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Union Calendar No. 114

118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 4664
[Report No. 118–145]

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 17, 2023
Mr. WOMACK, from the Committee on Appropriations reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL
Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024,
and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
6 poses, namely:
7 TITLE I
8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
9 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

12 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
13 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
14 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
15 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
16 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
17 essary for the performance of official business; executive
18 direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
19 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
20 tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and
21 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-
22 cies and programs activities, $248,109,000, of which not
23 less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administra-
24 tion of financial assistance, in addition to amounts other-
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25 wise available for such purposes: Provided, That none of

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1 the funds under this heading may be used to support the
2 activities of the Federal Insurance Office: Provided fur-
3 ther, That of the amount appropriated under this head-
4 ing—
5 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-
6 tion and representation expenses;
7 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen
8 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated
9 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of
10 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the
11 Secretary’s certificate; and
12 (3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain
13 available until September 30, 2025, for—
14 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement
15 Audit and Internal Control Program;
16 (B) information technology modernization
17 requirements;
18 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
19 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
20 (D) the development and implementation
21 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity
22 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including
23 entering into cooperative agreements;
24 (E) operations and maintenance of facili-
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25 ties; and

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1 (F) international operations.
2 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED

3 STATES FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign

6 Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain
7 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson
8 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-
9 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-
10 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance
11 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the
12 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
13 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available
14 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721
15 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50
16 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any
17 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro-
18 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of
19 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset-
20 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount
21 appropriated under this heading from the general fund
22 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received
23 during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a total appro-
24 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
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25 $0.

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1 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism

4 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
5 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
6 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction
7 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers,
8 drug kingpins, and other national security threats,
9 $206,842,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be
10 available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
11 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global
12 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C.
13 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
14 under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail-
15 able until September 30, 2025.
16 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

17 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity

18 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury,
19 $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
20 2026: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not
21 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
22 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
23 ther, That of the total amount made available under this
24 heading, $7,000,000 shall be available for administrative
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25 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to

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1 provide oversight of the investments made under this
2 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-
3 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available
4 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer.
5 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

6 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For development and acquisition of automatic data

9 processing equipment, software, and services and for re-
10 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
11 ment of the Treasury, $14,600,000, to remain available
12 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That these funds
13 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
14 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
15 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
16 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
17 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
18 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
19 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
20 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue
21 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’.
22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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25 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title

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1 5, United States Code, $43,000,000, including hire of pas-
2 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000
3 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
4 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the
5 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of
6 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
7 tember 30, 2025, shall be for audits and investigations
8 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and
9 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
10 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33
11 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000
12 shall be available for official reception and representation
13 expenses.
14 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector

18 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
19 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
20 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
21 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
22 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General
23 for Tax Administration; $170,250,000, of which
24 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
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25 2025; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available

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1 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed
2 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of
3 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
4 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
5 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available
6 for official reception and representation expenses.
7 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-

10 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
11 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and
12 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and
13 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
14 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
15 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed
16 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
17 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies,
18 with or without reimbursement, $166,000,000, of which
19 not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until
20 September 30, 2026.
21 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau

24 of the Fiscal Service, $368,155,000; of which not to ex-
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25 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

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1 2026, is for information systems modernization initiatives;
2 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception
3 and representation expenses.
4 In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil
5 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative
6 and personnel expenses for financial management of the
7 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–
8 380.
9 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111

12 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of
13 passenger motor vehicles, $135,038,000; of which not to
14 exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
15 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed
16 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-
17 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision
18 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with
19 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount
20 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for
21 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and
22 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount
23 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain
24 available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the costs
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25 associated with enforcement of and education regarding

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1 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-
2 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
3 UNITED STATES MINT
4 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

5 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States

6 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
7 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
8 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
9 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
10 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That
11 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
12 curred during fiscal year 2024 under such section 5136
13 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
14 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed
15 $50,000,000.
16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
17 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
18 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and
19 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title
20 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized
21 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
22 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
23 to the rate for EX–III, $278,617,000. Of the amount ap-
24 propriated under this heading—
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1 (1) not less than $170,000,000, notwith-
2 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12
3 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
4 ing Community Development Financial Institutions
5 Assistance awards, is available until September 30,
6 2025, for financial assistance and technical assist-
7 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
8 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12
9 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to
10 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
11 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12
12 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be
13 used for the cost of direct loans, and of which up
14 to $10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of
15 section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
16 4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as-
17 sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach
18 to community development financial institutions to
19 expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-
20 abilities: Provided, That the cost of direct and guar-
21 anteed loans, including the cost of modifying such
22 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
23 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
24 That these funds are available to subsidize gross ob-
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25 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans not

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1 to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the
2 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding
3 those made to community development financial in-
4 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
5 uals with disabilities and those made to community
6 development financial institutions that serve popu-
7 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the
8 Community Development Financial Institutions
9 Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance awards to
10 organizations that invest and lend in high-poverty
11 areas: Provided further, That for purposes of this
12 section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means any
13 census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 per-
14 cent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data se-
15 ries available from the American Community Survey
16 of the Bureau of the Census for all States and Puer-
17 to Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent
18 as measured by the 2010 Island areas Decennial
19 Census data for any territory or possession of the
20 United States;
21 (2) not less than $30,000,000, notwithstanding
22 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
23 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2025, for
24 financial assistance, technical assistance, training,
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25 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native

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1 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-
2 munities and provided primarily through qualified
3 community development lender organizations with
4 experience and expertise in community development
5 banking and lending in Indian country, Native
6 American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza-
7 tions, and other suitable providers;
8 (3) not less than $35,000,000 is available until
9 September 30, 2025, for the Bank Enterprise Award
10 program;
11 (4) not less than $5,000,000, notwithstanding
12 subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law
13 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available
14 until September 30, 2025, for a Healthy Food Fi-
15 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance,
16 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
17 munity development financial institutions for the
18 purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-
19 nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy
20 food options in distressed communities;
21 (5) not less than $5,000,000 is available until
22 September 30, 2025, to provide grants for loan loss
23 reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for
24 small dollar loan programs under section 122 of
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25 Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided,

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1 That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public
2 Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants
3 and technical assistance;
4 (6) up to $33,617,000 is available for adminis-
5 trative expenses, including administration of Com-
6 munity Development Financial Institutions Fund
7 programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Pro-
8 gram, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for the
9 development of tools to better assess and inform
10 Community Development Financial Institutions in-
11 vestment performance and Community Development
12 Financial Institutions program impacts, and up to
13 $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out
14 the direct loan program; and
15 (7) during fiscal year 2024, none of the funds
16 available under this heading are available for the
17 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
18 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee
19 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle
20 Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
21 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided,
22 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes
23 under such section 114A shall not exceed
24 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section
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25 114A shall remain in effect until December 31,

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1 2024: Provided further, That of the funds awarded
2 under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be
3 used for awards that support investments that serve
4 populations living in persistent poverty counties:
5 Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-
6 graph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘persistent pov-
7 erty counties’’ means any county, including county
8 equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has had 20
9 percent or more of its population living in poverty
10 over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990
11 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–2020
12 five-year data series available from the American
13 Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or
14 any other territory or possession of the United
15 States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-
16 lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as
17 measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas
18 Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu-
19 reau of the Census.
20 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
21 TAXPAYER SERVICES

22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-

23 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
24 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer
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25 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5

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1 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
2 Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed
3 $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
4 2025, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the
5 Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less
6 than $28,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax-
7 payer clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics
8 of up to $200,000, of which not less than $40,000,000,
9 to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be
10 available for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assist-
11 ance Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation
12 assistance, and of which not less than $271,200,000 shall
13 be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advo-
14 cate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
15 able for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than
16 $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft and refund fraud
17 casework.
18 ENFORCEMENT

19 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities

20 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect
21 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
22 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes
23 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
24 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
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25 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services

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1 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
2 determined by the Commissioner, $4,206,180,000; of
3 which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available
4 until September 30, 2025; of which not less than
5 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug
6 Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed
7 $25,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the
8 Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the
9 amount made available for investigative technology for the
10 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to
11 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-
12 vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading.
13 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

14 For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev-

15 enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement
16 programs, including rent payments; facilities services;
17 printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and
18 other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta-
19 tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-
20 nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-
21 nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles
22 (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev-
23 enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au-
24 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
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25 mined by the Commissioner; $4,100,826,000, of which not

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1 to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
2 tember 30, 2025; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall
3 remain available until expended for acquisition of equip-
4 ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities;
5 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available
6 until September 30, 2026, for research; and of which not
7 to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
8 resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30
9 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue
10 Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
11 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
12 and the Comptroller General of the United States detail-
13 ing major information technology investments in the Inter-
14 nal Revenue Service Integrated Modernization Business
15 Plan portfolio, including detailed, plain language sum-
16 maries on the status of plans, costs, and results; prior re-
17 sults and actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcom-
18 ing deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and
19 mitigation strategies associated with ongoing work; rea-
20 sons for any cost or schedule variances; and total expendi-
21 tures by fiscal year: Provided further, That the Internal
22 Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification
23 for fiscal year 2025, a summary of cost and schedule per-
24 formance information for its major information technology
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25 systems.

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1 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

2 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-

3 ice’s business systems modernization program,
4 $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
5 2026, and shall be for the capital asset acquisition of in-
6 formation technology systems, including management and
7 related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including re-
8 lated Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contrac-
9 tual costs associated with operations authorized by 5
10 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 days after
11 the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall
12 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
13 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the
14 Comptroller General of the United States detailing major
15 information technology investments in the Internal Rev-
16 enue Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan
17 portfolio, including detailed, plain language summaries on
18 the status of plans, costs, and results; prior results and
19 actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcoming
20 deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitiga-
21 tion strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for
22 any cost or schedule variances; and total expenditures by
23 fiscal year.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

2 SERVICE

3 SEC. 101. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-

4 tain an employee training program, which shall include the
5 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously
6 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
7 partial application of tax law.
8 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
9 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
10 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
11 tect taxpayers against identity theft.
12 SEC. 103. Funds made available by this or any other
13 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
14 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
15 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
16 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements
17 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service
18 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the
19 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly
20 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.
21 SEC. 104. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue
22 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating
23 to an employer making employment tax payments, and
24 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former
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1 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an
2 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
3 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer.
4 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available under
5 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to
6 target citizens of the United States for exercising any
7 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
8 stitution of the United States.
9 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this
10 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target
11 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological
12 beliefs.
13 SEC. 107. None of funds made available by this Act
14 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
15 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
16 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements,
17 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
18 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
19 sult of the recommendations in the report published on
20 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
21 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small
22 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
23 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037).
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1 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this
2 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or
3 expended—
4 (1) to make a payment to any employee under
5 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or
6 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection
7 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee;
8 unless such program or process takes into account the
9 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or
10 former employee.
11 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this
12 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the
13 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality
14 and disclosure of returns and return information).
15 SEC. 110. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
16 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this
17 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
18 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
19 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without
20 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly
21 to positions in the competitive service to process back-
22 logged tax returns and return information.
23 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31,
24 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal
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1 senger carrier transportation and protection between the
2 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place
3 of employment.
4 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this
5 or any other Act may be used to develop or provide tax-
6 payers a free, public electronic return-filing service option,
7 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
8 priations of the House and the Senate, House Ways and
9 Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee.
10 SEC. 113. None of the funds in this Act may be used
11 to purchase firearms or ammunition for the Internal Rev-
12 enue Service above the levels in the possession of the In-
13 ternal Revenue Service on July 13, 2023.
14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

15 TREASURY
16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the

18 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
19 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
20 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
21 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
22 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
23 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
24 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
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1 of health and medical services to employees and their de-
2 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
3 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
4 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
5 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
6 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of
7 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
8 work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and
9 Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred be-
10 tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of
11 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
12 resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer
13 under this section may increase or decrease any such ap-
14 propriation by more than 2 percent.
15 SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
16 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
17 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
18 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
19 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
20 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided,
21 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
22 priation by more than 2 percent.
23 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
24 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
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1 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
2 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
3 SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
4 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-
5 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-
6 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
7 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-
8 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt
9 Collection Fund.
10 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
11 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
12 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
13 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on
14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
15 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and
16 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
17 Affairs.
18 SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other-
19 wise made available by this or any other Act or source
20 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
21 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually
22 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
23 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the
24 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the
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1 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the
2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
3 atives and the Senate.
4 SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
5 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
6 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
7 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
8 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
9 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
10 2024 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
11 Act for Fiscal Year 2024.
12 SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
13 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
14 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and
15 representation expenses.
16 SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
17 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
18 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
19 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
20 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That
21 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
22 ment spending from all accounts within the Department
23 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
24 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
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1 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such
2 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
3 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment
4 project that has not been fully completed.
5 SEC. 124. During fiscal year 2024—
6 (1) none of the funds made available in this or
7 any other Act may be used by the Department of
8 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv-
9 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-
10 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-
11 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is
12 used to determine whether an organization is oper-
13 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare
14 for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal
15 Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-
16 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November
17 29, 2013)); and
18 (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on
19 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de-
20 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-
21 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status
22 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-
23 tions created on, before, or after such date.
24 SEC. 125. Within 45 days after the date of enactment
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1 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations
2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
3 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
4 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service
5 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed
6 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how
7 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
8 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
9 chise Fund.
10 SEC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end
11 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the
12 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their
13 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the
14 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee
15 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives,
16 and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and
17 Urban Affairs.
18 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall
19 include—
20 (1) the obligations made during the previous
21 quarter by object class, office, and activity;
22 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder
23 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
24 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within
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1 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
2 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
3 cal year; and
4 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
5 tives, and performance measures of each office.
6 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified
7 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the
8 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available
9 to testify on the contents of the reports required under
10 subsection (a).
11 SEC. 127. In addition to amounts otherwise available,
12 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for
13 Pandemic Recovery, $12,000,000, to remain available
14 until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec-
15 tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
16 Security Act (Public Law 116–136).
17 SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this
18 or any other Act may be used to provide bonuses, raises,
19 or promotions to any employee of the Department of
20 Treasury until the Secretary produces a COVID-19 Na-
21 tional Emergency expenditure report as required by sec-
22 tion 401(c) of Public Law 94-412 .
23 SEC. 129. None of the funds made available in this
24 Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize,
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1 travel-related or other transactions incident to non-edu-
2 cational exchanges described in section 515.565(b) of title
3 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
4 SEC. 130. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury and the
5 Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a joint re-
6 port not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
7 Act regarding travel pursuant to sections 515.565(b),
8 515.560(a)(1), 515.560(c)(4)(i), and 515.561 of title 31,
9 Code of Federal Regulations.
10 SEC. 131. None of the funds made available by this
11 Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury to
12 establish a United States Central Bank Digital Currency
13 or discontinue circulation or use of paper currency as legal
14 tender in the United States.
15 SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this
16 Act may be used by the Financial Crimes Enforcement
17 Network to implement or promulgate beneficial ownership
18 reporting rules pursuant to Division F of the William M.
19 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
20 Fiscal Year 2020, Public Law 116-283, January 1, 2021,
21 that do not reflect Congressional intent.
22 SEC. 133. None of the funds made available by this
23 Act may be used to implement the single-family mortgage
24 credit fee pricing framework of the enterprises announced
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1 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency on January 19,
2 2023.
3 SEC. 134. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act may be used to implement an outbound investment
5 review, prohibition, or notification program until the As-
6 sistant Secretary of Treasury for Investment Security and
7 equivalents from CFIUS member agencies provide a re-
8 port to the Committees on Appropriations and Financial
9 Services of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
10 tees on Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban
11 Affairs of the Senate that contains the following—
12 (1) A comprehensive list of Chinese technologies
13 covered by the program that have been developed as
14 a result of United States investments, including a
15 description of the technologies’ specifications.
16 (2) The value of United States private equity
17 and venture capital investments in any specific Chi-
18 nese technologies that would be subject to prohibi-
19 tions under the program, in absolute and relative
20 terms with respect to non-United States investment.
21 (3) A detailed description of know-how or other
22 essential information that has been transferred by
23 United States investors in support of Chinese tech-
24 nologies covered by the program, including an as-
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1 non-United States persons or eligible for potential
2 control under the Export Control Reform Act.
3 (4) An analysis of any estimated delay to Chi-
4 na’s development of program-related technologies as
5 a direct result of the program’s implementation.
6 (5) Any legislative or regulatory proposals to
7 impose secondary sanctions involving investments by
8 foreign persons in Chinese technologies covered by
9 the program.
10 (6) A detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of
11 investment restrictions administered by the Depart-
12 ment of the Treasury with respect to Chinese Mili-
13 tary Industrial-Complex Companies.
14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
15 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 au-

7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not
12 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as
13 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for
14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy
17 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.
19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence

22 at the White House, $14,050,000, to be expended and ac-
23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and
24 112–114.
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-

3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until
16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
17 shall require the national committee of the political party
18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under
8 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount
9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
13 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
14 ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal
15 year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reim-
16 bursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence
17 during the preceding fiscal year, including the total
18 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
19 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the
20 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political
21 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been
22 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,
23 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for
24 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events
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1 for the classification of any such expense as political or
2 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this
3 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
4 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
5 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
6 Code.
7 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
8 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
9 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3
10 U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
11 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and
12 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
13 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic

16 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
17 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,120,000.
18 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND
19 SECURITY COUNCIL
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the National Security

22 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including
23 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,500,000, of
24 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-

4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
6 $106,500,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall
7 remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
8 tion of information resources within the Executive Office
9 of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided
10 under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available
11 for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-
12 sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to
13 students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-
14 charged from active duty who are performing voluntary
15 services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-
16 tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable
17 authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise
18 available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided
19 further, That such payments shall not be considered com-
20 pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may
21 be paid in advance.
22 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

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1 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out
2 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States
3 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United
4 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of
5 title 31, United States Code, $116,000,000, of which not
6 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
7 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
8 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and
9 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
10 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations
11 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
12 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
13 That none of the funds made available for the Office of
14 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
15 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
16 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of
17 Management and Budget, before the Committees of the
18 House of Representatives and the Senate on Appropria-
19 tions or their subcommittees: Provided further, That none
20 of the funds made available for the Office of Management
21 and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering
22 of the annual work plan developed by the Corps of Engi-
23 neers for submission to the Committees on Appropria-
24 tions: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
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1 by the Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating
2 or determining if water resource project or study reports
3 submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the
4 Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applica-
5 ble laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the
6 Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-
7 ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall
8 have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary
9 policy reviews of water resource matters on which the
10 Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That
11 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
12 shall notify the appropriate authorizing and appropriating
13 committees when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided
14 further, That if water resource reports have not been
15 transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appro-
16 priating committees within 15 days after the end of the
17 Office of Management and Budget review period based on
18 the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume
19 Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the
20 report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no later
21 than 14 days after the submission of the budget of the
22 United States Government for fiscal year 2025, the Direc-
23 tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall make
24 publicly available on a website a tabular list for each agen-
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1 in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and
2 Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-
3 imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the
4 budget justification materials of the agency were sub-
5 mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where
6 the budget justification materials are published on the
7 website of the agency: Provided further, That amounts ap-
8 propriated under this heading shall be available for the
9 liquidation of valid obligations incurred for fiscal year
10 2017, as authorized by law, in excess of amounts that were
11 available for obligation during such fiscal year.
12 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
13 COORDINATOR
14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-
15 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by
16 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for
17 Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403),
18 including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
19 $1,838,000.
20 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National

23 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
24 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
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25 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283),

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1 $21,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
2 able for official reception and representation expenses.
3 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

6 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
7 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
8 tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for
9 official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
10 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services
11 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
12 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
13 bursement, $18,952,000: Provided, That the Office is au-
14 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both
15 real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year
16 limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
17 work of the Office.
18 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

19 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

22 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
23 Areas Program, $296,600,000, to remain available until
24 September 30, 2025, for drug control activities consistent
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1 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of
2 which not less than $280,741,415 shall be provided to the
3 HIDTAs designated as of September 30, 2023: Provided,
4 That each such designated HIDTAs shall receive an equal
5 amount of funds from the total amount provided for such
6 designated HIDTA: Provided further, That no less than
7 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local entities
8 for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later
9 than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
10 Provided further, That up to 49 percent may be trans-
11 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts
12 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug
13 Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used
14 for auditing services and associated activities and
15 $1,500,000 shall be for the Grants Management System
16 for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro-
17 vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior
18 to fiscal year 2022 may be used for any other approved
19 activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re-
20 quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des-
21 ignated as of September 30, 2023, shall be funded at not
22 less than the fiscal year 2023 base level, unless the Direc-
23 tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the
24 House of Representatives and the Senate justification for
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1 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy
2 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further,
3 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
4 priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2024 fund-
5 ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enact-
6 ment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of
7 planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as deter-
8 mined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not
9 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided
10 further, That upon a determination that all or part of the
11 funds so transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
12 essary for the purposes provided herein and upon notifica-
13 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
14 of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be
15 transferred back to this appropriation.
16 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For other drug control activities authorized by the

19 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National
20 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as
21 amended, $135,450,000, to remain available until ex-
22 pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000
23 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not
24 more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses,
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1 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended
2 by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for
3 drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000
4 for anti-doping activities; up to $3,000,000 for the United
5 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
6 cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and
7 $5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of
8 Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made avail-
9 able under this heading may be transferred to other Fed-
10 eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities:
11 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Na-
12 tional Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days
13 prior to obligating funds under this heading for United
14 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
15 cy, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
16 House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan
17 and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds.
18 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
19 For expenses necessary to enable the President to
20 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
21 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
22 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
23 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
24 tember 30, 2025.
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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-

4 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information
5 technology in the Federal Government, $8,000,000, to re-
6 main available until expended: Provided, That the Director
7 of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer
8 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out
9 projects to meet these purposes.
10 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

13 to provide assistance to the President in connection with
14 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
15 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
16 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
17 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
18 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,839,000.
19 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

23 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
24 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
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1 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3
2 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $311,000: Provided, That advances, re-
3 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be
4 made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
5 rying out such activities.
6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

7 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

8 THE PRESIDENT
9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act

11 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
12 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and
13 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National
14 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
15 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
16 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the
17 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or
18 such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
19 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on
20 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
21 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-
22 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged
23 with and available for the same time and for the same
24 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
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1 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
2 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from
3 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
4 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the
5 Vice President.
6 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2024, any Executive
7 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by
8 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement
9 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
10 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and
11 revenues, of such order or memorandum.
12 (b) Any such statement shall include—
13 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
14 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal
15 Government;
16 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary
17 obligations and outlays as the result of such order
18 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each
19 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal
20 year 2024; and
21 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
22 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum
23 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year
24 2024.
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1 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
2 randum is issued during fiscal year 2024 due to a national
3 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and
4 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection
5 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order
6 or memorandum is issued.
7 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-
8 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential
9 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess
10 of $100,000,000.
11 SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of
12 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
13 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all
14 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing
15 compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act.
16 SEC. 204. In fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year
17 thereafter—
18 (1) the Office of Management and Budget shall
19 operate and maintain the automated system required
20 to be implemented by section 204 of the Financial
21 Services and General Government Appropriations
22 Act, 2022 (division E of Public Law 117–103) and
23 shall continue to post each document apportioning
24 an appropriation, pursuant to section 1513(b) of
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25 title 31, United States Code, including any associ-

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1 ated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each such
2 document as an open Government data asset (as
3 that term is defined in section 3502 of title 44,
4 United States Code); and
5 (2) the requirements specified in subsection (c),
6 the first and second provisos of subsection (d)(1),
7 and subsection (d)(2) of such section 204 shall con-
8 tinue to apply.
9 SEC. 205. Not later than 30 days after the date of
10 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
11 agement and Budget shall conduct an audit of appropria-
12 tions and issue a report to the Committees on Appropria-
13 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate list-
14 ing the unobligated amounts that remain available under
15 the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple-
16 mental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123),
17 the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law
18 116–127), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se-
19 curity Act (Public Law 116–136), the Paycheck Protec-
20 tion Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public
21 Law 116–139), Divisions M and N of the Consolidated
22 Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), and the
23 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2).
24 SEC. 206. If, during fiscal year 2024 and each year
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1 annual budget request to Congress on or before the first
2 Monday in February as required by section 1105(a) of
3 title 31, United States Code, the total amount available
4 for obligation under the heading ‘Executive Office of the
5 President and Funds Appropriated to the President’ dur-
6 ing the fiscal year in which the President failed to make
7 such submission shall be reduced by $52,000,000 until the
8 budget is submitted.
9 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this
10 Act under the heading ‘‘Office of Management and Budg-
11 et’’ may be used to issue any waiver or otherwise carry
12 out section 265 of the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act
13 of 2023 (title III of Public Law 118-5).
14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of
15 the President Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1 TITLE III
2 THE JUDICIARY
3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 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 hire of passenger motor
8 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
9 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
10 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
11 as the Chief Justice may approve, $124,201,000, of which
12 $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 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
19 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112
20 under the direction of the Chief Justice, $20,420,000, to
21 remain available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
2 CIRCUIT
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-

5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law,
6 $38,991,000.
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 OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court,

13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-
14 ized by law, $22,103,000.
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, AND OTHER
19 JUDICIAL SERVICES
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court

22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-
23 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise
24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts,
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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
2 ized by law, $6,050,974,000 (including the purchase of
3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
4 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for
5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings
6 related to new 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
10 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
11 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active
12 service.
13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-
16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,975,000, to be appro-
17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
18 Fund.
19 DEFENDER SERVICES

20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations;

21 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
22 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C.
23 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-
24 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative,
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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the
2 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement
3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in
4 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-
5 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of
6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil
7 actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
8 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
9 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18
10 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil
11 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
12 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed
13 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and
14 general administrative expenses, $1,411,116,000, to re-
15 main available until expended.
16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28

18 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
19 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
20 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $59,902,000,
23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the
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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C.
2 5332.
3 COURT SECURITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for
7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing
8 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United
9 States Courts operations, the procurement, installation,
10 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for
11 United States courthouses and other facilities housing
12 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United
13 States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control,
14 inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols,
15 perimeter security, basic security services provided by the
16 Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as
17 authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement
18 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702),
19 $782,727,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall
20 remain available until expended, to be expended directly
21 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service,
22 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial
23 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or
24 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative
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1 eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
2 ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program
3 to facilitate security and emergency management services
4 among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service,
5 Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-
6 tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments
7 and the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel
8 Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public
9 Law 117-263, Division C, Title LIX, subtitle D) and 28
10 U.S.C. 604(a)(24).
11 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
12 COURTS
13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office

15 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
16 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
17 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
18 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
19 where, $107,295,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
20 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
21 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-

24 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,174,000;
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1 tember 30, 2025, to provide education and training to
2 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
3 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
4 tion expenses.
5 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out

8 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States
9 Code, $22,503,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in

14 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
15 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
16 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
17 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
18 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
19 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
20 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
21 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
22 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
23 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
24 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
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1 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall
2 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
3 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.
4 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of
5 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts
6 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’
7 shall be available for official reception and representation
8 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
9 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed
10 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
11 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the
12 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
13 SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States
14 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-
15 utive’’ each place it appears.
16 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569,
17 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
18 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such
19 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation
20 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the
21 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the
22 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-
23 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the
24 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
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1 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States
2 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service
3 rather than the Department of Homeland Security.
4 SEC. 306. 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
11 the attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘paid to an at-
12 torney’’ 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 at-
17 torney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the appointed at-
18 torney’’.
19 SEC. 307. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
20 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133
21 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12–
22 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
23 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘32 years and 6
24 months’’ and inserting ‘‘33 years and 6 months’’;
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1 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-
2 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6
3 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’.
4 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury,
5 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
6 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
7 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 115; 119 Stat. 2470;
8 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence
9 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking
10 ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and
11 6 months’’.
12 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-
13 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public
14 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—
15 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘21 years’’ and
16 inserting ‘‘22 years’’;
17 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the central
18 District of California), by striking ‘‘20 years and 6
19 months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years and 6 months’’; and
20 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the western dis-
21 trict of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘19 years’’ and in-
22 serting ‘‘20 years’’.
23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
24 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, in-
10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
11 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an
12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and
13 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
14 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private
15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the
16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis
17 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of
18 eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
19 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
20 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
21 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the
22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act
23 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
24 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in
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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia
2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely
3 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
4 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the
5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial
6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
7 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
8 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
9 pose therefor.
10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-

13 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
14 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials
15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $28,000,000, to remain
16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public
17 safety at events related to the presence of the National
18 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
19 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
20 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction
21 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs
22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific
23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or
24 surrounding jurisdictions.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 COURTS

3 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-

4 bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi-
5 cles, $301,210,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
6 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,655,000, of which
7 not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen-
8 tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of
9 Columbia, $144,035,000, of which not to exceed $2,500
10 is for official reception and representation expenses; for
11 the District of Columbia Court System, $90,210,000, of
12 which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and
13 representation expenses; and $51,310,000, to remain
14 available until September 30, 2025, for capital improve-
15 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
16 vided, That funds made available for capital improvements
17 shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia
18 Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-
19 ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts
20 appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co-
21 lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and
22 processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-
23 tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-
24 able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated
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1 District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code,
2 sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding
3 any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
4 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
5 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
6 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
7 of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days
8 after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-
9 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
10 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not
11 more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this
12 heading among the items and entities funded under this
13 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on
14 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may,
15 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to
16 the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of
17 title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District
18 of Columbia Courts.
19 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

21 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

22 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and

23 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
24 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
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1 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the
2 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.
3 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to
4 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
5 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary
6 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation,
7 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings
8 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
9 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official
10 Code (relating to services provided under the District of
11 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
12 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to
13 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
14 vided under this heading shall be administered by the
15 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
16 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
17 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
18 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
19 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
20 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
21 cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances
22 from prior year appropriations made available under this
23 heading, $25,000,000, are hereby rescinded not later than
24 September 30, 2024.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-

2 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

3 OF 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 au-
7 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
8 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $287,271,000, of
9 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and
10 representation expenses related to Community Supervision
11 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not
12 to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating
13 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender
14 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002:
15 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
16 ing, $202,289,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
17 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
18 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject
19 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
20 lated to such persons, of which $4,253,000 shall remain
21 available until September 30, 2026, for costs associated
22 with the relocation under replacement leases for head-
23 quarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Pro-
24 vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this
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1 Services Agency, of which $2,503,000 shall remain avail-
2 able until September 30, 2026, for costs associated with
3 relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters of-
4 fices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further,
5 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
6 amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly
7 by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated
8 and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated
9 for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-
10 vided further, That amounts under this heading may be
11 used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-
12 cessfully complete their terms of supervision.
13 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

14 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

15 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and

16 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public
17 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital
18 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
19 1997, $57,329,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain
20 available until September 30, 2026, for costs associated
21 with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters
22 offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided, That
23 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
24 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the
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1 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
2 aries and expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further,
3 That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service
4 may establish for employees of the District of Columbia
5 Public Defender Service a program substantially similar
6 to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35
7 of title 5, United States Code, except that the maximum
8 amount of the payment made under the program to any
9 individual may not exceed the amount referred to in sec-
10 tion 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Pro-
11 vided further, That for the purposes of engaging with, and
12 receiving services from, Federal Franchise Fund Pro-
13 grams established in accordance with section 403 of the
14 Government Management Reform Act of 1994, as amend-
15 ed, the District of Columbia Public Defender Service shall
16 be considered an agency of the United States Government:
17 Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public De-
18 fender Service may enter into contracts for the procure-
19 ment of severable services and multiyear contracts for the
20 acquisition of property and services to the same extent and
21 under the same conditions as an executive agency under
22 sections 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2 COORDINATING COUNCIL

3 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-

4 ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until
5 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination
6 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
7 trict of Columbia.
8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

9 For a Federal payment, to remain available until

10 September 30, 2025, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
11 abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
12 nation Commission, $300,000.
13 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

14 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-

15 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain
16 available until expended, for payments authorized under
17 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division
18 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent
19 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and
20 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such
21 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships
22 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such
23 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-
24 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
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1 vided for opportunity scholarships, up to $1,750,000 shall
2 be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through
3 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the
4 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act.
5 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

6 NATIONAL GUARD

7 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

8 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
9 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
10 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College
11 Access Program.
12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

13 HIV/AIDS

14 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

15 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-
16 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
17 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
18 lumbia, $4,000,000.
19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

20 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

21 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

22 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
23 able until expended, to continue implementation of the
24 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided,
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1 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
2 provides a 100 percent match for this payment.
3 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

4 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-

5 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund
6 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro-
7 grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘District
8 of Columbia Budget for the Fiscal Year ending September
9 30, 2024’’ and at the rate set forth under such heading,
10 as included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of
11 2023 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia,
12 as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
13 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
14 except as provided in section 450A of the District of Co-
15 lumbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official
16 Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and
17 General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–
18 369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provi-
19 sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this
20 Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia
21 for fiscal year 2024 under this heading shall not exceed
22 the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
23 Request Act of 2023 submitted to Congress by the District
24 of Columbia, as amended as of the date of enactment of
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1 of Columbia for such fiscal year: Provided further, That
2 the amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds of
3 one-time transactions, which are expended for emergency
4 or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided fur-
5 ther, That such increases shall be approved by enactment
6 of local District law and shall comply with all reserve re-
7 quirements contained in the District of Columbia Home
8 Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi-
9 cer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as
10 are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia
11 meets these requirements, including the apportioning by
12 the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and
13 funds made available to the District during fiscal year
14 2024, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not re-
15 program for operating expenses any funds derived from
16 bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
17 projects.
18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
19 Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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1 TITLE V
2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-

6 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591
7 et seq., $3,523,000, to remain available until September
8 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-
9 ception and representation expenses.
10 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the authorities

13 of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
14 $635,000,000 to remain available until expended.
15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER FINANCIAL

16 PROTECTION BUREAU

17 SEC. 501. Section 1017 of the Consumer Financial

18 Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497) is amended—
19 (1) in subsection (a)—
20 (A) by amending the heading of such sub-
21 section to read as follows: ‘‘BUDGET, FINAN-
22 CIAL MANAGEMENT, AND AUDIT.—’’;
23 (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and
24 (3);
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1 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
2 (5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
3 (D) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F)
4 of paragraph (1), as so redesignated;
5 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
6 (3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
7 subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and
8 (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated—
9 (A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and
10 (3) and inserting the following: —
11 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-

12 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to

13 the Bureau $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 to
14 carry out the authorities of the Bureau.’’; and
15 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
16 paragraph (2).
17 SEC. 502. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Finan-
18 cial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is
19 amended—
20 (1) in section 1011-—
21 (A) in subsection (a)—
22 (i) by striking ‘‘in the Federal Reserve
23 System,’’; and
24 (ii) by striking ‘‘independent bureau’’
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1 (B) by striking subsections (b), (c), and
2 (d);
3 (C) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
4 section (j);
5 (D) in subsection (j), as so redesignated,
6 by striking ‘‘, including in cities in which the
7 Federal reserve banks, or branches of such
8 banks, are located,’’; and
9 (E) by inserting after subsection (a) the
10 following new subsections:
11 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE REGULA-
12 TIONS.—The commission of the Bureau may prescribe
13 such regulations and issue such orders in accordance with
14 this title as the Bureau may determine to be necessary
15 for carrying out this title and all other laws within the
16 Bureau’s jurisdiction and shall exercise any authorities
17 granted under this title and all other laws within the Bu-
18 reau’s jurisdiction.
19 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION.—
20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The management of the Bu-
21 reau shall be vested in a commission, which shall be com-
22 posed of 5 members who shall be appointed by the Presi-
23 dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
24 and at least 2 of whom shall have private sector experience
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1 in the provision of consumer financial products and serv-
2 ices.
3 ‘‘(2) STAGGERING.—The members of the commis-
4 sion shall serve staggered terms, which initially shall be
5 established by the President for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and
6 5 years, respectively.
7 ‘‘(3) TERMS.—
8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except with respect to the
9 initial staggered terms described under paragraph
10 (2), each member of the commission, including the
11 Chair, shall serve for a term of 5 years.
12 ‘‘(B) REMOVAL.—The President may remove
13 any member of the commission for inefficiency, ne-
14 glect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
15 ‘‘(C) VACANCIES.—Any member of the com-
16 mission appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before
17 the expiration of the term to which that member’s
18 predecessor was appointed (including the Chair)
19 shall be appointed only for the remainder of the
20 term.
21 ‘‘(D) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—Each

22 member of the commission may continue to serve

23 after the expiration of the term of office to which
24 that member was appointed until a successor has
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1 the Senate, except that a member may not continue
2 to serve more than 1 year after the date on which
3 the term of that member would otherwise expire.
4 ‘‘(E) OTHER EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITED.—No

5 member of the commission shall engage in any other

6 business, vocation, or employment.
7 ‘‘(d) AFFILIATION.—Not more than three mem-
8 bers of the commission shall be members of any one polit-
9 ical party.
10 ‘‘(e) CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.—
11 ‘‘(1) INITIAL CHAIR.—The first member and
12 Chair of the commission shall be the individual serving
13 as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
14 tion on the day before the date of the enactment of this
15 subsection. Such individual shall serve until the President
16 has appointed all 5 members of the commission in accord-
17 ance with subsection (c).
18 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT CHAIR.—Of the 5 members
19 appointed in accordance with subsection (c), the President
20 shall appoint 1 member to serve as the subsequent Chair
21 of the commission.
22 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—The Chair shall be the prin-
23 cipal executive officer of the commission, and shall exer-
24 cise all of the executive and administrative functions of
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1 ‘‘(A) the appointment and supervision of per-
2 sonnel employed under the commission (other than
3 personnel employed regularly and full time in the
4 immediate offices of members of the commission
5 other than the Chair);
6 ‘‘(B) the distribution of business among per-
7 sonnel appointed and supervised by the Chair and
8 among administrative units of the commission; and
9 ‘‘(C) the use and expenditure of funds.
10 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—In carrying out any of the
11 Chair’s functions under the provisions of this subsection,
12 the Chair shall be governed by general policies of the com-
13 mission and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and de-
14 terminations as the commission may by law be authorized
15 to make.
16 ‘‘(5) REQUESTS OR ESTIMATES RELATED TO
17 APPROPRIATIONS.—Requests or estimates for regular,
18 supplemental, or deficiency appropriations on behalf of the
19 commission may not be submitted by the Chair without
20 the prior approval of the commission.
21 ‘‘(6) DESIGNATION.—The Chair shall be known as
22 both the ‘Chair of the commission’ of the Bureau and the
23 ‘Chair of the Bureau’.
24 ‘‘(f) INITIAL QUORUM ESTABLISHED.—For
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1 of this subsection, the first member and Chair of the com-
2 mission described under subsection (e)(1) shall constitute
3 a quorum for the transaction of business until the Presi-
4 dent has appointed all 5 members of the commission in
5 accordance with subsection (c). Following such appoint-
6 ment of 5 members, the quorum requirements of sub-
7 section (g) shall apply.
8 ‘‘(g) NO IMPAIRMENT BY REASON OF VACAN-
9 CIES.—No vacancy in the members of the commission
10 after the establishment of an initial quorum under sub-
11 section (f) shall impair the right of the remaining mem-
12 bers of the commission to exercise all the powers of the
13 commission. Three members of the commission shall con-
14 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except
15 that if there are only 3 members serving on the commis-
16 sion because of vacancies in the commission, 2 members
17 of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
18 action of business. If there are only 2 members serving
19 on the commission because of vacancies in the commission,
20 2 members shall constitute a quorum for the 6-month pe-
21 riod beginning on the date of the vacancy which caused
22 the number of commission members to decline to 2.
23 ‘‘(h) SEAL.—The Bureau shall have an official seal.
24 ‘‘(i) COMPENSATION.—
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1 ‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The Chair shall receive compensation
2 at the rate prescribed for level I of the Executive Schedule
3 under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
4 ‘‘(2) OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMIS-
5 SION.—The 4 other members of the commission shall
6 each receive compensation at the rate prescribed for level
7 II of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title
8 5, United States Code.’’;
9 (2) in section 1012(c)—
10 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUTON-
11 OMY OF THE BUREAU’’ and inserting ‘‘CO-
12 ORDINATION WITH THE BOARD OF
13 GOVERNORS’’;
14 (B) by striking ‘‘(1) COORDINATION
15 WITH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—’’;
16 and
17 (C) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
18 and (5); and
19 (3) in section 1014(b), by striking ‘‘Not fewer
20 than 6 members shall be appointed upon the rec-
21 ommendation of the regional Federal Reserve Bank
22 Presidents, on a rotating basis.’’ and inserting ‘‘Not
23 fewer than half of all members shall have private
24 sector experience in the provision of consumer finan-
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1 (b) DEEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in a law,
2 regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
3 States to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Finan-
4 cial Protection, except in subsection (e)(1) of section 1011
5 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12
6 U.S.C. 5491), as added by this Act, shall be deemed a
7 reference to the commission leading and governing the Bu-
8 reau of Consumer Financial Protection, as described
9 under section 1011 of the Consumer Financial Protection
10 Act of 2010.
11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
12 (1) CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ACT
13 OF 2010.—
14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under
15 subparagraph (B), the Consumer Financial Protec-
16 tion Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is amend-
17 ed—
18 (i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’
19 each place such term appears, other than where
20 such term is used to refer to a Director other
21 than the Director of the Bureau of Consumer
22 Financial Protection, and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’;
23 (ii) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such
24 term appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’, other
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1 rector other than the Director of the Bureau of
2 Consumer Financial Protection; and
3 (iii) in section 1002, by striking paragraph
4 (10).
5 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—
6 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Finan-
7 cial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et
8 seq.) is amended—
9 (I) in section 1013(c)(3)—
10 (aa) by striking ‘‘Assistant Direc-
11 tor of the Bureau for’’ and inserting
12 ‘‘Head of the Office of’’; and
13 (bb) in subparagraph (B), by
14 striking ‘‘Assistant Director’’ and in-
15 serting ‘‘Head of the Office’’;
16 (II) in section 1013(g)(2)—
17 (aa) by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT
18 DIRECTOR’’ and inserting ‘‘HEAD
19 OF THE OFFICE’’; and
20 (bb) by striking ‘‘an assistant di-
21 rector’’ and inserting ‘‘a Head of the
22 Office of Financial Protection for
23 Older Americans’’;
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1 (III) in section 1016(a), by striking
2 ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ and inserting
3 ‘‘Chair of the Bureau’’; and
4 (IV) by striking section 1066.
5 (ii) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table
6 of contents for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-
7 form and Consumer Protection Act is amended
8 by striking the item relating to section 1066.
9 (2) DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM
10 AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT.—The Dodd-
11 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
12 (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended—
13 (A) in section 111(b)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘Direc-
14 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair’’; and
15 (B) in section 1447, by striking ‘‘Director of
16 the Bureau’’ each place such term appears and in-
17 serting ‘‘Chair of the Bureau’’.
18 (3) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT.—
19 Section 921(a)(4)(C) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act
20 (15 U.S.C. 1693o–2(a)(4)(C)), as added by section
21 1075(a)(2) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of
22 2010, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of
23 Consumer Financial Protection’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of
24 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’’.
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1 (4) EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY
2 ACT.—The Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C.
3 4001 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Bu-
4 reau’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Bu-
5 reau’’.
6 (5) FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.—
7 Section 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
8 1812) is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer
9 Financial Protection Bureau’’ each place such term ap-
10 pears and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Bureau of Consumer
11 Financial Protection’’.
12 (6) FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EX-
13 AMINATION COUNCIL ACT OF 1978.—Section
14 1004(a)(4) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examina-
15 tion Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3303(a)(4)) is
16 amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer Financial
17 Protection Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Bureau
18 of Consumer Financial Protection’’.
19 (7) FINANCIAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION
20 IMPROVEMENT ACT.—Section 513 of the Financial
21 Literacy and Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C.
22 9702) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such
23 term appears and inserting ‘‘Chair’’.
24 (8) HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT OF
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1 of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2806 et seq) is amended by striking
2 ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
3 tion’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau
4 of Consumer Financial Protection’’.
5 (9) INTERSTATE LAND SALES FULL DISCLO-
6 SURE ACT.—The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure
7 Act (15 U.S.C. 1701 et seq) is amended—
8 (A) in section 1402—
9 (i) by striking paragraph (1); and
10 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2)
11 through (12) as paragraphs (1) through (11),
12 respectively;
13 (B) in section 1403(c)—
14 (i) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the
15 Bureau’’; and
16 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the
17 Bureau’’;
18 (C) in section 1407—
19 (i) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘he’’ and
20 inserting ‘‘the Bureau’’; and
21 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Director
22 or anyone designated by him’’ and inserting
23 ‘‘Bureau’’;
24 (D) in section 1411(a)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘his findings’’ and inserting
2 ‘‘the findings of the Bureau’’; and
3 (ii) by striking ‘‘his recommendation’’ and
4 inserting ‘‘the recommendation of the Bureau’’;
5 (E) in section 1415—
6 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he may,
7 in his discretion,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Bureau
8 may, in the discretion of the Bureau,’’;
9 (ii) in subsection (b)—
10 (I) ) by striking ‘‘in his discretion’’
11 each place such term appears and inserting
12 ‘‘in the discretion of the Bureau’’;
13 (II) by striking ‘‘he deems’’ and in-
14 serting ‘‘the Bureau determines’’; and
15 (III) by striking ‘‘he may deem’’ and
16 inserting ‘‘the Bureau may determine’’;
17 and
18 (iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Di-
19 rector, or any officer designated by him,’’ and
20 inserting ‘‘the Bureau’’;
21 (F) in section 1416(a)—
22 (i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of
23 Consumer Financial Protection who may dele-
24 gate any of his’’ and inserting ‘‘Bureau of Con-
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1 sumer Financial Protection, which may delegate
2 any’’;
3 (ii) by striking ‘‘his administrative’’ and
4 inserting ‘‘administrative’’; and
5 (iii) by striking ‘‘himself’’ and inserting
6 ‘‘the commission of the Bureau’’;
7 (G) in section 1418a(b)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec-
8 retary’s determination’’ and inserting ‘‘determina-
9 tion of the Bureau’’; and
10 (H) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such
11 term appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’.
12 (10) REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCE-
13 DURES ACT OF 1974.—Section 5 of the Real Estate
14 Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2604) is
15 amended—
16 (A) by striking ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of
17 Consumer Financial Protection (hereafter in this
18 section referred to as the ‘Director’)’’ and inserting
19 ‘‘The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
20 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Bu-
21 reau’)’’; and
22 (B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such term
23 appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’.
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1 (11) S.A.F.E. MORTGAGE LICENSING ACT OF
2 2008.—The S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008
3 (12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended—
4 (A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such term
5 appears in headings and text and inserting ‘‘Bureau
6 of Consumer Financial Protection’’; and
7 (B) in section 1503, by striking paragraph
8 (10).
9 (12) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Sec-
10 tion 3513(c) of title 44, United States Code, is amended
11 by striking ‘‘Director of the’’.
12 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this
13 Act may be used to implement section 1071 of the Dodd-
14 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
15 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

18 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
19 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at
20 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
21 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
22 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
23 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to
24 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
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1 available until expended, to carry out the program, includ-
2 ing administrative costs, required by section 1405 of the
3 Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public
4 Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004), and of which $2,000,000
5 shall remain available until expended, to carry out the pro-
6 gram, including administrative costs, required by section
7 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon
8 Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of
9 division Q of Public Law 117–103).
10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT

11 SAFETY COMMISSION

12 SEC. 510. During fiscal year 2024, none of the

13 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
14 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational
15 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product
16 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November
17 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after—
18 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
19 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
20 Administration and the Department of Defense,
21 completes a study to determine—
22 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
23 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
24 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
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1 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
2 overs in the off-road environment, including the
3 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for
4 compliance with such requirements;
5 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that
6 would be prevented if the proposed require-
7 ments were adopted;
8 (C) whether there is a technical basis for
9 the proposal to provide information on a point-
10 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
11 ance on a progressive scale; and
12 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used
13 by the United States military if the proposed
14 requirements were adopted; and
15 (2) a report containing the results of the study
16 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to—
17 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
18 and Transportation of the Senate;
19 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
20 merce of the House of Representatives;
21 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of
22 the Senate; and
23 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of
24 the House of Representatives.
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1 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
2 may be used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission
3 to prohibit the use of or sale of gas-powered stoves,
4 cooktops, ranges, or ovens in the United States.
5 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-

8 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $20,000,000,
9 of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na-
10 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election
11 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote
12 Act of 2002.
13 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-

16 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
17 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
18 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and
19 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
20 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by
21 5 U.S.C. 3109, $381,950,000, to remain available until
22 expended: Provided, That $381,950,000 of offsetting col-
23 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section
24 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be
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1 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum
2 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting
3 collections are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to
4 result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated
5 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re-
6 ceived in excess of $381,950,000 in fiscal year 2024 shall
7 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re-
8 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in
9 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such
10 year and otherwise be coming available on October 1,
11 2023, shall not be available for obligation: Provided fur-
12 ther, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro-
13 ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that
14 may be retained and made available for obligation shall
15 not exceed $136,167,000 for fiscal year 2024: Provided
16 further, That, of the amount appropriated under this head-
17 ing, not less than $12,686,000 shall be for the salaries
18 and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

20 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

21 SEC. 520. Section 302 of the Universal Service

22 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by
23 striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ each place it appears and
24 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’.
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1 SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
2 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
3 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for
4 universal service support payments to implement the Feb-
5 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State
6 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
7 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-
8 port payments.
9 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available by this
10 Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-
11 sion or the Universal Service Administrative Company to
12 update the currently applicable minimum service stand-
13 ards for fixed or mobile broadband Internet access services
14 pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §54.408 without further consider-
15 ation through notice and comment rulemaking procedures
16 of the impact these minimum standards have on afford-
17 ability and consumer choice and to reduce the support
18 level pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §54.403(a)(2): Provided fur-
19 ther, That, the FCC shall consider through notice and
20 comment rulemaking procedures the impact that the sup-
21 port level for voice service as set forth in 47 C.F.R.
22 §54.403(a)(2) has on low-income consumers’ access to
23 public safety.
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1 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
2 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
5 General Act of 1978, $46,500,000, to be derived from the
6 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the
7 FSLIC Resolution Fund.
8 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
12 $74,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
13 able for reception and representation expenses.
14 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

17 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
18 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
19 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
20 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
21 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
22 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
23 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of
24 Columbia and elsewhere, $28,000,000: Provided, That
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1 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-
2 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons
3 employed intermittently in the Government service, and
4 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
5 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
6 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at
7 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited
8 to and merged with this account, to be available without
9 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these
10 conferences.
11 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING
12 COUNCIL
13 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

14 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review

15 Improvement Fund established pursuant to section
16 41009(d) of Public Law 114-94, $9,775,000, to remain
17 available until expended.
18 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-

21 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
22 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized
23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
24 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
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1 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be
2 available for use to contract with a person or persons for
3 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31
4 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, not more than
5 $165,000,000 shall be for the Bureau of Competition: Pro-
6 vided further, That, none of the funds made available to
7 the Federal Trade Commission and used by the Bureau
8 of Consumer Protection shall be reprogrammed to the Bu-
9 reau of Competition: Provided further, That, notwith-
10 standing any other provision of law, not to exceed
11 $278,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees
12 collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-
13 Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15
14 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be
15 retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro-
16 priation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
17 other provision of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in off-
18 setting collections derived from fees to implement and en-
19 force the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under
20 the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Pre-
21 vention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited
22 to this account, and be retained and used for necessary
23 expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the
24 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
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1 fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024
2 appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more
3 than $84,530,000: Provided further, That none of the
4 funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission
5 may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section
6 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
7 1831t).
8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRADE

9 COMMISSION

10 SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

11 may be used to finalize, implement or enforce the rule-
12 making entitled ‘‘Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation
13 Rule’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 42012 (July 13, 2022)).
14 SEC. 531. None of the funds in this Act may be used
15 to finalize or enforce the ‘‘Trade Regulation on the Use
16 of Earnings Claims’’ or the ‘‘Review of the Business Op-
17 portunity Rule’’ rulemakings without a clear statement of
18 need or unless overlapping rulemaking and improvements
19 in self-regulation and consumer protection of industries
20 that would be impacted is considered.
21 SEC. 532. None of the funds in this Act may be used
22 to implement, administer, or enforce the July 9, 2021
23 Statement of the Commission on the Withdrawal of the
24 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding ″Unfair
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1 Methods of Competition″ under section 5 of the Federal
2 Trade Commission Act.
3 SEC. 533. None of the funds in this Act may be used
4 to implement, administer, or enforce the October 25,
5 2021, Statement of the Commission on Use of Prior Ap-
6 proval Provisions in Merger Orders.
7 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
8 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

9 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

10 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-

13 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
14 essary expenses of real property management and related
15 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
16 maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and
17 leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co-
18 lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern-
19 mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-
20 communications relocation expenses) in connection with
21 the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space; contrac-
22 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
23 and moving; repair and alteration of Federally owned
24 buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur-
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1 preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
2 buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth-
3 erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur-
4 chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of
5 Federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de-
6 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of
7 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings);
8 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
9 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase
10 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of
11 $9,297,817,000, of which—
12 (1) $28,290,000 shall remain available until ex-
13 pended for construction and acquisition (including
14 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design
15 and construction services), in addition to amounts
16 otherwise provided for such purposes, the San Juan,
17 Clemente Ruiz-Nazario U.S. Courthouse and
18 Federico Degetau Federal Building in Puerto Rico:
19
20 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs
21 on construction and acquisition projects may be ex-
22 ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in
23 other such projects, but not to exceed 20 percent of
24 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if
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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
2 Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount;
3 (2) $568,848,000 shall remain available until
4 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
5 ciated design and construction services, in addition
6 to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of
7 which—
8 (A) $106,405,000 is for Major Repairs and
9 Alterations as follows:
10 Kentucky:
11 Paducah, Federal Building and U.S. court-
12 house, $40,479,000;
13 Oklahoma:
14 Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S.
15 Courthouse and Post Office, $65,926,000;
16
17 (B) $388,710,000 is for Basic Repairs and
18 Alterations; and
19 (C) $73,733,000 is for Special Emphasis
20 Programs:
21
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,
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1 except each project in this or any previous Act may
2 be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent
3 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
4 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
5 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount:
6 Provided further, That additional projects for which
7 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
8 ed under this category only if advance approval is
9 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of
10 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
11 vided further, That the amounts provided in this or
12 any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be
13 used to fund costs associated with implementing se-
14 curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet
15 the minimum standards for security in accordance
16 with current law and in compliance with the re-
17 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-
18 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That
19 the difference between the funds appropriated and
20 expended on any projects in this or any prior Act,
21 under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may
22 be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or
23 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
24 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided
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1 terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the
2 Government arising from any projects under the
3 heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund
4 authorized increases in prospectus projects;
5 (3) $5,719,298,000 for rental of space to re-
6 main available until expended; and
7 (4) $2,981,381,000 for building operations to
8 remain available until expended: Provided, That the
9 total amount of funds made available from this
10 Fund to the General Services Administration shall
11 not be available for expenses of any construction, re-
12 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a
13 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has
14 not been approved, except that necessary funds may
15 be expended for each project for required expenses
16 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
17 vided further, That funds available in the Federal
18 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
19 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the
20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
21 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That
22 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special
23 services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)
24 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing,
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1 or other property not in Government ownership or
2 control as may be appropriate to enable the United
3 States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
4 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available
5 from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
6 That revenues and collections and any other sums
7 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2024, ex-
8 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2),
9 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority
10 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
11 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the
12 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
13 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts.
14 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

15 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

16 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-

17 vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the
18 management of real and personal property assets and cer-
19 tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-
20 port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor
21 vehicles, information technology management, and related
22 technology activities; and services as authorized by 5
23 U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by
24 statute; $68,720,000.
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1 OPERATING EXPENSES

2 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-

3 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with
4 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
5 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction and
6 management; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
7 3109; $50,955,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for
8 official reception and representation expenses.
9 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

10 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-

11 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian
12 Board of Contract Appeals, $9,580,000, of which
13 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

16 General and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
17 $69,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000
18 shall be available for information technology enhance-
19 ments related to providing modern technology case man-
20 agement solutions: Provided further, That not to exceed
21 $50,000 shall be available for payment for information
22 and detection of fraud against the Government, including
23 payment for recovery of stolen Government property: Pro-
24 vided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available
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1 vate citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives result-
2 ing in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
3 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

4 PRESIDENTS

5 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

6 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138,
7 $5,500,000.
8 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44

11 U.S.C. 3604; and for expenses authorized by law, not oth-
12 erwise provided for, in support of interagency projects that
13 enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to
14 conduct activities electronically, through the development
15 and implementation of innovative uses of information
16 technology; $55,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal
17 Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous
18 amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry
19 out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
20 vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
21 bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall
22 be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
23 eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the
24 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
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1 ceed $150,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations,
2 revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this
3 Fund during fiscal year 2024 in excess of such amount
4 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for
5 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts:
6 Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated,
7 up to $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions
8 and full-time hires to support activities related to the Ad-
9 ministration’s requirements under title II of the Founda-
10 tions for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Pub-
11 lic Law 115–435): Provided further, That the transfer au-
12 thorities provided herein shall be in addition to any other
13 transfer authority provided in this Act.
14 PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

15 For activities authorized by the Presidential Transi-

16 tion Act of 1963, as amended, not to exceed $10,413,000,
17 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided,
18 That such amounts may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition
19 Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim-
20 burse obligations incurred for the purposes provided here-
21 in in fiscal years 2023 and 2024: Provided further, That
22 amounts made available under this heading shall be in ad-
23 dition to any other amounts available for such purposes.
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1 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

2 For carrying out section 16(b) of the Federal Assets

3 Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note),
4 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.
5 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv-

8 ices Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until
9 expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis-
10 trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide
11 support services for Federal rulemaking agencies.
12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 540. Funds available to the General Services

16 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
17 motor vehicles.
18 SEC. 541. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
19 made available for fiscal year 2024 for Federal Buildings
20 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
21 only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
22 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
23 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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1 SEC. 542. Except as otherwise provided in this title,
2 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit
3 a fiscal year 2025 request for United States Courthouse
4 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide
5 standards for construction as established and approved by
6 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
7 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
8 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial
9 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved
10 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a
11 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility
12 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
13 SEC. 543. None of the funds provided in this Act may
14 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
15 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
16 other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
17 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
18 square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
19 mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
20 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
21 (Public Law 92–313).
22 SEC. 544. From funds made available under the
23 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
24 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less
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1 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
2 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
3 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
4 of Representatives and the Senate.
5 SEC. 545. In any case in which the Committee on
6 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
7 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
8 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease
9 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
10 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
11 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall
12 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical
13 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all
14 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
15 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should
16 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
17 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory
18 statement to each of such committees and the Committees
19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
20 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in
21 the resolution.
22 SEC. 546. With respect to projects funded under the
23 heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-
24 trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
2 atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the
3 date of enactment of this Act.
4 SEC. 547. (a) None of the funds made available by
5 this Act for the General Services Administration or any
6 other Federal agency may be obligated or expended for
7 the leasing of facilities for temporary or permanent use
8 by the United States Space Command for headquarters
9 operations until the report required under subsection (b)
10 is submitted.
11 (b) The Administrator of the General Services Ad-
12 ministration, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air
13 Force, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report
15 on all leased facilities associated with the United States
16 Space Command headquarters.
17 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship

20 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
21 lic Law 93–642, $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
22 pended.
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1 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

5 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
6 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform
7 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of
8 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
9 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the
10 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger
11 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and
12 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
13 tion expenses, $47,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
14 tember 30, 2025, and in addition not to exceed
15 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
16 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
17 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement
18 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit
19 Systems Protection Board.
20 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL
21 FOUNDATION
22 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L.

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1 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et
2 seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi-
3 ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8
4 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available
5 to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of
6 Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law
7 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current
8 and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec-
9 tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain
10 available until expended for audits and investigations of
11 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation,
12 consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
13 amended, and for annual independent financial audits of
14 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
15 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002
16 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous
17 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of
18 the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the
19 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an-
20 nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac-
21 countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
22 289).
23 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

24 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-

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1 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
2 $3,296,000, to remain available until expended.
3 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-

6 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
7 tration and archived Federal records and related activities,
8 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
9 view and declassification of documents, the activities of
10 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations
11 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the
12 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
13 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
14 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning,
15 $427,250,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-
16 able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the
17 Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve,
18 manage, and store Government records.
19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
22 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122
23 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of
24 1978, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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1 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

2 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-

3 chives facilities, and museum exhibits, related equipment
4 for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for
5 holdings, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.
6 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

7 COMMISSION

8 GRANTS PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

10 historical publications and records as authorized by 44
11 U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
12 pended.
13 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

15 For the Community Development Revolving Loan

16 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822,
17 and 9910, $3,500,000 shall be available until September
18 30, 2024, for technical assistance to low-income des-
19 ignated credit unions.
20 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

23 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the chapter 131
24 of tile 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of
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1 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012,
2 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental
3 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
4 where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed
5 $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses,
6 $22,377,000.
7 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

11 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
12 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
13 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized
14 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for
15 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
16 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
17 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for
18 official reception and representation expenses; and pay-
19 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
20 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee
21 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty,
22 $164,934,000: Provided, That of the total amount made
23 available under this heading, $1,167,805 may be made
24 available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities
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1 Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C.
2 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training,
3 and retention of such workforce and information tech-
4 nology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or
5 for management solutions to improve acquisition manage-
6 ment; and in addition $174,714,000 for administrative ex-
7 penses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds
8 of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct
9 procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and
10 insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions
11 of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use
12 applicable trust funds as provided by sections
13 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and
14 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
15 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
16 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of
17 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358
18 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose:
19 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on
20 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No.
21 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2024,
22 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv-
23 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including
24 those from prior years, may be used for the development
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1 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall
2 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses,
3 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: Pro-
4 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts
5 made available under this heading may be transferred to
6 an information technology working capital fund estab-
7 lished for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of
8 division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for
9 Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301
10 note): Provided further, That the OPM Director shall no-
11 tify, and receive approval from, the Committees on Appro-
12 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
13 at least 15 days in advance of any transfer under the pre-
14 ceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts trans-
15 ferred to such a fund under such transfer authority from
16 any organizational category of OPM shall not exceed 5
17 percent of each such organizational category’s budget as
18 identified in the report required by section 608 of this Act:
19 Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund
20 shall remain available for obligation through September
21 30, 2027.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
6 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
7 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
8 $5,150,000, and in addition, not to exceed $28,083,000
9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
16 and elsewhere.
17 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

20 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized
21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
22 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
23 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
24 cles, $31,904,000.
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1 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-

4 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of
5 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
6 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain avail-
7 able until September 30, 2025.
8 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-

11 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and
12 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,605,000,
13 to remain available until expended.
14 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-

17 change Commission, including services as authorized by
18 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
19 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
20 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
21 tion expenses, $1,999,663,000, to remain available until
22 expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for
23 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed
24 $275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat
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1 sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
2 able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted
3 by the Commission with foreign governmental and other
4 regulatory officials, members of their delegations and
5 staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters,
6 such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-
7 trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
8 foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-
9 penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and
10 (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of which not more
11 than $644,719,000 shall be for the Division of Enforce-
12 ment.
13 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move,
14 replication, and related costs associated with a replace-
15 ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia
16 headquarters facilities, not to exceed $25,243,000, to re-
17 main available until expended; and for move, replication,
18 and related costs associated with a replacement lease for
19 the Commission’s Atlanta Office facilities, not to exceed
20 $14,415,000, to remain available until expended.
21 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section
22 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
23 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated
24 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-
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1 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of
2 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee)
3 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections:
4 Provided further, That not to exceed $1,999,663,000 of
5 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended
6 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed
7 $25,243,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
8 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs
9 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for
10 the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili-
11 ties; and not to exceed $14,415,000 of such offsetting col-
12 lections shall be available until expended for move, replica-
13 tion, and related costs under this heading associated with
14 a replacement lease for the Commission’s Atlanta Office
15 facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
16 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal
17 year 2024 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
18 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2024 ap-
19 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more
20 than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the ap-
21 propriation for move, replication, and related costs associ-
22 ated with a replacement lease for the Commission’s Dis-
23 trict of Columbia headquarters facilities or if any amount
24 of the appropriation for move, replication, and related
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1 sion’s Atlanta Regional Office facilities is subsequently de-
2 obligated by the Commission, such amount that was de-
3 rived from the general fund shall be returned to the gen-
4 eral fund, and such amounts that were derived from fees
5 or assessments collected for such purpose shall be paid
6 to each national securities exchange and national securi-
7 ties association, respectively, in proportion to any fees or
8 assessments paid by such national securities exchange or
9 national securities association under section 31 of the Se-
10 curities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal
11 year 2024.
12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SECURITIES AND

13 EXCHANGE COMMISSION

14 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available in this

15 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
16 posed rule entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardiza-
17 tion of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ (87
18 Fed. Reg. 21334 (April 11, 2022)) or any substantially
19 similar rule.
20 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available in this
21 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the
22 rulemaking entitled ‘‘Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk
23 Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-
24 PORT Reporting’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 77172 (December 16,
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1 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this
2 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the
3 rulemaking entitled ‘‘Regulation Best Execution’’, ‘‘Order
4 Competition Rule’’, and ‘‘Regulation NMS: Minimum
5 Pricing Increments, Access Fees, and Transparency of
6 Better Priced Order’’.
7 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this
8 Act may be used by the Commission to compel a private
9 company to make a public offering under the Securities
10 Act of 1933 by amending the ‘‘held of record’’ definition
11 under section 12(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of
12 1934.
13 SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by Act
14 may be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission
15 to finalize, implement, or enforce the rulemaking entitled
16 ‘‘Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets’’ (88 Fed. Reg.
17 14672 (March 9, 2023)).
18 SEC. 555. (a) None of the funds made available by
19 this Act may be used, during the 270-day period beginning
20 on the date of enactment of this Act, to collect, or imple-
21 ment any program that would collect, retail investor per-
22 sonally identifiable information (in this section referred to
23 as ‘‘PII’’) by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
24 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Consoli-
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1 System, or any other legal entity under Securities and Ex-
2 change Committee Rule 613.
3 (b) The Comptroller General of the United States
4 shall submit a report to Congress, not later than 270 days
5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, on analysis
6 of—
7 (1) the privacy concerns, the constitutionality,
8 and the current law in the Federal judicial circuits
9 and the Supreme Court regarding the legality of the
10 collection of retail investor PII by a regulator with-
11 out any evidence of wrongdoing; and
12 (2) whether Congress has given the SEC the
13 implicit or explicit statutory authority to create a
14 national database that collects the PII of retail in-
15 vestors.
16 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this
17 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the
18 rulemaking entitled ‘‘Amendments Regarding the Defini-
19 tion of ‘‘Exchange’’ and Alternative Trading Systems
20 (ATSs) That Trade U.S. Treasury and Agency Securities,
21 National Market System (NMS) Stocks, and Other Secu-
22 rities’’.
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1 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-

4 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
5 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
6 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
7 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
8 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
9 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
10 $31,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal
11 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from
12 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President
13 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
14 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds
15 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
16 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed
17 Forces of the United States.
18 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

21 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of
22 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343
23 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
24 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
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1 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other
2 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
3 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
4 lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
5 and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
6 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided
7 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues
8 received from all such activities shall be credited to this
9 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying
10 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
11 vided further, That the Small Business Administration
12 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
13 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
14 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during
15 fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall
16 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting
17 System, to be available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
18 vided further, That $20,500,000 shall be available for
19 costs associated with the certification of small business
20 concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-dis-
21 abled veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the Small
22 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and
23 section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be available until
24 September 30, 2024.
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1 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-

3 trepreneurial and small business development,
4 $299,250,000, to remain available until September 30,
5 2024: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to
6 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal
7 year 2025 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
8 ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for
9 marketing, management, and technical assistance under
10 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
11 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under
12 the microloan program: Provided further, That
13 $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to
14 carry out export programs that assist small business con-
15 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business
16 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).
17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
20 General Act of 1978, $32,020,000.
21 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in

23 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–
24 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
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1 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,466,000, to
2 remain available until expended.
3 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain

6 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
7 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
8 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
9 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the
10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year
11 2024 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503
12 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com-
13 mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of
14 section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of
15 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-
16 gate, $12,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
17 cal year 2024 commitments for general business loans au-
18 thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section
19 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed
20 $32,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term
21 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided
22 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal
23 year 2024 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures
24 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment
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1 further, That during fiscal year 2024, guarantees of trust
2 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
3 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
4 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
5 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
6 $163,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged
7 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
8 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

11 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small
12 Business Act, $178,000,000, to be available until ex-
13 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector
14 General of the Small Business Administration for audits
15 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
16 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the
17 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of
18 which $168,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses
19 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan
20 program, which may be transferred to and merged with
21 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of
22 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses
23 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to
24 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
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1 heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-
2 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
3 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-
4 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under
5 this heading is designated by the Congress as being for
6 disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the
7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
8 1985.
9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 560. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-

13 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the
14 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
15 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
16 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
17 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
18 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of
19 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
20 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
21 with the procedures set forth in that section.
22 SEC. 561. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
23 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
24 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’
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1 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-
2 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF),
3 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division
4 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
5 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section
6 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the
7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
8 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred
9 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available
10 for obligation through September 30, 2027.
11 SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this
12 Act may be used to carry out an enforcement action
13 against a recipient of Federal assistance for a major dis-
14 aster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
15 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et
16 seq.) in any case in which such recipient—
17 (1) is unable to make monthly repayments for
18 a duplication of benefits under section 312 of the
19 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
20 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155); and
21 (2) has not yet received Community Develop-
22 ment Block Grant funds for which such recipient is
23 eligible.
24 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available in this
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1 to further fund or transfer funds to the Community Navi-
2 gator Pilot Program established under section 5004 of the
3 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9013).
4 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available in this
5 Act may be used by the Small Business Administration
6 to fund climate change initiatives.
7 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
8 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

9 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

10 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
11 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
12 States Code, $35,424,000: Provided, That mail for over-
13 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
14 Provided further, That none of the funds made available
15 to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-
16 ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer
17 or employee of any State or local child support enforce-
18 ment agency, or any individual participating in a State
19 or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for
20 information requested or provided concerning an address
21 of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the
22 funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or
23 close small rural and other small post offices: Provided
24 further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall
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1 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-
2 ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds
3 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241).
4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
9 General Act of 1978, $274,467,000, to be derived by
10 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as
11 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
12 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435).
13 UNITED STATES TAX COURT
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

17 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and
18 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
19 tion expenses, $46,375,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
20 main available until expended: Provided, That the amount
21 made available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be transferred
22 and added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C.
23 7473, to remain available until expended, for the operation
24 and maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Pro-
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1 vided further, That travel expenses of the judges shall be
2 paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
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1 TITLE VI
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

5 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
6 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
7 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
8 funded in this Act.
9 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
10 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
11 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
12 tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority
13 in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless
14 expressly so provided herein.
15 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
16 under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
17 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
18 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
19 of public record and available for public inspection, except
20 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
21 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
22 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this
23 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
24 strumentality of the United States Government, except
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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
2 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
3 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
5 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
6 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
7 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
8 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
9 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
10 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
11 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
12 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
13 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
14 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
15 available under this Act shall be made available to any
16 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
17 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
18 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
19 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
20 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
21 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
22 penditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any ac-
23 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees
24 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
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1 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program;
2 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
3 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity
4 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
5 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
6 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the
7 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different
8 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
9 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
10 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
11 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7)
12 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
13 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
15 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization,
16 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs,
17 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall
18 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the
19 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
20 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
21 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
22 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
23 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish
24 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
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1 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table
2 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee
3 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns
4 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s
5 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
6 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the
7 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for
8 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted
9 level by object class and program, project, and activity as
10 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the
11 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
12 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items
13 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs
14 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to
15 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations;
16 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional
17 interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated
18 or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall
19 be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the
20 required date that the report has not been submitted to
21 the Congress.
22 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided
23 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
24 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from
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1 for fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available
2 through September 30, 2025, for each such account for
3 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
4 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
5 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval
6 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further,
7 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
8 programming guidelines.
9 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in
10 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
11 dent to request—
12 (1) any official background investigation report
13 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
14 tigation; or
15 (2) a determination with respect to the treat-
16 ment of an organization as described in section
17 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
18 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such
19 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the
20 Internal Revenue Service.
21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
22 (1) in the case of an official background inves-
23 tigation report, if such individual has given express
24 written consent for such request not more than 6
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1 months prior to the date of such request and during
2 the same presidential administration; or
3 (2) if such request is required due to extraor-
4 dinary circumstances involving national security.
5 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
6 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code
7 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
8 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established
9 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
10 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
11 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the
12 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
13 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize
14 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
15 expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made
16 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant
17 to court approval.
18 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall
19 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
20 expenses in connection with any health plan under the
21 Federal employees health benefits program which provides
22 any benefits or coverage for abortions.
23 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not
24 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
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1 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the
2 result of an act of rape or incest.
3 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to
4 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
5 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set
6 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
7 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply
8 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
9 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40,
10 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined
11 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code).
12 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31,
13 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
14 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
15 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or
16 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a
17 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
18 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee
19 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
20 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
21 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
22 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency
23 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject
24 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the
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1 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
2 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
3 SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
4 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise
5 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the
6 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
7 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General
8 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
9 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the
10 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations
11 with the current lessor.
12 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an
13 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by
14 the President to require emergency leasing authority with
15 respect to such agency.
16 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive
17 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency
18 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
19 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal
20 Service.
21 SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
22 lowing activities the amounts required under current law:
23 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C.
24 102).
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1 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund
2 (28 U.S.C. 377(o));
3 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund
4 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and
5 (C) the United States Court of Federal
6 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C.
7 178(l)).
8 (3) Payment of Government contributions—
9 (A) with respect to the health benefits of
10 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
11 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired
12 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74
13 Stat. 849); and
14 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
15 fits for employees retiring after December 31,
16 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
17 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of
18 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil
19 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C.
20 8348).
21 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid
22 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
23 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter
24 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
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1 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
2 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any
3 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
4 tained in this Act.
5 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this
6 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to
7 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working
8 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
9 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
10 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on
11 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order
12 No. 13563.
13 SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch
14 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
15 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
16 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process
17 related to information technology.
18 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch
19 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
20 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
21 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and
22 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director
23 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner
24 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
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1 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial
2 Officer of the agency and budget officials.
3 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this
4 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or
5 33 of title 44, United States Code.
6 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this
7 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the
8 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
9 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
10 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
11 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined
12 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code)
13 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the
14 Constitution of the United States.
15 SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used
16 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely
17 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
18 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
19 tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title
20 5, United States Code, or to prevent or impede that In-
21 spector General’s access to such records, documents, or
22 other materials, under any provision of law, except a provi-
23 sion of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General
24 and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of ac-
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1 provide its Inspector General with access to all such
2 records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
3 ner. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with
4 statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the informa-
5 tion provided by the establishment over which that Inspec-
6 tor General has responsibilities under the chapter 4 of title
7 5, United States Code. Each Inspector General covered
8 by this section shall report to the Committees on Appro-
9 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
10 within five calendar days any failures to comply with this
11 requirement.
12 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
13 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission
14 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of
15 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for
16 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way
17 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
18 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as
19 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section
20 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
21 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
22 native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That
23 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing
24 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-
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1 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-
2 mences.
3 SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in
4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer
5 network unless such network blocks the viewing,
6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of
8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local
9 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out
10 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi-
11 ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related
12 activity.
13 SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-
14 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award
15 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has
16 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over
17 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of
18 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such
19 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-
20 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the
21 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless
22 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section
23 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
24 SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under
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1 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch
2 department, agency, board, or commission funded by this
3 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless
4 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is
5 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted
6 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
7 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that
8 determination.
9 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act
10 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more
11 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United
12 States, at any single conference occurring outside the
13 United States unless the agency or entity determines that
14 such attendance is in the national interest and advance
15 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations
16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
17 cludes the basis of that determination.
18 SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this
19 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by
20 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this
21 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
22 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
23 SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated
24 or otherwise made available for expenses related to en-
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1 available until expended, shall be provided for an addi-
2 tional amount for such purpose to the Inspectors General
3 Council Fund established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B)
4 of the Inspector General Act of 1978: Provided, That these
5 amounts shall be in addition to any amounts or any au-
6 thority available to the Council of the Inspectors General
7 on Integrity and Efficiency under section 424 of title 5,
8 United States Code.
9 SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this
10 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for
11 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
12 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10,
13 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is
14 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
15 House of Representatives and the Senate.
16 SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act
17 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for
18 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or
19 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
20 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-
21 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out
22 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made
23 available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
24 nications regarding the programs and activities of the
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1 SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases,
2 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
3 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or
4 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal
5 funds included in this Act, shall clearly state—
6 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
7 gram or project which will be financed with Federal
8 money;
9 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the
10 project or program; and
11 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total
12 costs of the project or program that will be financed
13 by non-governmental sources.
14 SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this
15 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
16 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation,
17 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions,
18 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid
19 to trade associations.
20 SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day
21 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-
22 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
23 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
24 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that
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1 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the
2 appropriation.
3 SEC. 635. None of the funds made available by this
4 Act may be used to procure electric vehicles, electric vehi-
5 cle batteries, electric vehicle charging stations or infra-
6 structure.
7 SEC. 636. None of the funds made available by this
8 Act may be used to carry out section 205 of Executive
9 Order No. 14008 (relating to tackling climate crisis at
10 home and abroad) until a stable supply of domestic-mined
11 critical minerals can be achieved.
12 SEC. 637. None of the funds made available by this
13 Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or
14 activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory
15 or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.
16 SEC. 638. None of the funds appropriated or other-
17 wise made available by this Act may be made available
18 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the
19 Equity Action Plans of the Department of Treasury, the
20 Federal Communications Commission, the General Serv-
21 ices Administration, the Office of Personnel Management
22 or any other Federal agency diversity, equity, or inclusion
23 initiative, as well as Executive Order No. 13985 of Janu-
24 ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing
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1 through the Federal Government), Executive Order No.
2 14035 of June 21, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34596, relating
3 to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Fed-
4 eral workforce), or Executive Order No. 14091 of Feb-
5 ruary 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further
6 advancing racial equity and support for underserved com-
7 munities through the Federal Government).
8 SEC. 639. None of the funds made available by this
9 Act may be made available to support, directly or indi-
10 rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory
11 owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s
12 Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re-
13 public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
14 the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-
15 ezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro Moros, or any
16 other country determined by the Secretary of State to be
17 a foreign adversary.
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1 SEC. 640. None of the funds made available
2 by this Act may be used to enforce the re-
3 quirements in section 316(b)(4)(D) of the Fed-
4 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C.
5 30118(b)(4)(D)) that the solicitation of con-
6 tributions from member corporations stock-
7 holders and executive or administrative per-
8 sonnel, and the families of such stock-
9 holders or personnel, by trade associations
10 must be separately and specifically ap-
11 proved by the member corporation involved
12 prior to such solicitation, and that such
13 member corporation does not approve any
14 such solicitation by more than one such
15 trade association in any calendar year.
16 SEC. 641. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
17 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of
18 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law,
19 none of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act
20 shall be used in whole or in part to take any discrimina-
21 tory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the
22 basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with
23 a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that
24 marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one
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1 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in
2 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action
3 taken by the Federal Government to—
4 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment
5 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
6 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
7 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
8 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to
9 in subsection (a);
10 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
11 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by
12 such person;
13 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for,
14 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or
15 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
16 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
17 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or
18 other similar position or status from or to such per-
19 son;
20 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
21 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or
22 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including
23 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a
24 degree from an educational program, from or to
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1 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.—
2 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-
3 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person
4 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-
5 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against
6 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-
7 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held
8 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection
9 (a).
10 SEC. 642. Of the unobligated balances available in
11 Public Law 117-169, $6,065,000,000 available under sec-
12 tion 10301(1)(A)(ii); $4,101,000,000 available under sec-
13 tion 10301(1)(A)(iii); and $3,210,000,000 available under
14 sections 60502, 60503, and 60504 as of the date of the
15 enactment of this Act are rescinded.
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1 TITLE VII
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE
3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 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
8 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
9 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
10 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
11 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
12 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
13 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
14 802)) by the officers and employees of such department,
15 agency, or instrumentality.
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
19 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
20 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
21 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
22 hicles), is hereby fixed at $30,126 except station wagons
23 for which the maximum shall be $31,266: Provided, That
24 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for
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1 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than
2 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
3 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and
4 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
5 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set
6 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental
7 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant
8 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
9 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
10 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle
11 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-
12 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in
13 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
14 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
15 ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
16 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
17 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
18 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in
19 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
20 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during
21 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
22 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the
23 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
24 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
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1 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
2 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen
3 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
4 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as
5 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who
6 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
7 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration
8 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and
9 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes
10 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
11 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person
12 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
13 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are
14 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes
15 of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-
16 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-
17 essary: Provided further, That any person making a false
18 affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction,
19 shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not
20 more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the
21 above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-
22 stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided
23 further, That any payment made to any officer or em-
24 ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be
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1 further, That this section shall not apply to any person
2 who is an officer or employee of the Government of the
3 United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or
4 to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
5 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment
6 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field
7 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies:
8 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the
9 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than
10 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-
11 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant
12 to an agreement with another country.
13 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
14 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
15 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
16 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
17 Services Administration for charges for space and services
18 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
19 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
20 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
21 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments
22 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
23 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or
24 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
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1 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
2 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
3 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
4 pended for the following purposes:
5 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
6 and recycling programs as described in Executive
7 Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any
8 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
9 the Executive Order.
10 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
11 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
12 development and implementation of hazardous waste
13 management and pollution prevention programs.
14 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by
15 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
16 Federal agency.
17 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other
18 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
19 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
20 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
21 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
22 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
23 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
24 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
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1 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
2 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
3 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
4 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
5 correspondingly reduced.
6 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in
7 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
8 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
9 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
10 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
11 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
12 financial support from more than one agency or instru-
13 mentality.
14 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant
15 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used
16 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which
17 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly
18 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
19 United States.
20 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of
21 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
22 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the
23 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may
24 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish
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1 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or
2 make improvements for any such office, unless advance
3 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted
4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
5 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
6 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
7 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space
8 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is
9 directly controlled by the individual.
10 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
11 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
12 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
13 the interagency funding of national security and emer-
14 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which
15 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
16 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6,
17 2012).
18 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by
19 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by
20 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the
21 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any
22 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
23 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
24 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United
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1 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless
2 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other
3 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
4 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
5 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
6 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail
7 the individual to the White House.
8 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
9 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
10 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community
11 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National
12 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
13 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in
14 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
15 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal
16 Government, who—
17 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
18 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
19 ployee of the Federal Government from having any
20 direct oral or written communication or contact with
21 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
22 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
23 to the employment of such other officer or employee
24 or pertaining to the department or agency of such
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1 whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
2 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
3 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,
4 committee, or subcommittee;
5 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
6 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
7 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion
8 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
9 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
10 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
11 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the
12 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
13 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
14 such other officer or employee, by reason of any
15 communication or contact of such other officer or
16 employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
17 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph
18 (1);
19 (3) unjustifiably refuses to comply with a duly
20 issued and valid congressional subpoena.
21 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in
22 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
23 any employee training that—
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1 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
2 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
3 performance of official duties;
4 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
5 els of emotional response or psychological stress in
6 some participants;
7 (3) does not require prior employee notification
8 of the content and methods to be used in the train-
9 ing and written end of course evaluation;
10 (4) contains any methods or content associated
11 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
12 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
13 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
14 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
15 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
16 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
17 workplace.
18 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
19 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
20 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
21 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this
22 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
23 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
24 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
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1 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television,
2 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
3 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation
4 to the Congress itself.
5 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or
6 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
7 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
8 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure
9 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
10 competent jurisdiction.
11 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this
12 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public
13 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
14 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the
15 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
16 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
17 and the Senate.
18 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in
19 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly,
20 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
21 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
22 authorized by Congress.
23 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’—
24 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined
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1 (2) includes a military department, as defined
2 under section 102 of such title; and
3 (3) includes the United States Postal Service.
4 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
5 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
6 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort
7 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
8 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
9 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest
10 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time
11 in the performance of official duties.
12 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
13 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
14 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department
15 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting
16 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to
17 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative
18 costs.
19 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
20 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
21 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or
22 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-
23 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
24 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
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1 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided,
2 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
3 trator of General Services to support Government-wide
4 and other multi-agency financial, information technology,
5 procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
6 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and
7 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the
8 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with
9 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
10 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
11 agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
12 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial
13 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers
14 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief
15 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
16 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
17 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
18 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
19 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall
20 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce
21 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal
22 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120,
23 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-
24 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That
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1 Services Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during
2 fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for obligation
3 through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That not
4 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-
5 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-
6 tion with the Administrator of General Services, shall sub-
7 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
8 of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on
9 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
10 ate, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
11 of the House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for
12 the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided fur-
13 ther, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include:
14 (I) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under
15 this section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred
16 or reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a detailed break-
17 down of the purposes for all funds estimated to be trans-
18 ferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including
19 total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose
20 salaries are provided for by this section); (iii) where appli-
21 cable, a description of the funds intended for use by or
22 for the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where
23 applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by
24 or for the implementation of specific laws passed by Con-
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1 ments may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days
2 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations
3 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the
4 Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
5 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of
6 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
7 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman
8 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at
9 the location.
10 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
11 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
12 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for
13 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops,
14 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of
15 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized
16 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple
17 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That
18 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
19 port describing the budget of and resources connected with
20 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
21 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on
22 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com-
23 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days
24 after enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation,
2 grant application, form, notification, press release, or
3 other publications involving the distribution of Federal
4 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part
5 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided,
6 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula
7 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal
8 funds.
9 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY
10 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
11 the funds made available in this or any other Act may
12 be used by any Federal agency—
13 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation
14 of data, derived from any means, that includes any
15 personally identifiable information relating to an in-
16 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
17 ment Internet site of the agency; or
18 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third
19 party (including another government agency) to col-
20 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
21 rived from any means, that includes any personally
22 identifiable information relating to an individual’s
23 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
24 site.
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in
2 subsection (a) shall not apply to—
3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not
4 identify particular persons;
5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
6 tifiable information;
7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
9 applicable law; or
10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)
11 that is a system security action taken by the oper-
12 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident
13 to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
14 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the
15 Internet site.
16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
17 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
18 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities
19 provided in law.
20 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
21 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
22 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
23 condition, management practices and policies and
24 compliance with applicable standards as provided in
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1 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
2 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
3 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
4 except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
5 traceptive coverage.
6 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
7 with—
8 (1) any of the following religious plans:
9 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and
10 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
11 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
12 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
13 religious beliefs.
14 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
15 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
16 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
17 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
18 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
19 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
20 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
21 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
22 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
23 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and
24 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to
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1 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized
2 oversight authorities.
3 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of
4 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
5 partments and agencies may be used by such departments
6 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and
7 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
8 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
9 ownership pilot program.
10 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of
11 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available
12 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used
13 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the
14 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
15 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
16 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through
17 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
18 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68,
19 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail
20 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
21 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of
22 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
23 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
24 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of
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1 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
2 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that
3 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
4 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities
5 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which
6 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities.
7 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing
8 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act
9 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce
10 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
11 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes
12 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
13 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was
14 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.
15 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this
16 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title
17 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy
18 Act), and regulations implementing that section.
19 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
20 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any
21 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
22 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated
23 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b)
24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b))
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1 (b) WAIVERS.—
2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive
3 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
4 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary
5 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
6 quired in the interest of national security.
7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary
8 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report
9 such issuance to Congress.
10 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
11 Federal Government contract entered into before the date
12 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued
13 pursuant to such contract.
14 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2024, for each employee
15 who—
16 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or
17 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or
18 (2) retires under any other provision of sub-
19 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title
20 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
21 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil
22 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount
23 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
24 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for
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1 available until expended to the Office of Personnel
2 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
3 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title
4 5, United States Code.
5 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in
6 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
7 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract
8 to disclose any of the following information as a condition
9 of submitting the offer:
10 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution,
11 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
12 ment for an electioneering communication that is
13 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any
14 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for
15 election for Federal office or to a political com-
16 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any
17 election for Federal office.
18 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a
19 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the
20 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates
21 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the
22 reasonable expectation that the person will use the
23 funds to make a payment described in paragraph
24 (1).
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1 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’,
2 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
3 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and
4 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the
5 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101
6 et seq.).
7 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this
8 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of
9 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
10 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-
11 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
12 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch
13 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States
14 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
15 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
16 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
17 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
18 2024, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
19 prevailing rate employee described in section
20 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
21 (A) during the period from the date of expira-
22 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
23 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
24 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
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1 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
2 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule
3 in accordance with such section; and
4 (B) during the period consisting of the remain-
5 der of fiscal year 2024, in an amount that exceeds,
6 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
7 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the
8 sum of—
9 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect
10 in fiscal year 2024 under section 5303 of title
11 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
12 under the General Schedule; and
13 (ii) the difference between the overall aver-
14 age percentage of the locality-based com-
15 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
16 2024 under section 5304 of such title (whether
17 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
18 erage percentage of such payments which was
19 effective in the previous fiscal year under such
20 section.
21 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
22 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
23 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
24 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
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1 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
2 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
3 cable to such employee.
4 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
5 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and
6 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September
7 30, 2023, shall be determined under regulations pre-
8 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
9 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
10 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection
11 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September
12 30, 2023, except to the extent determined by the Office
13 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
14 pose of this subsection.
15 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay
16 for service performed after September 30, 2023.
17 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision
18 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
19 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
20 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
21 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the
22 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary
23 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
24 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
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1 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
2 permit or require the payment to any employee covered
3 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would
4 be payable were this subsection not in effect.
5 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
6 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
7 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are
8 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
9 fied employees.
10 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment
11 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that
12 take place in fiscal year 2024 under sections 5344 and
13 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be—
14 (1) not less than the percentage received by em-
15 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay
16 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems
17 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United
18 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
19 ees at locations where there are no employees whose
20 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304
21 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate
22 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5,
23 United States Code, shall be considered to be located
24 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United
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1 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United
2 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
3 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
4 plicable pay period beginning after September 30,
5 2023.
6 SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
7 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by
8 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual
9 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official
10 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the
11 costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
12 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
13 mission, or office during fiscal year 2024 for which the
14 cost to the United States Government was more than
15 $100,000.
16 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
17 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
18 ble period—
19 (1) a description of its purpose;
20 (2) the number of participants attending;
21 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the
22 United States Government, including—
23 (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
24 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
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1 (C) the cost of employee or contractor
2 travel to and from the conference; and
3 (D) a discussion of the methodology used
4 to determine which costs relate to the con-
5 ference; and
6 (4) a description of the contracting procedures
7 used including—
8 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a
9 competitive basis; and
10 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison
11 conducted by the departmental component or
12 office in evaluating potential contractors for the
13 conference.
14 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the
15 head of any such department, agency, board, commission,
16 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics
17 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the
18 date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
19 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
20 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other
21 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2024 for which the
22 cost to the United States Government was more than
23 $20,000.
24 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
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1 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
2 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and
3 programmatically related to the purpose for which the
4 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held
5 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review,
6 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by
7 the grant or contract.
8 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any
9 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
10 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office
11 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12
12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that
13 memorandum.
14 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this
15 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase,
16 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
17 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for
18 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently
19 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change
20 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
21 sions of this or any other appropriations Act.
22 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this
23 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer,
24 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’
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1 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180
2 et seq.).
3 SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
4 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
5 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition
6 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any
7 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
8 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any
9 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
10 SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
11 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be
12 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
13 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of
14 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign
15 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
16 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
17 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse
18 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
19 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
20 ceive such information.
21 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
22 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312,
23 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
24 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified
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1 SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any
2 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
3 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
4 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
5 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain
6 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent
7 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter
8 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by
9 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
10 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the
11 reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special
12 Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or
13 mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-
14 thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
15 health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection.
16 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
17 tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive Or-
18 ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this
19 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-
20 standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-
21 disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed
22 by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence
23 or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or
24 officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-
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1 such document is to be used. Such form or agreement
2 shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
3 close any classified information received in the course of
4 such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the
5 United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms
6 shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures
7 to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive
8 agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential
9 to reporting a substantial violation of law.
10 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be
11 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a)
12 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement
13 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
14 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
15 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
16 tered into during fiscal year 2024 which does not contain
17 substantially similar language to that required in sub-
18 section (a).
19 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this
20 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
21 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
22 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
23 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
24 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
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1 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant
2 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
3 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is
4 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency
5 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation
6 and has made a determination that this further action is
7 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
8 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this
9 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
10 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
11 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee
12 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal
13 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
14 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
15 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension
16 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
17 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
18 tect the interests of the Government.
19 SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
20 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code,
21 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar
22 year 2024 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President
23 on December 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of divi-
24 sion E of Public Law 117–328.
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1 (b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under
2 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other
3 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year
4 2024 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule
5 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed
6 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate
7 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
8 cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division
9 E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re-
10 ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2024, except
11 as provided in subsection (i).
12 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
13 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
14 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is
15 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
16 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
17 (d)(1) This subsection applies to—
18 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
19 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the
20 official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule;
21 or
22 (B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
23 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service
24 serving under a political appointment and paid a
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1 rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for
2 level IV of the Executive Schedule.
3 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title
4 5, United States Code, an employee described in para-
5 graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal-
6 endar year 2024, except as provided in subsection (i).
7 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
8 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality
9 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United
10 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official
11 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves
12 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate
13 increase during calendar year 2024, except as provided in
14 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees
15 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service
16 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161
17 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another
18 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15
19 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
20 plied to them.
21 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
22 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
23 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided
24 under applicable law.
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1 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who
2 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic
3 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code,
4 for such time as that election is in effect.
5 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who
6 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay
7 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service
8 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that
9 election is in effect.
10 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an
11 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
12 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
13 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
14 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than
15 the level or range for the position held immediately before
16 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the
17 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates
18 of pay in effect on December 31, 2023, by operation of
19 section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–328.
20 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
21 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position
22 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial
23 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable
24 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December
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1 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub-
2 lic Law 117–328.
3 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject
4 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2024
5 but ends in calendar year 2025, the bar on the employee’s
6 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end
7 of that pay period.
8 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered
9 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose
10 pay is restricted under this section.
11 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the
12 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January
13 1, 2024.
14 SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
15 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of
16 the relevant department or agency, as the case may be,
17 shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts
18 and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy
19 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees
20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
21 Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the
22 report is transmitted to the Congress.
23 SEC. 748. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
24 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other
2 appropriate congressional committees if—
3 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
4 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of
5 title 31, United States Code;
6 (2) an approved apportionment received by the
7 department or agency conditions the availability of
8 an appropriation on further action; or
9 (3) an approved apportionment received by the
10 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
11 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a
12 program, project, or activity by such department or
13 agency.
14 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional
15 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
16 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation
17 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund
18 account.
19 SEC. 749. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
20 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds
21 made available by this or any other Act to any Federal
22 agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
23 agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or
24 recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army
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1 gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the
2 National Institutes of Health research programs.
3 SEC. 750. (a)(1) Not later than 100 days after the
4 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
5 of Management and Budget (in this section referred to
6 as the ‘‘Director’’), in coordination with the Architectural
7 and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and the
8 Administrator of General Services (in this section referred
9 to as the ‘‘Administrator’’), shall disseminate amended or
10 updated criteria and instructions to any Federal depart-
11 ment or agency (in this section referred to as an ‘‘agen-
12 cy’’) covered by section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of
13 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) for the evaluation required pursu-
14 ant to paragraph (3)(B).
15 (2) Such criteria and instructions shall—
16 (A) include, at minimum, requirements that in-
17 formation technologies and digital services must–
18 (i) conform to the technical standards ref-
19 erenced in subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section
20 508, as determined by appropriate conformance
21 testing; and
22 (ii) be accessible to and usable by individ-
23 uals with disabilities as determined from con-
24 sultation with individuals with disabilities, in-
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1 cognitive disabilities, or members of any dis-
2 ability organization; and
3 (B) provide guidance to agencies regarding the
4 types and format of data and information to be sub-
5 mitted to the Director and the Administrator pursu-
6 ant to paragraph (3), including how to submit such
7 data and information, the metrics by which compli-
8 ance will be assessed in the reports required in sub-
9 section (b), and any other directions necessary for
10 agencies to demonstrate compliance with accessi-
11 bility standards for electronic and information tech-
12 nology procured and in use within an agency, as re-
13 quired by such section 508.
14 (3) Not later than 225 days after the date of enact-
15 ment of this Act, the head of each agency shall—
16 (A) evaluate the extent to which the electronic
17 and information technology of the agency are acces-
18 sible to and usable by individuals with disabilities
19 described in subsection (a)(1) of such section 508
20 compared to the access to and use of the technology
21 and services by individuals described in such section
22 who are not individuals with disabilities;
23 (B) evaluate the electronic and information
24 technology of the agency in accordance with the cri-
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1 teria and instructions provided in paragraph (1);
2 and
3 (C) submit a report containing the evaluations
4 jointly to the Director and the Administrator.
5 (b)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
6 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
7 trator, in consultation with the Director, shall prepare and
8 submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Home-
9 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and
10 the Committees on Appropriations and Oversight and Ac-
11 countability of the House of Representatives a report that
12 shall include—
13 (A) a comprehensive assessment (including informa-
14 tion identifying the metrics and data used) of compliance
15 by each agency, and by the Federal Government generally,
16 with the criteria and instructions disseminated under sub-
17 section (a)(1);
18 (B) a detailed description of the actions, activities,
19 and other efforts made by the Administrator over the year
20 preceding submission to support such compliance at agen-
21 cies and any planned efforts in the coming year to improve
22 compliance at agencies; and
23 (C) a list of recommendations that agencies or Con-
24 gress may take to help support that compliance.
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1 (2) The Administrator shall ensure that the reports
2 required under this subsection are made available on a
3 public website and are maintained as an open Government
4 data asset (as that term is defined in section 3502 of title
5 44, United States Code).
6 SEC. 751. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
7 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
8 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or
9 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit-
10 izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of
11 the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail-
12 able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act,
13 including rebates from charge card and other contracts:
14 Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other-
15 wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator
16 of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed-
17 eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government-
18 wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech-
19 nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv-
20 ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal
21 agencies to take advantage of information technology in
22 sharing information: Provided further, That the total
23 funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed
24 $15,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the
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1 Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’
2 during fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for obliga-
3 tion through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That
4 not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the
5 Administrator of General Services, in consultation with
6 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
7 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
8 House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend
9 plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro-
10 vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum,
11 include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized
12 under this section and the estimate of amounts to be
13 transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a de-
14 tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated
15 to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section
16 (including total number of personnel and costs for all staff
17 whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii)
18 where applicable, a description of the funds intended for
19 use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed
20 by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim-
21 bursements may be made pursuant to this section until
22 15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap-
23 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
24 ate by the Director of the Office of Management and
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1 SEC. 752. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds
2 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal
3 year 2024 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
4 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the
5 Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV that
6 is included in the report or explanatory statement accom-
7 panying any such Act shall be deemed to be a recipient
8 of a Federal award with respect to such funds for purposes
9 of the requirements of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records
10 retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the
11 Comptroller General of the United States.
12 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit,
13 amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-
14 ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-
15 scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the
16 Comptroller General.
17 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this
18 Act or any other Act may be provided to States, cities,
19 or localities that allow non-citizens to vote in Federal elec-
20 tions.
21 SEC. 754. None of the funds made available by this
22 Act, or any other Act, may be used to make investments
23 under the Thrift Savings Plan in certain mutual funds
24 that make investment decisions based primarily on envi-
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1 SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or other-
2 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be
3 available to—
4 (a) classify or facilitate the classification of any com-
5 munications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or
6 mal-information; or
7 (b) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organiza-
8 tions that pressure or recommend private companies to
9 censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of
10 United States persons, including recommending the cen-
11 soring or removal of content on social media platforms.
12 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this
13 Act or any other Act shall be used or transferred to an-
14 other Federal agency, board, or commission to recruit,
15 hire, promote, or retain any person who either has been
16 convicted of a Federal or State child pornography charge,
17 has been convicted of any other Federal or State sexual
18 assault charge or has been formally disciplined for using
19 Federal resources to access, use, or sell child pornography.
20 SEC. 757. None of the funds made available by this
21 Act or any other Act may be provided for insurance plans
22 in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program to
23 cover the cost of surgical procedures or puberty blockers
24 or hormone therapy for the purpose of gender affirming
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1 SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this
2 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer,
3 or otherwise carry out Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed.
4 Reg. 13623; relating to promoting access to voting), ex-
5 cept for sections 7, 8, and 10 of such Order.
6 SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this
7 or any other Act may be obligated or expended until each
8 agency reinstates and applies the telework policies, prac-
9 tices, and levels of the agency as in effect on December
10 31, 2019, within thirty days after the date of enactment
11 of this Act. In this section—
12 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given
13 that term in section 105 of title 5, United States
14 Code; and
15 (2) the term ‘‘telework’’ has the meaning given
16 in section 6501 of such title, and includes remote
17 work.
18 SEC. 760. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
19 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other
20 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or
21 VIII.
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1 TITLE VIII
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF
3 COLUMBIA
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable

6 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
7 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal
8 settlements or judgments that have been entered against
9 the District of Columbia government.
10 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this
11 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or
12 implementation of any policy including boycott designed
13 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress
14 or any State legislature.
15 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided
16 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both
17 Federal and District government agencies, that remain
18 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024,
19 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
20 United States derived by the collection of fees available
21 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for
22 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
23 programming of funds which—
24 (1) creates new programs;
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1 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
2 bility center;
3 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
4 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act;
5 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means
6 for any program, project, or responsibility center for
7 which funds have been denied or restricted;
8 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
9 viously deferred through reprogramming;
10 (6) augments any existing program, project, or
11 responsibility center through a reprogramming of
12 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
13 ever is less; or
14 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
15 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
16 bility center, unless prior approval is received from
17 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
18 Representatives and the Senate.
19 (b) The District of Columbia government is author-
20 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer
21 requests of local funds under this title through November
22 7, 2024.
23 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this
24 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
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1 offices of United States Senators or United States Rep-
2 resentatives under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia
3 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979
4 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123).
5 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
6 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by
7 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
8 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle
9 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the
10 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties.
11 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’
12 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s
13 residence and workplace, except in the case of—
14 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan
15 Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
16 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the
17 Department;
18 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
19 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and
20 Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
21 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24
22 hours a day;
23 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
24 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of
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1 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on
2 call 24 hours a day;
3 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
4 aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the
5 Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District
6 of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
7 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the
8 Homeland Security and Emergency Management
9 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
10 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
11 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24
12 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
17 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
18 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District
19 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or
20 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for
21 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
22 lumbia.
23 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
24 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting
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1 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
2 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits.
3 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in
4 this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe
5 for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne
6 pathogens in any location that has been determined by the
7 local public health or local law enforcement authorities to
8 be inappropriate for such distribution.
9 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to
10 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia
11 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive
12 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent
13 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue
14 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
15 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
16 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained
17 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law,
18 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties
19 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any
20 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act
21 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
22 rivative.
23 (b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure
24 by the District of Columbia government under any author-
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1 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the
2 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance
3 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et
4 seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-
5 reational purposes.
6 SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-
7 penditure by the District of Columbia government under
8 any authority shall be expended for any abortion except
9 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the
10 fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the
11 result of an act of rape or incest.
12 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after
13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial
14 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the
15 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the
16 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated
17 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that
18 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant
19 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
20 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the
21 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2024 that
22 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and
23 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and
24 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated
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1 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for
2 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
3 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address
4 unanticipated changes in program requirements.
5 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the
6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
7 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
8 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council
9 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds
10 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public
11 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment.
12 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
13 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
14 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District
15 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–
16 204.42).
17 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as
18 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
19 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts,
20 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
21 sistent with the provisions of this Act.
22 (b) The District of Columbia government is author-
23 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any
24 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the
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1 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
2 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent
3 with the provisions of this Act.
4 (c) The District of Columbia government may not
5 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds
6 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for
7 capital projects.
8 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated
9 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
10 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to
11 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
12 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided
13 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
14 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal
15 year 2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made
16 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2024 in
17 this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
18 2025, for each such account for the purposes authorized:
19 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
20 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
21 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of
22 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be
23 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
24 lined in section 803 of this Act.
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1 SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2025, during a
2 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing
3 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation
4 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount
5 provided for any project or activity for which local funds
6 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
7 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
8 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this
9 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.
10 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act
11 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to
12 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2025
13 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
14 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion
15 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
16 ment for fiscal year 2025 for purposes of section 446 of
17 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46,
18 D.C. Official Code).
19 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease
20 to be available—
21 (1) during any period in which a District of Co-
22 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2025 is
23 in effect; or
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1 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular
2 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year
3 2025.
4 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
5 vided under the authority and conditions as provided
6 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and
7 in the manner that would be provided by this Act.
8 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall
9 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such
10 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2025
11 for which this section applies to such project or activity.
12 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity
13 during any period of fiscal year 2025 if any other provi-
14 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
15 tions)—
16 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
17 able, or grants authority for such project or activity
18 to continue for such period; or
19 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation
20 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or
21 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
22 tivity to continue for such period.
23 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
24 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia
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1 SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes
2 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia
3 (sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with
4 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long
5 Bridge Project.
6 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’
7 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia
8 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new
9 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over
10 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and
11 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional
12 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian
13 access crossings over the Potomac River.
14 SEC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day
15 of each quarter, each Federal and District government
16 agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-
17 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
18 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
19 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that
20 quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in
21 this Act, by the source year of the appropriation.
22 SEC. 819. None of the funds available for obligation
23 or expenditure by the District of Columbia government
24 under any authority may be used to carry out the Repro-
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1 2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or reg-
2 ulation promulgated to carry out such Act.
3 SEC. 820. (a) Section 602(a) of the District of Co-
4 lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1 206.02(a), D.C. Official
5 Code) is amended—
6 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (9);
7 (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
8 (10) and inserting ‘‘; or ;’’ and
9 (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
10 ‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, rule, regulation,
11 guidance, or other law to permit any person to carry
12 out any activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed
13 with respect to any activity, to which subsection (a)
14 of section 3 of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restric-
15 tion Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402) applies (taking
16 into consideration subsection (b) of such section).’’.
17 (b) The Death With Dignity Act of 2016 (D.C. Law
18 21 182) is hereby repealed.
19 SEC. 821. (a) No later than 60 calendar days after
20 the date of the enactment of this Act the District of Co-
21 lumbia shall submit a report to the Committees regarding
22 the District of Columbia’s enforcement of the Partial
23 Birth Abortion Ban Act.
24 (b) The report submitted shall include:
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1 (1) how health care providers within the District of
2 Columbia are alerted to their responsibility to comply with
3 the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act;
4 (2) how the District of Columbia responds to poten-
5 tial violations;
6 (3) how many potential violations have been inves-
7 tigated in the District of Columbia in the past five years;
8 (4) whether the District of Columbia preserved each
9 child’s remains for appropriate examination during the in-
10 vestigation;
11 (5) whether the District of Columbia conducted a
12 thorough investigation of the death of each child and what
13 each investigation showed;
14 (6) whether the Chief Medical Examiner was directed
15 to perform an autopsy on each child to determine the
16 method and cause of death in accordance with section
17 2906 of the Establishment of the Office of the Chief Med-
18 ical Examiner Act of 2000 (sec. 5–1405 of D.C. Official
19 Code);
20 (7) whether the District of Columbia directed a sub-
21 sequent autopsy to be completed by an independent, li-
22 censed pathologist to confirm the findings of the Chief
23 Medical Examiner; and
24 (8) whether the District of Columbia ensured the
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1 SEC. 822. No later than 30 calendar days after the
2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs
3 the District of Columbia to submit a report to the Com-
4 mittees on Appropriations regarding maternity care access
5 for D.C. residents. The report should be organized by
6 ward, birth rate, pregnancy-related death rate, and mater-
7 nal death rate. The report should also include, organized
8 by ward, the number of facilities providing prenatal care,
9 the number of facilities with maternity units, the number
10 of facilities with neonatal intensive care units, and the
11 number of facilities of each type that accept Medicaid.
12 SEC. 823. None of the funds available for obligation
13 or expenditure by the District of Columbia government
14 under any authority may be used by the District of Colum-
15 bia to enact or carry out any law which prohibits motorists
16 from making right turns on red, including ‘‘Safer Streets
17 Amendment Act of 2022 D.C. Law 24-0214).
18 SEC. 824. None of the funds available for obligation
19 or expenditure by the District of Columbia government
20 under any authority may be used to carry out title IX of
21 the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996 (sec.
22 50-2209.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code.
23 SEC. 825. (a) Section 5 of the Corrections Oversight
24 Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C.
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1 ed by such section (section 16–5505, District of Columbia
2 Official Code) is restored as if such section had not been
3 enacted into law.
4 (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in
5 the enactment of the Corrections Oversight Improvement
6 Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022.
7 SEC. 826. None of the funds available for obligation
8 or expenditure by the District of Columbia government
9 under any authority may be used to carry out the Com-
10 prehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act
11 of 2022 (D.C. Law 24–345).
12 SEC. 827. An individual who has a valid weapons
13 carry permit from any United States state or territory
14 may possess and carry a concealed handgun in the area
15 governed by the District of Columbia and Washington
16 Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
17 SEC. 828. The Scholarships for Opportunity and Re-
18 sults Act (division C of Public Law 112-10) is amended
19 in section 3014 (sec. 38—1853.14 D.C. Official Code)—
20 (1) In subsection (a) In the matter preceding
21 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘through fiscal year
22 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2027’’;
23 (2) In paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘one-third’’
24 and inserting ‘‘one-half’’;
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1 (3) In paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘one-third’’
2 and inserting ‘‘one-sixth’’; and
3 (4) In paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘one-third’’
4 and inserting ‘‘one-third’’.
5 SEC. 829. Except as expressly provided otherwise,
6 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in
7 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions
8 of this title or of title IV.
9 TITLE IX
10 ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS
11 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

12 SEC. 901. The amount by which the applicable alloca-

13 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on
14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
15 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget of 1974 Act ex-
16 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0.
17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services
18 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4664
[Report No. 118–145]

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Making appropriations for financial services and
general government for the fiscal year ending
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