistance for the Africa Regional
21
Counterterrorism program, Caribbean Basin Se-
22
curity Initiative, Central America Regional Se-
23
curity Initiative, Counterterrorism Partnerships
24
Fund, Global Peace Operations Initiative, Indo-
25
Pacific Strategy and the Countering PRC Influ-
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1
ence Fund, Partnership for Global Infrastructure
2
and Investment, Partnership for Regional East
3
Africa Counterterrorism, Power Africa, Prosper
4
Africa,
5
Partnership;
and
Trans-Sahara
Counterterrorism
6
(C) assistance made available pursuant to
7
the following sections in this Act: section 7032;
8
section 7036; section 7047(d) (on a country-by-
9
country basis); section 7059; and subsections (a),
10
(d), (e), (f), (h), and (i) of section 7060;
11
(D) funds provided under the heading
12
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
13
forcement’’ for International Organized Crime
14
and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property
15
Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall in-
16
clude bilateral and global programs funded
17
under such heading along with a brief descrip-
18
tion of the activities planned for each country;
19
and
20
(E) implementation of the Global Fragility
21
Act of 2019.
22
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
23
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury
24
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a
25
detailed spend plan for funds made available by this
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1
Act under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury,
2
International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title
3
III and ‘‘Treasury International Assistance Pro-
4
grams’’ in title V.
5
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10
6
percent of the funds contained in a spend plan re-
7
quired by this subsection may be obligated prior to
8
the submission of such spend plan if the Secretary of
9
State, the USAID Administrator, or the Secretary of
10
the Treasury, as applicable, determines that the obli-
11
gation of such funds is necessary to avoid significant
12
programmatic disruption: Provided, That not less
13
than seven days prior to such obligation, the Sec-
14
retary or Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult
15
with the Committees on Appropriations on the jus-
16
tification for such obligation and the proposed uses of
17
such funds.
18
(c) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in
19 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the notifi20 cation requirements in this Act or under section 634A of
21 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
22
(d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The
23 congressional budget justification for Department of State
24 operations and foreign operations shall be provided to the
25 Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date of
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1 submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2025:
2 Provided, That the appendices for such justification shall
3 be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not later
4 than 10 calendar days thereafter.
5
6
7
REORGANIZATION
SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION
TION.—Funds
AND
NOTIFICA-
appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making
8 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper9 ations, and related programs, or any other Act may not
10 be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other
11 plan described in subsection (b) by the Department of State,
12 the United States Agency for International Development,
13 or any other Federal department, agency, or organization
14 funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head
15 of such department, agency, or organization with the appro16 priate congressional committees: Provided, That such funds
17 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
18 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any
19 such notification submitted to such Committees shall in20 clude a detailed justification for any proposed action: Pro21 vided further, That congressional notifications submitted in
22 prior fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of law in
23 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of
24 State, foreign operations, and related programs may be
25 deemed to meet the notification requirements of this section.
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(b) DESCRIPTION
OF
ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to sub-
2 section (a), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall
3 include any action to—
4
(1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize
5
covered departments, agencies, or organizations, in-
6
cluding bureaus and offices within or between such
7
departments, agencies, or organizations, including the
8
transfer to other agencies of the authorities and re-
9
sponsibilities of such bureaus and offices;
10
(2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize
11
the United States official presence overseas, including
12
at bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic fa-
13
cilities and other platforms; or
14
(3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent
15
Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family mem-
16
ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the De-
17
partment of State and USAID from the staffing levels
18
previously justified to the Committees on Appropria-
19
tions for fiscal year 2024.
20
21
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MATTERS
SEC. 7064. (a) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds ap-
22 propriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the
23 Department of State for payments to the Working Capital
24 Fund that are made available for new service centers, shall
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1 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com2 mittees on Appropriations.
3
(b) CERTIFICATION.—
4
(1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days after
5
the initial obligation of funds appropriated under ti-
6
tles III and IV of this Act that are made available
7
to a Department of State bureau or office with re-
8
sponsibility for the management and oversight of such
9
funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report
10
to the Committees on Appropriations, on an indi-
11
vidual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or of-
12
fice is in compliance with Department and Federal
13
financial and grants management policies, proce-
14
dures, and regulations, as applicable.
15
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—When making a certifi-
16
cation required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of
17
State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or office
18
to—
19
20
(A) account for the obligated funds at the
country and program level, as appropriate;
21
22
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation
and monitoring plans;
23
24
(C) establish performance measures and indicators;
25
(D) review activities and performance; and
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1
(E) assess final results and reconcile fi-
2
nances.
3
(3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable to
4
make a certification required by paragraph (1), the
5
Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing
6
the steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office
7
into compliance.
8
(c) OTHER MATTERS.—
9
(1) In addition to amounts appropriated or oth-
10
erwise made available by this Act under the heading
11
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’—
12
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the
13
United States Information and Educational Ex-
14
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain
15
available until expended, may be credited to this
16
appropriation from fees or other payments re-
17
ceived from English teaching, library, motion
18
pictures, and publication programs and from
19
fees from educational advising and counseling
20
and exchange visitor programs; and
21
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be
22
derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and
23
fees for use of Blair House facilities.
24
(2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
25
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
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1
grams’’ are available for acquisition by exchange or
2
purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by
3
law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 31,
4
United States Code, for the field examination of pro-
5
grams and activities in the United States funded
6
from any account contained in title I of this Act.
7
(3) Consistent with section 204 of the Admiral
8
James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations
9
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (22
10
U.S.C. 2452b), up to $25,000,000 of the amounts
11
made available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
12
grams’’ in this Act may be obligated and expended for
13
United States participation in international fairs
14
and expositions abroad, including for construction
15
and operation of a United States pavilion at Expo
16
2025.
17
(4) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
18
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less than
19
$500,000 shall be made available for additional per-
20
sonnel for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Depart-
21
ment of State.
22
(5) Reports required by section 303(g) of the
23
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act
24
(19 U.S.C. 2602) shall also be submitted to the Com-
25
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such re-
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1
ports shall also include information concerning com-
2
pliance with section 303(c) of such Act.
3
(6)(A) The notification requirement of para-
4
graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (j) of the State De-
5
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
6
2651a(j)) shall also apply to the Committees on Ap-
7
propriations.
8
(B) The justification requirement of paragraph
9
(4) of subsection (j) of the State Department Basic
10
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) shall
11
also apply to the Committees on Appropriations.
12
(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
13
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
14
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
15
port detailing the criteria used to certify that a posi-
16
tion established in accordance with paragraph (2) of
17
subsection (j) of the State Department Basic Authori-
18
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) does not require
19
the exercise of significant authority pursuant to the
20
laws of the United States: Provided, That such report
21
shall also include a listing of each special appoint-
22
ment authorized by such section, the number of posi-
23
tions for the applicable office, and the salary and
24
other support costs of such office, and such report
25
shall be updated and submitted to the such commit-
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1
tees every 180 days thereafter until September 30,
2
2025.
3
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
4
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
5
SEC. 7065. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $170,000,000 of
6 the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant
7 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign
8 Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under
9 the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
10 Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency for Inter11 national Development to hire and employ individuals in
12 the United States and overseas on a limited appointment
13 basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of
14 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949).
15
(b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals
16 contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30,
17 2025.
18
(c) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account
19 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed
20 under the authority of this section shall be the account to
21 which the responsibilities of such individual primarily re22 late: Provided, That funds made available to carry out this
23 section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap24 propriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper25 ating Expenses’’.
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1
(d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi-
2 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made
3 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations
4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related
5 programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the
6 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may be ex7 tended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the
8 limitation set forth in such section.
9
(e) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated
10 under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign
11 Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under
12 the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
13 Asia’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise avail14 able for such purposes, for the cost (including the support
15 costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID
16 whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in
17 response to natural disasters or man-made disasters, subject
18 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
19 Appropriations.
20
(f) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
21 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I,
22 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist23 ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace Act
24 (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be used
25 by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services contractors
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1 in the United States, notwithstanding any other provision
2 of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support
3 for new or expanded overseas programs and activities man4 aged by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel
5 are hired and trained: Provided, That not more than 15
6 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office:
7 Provided further, That such funds appropriated to carry
8 out title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480;
9 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made available only for per10 sonal services contractors assigned to the Bureau for Hu11 manitarian Assistance.
12
(g) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple
13 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro14 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to
15 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under
16 such contracts when the order is placed with any category
17 of small or small disadvantaged business.
18
19
(h) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Individuals
hired pursuant to the authority pro-
20 vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For21 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
22 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be as23 signed to or support programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan
24 with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts mak-
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1 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op2 erations, and related programs.
3
(i)
CRISIS
OPERATIONS
STAFFING.—Up
to
4 $86,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this
5 Act pursuant to, or to carry out the provisions of, part I
6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 509(b)
7 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J
8 of Public Law 116–94) may be made available for the
9 United States Agency for International Development to ap10 point and employ personnel in the excepted service to pre11 vent or respond to foreign crises and contexts with growing
12 instability: Provided, That functions carried out by per13 sonnel hired under the authority of this subsection shall be
14 related to the purpose for which the funds were appro15 priated: Provided further, That such funds are in addition
16 to funds otherwise available for such purposes and may re17 main attributed to any minimum funding requirement for
18 which they were originally made available: Provided fur19 ther, That the USAID Administrator shall coordinate with
20 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and con21 sult with the appropriate congressional committees on im22 plementation of this provision.
23
(j) PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—Funds appro-
24 priated by this Act under titles II and III may be made
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1 available for the USAID Administrator to exercise the au2 thorities of section 2669(c) of title 22, United States Code.
3
STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED
4
BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT
5
SEC. 7066. (a) PREVENTION
AND
STABILIZATION
6 FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the
7 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Nar8 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation,
9 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace10 keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
11 Program’’, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made avail12 able for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund for the pur13 poses enumerated in section 509(a) of the Global Fragility
14 Act of 2019 (title V of division J of Public Law 116–94):
15 Provided, That such funds shall be prioritized for countries
16 with national and local governments with the demonstrated
17 political will and capacity to partner on strengthening gov18 ernment legitimacy: Provided further, That the Secretary
19 of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency
20 for International Development shall consult with the Com21 mittees on Appropriations on the intended prioritization
22 and allocation of such funds not later than 60 days prior
23 to submitting the pre-obligation spend plans required by
24 section 7062(b) of this Act: Provided further, That funds
25 appropriated under such headings may be transferred to,
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1 and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings
2 for such purposes: Provided further, That such transfer au3 thority is in addition to any other transfer authority pro4 vided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject to prior
5 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures
6 of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
7 That funds made available pursuant to this subsection
8 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’
9 may remain available until September 30, 2025.
10
(b) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds appro-
11 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
12 Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En13 forcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail14 able for programs to promote accountability for genocide,
15 crimes against humanity, and war crimes, which shall be
16 in addition to any other funds made available by this Act
17 for such purposes: Provided, That such programs shall in18 clude components to develop local investigative and judicial
19 skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain
20 the chain of custody of evidence, including for use in pros21 ecutions, and may include the establishment of, and assist22 ance for, transitional justice mechanisms: Provided further,
23 That such funds shall be administered by the Ambassador24 at-Large for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Depart25 ment of State, and shall be subject to prior consultation
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1 with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
2 That funds made available by this paragraph shall be made
3 available on an open and competitive basis.
4
5
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 7067. In order to enhance the continued partici-
6 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel7 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental
8 organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United
9 States Agency for International Development may place in
10 interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to
11 that organization as a result of economic assistance pro12 vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular
13 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria14 tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used
15 for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to
16 that organization.
17
EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED
18
AUTHORITIES
19
SEC. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of
20 June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied through
21 fiscal year 2024 by substituting ‘‘the costs of providing con22 sular services’’ for ‘‘such costs’’.
23
(b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for
24 Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (divi25 sion B of Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 592) shall be ap-
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1 plied during fiscal year 2024 by substituting ‘‘2020 through
2 2024’’ for ‘‘2020 and 2021’’.
3
(c) Discretionary amounts made available to the De-
4 partment of State under the heading ‘‘Administration of
5 Foreign Affairs’’ of this Act, and discretionary unobligated
6 balances under such heading from prior Acts making ap7 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper8 ations, and related programs, may be transferred to the
9 Consular and Border Security Programs account if the Sec10 retary of State determines and reports to the Committees
11 on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sustain con12 sular operations, following consultation with such Commit13 tees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition
14 to any transfer authority otherwise available in this Act
15 and under any other provision of law: Provided further,
16 That no amounts may be transferred from amounts des17 ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur18 rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and
19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20
(d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to sec-
21 tion 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
22 (8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary
23 of State may also use fees deposited into the Fraud Preven24 tion and Detection Account for the costs of providing con25 sular services.
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(e) Amounts provided pursuant to subsection (b) are
2 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re3 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5
6
MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT
SEC. 7069. (a) MANAGEMENT.—
7
(1) Consistent with paragraph (2), there is here-
8
by established in the Treasury of the United States
9
the ‘‘USAID Buying Power Maintenance Account’’.
10
(2) Up to $50,000,000 of expired or unexpired
11
discretionary unobligated balances appropriated for
12
this and for any succeeding fiscal year under the
13
heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ may be transferred to,
14
and merged with, the account established pursuant to
15
paragraph (1) not later than the end of the fifth fiscal
16
year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are
17
available for the purposes for which appropriated:
18
Provided, That amounts deposited in such account
19
shall be available until expended for the purposes of
20
offsetting adverse fluctuations in foreign currency ex-
21
change rates or overseas wage and price changes to
22
maintain overseas operations, in addition to such
23
other funds as may be available for such purposes:
24
Provided further, That amounts from such account
25
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
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priated under titles II and III of this Act or subse-
2
quent Acts making appropriations for the Department
3
of State, foreign operations, and related programs for
4
such purposes: Provided further, That any specific
5
designation or restriction contained in this Act or
6
any other provision of law limiting the amounts
7
available that may be obligated or expended shall be
8
deemed to be adjusted to the extent necessary to offset
9
the net effect of fluctuations in foreign currency ex-
10
change rates or overseas wage and price changes in
11
order to maintain approved levels: Provided further,
12
That transfers pursuant to this subsection shall be
13
subject to the regular notification procedures of the
14
Committees on Appropriations.
15
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
OVERSIGHT.—For purposes
16 of strengthening oversight, efficiency, and accountability, of
17 the relocation activities and related support of individuals
18 at risk as a result of the situation in Afghanistan, including
19 travel and related expenditures, security and vetting,
20 sustainment and other needs, fees, examinations, and ad21 ministrative expenses, there is hereby established in the
22 Treasury of the United States the ‘‘Enduring Welcome Ad23 ministrative Expenses Account’’: Provided, That such funds
24 may be made available as contributions and the adminis25 trative authorities in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
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1 may be made available with respect to such funds, as appro2 priate: Provided further, That unobligated balances from
3 prior year appropriations available to the Department of
4 State for support for Operation Enduring Welcome and re5 lated efforts may be transferred to such account for the pur6 poses specified in this subsection: Provided further, That
7 amounts transferred to this account from funds made avail8 able under the heading ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee
9 and Migration Assistance Fund’’ may be made available
10 notwithstanding any provision of law which restricts assist11 ance to foreign countries: Provided further, That not later
12 than 30 days after the establishment of such account, the
13 Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appro14 priations a report detailing the funds available for obliga15 tion under the Enduring Welcome Administrative Expenses
16 Account, the proposed uses of such funds by program,
17 project, and activity and each planned use of the authority
18 of the previous proviso: Provided further, That such report
19 shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on Ap20 propriations every 60 days until September 30, 2025: Pro21 vided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to this
22 subsection that were previously designated by the Congress
23 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res24 olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4
5
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
SEC. 7070. The African Development Fund Act (22
6 U.S.C. 290g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
7 following new section:
8
9
‘‘SEC. 227. SIXTEENTH REPLENISHMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of the
10 Fund is authorized to contribute on behalf of the United
11 States $591,000,000 to the sixteenth replenishment of the
12 resources of the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary ap13 propriations.
14
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—In order
15 to pay for the United States contribution provided for in
16 subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated,
17 without fiscal year limitation, $591,000,000 for payment
18 by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’.
19
PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING
20
SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS
21
22
SEC. 7071. (a) PROHIBITION
ACTIONS
INVOLVING PERPETRATORS
23 STATE SPONSORS
24
SIONAL
ON
OF
CERTAIN TRANS-
OF
GENOCIDE
AND
TERRORISM WITHOUT CONGRES-
AUTHORIZATION.—Section 6(b) of the Special
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1 Drawing Rights Act (22 U.S.C. 286q(b)) is amended by
2 adding at the end the following:
3
‘‘(3) Unless Congress by law authorizes such action,
4 neither the President nor any person or agency shall on
5 behalf of the United States engage in any voluntary trans6 action involving the exchange of Special Drawing Rights
7 that are held by a member country of the Fund, if the Sec8 retary of State has found that the government of the member
9 country—
10
‘‘(A) has committed genocide at any time during
11
the 1-year period ending with the date of the trans-
12
action; or
13
‘‘(B) has repeatedly provided support for acts of
14
international terrorism.
15
‘‘(4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the
16 United States Executive Director at each international fi17 nancial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the
18 International Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice
19 and vote of the United States to—
20
‘‘(A) oppose the provision of financial assistance
21
to any government with respect to which the Sec-
22
retary of State has made a finding described in para-
23
graph (3); and
24
‘‘(B) seek to ensure that the member countries of
25
the institution do not engage in voluntary trans-
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actions involving the exchange of Special Drawing
2
Rights held by such a government.
3
‘‘(5) WAIVER.—The President may waive paragraphs
4 (3) and (4) on a case-by-case basis if the President reports
5 to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
7 Senate that the waiver is in the national interest of the
8 United States, and includes a detailed explanation of the
9 reasons therefor.’’.
10
(b) REPEAL.—Effective on the date that is 10 years
11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, paragraphs (3)
12 through (5) of section 6(b) of the Special Drawing Rights
13 Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section, are repealed.
14
15
(c) ENERGY SECURITY
(1) IN
AND
IMF ACCOUNTABILITY.—
GENERAL.—The
Secretary of the Treasury
16
may, through December 31, 2031, make direct loans
17
not to exceed $21,000,000,000 in the aggregate to the
18
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (in this sub-
19
section referred to as the ‘‘PRGT’’) of the Inter-
20
national Monetary Fund (in this subsection referred
21
to as the ‘‘IMF’’), provided that funds made available
22
in prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
23
ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
24
grams under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
25
national Monetary Fund Facilities and Trust Funds’’
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shall be available to cover the cost, as defined in sec-
2
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of
3
loans to the PRGT, subject to paragraph (2).
4
(2) LIMITATION.—No portion of the funds de-
5
scribed under paragraph (1) may be used for the pro-
6
vision of loans by the United States to the Resilience
7
and Sustainability Trust (in this subsection referred
8
to as the ‘‘RST’’) of the IMF, or for the transfer of
9
resources from the PRGT to the RST.
10
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO
11 EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS LENDING.—
12
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The
Bretton Woods Agree-
13
ments Act (22 U.S.C. 286–286zz) is amended by add-
14
ing at the end the following:
15
‘‘SEC. 74. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT
16
17
TO EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS LENDING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Executive Di-
18 rector at the Fund may not support any proposal that
19 would alter the criteria used by the Fund for exceptional
20 access lending if the proposal would permit a country that
21 is ineligible, before the proposed alteration, to receive excep22 tional access lending, unless, not later than 15 days before
23 consideration of the proposal by the Board of Executive Di24 rectors of the Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury has sub25 mitted to the Committee on Financial Services of the House
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1 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
2 of the Senate a report on the justification for the proposal
3 and the effects of the proposed alteration on moral hazard
4 and repayment risk at the Fund.
5
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Treasury may re-
6 duce the applicable notice period required under subsection
7 (a) to not less than 7 days on reporting to the Committee
8 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and
9 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the re10 duction is important to the national interest of the United
11 States, with an explanation of the reasons therefor.’’.
12
(2) REPEAL.—Effective on the date that is 10
13
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, sec-
14
tion 74 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as
15
added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is repealed.
16
(e) NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROW.—
17
(1) EXTENSION.—Section 17(a)(6) of the Bretton
18
Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286e–2(a)(6)) is
19
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2025’’ and insert-
20
ing ‘‘December 31, 2030’’.
21
(2) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after
22
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
23
the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Fi-
24
nancial Services of the House of Representatives and
25
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a
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strategy with respect to the New Arrangements to
2
Borrow (NAB) of the International Monetary Fund,
3
including any recommendations to reduce the re-
4
sources of the NAB beyond reductions proposed under
5
the 16th General Review of Quotas, that maintains
6
United States support for the International Monetary
7
Fund as a quota-based institution.
8
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE
9
PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF
10
SEC. 7072. (a) INSPECTORS GENERAL
AND
ANNUAL
11 STUDY.—Section 101 of the United States Leadership
12 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
13 (22 U.S.C. 7611) is amended—
14
(1) in subsection (f)(1)—
15
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
16
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year
17
2025’’; and
18
(B) in subparagraph (C)(iv)—
19
(i) by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting
20
‘‘eleven’’; and
21
(ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting
22
‘‘2025’’; and
23
(2) in subsection (g)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sep-
2
tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 25,
3
2025’’; and
4
(B) in paragraph (2)—
5
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2024’’
6
and inserting ‘‘2025’’; and
7
(ii) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’
8
9
and inserting ‘‘March 25, 2025’’.
(b) PARTICIPATION
10 AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS,
IN THE
AND
GLOBAL FUND
TO
FIGHT
MALARIA.—Section 202(d) of
11 the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber12 culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)) is
13 amended—
14
(1) in paragraph (4)—
15
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
16
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2023’’
17
and inserting ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year
18
2025’’; and
19
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2023’’
20
and inserting ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year
21
2025’’; and
22
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking
23
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 and March 25 of
24
fiscal year 2025’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
2
serting ‘‘2024 and for fiscal year 2025 through March
3
25 of such fiscal year’’.
4
(c) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Section 403 of the
5 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis,
6 and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7673) is amended—
7
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
8
serting ‘‘2024 and fiscal year 2025 through March 25
9
of such fiscal year’’; and
10
(2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding
11
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting
12
‘‘2024 and for fiscal year 2025 through March 25 of
13
such fiscal year’’.
14
15
GAZA OVERSIGHT
SEC. 7073. (a) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of
16 State shall certify and report to the appropriate congres17 sional committees not later than 15 days after the date of
18 enactment of this Act, that—
19
(1) oversight policies, processes, and procedures
20
have been established by the Department of State and
21
the United States Agency for International Develop-
22
ment, as appropriate, and are in use to prevent the
23
diversion to Hamas and other terrorist and extremist
24
entities in Gaza and the misuse or destruction by
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such entities of assistance, including through inter-
2
national organizations; and
3
(2) such policies, processes, and procedures have
4
been developed in coordination with other bilateral
5
and multilateral donors and the Government of
6
Israel, as appropriate.
7
(b) OVERSIGHT POLICY
AND
PROCEDURES.—The Sec-
8 retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall submit
9 to the appropriate congressional committees, concurrent
10 with the submission of the certification required in sub11 section (a), a written description of the oversight policies,
12 processes, and procedures for funds appropriated by this
13 Act that are made available for assistance for Gaza, includ14 ing specific actions to be taken should such assistance be
15 diverted, misused, or destroyed, and the role of the Govern16 ment of Israel in the oversight of such assistance.
17
(c) REQUIREMENT
TO
INFORM.—The Secretary of
18 State and USAID Administrator shall promptly inform the
19 appropriate congressional committees of each instance in
20 which funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail21 able for assistance for Gaza have been diverted, misused,
22 or destroyed, to include the type of assistance, a description
23 of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation
24 of the response of the Department of State or USAID, as
25 appropriate.
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(d) THIRD PARTY MONITORING.—Funds appropriated
2 by this Act shall be made available for third party moni3 toring of assistance for Gaza, including end use monitoring,
4 following consultation with the appropriate congressional
5 committees.
6
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the initial
7 obligation of funds appropriated by this Act that are made
8 available for assistance for Gaza, and every 90 days there9 after until all such funds are expended, the Secretary of
10 State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit
11 to the appropriate congressional committees a report detail12 ing the amount and purpose of such assistance provided
13 during each respective quarter, including a description of
14 the specific entity implementing such assistance.
15
(f) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the
16 date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter
17 until September 30, 2025, the Secretary of State, in con18 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence and
19 other heads of elements of the intelligence community that
20 the Secretary considers relevant, shall submit to the appro21 priate congressional committees a report assessing whether
22 funds appropriated by this Act and made available for as23 sistance for the West Bank and Gaza have been diverted
24 to or destroyed by Hamas or other terrorist and extremist
25 entities in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided, That such
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1 report shall include details on the amount and how such
2 funds were made available and used by such entities: Pro3 vided further, That such report may be submitted in classi4 fied form, if necessary.
5
(g) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after the
6 date of enactment of this Act but prior to the initial obliga7 tion of funds made available by this Act for humanitarian
8 assistance for Gaza, the Secretary of State and USAID Ad9 ministrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Commit10 tees on Appropriations on the amount and anticipated uses
11 of such funds.
12
OTHER MATTERS
13
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
14
SEC. 7074. (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise made
15 available by this Act for programs to counter foreign propa16 ganda and disinformation, and for related purposes, may
17 only be made available for the purpose of countering such
18 efforts by foreign state and non-state actors abroad, includ19 ing through programs of the Global Engagement Center es20 tablished pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense
21 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656
22 note): Provided, That not later than 90 days after enact23 ment of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of funds
24 made available for the Global Engagement Center, the Sec25 retary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
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1 gressional committees detailing the steps taken by the De2 partment of State to resolve each of the 18 recommendations
3 detailed in the Office of Inspector General, Department of
4 State, report ‘‘Inspection of the Global Engagement Center’’
5 (ISP I–22–15).
6
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
7 available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly
8 or display a flag over a facility of the United States Depart9 ment of State other than the—
10
(1) United States flag;
11
(2) Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM
12
154.2–1;
13
(3) POW/MIA flag;
14
(4) Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursu-
15
16
17
ant to section 904 of title 36, United States Code;
(5) flag of a State, insular area, or the District
of Columbia at domestic locations;
18
(6) flag of an Indian Tribal government;
19
(7) official branded flag of a United States agen-
20
21
22
cy; or
(8) sovereign flag of other countries.
(c) Funds may be transferred to the United States Sec-
23 tion of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
24 United States and Mexico, from Federal or non-Federal en25 tities, to study, design, construct, operate, and maintain
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1 treatment and flood control works and related structures,
2 consistent with the functions of the United States Section:
3 Provided, That such funds shall be deposited in an account
4 under the heading ‘‘International Boundary and Water
5 Commission, United States and Mexico’’, to remain avail6 able until expended.
7
(d) During fiscal year 2024, section 614(a)(4)(A)(ii)
8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
9 2364(a)(4)(A)(ii))
shall
be
applied
by
substituting
10 ‘‘$500,000,000’’ for ‘‘$250,000,000’’.
11
(e)(1) Of the unobligated balances from amounts in the
12 Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, established by
13 section 9705 of title 31, United States Code, $260,000,000
14 are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September
15 30, 2024.
16
(2) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made
17 available by section 104A(m) of Public Law 103–325 (12
18 U.S.C. 4703a(m)), $50,000,000 are hereby permanently re19 scinded.
20
(3) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring
21 Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division G
22 of Public Law 110–161, $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded
23 not later than September 30, 2024.
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RESCISSIONS
2
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
3
4
SEC. 7075. (a) MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION.—Of
the unobligated balances from amounts made
5 available under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Cor6 poration’’ from prior Acts making appropriations for the
7 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro8 grams, $475,000,000 are rescinded.
9
10
(b) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION,
TENANCE.—Of
AND
MAIN-
the unobligated balances from amounts
11 made available under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Con12 struction, and Maintenance’’ from prior Acts making ap13 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper14 ations, and related programs, $224,000,000 are rescinded.
15
(c) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
16 ENFORCEMENT.—Of
the
unobligated
AND
balances
LAW
from
17 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘International
18 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ from prior Acts
19 making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
20 operations, and related programs, $50,000,000 are re21 scinded.
22
(d) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the unobligated
23 balances from amounts made available under the heading
24 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior Acts making appro-
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1 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations,
2 and related programs, $152,496,000 are rescinded.
3
(e) CONSULAR
AND
BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS.—
4 Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘Consular and
5 Border Security Programs’’ account, $902,340,000 are re6 scinded.
7
(f) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.—Of the unobligated bal-
8 ances from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Ex9 port and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the
10 United States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ for tied-aid grants
11 from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department
12 of State, foreign operations, and related programs,
13 $114,130,000 are rescinded.
14
(g) RESTRICTION.—No amounts may be rescinded
15 from amounts that were previously designated by the Con16 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur17 rent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
18 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
19 of 1985.
20
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of
21 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro22 priations Act, 2024’’.
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2
3
4
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DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS
TITLE I—EXTENSIONS AND
OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 101. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) FINANCING.—Section 1309(a) of the National
6 Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) shall be
7 applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘Sep8 tember 30, 2023’’.
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(b) PROGRAM EXPIRATION.—Sections 1319 of the Na-
10 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) shall
11 be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘Sep12 tember 30, 2023’’.
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(c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section
14 shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2023.
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SEC. 102. RURAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
17 Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note)
18 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for
19 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
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SEC. 103. E-VERIFY.
Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
22 Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a
23 note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’
24 for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
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SEC. 104. NON-MINISTER RELIGIOUS WORKERS.
Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
3 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) shall be applied
4 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30,
5 2015’’ each place such date appears.
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SEC. 105. H-2B SUPPLEMENTAL VISA EXEMPTION.
Notwithstanding the numerical limitation set forth in
8 section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality
9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland
10 Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor,
11 and upon the determination that the needs of United States
12 businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 2024 with
13 United States workers who are willing, qualified, and able
14 to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, may increase
15 the total number of aliens who may receive a visa under
16 section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
17 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year by not more than
18 the highest number of H–2B nonimmigrants who partici19 pated in the H–2B returning worker program in any fiscal
20 year in which returning workers were exempt from such
21 numerical limitation.
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SEC. 106. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS-
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TEMS.
Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhance-
25 ment Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended by striking
26 ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’.
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SEC. 107. PRICE-ANDERSON ACT.
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 170 of the Atomic Energy
3 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the
4 ‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’) is amended by striking ‘‘December
5 31, 2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December
6 31, 2065’’.
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(b) LIABILITY.—Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act
8 of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the ‘‘Price9 Anderson Act’’) is amended—
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(1)
in
subsection
d.
(5),
by
striking
‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’; and
(2)
in
subsection
e.
(4),
by
striking
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‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’.
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(c) REPORT.—Section 170 p. of the Atomic Energy Act
15 of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(p)) (commonly known as the
16 ‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’) is amended by striking ‘‘December
17 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2061’’.
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(d) DEFINITION
OF
NUCLEAR INCIDENT.—Section 11
19 q. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(q))
20 is amended, in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘if such oc21 currence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘United States:’’ and
22 inserting a colon.
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SEC. 108. PASSENGER SECURITY FEE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44940 of title 49, United
25 States Code, is amended in subsection (i)(4)(G) by striking
26 ‘‘$1,560,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$760,000,000’’.
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(b) APPLICATION.—This section shall be applied as if
2 it were in effect on October 1, 2023.
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SEC. 109. EXTENSION OF NON-MEDICARE SEQUESTER.
Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is
6 amended by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
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‘‘(E) The sequestration order issued by the Presi-
8
dent under subparagraph (D) shall also include, effec-
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tive upon issuance, that—
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‘‘(i) the percentage reduction for nonexempt
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direct spending for the defense function is 4.0
12
percent; and
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‘‘(ii) except as provided in subparagraph
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(D), the percentage reduction for nonexempt di-
15
rect spending for nondefense functions is 2.8 per-
16
cent.’’.
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TITLE II—UDALL FOUNDATION
REAUTHORIZATION
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Udall Foundation Re-
21 authorization Act of 2024’’.
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SEC. 202. INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
Section 8(b)(1) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart
24 L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5606(b)(1)) is amend25 ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Beginning on Octo-
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1 ber 1, 2023, and thereafter, interest earned from invest2 ments made with any new appropriations to the Trust
3 Fund shall only be available subject to appropriations and
4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions
5 of this Act.’’.
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SEC. 203. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UDALL FOUNDATION
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TRUST FUND.
Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.
9 Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’;
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(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding
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paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting
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‘‘2029’’; and
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(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘5-fiscal year
16
period’’ and all that follows through the period at the
17
end and inserting ‘‘5-fiscal year period beginning
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with fiscal year 2025.’’.
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SEC. 204. AUDIT OF THE FOUNDATION.
Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of
21 this section, the Inspector General of the Department of the
22 Interior shall complete an audit of the Morris K. Udall and
23 Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
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TITLE III—FUNDING LIMITATION
FOR UNITED NATIONS RELIEF
AND WORKS AGENCY
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SEC. 301. FUNDING LIMITATION.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of any other di-
6 vision of this Act, funds appropriated or otherwise made
7 available by this Act or other Acts making appropriations
8 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related
9 programs, including provisions of Acts providing supple10 mental appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
11 operations, and related programs, may not be used for a
12 contribution, grant, or other payment to the United Nations
13 Relief and Works Agency, notwithstanding any other provi14 sion of law—
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(1) for any amounts provided in prior fiscal
years or in fiscal year 2024; or
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(2) for amounts provided in fiscal year 2025,
until March 25, 2025.
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
22 etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either
23 PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of
24 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C.
25 933(d)).
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(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary ef-
2 fects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO
3 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H.
4 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
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(c) CLASSIFICATION
OF
BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not-
6 withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines
7 set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee
8 of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217
9 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(8)), the
11 budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated—
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(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 901);
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(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-
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mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a)
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
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633(a)); and
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(3) for purposes of section 3(4)(C) of the Statu-
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tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(4)(C))
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as being included in an appropriation Act.
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(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the
22 budgetary effects of the offsetting collections authorized
23 under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, as
24 amended by section 108 of this division of this Act, that
25 are made available in division C of this Act shall be esti-
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2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Attest:
Clerk.
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118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 2882
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO
SENATE AMENDMENT
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