U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. H. RES. ll 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. GRANGER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllll RESOLUTION Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment. 1 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution: 2 (1) The chair of the Committee on Appropria- 3 tions may insert in the Congressional Record not 4 later than March 26, 2024, such material as she 5 may deem explanatory of the Senate amendment 6 and the text proposed to be inserted by this resolu- 7 tion; and 8 (2) The House shall be considered to have 9 taken from the Speaker’s table the bill, H.R. 2882, 10 with the Senate amendment thereto, and to have March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 2 1 concurred in the Senate amendment with the fol- 2 lowing amendment: 3 In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 4 Senate amendment, insert the following: 5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Consolidated 7 Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 8 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. Sec. 6. Availability of funds. Sec. 7. Adjustments to compensation. DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Title I—Military Personnel Title II—Operation and Maintenance Title III—Procurement Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Title V—Revolving and Management Funds Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII—Related Agencies Title VIII—General Provisions DIVISION B—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Title I—Department of the Treasury Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President Title III—The Judiciary Title IV—District of Columbia Title V—Independent Agencies Title VI—General Provisions—This Act Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Title I—Departmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Oversight Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 3 Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services Title V—General Provisions DIVISION D—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Title I—Department of Labor Title II—Department of Health and Human Services Title III—Department of Education Title IV—Related Agencies Title V—General Provisions DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Title I—Legislative Branch Title II—General Provisions DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 Title I—Department of State and Related Agency Title II—United States Agency for International Development Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance Title IV—International Security Assistance Title V—Multilateral Assistance Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance Title VII—General Provisions DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS Title I—Extensions and Other Matters Title II—Udall Foundation Reauthorization Title III—Funding Limitation for United Nations Relief and Works Agency Title IV—Budgetary Effects 1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi- 5 sion. 6 SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 7 The explanatory statement regarding this Act, print- 8 ed in the House section of the Congressional Record on 9 or about March 22, 2024, and submitted by the chair of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 4 1 the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have 2 the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and 3 implementation of divisions A through F of this Act as 4 if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee 5 of conference. 6 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 7 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 8 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 9 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. 10 SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 11 Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress 12 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 14 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 15 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 16 if the President subsequently so designates all such 17 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 18 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no ad- 20 justment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legis- 21 lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relat- 22 ing to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) 23 during fiscal year 2024. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 5 1 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 3 TITLE I 4 MILITARY PERSONNEL 5 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 6 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 7 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 8 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 9 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 10 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 11 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 12 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 13 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 14 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 15 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart- 16 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 17 $50,041,206,000. 18 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 19 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 20 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 21 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 22 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 23 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 24 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro- 25 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 6 1 members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 2 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 3 as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 4 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $36,707,388,000. 5 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 6 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 7 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 8 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 9 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 10 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma- 11 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 12 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec- 13 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 14 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re- 15 tirement Fund, $15,268,629,000. 16 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 17 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 18 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 19 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 20 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 21 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 22 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 23 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 24 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 25 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 7 1 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart- 2 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 3 $36,204,130,000. 4 MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 5 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 6 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 7 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 8 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 9 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 10 Space Force on active duty and cadets; for members of 11 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 12 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amend- 13 ed (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of De- 14 fense Military Retirement Fund, $1,256,973,000. 15 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 16 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 17 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re- 18 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 19 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 20 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 21 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 22 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 23 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 24 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 25 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 8 1 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 2 Retirement Fund, $5,367,436,000. 3 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 4 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re- 6 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 7 United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 8 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con- 9 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 10 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re- 11 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 12 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 13 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart- 14 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 15 $2,472,718,000. 16 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 17 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 18 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 19 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 20 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 21 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 22 in connection with performing duty specified in section 23 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 24 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv- 25 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 9 1 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 2 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 3 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 4 $878,928,000. 5 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 6 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 7 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 8 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 9 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 10 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 11 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 12 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 13 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 14 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 15 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 16 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 17 Retirement Fund, $2,428,553,000. 18 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 19 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 20 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na- 21 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 22 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 23 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 24 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 25 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 10 1 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 2 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 3 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 4 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay- 5 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 6 Fund, $9,791,213,000. 7 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 8 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 9 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na- 10 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 11 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 12 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 13 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 14 in connection with performing duty specified in section 15 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 16 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 17 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 18 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 19 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 20 $5,272,165,000. 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APPRO. 11 1 TITLE II 2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 5 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author- 6 ized by law, $58,604,854,000: Provided, That not to ex- 7 ceed $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and ex- 8 traordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 9 or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments 10 may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 11 for confidential military purposes. 12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 14 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 15 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $71,972,007,000: 16 Provided, That not to exceed $15,055,000 may be used 17 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex- 18 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 19 of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Sec- 20 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 21 purposes. 22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 24 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 25 as authorized by law, $10,184,529,000. 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APPRO. 12 1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 3 for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 4 authorized by law, $61,471,101,000: Provided, That not 5 to exceed $7,699,000 may be used for emergencies and 6 extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 7 or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and pay- 8 ments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of ne- 9 cessity for confidential military purposes. 10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 12 for the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as 13 authorized by law, $4,895,818,000. 14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 17 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen- 18 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 19 departments), as authorized by law, $52,599,068,000: 20 Provided, That not more than $2,981,000 may be used 21 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 22 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro- 23 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be 24 used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex- 25 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 13 1 of Defense, and payments may be made upon the Sec- 2 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 3 purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 4 under this heading, not less than $55,000,000 shall be 5 made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance 6 Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than 7 $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with eligible enti- 8 ties defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided further, 9 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 10 available by this Act may be used to plan or implement 11 the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison of- 12 fice of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office 13 of the Secretary of a military department, or the service 14 headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative 15 affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That 16 of the funds provided under this heading, $3,000,000, to 17 remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be avail- 18 able only for expenses relating to certain classified activi- 19 ties: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 20 this heading, $25,968,000, to remain available until ex- 21 pended, shall be available only for expenses relating to cer- 22 tain classified activities, and may be transferred as nec- 23 essary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and main- 24 tenance appropriations or research, development, test and 25 evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 14 1 available for the same time period as the appropriations 2 to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling 3 on the investment item unit cost of items that may be pur- 4 chased with operation and maintenance funds shall not 5 apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro- 6 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head- 7 ing, $2,356,915,000, of which $1,406,346,000, to remain 8 available until September 30, 2025, shall be available to 9 provide support and assistance to foreign security forces 10 or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facili- 11 tate counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Depart- 12 ment of Defense security cooperation programs: Provided 13 further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar- 14 terly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 15 House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and 16 status of funds made available in this paragraph: Provided 17 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 18 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro- 19 vided elsewhere in this Act. 20 COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 21 For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 22 Train and Equip Fund’’, $397,950,000, to remain avail- 23 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such funds 24 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina- 25 tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 15 1 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 2 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova- 3 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 4 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir- 5 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre- 6 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 7 State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 8 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 9 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 10 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 11 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 12 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 13 of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the 14 congressional defense committees of such designation: 15 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en- 16 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 17 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap- 18 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 19 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 20 associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 21 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 22 human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 23 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 24 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 25 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 16 1 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 2 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 3 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 4 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 5 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro- 6 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 7 provided herein from any foreign government or other en- 8 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 9 expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 10 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con- 11 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 12 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the Sec- 13 retary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating 14 to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 15 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 16 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such pro- 17 vision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise 18 limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and 19 justification for such waiver is submitted to the congres- 20 sional defense committees, the Committees on Appropria- 21 tions and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com- 22 mittees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the 23 House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 24 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 25 provided under this heading that was transferred to secu- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 17 1 rity forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or 2 preparing to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 3 State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces or 4 groups to the United States, and such equipment may be 5 treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon writ- 6 ten notification to the congressional defense committees: 7 Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 8 provided under this heading, or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq 9 Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, and not yet trans- 10 ferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups par- 11 ticipating, or preparing to participate in activities to 12 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated 13 as stocks of the Department of Defense when determined 14 by the Secretary to no longer be required for transfer to 15 such forces or groups and upon written notification to the 16 congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 17 the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 18 to the congressional defense committees on the use of 19 funds provided under this heading, including, but not lim- 20 ited to, the number of individuals trained, the nature and 21 scope of support and sustainment provided to each group 22 or individual, the area of operations for each group, and 23 the contributions of other countries, groups, or individ- 24 uals: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 25 this heading for stipends for foreign security forces, irreg- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 18 1 ular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre- 2 paring to participate in activities to counter ISIS in Syria, 3 fifty percent shall not be available for obligation or ex- 4 penditure until the Secretary of Defense reports to the 5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 6 atives and the Senate that measures are in place to ensure 7 accountability of such funds: Provided further, That sti- 8 pend support for the Kurdish Peshmerga may only be re- 9 duced commensurate with support provided from other 10 sources, including Iraqi national funds. 11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 13 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 14 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re- 15 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 16 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 17 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 18 ment; and communications, $3,562,714,000. 19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 21 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 22 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re- 23 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 24 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 19 1 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 2 ment; and communications, $1,370,710,000. 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 4 RESERVE 5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 6 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 7 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re- 8 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 9 motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 10 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 11 ment; and communications, $325,395,000. 12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 14 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 15 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 16 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 17 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 18 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 19 ment; and communications, $4,005,756,000. 20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 21 GUARD 22 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin- 23 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 24 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 25 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 20 1 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per- 2 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex- 3 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 4 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 5 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in- 6 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 7 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na- 8 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 9 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re- 10 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 11 equipment (including aircraft), $8,611,897,000. 12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 13 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin- 14 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 15 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 16 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc- 17 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas- 18 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 19 National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, 20 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 21 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 22 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 23 travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 24 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 25 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 21 1 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 2 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 3 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,335,405,000. 4 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 5 FORCES 6 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 7 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 8 $16,620,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 9 for official representation purposes. 10 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 For the Department of the Army, $241,860,000, to 13 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 14 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 15 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 16 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 17 buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 18 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 19 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 20 to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and 21 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 22 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 23 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 24 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 25 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 22 1 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 2 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 3 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 4 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 For the Department of the Navy, $410,240,000, to 8 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 9 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 10 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 11 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 12 buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 13 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 14 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 15 to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 16 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 17 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 18 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 19 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 20 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 21 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 22 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 23 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 24 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 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APPRO. 23 1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For the Department of the Air Force, $384,744,000, 4 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 5 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 6 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re- 7 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un- 8 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 9 Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 10 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 11 made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be 12 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 13 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 14 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter- 15 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 16 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro- 17 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 18 this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer au- 19 thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 20 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 21 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23 For the Department of Defense, $8,965,000, to re- 24 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 25 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 24 1 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 2 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 3 and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar 4 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro- 5 priation to other appropriations made available to the De- 6 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail- 7 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 8 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur- 9 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 10 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec- 11 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 12 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 13 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 14 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro- 15 vided elsewhere in this Act. 16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 17 DEFENSE SITES 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19 For the Department of the Army, $232,806,000, to 20 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 21 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 22 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 23 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 24 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart- 25 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 25 1 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 2 the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 3 be available for the same purposes and for the same time 4 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro- 5 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 6 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 7 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 8 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 9 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 10 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro- 11 vided elsewhere in this Act. 12 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 13 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 14 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 15 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec- 16 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 17 United States Code), $142,500,000, to remain available 18 until September 30, 2025. 19 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 20 For assistance, including assistance provided by con- 21 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 22 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 23 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co- 24 operative Threat Reduction Act, $350,999,000, to remain 25 available until September 30, 2026. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 26 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 2 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 3 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work- 4 force Development Account, $64,977,000: Provided, That 5 no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 6 to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal 7 year 2024 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United 8 States Code. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 27 1 TITLE III 2 PROCUREMENT 3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 4 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 5 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 6 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 7 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 8 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 9 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 10 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 11 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 12 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap- 13 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 14 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 15 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 16 foregoing purposes, $3,287,997,000, to remain available 17 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 18 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 19 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 20 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 21 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 22 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 23 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 24 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 25 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 28 1 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 2 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap- 3 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 4 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 5 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 6 foregoing purposes, $4,622,213,000, to remain available 7 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 8 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 9 VEHICLES, ARMY 10 For construction, procurement, production, and 11 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 12 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces- 13 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 14 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 15 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 16 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 17 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 18 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 19 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 20 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 21 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 22 purposes, $4,244,226,000, to remain available for obliga- 23 tion until September 30, 2026. 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APPRO. 29 1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 2 For construction, procurement, production, and 3 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 4 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 5 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 6 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 7 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 8 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 9 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 10 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 11 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 12 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 13 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 14 for the foregoing purposes, $2,943,574,000, to remain 15 available for obligation until September 30, 2026. 16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 17 For construction, procurement, production, and 18 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 19 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 20 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 21 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 22 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 23 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 24 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 30 1 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 2 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 3 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 4 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern- 5 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 6 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 7 $8,626,297,000, to remain available for obligation until 8 September 30, 2026. 9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 10 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 11 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 12 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 13 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ- 14 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter- 15 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 16 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 17 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 18 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern- 19 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 20 $19,826,909,000, to remain available for obligation until 21 September 30, 2026. 22 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 23 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 24 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap- 25 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 31 1 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 2 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 3 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 4 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 5 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 6 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 7 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 8 layaway, $5,876,828,000, to remain available for obliga- 9 tion until September 30, 2026. 10 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 11 CORPS 12 For construction, procurement, production, and 13 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 14 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 15 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 16 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 17 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 18 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 19 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 20 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 21 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 22 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 23 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 24 for the foregoing purposes, $1,161,205,000, to remain 25 available for obligation until September 30, 2026. 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APPRO. 32 1 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 2 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi- 3 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ- 4 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli- 5 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 6 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con- 7 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 8 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 9 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 10 public and private plants, including land necessary there- 11 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 12 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 13 title, as follows: 14 Columbia Class Submarine, $2,443,598,000; 15 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 16 $3,390,734,000; 17 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 18 $1,104,421,000; 19 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 20 $800,492,000; 21 Virginia Class Submarine, $7,129,965,000; 22 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 23 $3,158,782,000; 24 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $488,446,000; 25 DDG–1000 Program, $392,892,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 33 1 DDG–51 Destroyer, $4,499,179,000; 2 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $1,641,335,000; 3 FFG–Frigate, $2,183,861,000; 4 LPD Flight II (AP), $500,000,000; 5 LHA Replacement, $1,830,149,000; 6 TAO Fleet Oiler, $815,420,000; 7 TAGOS Surtass Ship, $513,466,000; 8 LCU 1700, $62,532,000; 9 Ship to Shore Connector, $585,000,000; 10 Service Craft, $93,815,000; 11 Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $72,000,000; 12 LCAC SLEP, $15,286,000; 13 Auxiliary Vessels, $142,008,000; 14 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 15 first destination transportation, $512,019,000; and 16 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro- 17 grams, $1,290,093,000. 18 In all: $33,665,493,000, to remain available for obli- 19 gation until September 30, 2028: Provided, That addi- 20 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 21 2028, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 22 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 23 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 24 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con- 25 struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 34 1 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex- 2 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 3 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of 4 the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 5 the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 6 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 7 made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine 8 (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by sub- 9 sections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, 10 United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions 11 of the applicable subsection. 12 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 13 For procurement, production, and modernization of 14 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 15 for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 16 ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 17 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan- 18 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec- 19 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 20 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 21 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 22 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 23 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con- 24 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $14,385,665,000, to 25 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 35 1 Provided, That such funds are also available for the main- 2 tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 3 program established for such purposes. 4 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 5 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu- 6 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 7 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 8 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 9 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 10 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve- 11 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas- 12 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 13 of public and private plants, including land necessary 14 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 15 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 16 proval of title, $3,904,532,000, to remain available for ob- 17 ligation until September 30, 2026. 18 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 19 For construction, procurement, and modification of 20 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 21 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de- 22 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 23 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov- 24 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 25 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 36 1 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 2 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 3 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 4 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 5 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in- 6 cluding rents and transportation of things, 7 $20,828,306,000, to remain available for obligation until 8 September 30, 2026. 9 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 10 For construction, procurement, and modification of 11 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 12 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip- 13 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri- 14 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa- 15 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac- 16 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 17 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 18 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re- 19 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip- 20 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore- 21 going purposes including rents and transportation of 22 things, $4,693,647,000, to remain available for obligation 23 until September 30, 2026. 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APPRO. 37 1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 2 For construction, procurement, production, and 3 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 4 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 5 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 6 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 7 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 8 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 9 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 10 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 11 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 12 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 13 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 14 for the foregoing purposes, $589,943,000, to remain avail- 15 able for obligation until September 30, 2026. 16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 17 For procurement and modification of equipment (in- 18 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 19 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 20 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth- 21 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi- 22 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi- 23 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern- 24 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 25 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 38 1 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 2 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 3 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 4 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 5 $31,327,131,000, to remain available for obligation until 6 September 30, 2026. 7 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 8 For construction, procurement, and modification of 9 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 10 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 11 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 12 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa- 13 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac- 14 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 15 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 16 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re- 17 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip- 18 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore- 19 going purposes including rents and transportation of 20 things, $4,064,948,000, to remain available for obligation 21 until September 30, 2026. 22 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 23 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart- 24 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 25 necessary for procurement, production, and modification March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 39 1 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there- 2 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 3 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 4 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 5 such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 6 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 7 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 8 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 9 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 10 $6,392,675,000, to remain available for obligation until 11 September 30, 2026. 12 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 13 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 14 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc- 15 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 16 $587,905,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep- 17 tember 30, 2028, which shall be obligated and expended 18 by the Secretary of Defense as if delegated the necessary 19 authorities conferred by the Defense Production Act of 20 1950. 21 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 22 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac- 23 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro- 24 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 25 Forces, $1,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 40 1 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Chiefs of 2 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 3 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub- 4 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod- 5 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na- 6 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 7 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 8 may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or 9 procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 41 1 TITLE IV 2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 3 EVALUATION 4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 5 ARMY 6 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 7 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 8 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 9 cilities and equipment, $17,115,037,000, to remain avail- 10 able for obligation until September 30, 2025. 11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 12 NAVY 13 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 14 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 15 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 16 cilities and equipment, $27,964,807,000, to remain avail- 17 able for obligation until September 30, 2025: Provided, 18 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 19 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper- 20 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 22 AIR FORCE 23 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 24 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 25 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 42 1 cilities and equipment, $47,340,416,000, to remain avail- 2 able for obligation until September 30, 2025. 3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 4 SPACE FORCE 5 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 6 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 7 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 8 cilities and equipment, $18,669,844,000, to remain avail- 9 able until September 30, 2025. 10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 11 DEFENSE-WIDE 12 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart- 13 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 14 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel- 15 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 16 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 17 of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, 18 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 19 $36,892,886,000, to remain available for obligation until 20 September 30, 2025. 21 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 23 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 24 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 25 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 43 1 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 2 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 3 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 4 connection therewith, $337,489,000, to remain available 5 for obligation until September 30, 2025. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 44 1 TITLE V 2 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 3 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 4 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 5 $1,786,779,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 45 1 TITLE VI 2 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 3 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 5 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 6 as authorized by law, $39,898,624,000; of which 7 $36,639,695,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 8 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 9 for obligation until September 30, 2025, and of which up 10 to $19,757,403,000 may be available for contracts entered 11 into under the TRICARE program; of which 12 $381,881,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep- 13 tember 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and of which 14 $2,877,048,000, to remain available for obligation until 15 September 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, 16 test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 17 under this heading for research, development, test and 18 evaluation, not less than $1,509,000,000 shall be made 19 available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 20 congressionally directed medical research programs: Pro- 21 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 22 of law, of the amount made available under this heading 23 for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 24 than $12,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention 25 educational activities undertaken in connection with March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 46 1 United States military training, exercises, and humani- 2 tarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African 3 nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 4 shall submit to the congressional defense committees quar- 5 terly reports on the current status of the electronic health 6 record program: Provided further, That the Comptroller 7 General of the United States shall perform quarterly per- 8 formance reviews of the electronic health record program. 9 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 10 DEFENSE 11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 12 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 13 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro- 14 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au- 15 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de- 16 struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 17 in the chemical weapon stockpile, $1,091,844,000, of 18 which $89,284,000 shall be for operation and mainte- 19 nance, of which not less than $57,875,000 shall be for 20 the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Pro- 21 gram, consisting of $23,676,000 for activities on military 22 installations and $34,199,000, to remain available until 23 September 30, 2025, to assist State and local govern- 24 ments; and $1,002,560,000, to remain available until Sep- 25 tember 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 47 1 and evaluation, of which $1,000,467,000 shall only be for 2 the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 3 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 4 DEFENSE 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 7 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 8 available to the Department of Defense for military per- 9 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi- 10 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper- 11 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 12 development, test and evaluation, $1,177,061,000, of 13 which $702,962,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup- 14 port; $138,313,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc- 15 tion program; $305,786,000 shall be for the National 16 Guard counter-drug program; and $30,000,000 shall be 17 for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 18 Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 19 shall be available for obligation for the same time period 20 and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 21 transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 22 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro- 23 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here- 24 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro- 25 priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 48 1 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans- 2 fer authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur- 3 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 4 used to support a new start program or project only after 5 written prior notification to the Committees on Appropria- 6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 7 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 8 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In- 9 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In- 10 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $528,565,000, 11 of which $524,067,000 shall be for operation and mainte- 12 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 13 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended 14 upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 15 and payments may be made upon the Inspector General’s 16 certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; 17 of which $1,098,000, to remain available for obligation 18 until September 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and 19 of which $3,400,000, to remain available until September 20 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test and eval- 21 uation. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 49 1 TITLE VII 2 RELATED AGENCIES 3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 4 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 5 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re- 6 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 7 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 8 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 9 System, $514,000,000. 10 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 11 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu- 12 nity Management Account, $625,419,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 50 1 TITLE VIII 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 3 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 4 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur- 5 poses not authorized by the Congress. 6 SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 7 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em- 8 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 9 shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 10 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi- 11 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 12 Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 13 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 14 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 15 computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 16 United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent- 17 age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 18 its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, 19 That this section shall not apply to Department of De- 20 fense foreign service national employees serving at United 21 States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart- 22 ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro- 23 vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 24 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 25 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 51 1 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 3 the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 4 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro- 5 priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur- 6 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 7 last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec- 8 tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 9 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 10 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 13 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter- 14 est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director 15 of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 16 exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De- 17 partment of Defense or funds made available in this Act 18 to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex- 19 cept military construction) between such appropriations or 20 funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and 21 to be available for the same purposes, and for the same 22 time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans- 23 ferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 24 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore- 25 seen military requirements, than those for which originally March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 52 1 appropriated and in no case where the item for which 2 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro- 3 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 4 the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 5 this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 6 further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 7 available to prepare or present a request to the Commit- 8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 9 and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for 10 higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re- 11 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 12 and in no case where the item for which reprogramming 13 is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 14 further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 15 funds using authority provided in this section shall be 16 made prior to June 30, 2024: Provided further, That 17 transfers among military personnel appropriations shall 18 not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation 19 on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 20 this section. 21 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro- 22 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 23 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 24 such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the 25 tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 53 1 the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the ta- 2 bles contained in the classified annex accompanying this 3 Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appro- 4 priated or otherwise made available in this Act for those 5 programs, projects, and activities for which the amounts 6 appropriated exceed the amounts requested are hereby re- 7 quired by law to be carried out in the manner provided 8 by such tables to the same extent as if the tables were 9 included in the text of this Act. 10 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de- 11 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi- 12 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 13 Act: Provided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply 14 when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) 15 occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi- 16 tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans- 17 fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 18 shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub- 19 section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 20 execution of such funds. 21 (c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified 22 in the referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act 23 described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursu- 24 ant to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper exe- 25 cution of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 54 1 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 2 of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense 3 shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit- 4 tees to establish the baseline for application of reprogram- 5 ming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2024: Pro- 6 vided, That the report shall include— 7 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa- 8 rate column to display the President’s budget re- 9 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 10 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 11 fiscal year enacted level; 12 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro- 13 priation both by budget activity and program, 14 project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap- 15 pendix; and 16 (3) an identification of items of special congres- 17 sional interest. 18 (b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 19 of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 20 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 21 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 22 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 23 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 24 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 25 requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 55 1 apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac- 2 counts: 3 (1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 4 (2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 5 (3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 6 (4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense- 7 Wide’’; 8 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 9 Used Defense Sites’’; and 10 (6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac- 11 tivities, Defense’’. 12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal- 14 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De- 15 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 16 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 17 amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse- 18 ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans- 19 fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 20 That transfers may be made between working capital 21 funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 22 appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap- 23 propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter- 24 mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 25 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ex- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 56 1 cept that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec- 2 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the pro- 3 posed transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts 4 equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 5 funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a 6 working capital fund to procure or increase the value of 7 war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of 8 Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obli- 9 gation. 10 SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 11 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 12 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres- 13 sional defense committees. 14 SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act 15 shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that 16 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 17 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in- 18 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 19 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 20 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 21 order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in 22 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 23 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro- 24 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap- 25 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 57 1 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 2 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 3 the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 4 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 5 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con- 6 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 7 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un- 8 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 9 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi- 10 nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres- 11 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe- 12 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 13 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 14 to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 15 the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 16 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 17 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 18 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 19 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 20 to be procured through the contract and, in the case 21 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in- 22 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 23 the contract for which procurement funds are re- 24 quested in that budget request for production be- 25 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 58 1 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure- 2 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 3 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 4 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 5 costs of the contractor associated with the produc- 6 tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con- 7 tract; 8 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 9 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 10 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 11 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad- 12 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 13 contract. 14 Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 15 used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows: 16 Naval Strike Missile; Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Sys- 17 tem; PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment 18 Enhancement; Long Range Anti-Ship Missile; Joint Air- 19 to-Surface Standoff Missile; Advanced Medium-Range 20 Air-to-Air Missile; and USS Virginia Class (SSN–774). 21 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op- 22 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 23 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 24 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 25 costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 59 1 Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu- 2 manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author- 3 ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec- 4 tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga- 5 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 6 title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 7 available for operation and maintenance shall be available 8 for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 9 using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 10 Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 11 pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author- 12 ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 13 a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such 14 action is beneficial for graduate medical education pro- 15 grams conducted at Army medical facilities located in Ha- 16 waii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provi- 17 sion of medical services at such facilities and transpor- 18 tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 19 civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common- 20 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Is- 21 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and 22 Guam. 23 SEC. 8012. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 24 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 25 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 60 1 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on ex- 2 cessive contractor payments that exceed the thresholds es- 3 tablished in 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 ‘‘Truthful Cost or 4 Pricing Data (Truth in Negotiations)’’ or 41 U.S.C. chap- 5 ter 35 ‘‘Truthful Cost or Pricing Data’’ and with respect 6 to which none of the exceptions to certified cost or pricing 7 data requirements apply. 8 (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall also 9 include the following: 10 (1) The amounts collected, adjusted, or offset 11 from contractors as a result of providing defective 12 cost and pricing data; 13 (2) The mechanisms used to identify violations 14 of 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35; 15 (3) Disciplinary actions taken by the Depart- 16 ment of Defense when violations of 10 U.S.C. chap- 17 ter 271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35 are identified, re- 18 gardless of whether they are included in the System 19 for Award Management; and 20 (4) Any referrals made to the Department of 21 Justice. 22 SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in- 24 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro- 25 priation matters pending before the Congress. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 61 1 SEC. 8014. None of the funds available in this Act 2 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 3 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 4 or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 5 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de- 6 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 7 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac- 8 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au- 9 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11 SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this 12 Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protégé 13 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 14 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple- 15 menting a Mentor-Protégé Program developmental assist- 16 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 17 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 18 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 19 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the 20 budget justification documents in support of the budget 21 for fiscal year 2025 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 22 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip- 23 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur- 24 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 25 budget is submitted. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 62 1 SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be 2 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 3 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 4 anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring 5 chain are manufactured in the United States from compo- 6 nents which are substantially manufactured in the United 7 States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the 8 term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 9 quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 10 forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 11 for the purpose of this section substantially all of the com- 12 ponents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 13 to be produced or manufactured in the United States if 14 the aggregate cost of the components produced or manu- 15 factured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 16 of the components produced or manufactured outside the 17 United States: Provided further, That when adequate do- 18 mestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 19 Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 20 the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this 21 restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 23 resentatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must 24 be made in order to acquire capability for national security 25 purposes. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 63 1 SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this 2 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 3 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 4 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 5 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 6 drink) on a military installation located in the United 7 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 8 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum- 9 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 10 installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which 11 the military installation is located in more than one State, 12 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa- 13 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure- 14 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 15 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa- 16 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 17 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 18 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 19 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 20 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 21 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De- 22 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis- 23 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 24 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 25 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 64 1 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 2 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 3 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 4 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 5 or unsafe for further use. 6 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap- 7 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur- 8 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga- 9 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 10 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro- 11 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re- 12 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 13 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo- 14 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 15 SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act 16 under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 17 $25,169,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 18 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 19 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 20 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 21 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec- 22 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi- 23 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 24 defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 25 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 65 1 of being allowed additional compensation under section 2 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 3 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 4 is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 5 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De- 6 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro- 7 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 8 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 9 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 10 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 11 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 12 manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 13 or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 14 States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 15 an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 16 of title 25, United States Code. 17 SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 18 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 19 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 20 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da- 21 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 22 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 23 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 24 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 66 1 Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 2 needs of the Air Force. 3 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 4 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub- 5 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 6 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 7 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 8 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da- 9 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 10 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 11 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 12 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 13 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re- 14 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 15 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re- 16 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 17 (b). 18 (d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 19 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 20 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 21 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 22 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 23 SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart- 24 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main- 25 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 67 1 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 2 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 3 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in- 4 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de- 5 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 6 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re- 7 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 8 SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 9 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 10 or international political or psychological activities. 11 SEC. 8024. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Work- 12 ing Capital Fund, Army’’, $120,000,000 shall be available 13 to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 14 SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this 15 Act, not less than $69,000,000 shall be available for the 16 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 17 (1) $55,100,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper- 18 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 19 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 20 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 21 reduction activities involving youth programs; 22 (2) $11,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air- 23 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 24 (3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 25 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 68 1 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim- 2 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 3 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 4 local government agencies. 5 SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 6 Act are available to establish a new Department of De- 7 fense (department) federally funded research and develop- 8 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 9 separate entity administrated by an organization man- 10 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor- 11 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 12 other nonprofit entities. 13 (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac- 14 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over- 15 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com- 16 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 17 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man- 18 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult- 19 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 20 by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 21 such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity 22 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author- 23 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en- 24 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 25 further, That except when acting in a technical advisory March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 69 1 capacity, no paid consultant shall receive funds appro- 2 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 3 FFRDC in a calendar year. 4 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 5 of the funds available to the department from any source 6 during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 7 FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 8 construction of new buildings not located on a military in- 9 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 10 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over- 11 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 12 employee participation in community service and/or devel- 13 opment. 14 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 15 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 16 2024, not more than $2,857,803,000 may be funded for 17 professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 18 FFRDCs: Provided, That within such funds, not more 19 than $456,803,000 shall be available for the defense stud- 20 ies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this sub- 21 section shall not apply to staff years funded in the Na- 22 tional Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence 23 Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 24 shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 25 2025 budget request, submit a report presenting the spe- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 70 1 cific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allo- 2 cated for each defense FFRDC by program during that 3 fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appro- 4 priation account and program. 5 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 6 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 7 is hereby reduced by $27,197,000: Provided, That this 8 subsection shall not apply to appropriations for the Na- 9 tional Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Pro- 10 gram. 11 SEC. 8027. For the purposes of this Act, the term 12 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 13 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 14 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub- 15 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 16 of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 17 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 18 Senate. 19 SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term 20 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma- 21 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 22 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 23 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com- 24 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 71 1 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 2 Appropriations of the Senate. 3 SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the De- 4 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 5 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 6 as well as the production of components and other De- 7 fense-related articles, through competition between De- 8 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri- 9 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu- 10 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con- 11 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success- 12 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in- 13 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur- 14 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 15 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 16 section. 17 SEC. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 18 Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 19 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com- 20 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 21 subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 22 83 of title 41, United States Code. 23 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per- 24 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 25 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 72 1 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 2 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 3 with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 4 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 5 Department of Defense. 6 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur- 7 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 8 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart- 9 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 10 only American-made equipment and products, provided 11 that American-made equipment and products are cost- 12 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 13 fashion. 14 SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated or made 15 available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 16 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa- 17 cility or property under the control of the Department of 18 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 19 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re- 20 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 21 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 22 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 23 of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 24 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 25 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 73 1 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 3 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 4 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 5 basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 6 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro- 7 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 8 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact- 9 ment of this Act. 10 SEC. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 11 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 12 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 13 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 14 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 15 types of products produced in the United States that are 16 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 17 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer- 18 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 19 in that foreign country. 20 (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 21 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under- 22 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 23 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec- 24 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 25 in that country. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 74 1 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con- 2 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 3 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2024. Such 4 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 5 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 6 any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 7 Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 8 international agreement to which the United States is a 9 party. 10 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 11 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 12 States Code. 13 SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this 14 Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 15 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 16 and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 17 the military department responsible for such procurement 18 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 19 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 20 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade- 21 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart- 22 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 23 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca- 24 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 25 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 75 1 ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 2 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 3 apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 4 SEC. 8034. In addition to any other funds made 5 available for such purposes, there is appropriated 6 $50,000,000, for an additional amount for the ‘‘National 7 Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available 8 until September 30, 2026, for activities pursuant to the 9 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 10 U.S.C. 98 et seq.): Provided, That none of the funds pro- 11 vided under this section may be obligated or expended 12 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the 13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 14 atives and the Senate a detailed execution plan for such 15 funds. 16 SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be 17 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu- 18 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De- 19 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 20 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 21 capability for national security purposes that is not avail- 22 able from United States manufacturers. 23 SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 24 case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 25 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 76 1 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 2 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 3 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 4 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 5 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 6 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 7 section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the 8 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 9 defense items produced in the United States for that coun- 10 try. 11 (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 12 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 13 or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 14 (2) options for the procurement of items that 15 are exercised after such date under contracts that 16 are entered into before such date if the option prices 17 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica- 18 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 19 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re- 20 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear- 21 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 22 section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 23 Schedule of the United States and products classified 24 under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 25 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 77 1 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 2 8211, 8215, and 9404. 3 SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this 4 Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 5 Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 6 manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 7 flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 8 of title 10, United States Code. 9 SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts 10 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 11 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 12 until expended for the payments specified by section 13 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 14 SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria- 15 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 16 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 17 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 18 than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 19 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 20 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com- 21 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper- 22 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 23 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 24 $500,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 78 1 SEC. 8040. Up to $16,809,000 of the funds appro- 2 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 3 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re- 4 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 5 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 6 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as- 7 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 8 of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 9 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 10 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 11 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 12 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 13 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 14 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 15 assistance under any other provision of law. 16 SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg- 17 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco- 18 related products in military resale outlets in the United 19 States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 20 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 21 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to- 22 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re- 23 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 24 for military retail system stores located in the United 25 States. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 79 1 SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 2 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 3 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 4 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir- 5 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur- 6 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 7 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 8 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 9 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 10 during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 11 investment item would be chargeable during the current 12 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 13 Defense for procurement. 14 (b) The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the De- 15 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 16 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2025 17 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub- 18 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 19 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro- 20 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 21 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2025 procurement 22 appropriation and not in the supply management business 23 area or any other area or category of the Department of 24 Defense Working Capital Funds. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 80 1 SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this 2 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 3 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 4 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 5 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep- 6 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That funds appropriated, 7 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel- 8 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 9 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 10 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 11 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel- 12 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac- 13 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro- 14 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 15 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall 16 remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided fur- 17 ther, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the 18 Central Intelligence Agency for the construction, improve- 19 ment, or alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, 20 to be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence com- 21 munity, shall remain available until September 30, 2026. 22 SEC. 8044. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 23 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 24 be used— 25 (1) to establish a field operating agency; or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 81 1 (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 2 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart- 3 ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head- 4 quarters activity if the member or employee’s place 5 of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 6 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili- 7 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 8 (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 9 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 10 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant- 11 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 12 or the financial requirements of the department. 13 (c) This section does not apply to— 14 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 15 National Intelligence Program; 16 (2) an Army field operating agency established 17 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im- 18 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 19 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 20 (3) an Army field operating agency established 21 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio- 22 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 23 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 24 or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 82 1 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab- 2 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 3 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart- 4 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 5 SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 6 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per- 7 formance an activity or function of the Department of De- 8 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 9 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em- 10 ployees unless— 11 (1) the conversion is based on the result of a 12 public-private competition that includes a most effi- 13 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 14 by such activity or function; 15 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter- 16 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 17 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac- 18 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac- 19 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 20 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 21 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 22 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi- 23 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 24 of that activity or function by Federal employ- 25 ees; or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 83 1 (B) $10,000,000; and 2 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan- 3 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 4 Department of Defense by— 5 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 6 health insurance plan available to the workers 7 who are to be employed in the performance of 8 that activity or function under the contract; or 9 (B) offering to such workers an employer- 10 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 11 employer to contribute less towards the pre- 12 mium or subscription share than the amount 13 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 14 health benefits for civilian employees under 15 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 16 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 17 to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 18 (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 19 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require- 20 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 21 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com- 22 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 23 Defense that— 24 (A) is included on the procurement list estab- 25 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 84 1 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 2 Code); 3 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 4 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 5 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi- 6 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 7 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 8 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner- 9 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 10 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- 11 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha- 12 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 13 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 14 (2) This section shall not apply to depot con- 15 tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as pro- 16 vided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United 17 States Code. 18 (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 19 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 20 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 21 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es- 22 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 23 to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 24 with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 85 1 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com- 2 mercial activities. 3 (RESCISSIONS) 4 SEC. 8046. Of the funds appropriated in Department 5 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 6 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro- 7 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 8 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des- 9 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 10 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 12 1985: 13 ‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction Account’’, 14 2022/2024, $75,000,000; 15 ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 16 Vehicles, Army’’, 2022/2024, $1,900,000; 17 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2022/2024, 18 $54,681,000; 19 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2022/2024, 20 $1,428,000; 21 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma- 22 rine Corps’’, 2022/2024, $1,012,000; 23 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: T– 24 AGOS’’, 2022/2026, $158,300,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 86 1 ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2022/2024, 2 $7,100,000; 3 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2022/2024, 4 $83,261,000; 5 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2022/2024, 6 $204,000; 7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 8 2023/2024, $85,000,000; 9 ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’, 2023/ 10 2024, $50,000,000; 11 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2023/2025, 12 $3,372,000; 13 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, 2023/2025, 14 $2,713,000; 15 ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 16 Vehicles, Army’’, 2023/2025, $10,372,000; 17 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2023/2025, 18 $63,028,000; 19 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army’’, 2023/ 20 2025, $3,223,000; 21 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 22 $319,745,000; 23 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 24 $50,000,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 87 1 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma- 2 rine Corps’’, 2023/2025, $2,262,000; 3 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: DDG-51 4 Advance Procurement’’, 2023/2027, $77,300,000; 5 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: LPD 6 Flight II Advance Procurement’’, 2023/2027, 7 $250,000,000; 8 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 9 $89,101,000; 10 ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2023/2025, 11 $158,550,000; 12 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 13 $282,762,000; 14 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 15 $37,100,000; 16 ‘‘Procurement, Space Force’’, 2023/2025, 17 $80,487,000; 18 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2023/2025, 19 $34,326,000; 20 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 21 Army’’, 2023/2024, $29,850,000; 22 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 23 Navy’’, 2023/2024, $136,705,000; 24 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 25 Air Force’’, 2023/2024, $112,324,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 88 1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 2 Space Force’’, 2023/2024, $96,878,000; and 3 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 4 Defense-Wide’’, 2023/2024, $237,538,000. 5 SEC. 8047. None of the funds available in this Act 6 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili- 7 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 8 Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 9 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 10 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 11 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 12 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc- 13 ture. 14 SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated or other- 15 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex- 16 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 17 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 18 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac- 19 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 20 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 21 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo- 22 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 23 SEC. 8049. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 24 thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte- 25 nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Com- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 89 1 mands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reim- 2 bursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 3 would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 4 National Guard and Reserve when members of the Na- 5 tional Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counter- 6 intelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 7 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 8 activities and programs included within the National Intel- 9 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 10 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 11 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 12 and training procedures. 13 SEC. 8050. (a) None of the funds available to the 14 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter- 15 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 16 any other department or agency of the United States ex- 17 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 18 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel- 19 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 20 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de- 21 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi- 22 cally provided in an appropriations law. 23 SEC. 8051. In addition to the amounts appropriated 24 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 25 $49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 90 1 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 2 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter- 3 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci- 4 fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi- 5 zations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 6 SEC. 8052. Notwithstanding any other provision in 7 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 8 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 9 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 10 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 11 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart- 12 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 13 of each other relevant component of the Department of 14 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit- 15 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica- 16 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 17 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac- 18 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro- 19 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro- 20 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi- 21 ties within such department, agency, or component during 22 the most recently completed fiscal year. 23 SEC. 8053. None of the funds available to the De- 24 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 25 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 91 1 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 2 the contractor to an employee when— 3 (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 4 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 5 to the employee; and 6 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as- 7 sociated with a business combination. 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, no more 10 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 11 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 12 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 13 the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 14 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 15 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per- 16 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 17 organizations and activities outside the Department of De- 18 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 19 Code. 20 SEC. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 21 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per- 22 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 23 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail- 24 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 92 1 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 2 such use on a case-by-case basis. 3 (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 4 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis- 5 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 6 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 7 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 8 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 9 SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 10 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli- 11 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 12 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 13 aircraft. 14 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 15 apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 16 of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 17 be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 18 (c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 19 that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 20 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 21 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 22 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte- 23 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 24 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact- 25 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 93 1 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 2 necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 3 meet the travel requirements for official or representa- 4 tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 5 fiscal years 2024 and 2025. 6 SEC. 8057. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 7 title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 8 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper- 9 ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 10 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop- 11 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 12 strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac- 13 ceptance for operational use. 14 (b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 15 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 16 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 17 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 18 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 19 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex- 20 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de- 21 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad- 22 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 23 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursu- 24 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 94 1 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 2 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 3 (c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 4 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 5 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 6 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 7 committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 8 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 9 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac- 10 tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 11 use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 12 end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 13 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 14 accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 15 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 16 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 17 the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 18 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con- 19 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 20 requested for fiscal year 2025 in research, development, 21 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 22 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 23 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 24 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 25 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 95 1 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 2 interest to do so. 3 SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other- 4 wise made available by this or other Department of De- 5 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 6 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 7 military family housing units of the Department of De- 8 fense, including areas in such military family housing 9 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi- 10 cial Department of Defense business. 11 SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of 12 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 13 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 14 Wide’’ for any new start defense innovation acceleration 15 or rapid prototyping program demonstration project with 16 a value of more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 17 15 days after a report, including a description of the 18 project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy 19 and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided 20 in writing to the congressional defense committees: Pro- 21 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re- 22 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the con- 23 gressional defense committees that it is in the national in- 24 terest to do so. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 96 1 SEC. 8060. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 2 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 4 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 5 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 6 SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 7 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 8 of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 9 duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 10 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele- 11 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 12 SEC. 8062. None of the funds provided in this Act 13 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 14 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 15 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no- 16 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 17 piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or 18 ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an 19 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart- 20 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 21 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 22 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren- 23 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 24 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con- 25 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 97 1 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per- 2 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 3 the Department of State. 4 SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des- 6 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider- 7 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 8 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 9 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 10 any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 11 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra- 12 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 13 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 14 on a case-by-case basis. 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 17 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 18 $175,943,968 shall remain available until expended: Pro- 19 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 20 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 21 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro- 22 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 23 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 24 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper- 25 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 98 1 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 2 under the authority of this section may provide for such 3 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec- 4 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 5 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 6 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na- 7 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 8 SEC. 8065. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 9 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod- 10 ify— 11 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 12 National Intelligence Program budget, including 13 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 14 appropriation account; 15 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 16 budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 17 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart- 18 ment of Defense budget request; 19 (3) the process by which the National Intel- 20 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 21 the executing agencies; or 22 (4) the process by which the National Intel- 23 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli- 24 gated and disbursed. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 99 1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 2 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na- 3 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex- 4 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 5 in accordance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a). 6 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec- 7 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 8 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 9 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 10 alternative financial management processes. Such study 11 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as- 12 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 13 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 14 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de- 15 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel- 16 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 17 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af- 18 fected agencies; 19 (2) receive certification from all affected agen- 20 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 21 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 22 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 23 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 24 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 100 1 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 2 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 8066. In addition to amounts made available 5 elsewhere in this Act, $100,000,000 is hereby appro- 6 priated to the Department of Defense and made available 7 for transfer to operation and maintenance accounts, pro- 8 curement accounts, and research, development, test and 9 evaluation accounts only for those efforts by the Com- 10 mander, United States Africa Command or Commander, 11 United States Southern Command to expand cooperation, 12 share operational information, advance interoperability, or 13 improve the capabilities of our allies and partners in their 14 areas of operation: Provided, That none of the funds pro- 15 vided under this section may be obligated or expended 16 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to 17 the congressional defense committees an execution plan: 18 Provided further, That not less than 15 days prior to any 19 transfer of funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 20 the congressional defense committees of the details of any 21 such transfer: Provided further, That upon transfer, the 22 funds shall be merged with and available for the same pur- 23 poses, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 24 to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 101 1 authority provided under this section is in addition to any 2 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, not to ex- 5 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 6 in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 7 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper- 8 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 9 the military department concerned to its central fund es- 10 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec- 11 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13 SEC. 8068. In addition to amounts provided else- 14 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 15 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga- 16 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 17 other provision of law, that upon the determination of the 18 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter- 19 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 20 Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 21 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 22 needs of military family members when confronted with 23 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene- 24 ficiary. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 102 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper- 3 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 4 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 5 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 6 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv- 7 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 8 SEC. 8070. None of the funds available to the De- 9 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 10 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 11 operational and administrative control of United States 12 Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 13 the command and control relationships which existed on 14 October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 15 modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap- 16 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 17 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 18 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 19 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap- 20 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro- 21 posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 22 commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 23 meet operational requirements. 24 SEC. 8071. Any notice that is required to be sub- 25 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 103 1 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 2 title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 3 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 4 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 5 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 6 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 7 House of Representatives and the Senate. 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 10 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 11 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 12 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 13 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 14 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov- 15 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 16 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub- 17 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree- 18 ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 19 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in- 20 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 21 under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co- 22 production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 23 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 24 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce- 25 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 104 1 for SRBMD, as amended; $80,000,000 shall be for an 2 upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi- 3 tecture, of which $80,000,000 shall be for co-production 4 activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 5 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 6 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce- 7 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 8 for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 9 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in- 10 cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 11 detection suite: Provided further, That the transfer author- 12 ity provided under this section is in addition to any other 13 transfer authority contained in this Act. 14 SEC. 8073. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 15 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 16 $1,290,093,000 shall be available until September 30, 17 2024, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 18 the following programs: 19 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 20 version, Navy’’, 2013/2024: Carrier Replacement 21 Program, $624,600,000; 22 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 23 version, Navy’’, 2015/2024: Virginia Class Sub- 24 marine Program, $43,419,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 105 1 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 2 version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: Virginia Class Sub- 3 marine Program, $100,115,000; 4 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 5 version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: DDG 51 Program, 6 $104,090,000; 7 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 8 version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: Virginia Class Sub- 9 marine Program, $24,646,000; 10 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 11 version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: DDG 51 Program, 12 $121,827,000; 13 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 14 version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: LPD 17 Amphibious 15 Transport Dock Program, $16,520,000; 16 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 17 version, Navy’’, 2018/2024: Ship to Shore Connector 18 Program, $43,600,000; 19 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 20 version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: Littoral Combat Ship 21 Program, $23,000,000; 22 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 23 version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 24 gram, $27,060,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 106 1 (11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 2 version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: CVN Refueling Over- 3 hauls, $42,422,000; 4 (12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 5 version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 6 gram, $93,250,000; 7 (13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 8 version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 9 Rescue Ship Program, $1,150,000; 10 (14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 11 version, Navy’’, 2021/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 12 Rescue Ship Program, $21,809,000; and 13 (15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 14 version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 15 gram, $2,585,000. 16 SEC. 8074. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 17 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel- 18 ligence activities and intelligence-related activities not oth- 19 erwise authorized in the Intelligence Authorization Act for 20 Fiscal Year 2024 are deemed to be specifically authorized 21 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na- 22 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). 23 SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act 24 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 25 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 107 1 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 2 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 3 of national security and only after written prior notifica- 4 tion to the congressional defense committees. 5 SEC. 8076. None of the funds in this Act may be 6 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure- 7 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 8 missile defense system. 9 SEC. 8077. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of de- 11 commissioning any Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Ger- 12 mantown, or the USS Tortuga. 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 8078. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 15 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro- 16 priation to any available Navy ship construction appro- 17 priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 18 resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate ad- 19 justments for any ship construction program appropriated 20 in law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to 21 exceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this 22 section: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 23 transfer any funds until 30 days after the proposed trans- 24 fer has been reported to the Committees on Appropria- 25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, un- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 108 1 less a response from the Committees is received sooner: 2 Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to 3 this section shall retain the same period of availability as 4 when originally appropriated: Provided further, That the 5 transfer authority provided under this section is in addi- 6 tion to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere 7 in this Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 8 provided by this section expires on September 30, 2028. 9 SEC. 8079. None of the funds appropriated or made 10 available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 11 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad- 12 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 13 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 14 levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 15 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 16 perform other missions in support of national defense re- 17 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 18 SEC. 8080. None of the funds provided in this Act 19 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in- 20 formation unless the information has been lawfully col- 21 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for- 22 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 23 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 24 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 109 1 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple- 2 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 3 SEC. 8081. None of the funds appropriated by this 4 Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 5 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 6 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 7 research and technology, which shall remain available until 8 September 30, 2025. 9 SEC. 8082. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 10 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 11 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 12 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 13 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship- 14 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 15 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 16 to the total amount of the appropriation. 17 SEC. 8083. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 18 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel- 19 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel- 20 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 21 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 22 2024: Provided, That the report shall include— 23 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa- 24 rate column to display the President’s budget re- 25 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 110 1 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 2 fiscal year enacted level; 3 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro- 4 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 5 (3) an identification of items of special congres- 6 sional interest. 7 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel- 8 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re- 9 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub- 10 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 11 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 12 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com- 13 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 14 as an emergency requirement. 15 SEC. 8084. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 16 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel- 17 opment Account in or for fiscal year 2024 to a military 18 department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 19 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov- 20 ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 21 SEC. 8085. (a) None of the funds provided for the 22 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro- 23 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi- 24 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 111 1 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 2 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 3 (1) creates a new start effort; 4 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 5 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 6 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na- 7 tional Intelligence Program; or 8 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 9 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 10 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 11 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 12 urgent national security requirements. 13 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel- 14 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 15 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 16 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 17 section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 18 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 19 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac- 20 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 21 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re- 22 programming of funds; this notification period may be re- 23 duced for urgent national security requirements. 24 SEC. 8086. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 25 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 112 1 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 2 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 3 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen- 4 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 5 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 6 (1) the public posting of the report com- 7 promises national security; or 8 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 9 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 10 do so only after such report has been made available to 11 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 12 no less than 45 days. 13 SEC. 8087. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 14 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 15 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 16 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 17 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 18 employees or independent contractors that requires, 19 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 20 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar- 21 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 22 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 23 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as- 24 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 113 1 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su- 2 pervision, or retention; or 3 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 4 an existing agreement with an employee or inde- 5 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 6 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra- 7 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 8 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex- 9 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 10 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 11 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 12 or retention. 13 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 14 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed- 15 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 16 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 17 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 18 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub- 19 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 20 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 21 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon- 22 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 23 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 24 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 25 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 114 1 with employees or independent contractors that may not 2 be enforced in a court of the United States. 3 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica- 4 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 5 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 6 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per- 7 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 8 harm to national security interests of the United States, 9 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 10 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina- 11 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 12 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 13 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 14 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 15 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 16 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con- 17 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 18 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be- 19 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter- 20 mination may be awarded. 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 SEC. 8088. From within the funds appropriated for 23 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro- 24 gram in this Act, up to $172,000,000, shall be available 25 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 115 1 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 2 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 3 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 4 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 5 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper- 6 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 7 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet- 8 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 9 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 10 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 11 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 12 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op- 13 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 14 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet- 15 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 16 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 18 atives and the Senate. 19 SEC. 8089. None of the funds appropriated or other- 20 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De- 21 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven- 22 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 23 States Code. 24 SEC. 8090. Notwithstanding price or other limita- 25 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 116 1 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De- 2 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 3 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 4 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 5 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 6 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em- 7 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 8 Central Command area of responsibility. 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 SEC. 8091. Upon a determination by the Director of 11 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 12 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 13 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 14 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 15 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro- 16 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 17 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore- 18 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi- 19 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 20 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro- 21 vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 22 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 23 made prior to June 30, 2024. 24 SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 25 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $142,008,000, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 117 1 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2 2028, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 3 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 4 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 5 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 6 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 7 Maritime Administration account of the United States De- 8 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi- 9 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 10 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 12 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 13 for execution. 14 SEC. 8093. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 15 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 16 SEC. 8094. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 18 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 19 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 20 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 21 person; or 22 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 23 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 24 United States Code) of any electronic communica- 25 tion of a United States person from a provider of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 118 1 electronic communication services to the public pur- 2 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur- 3 veillance Act of 1978. 4 SEC. 8095. None of the funds made available in this 5 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 6 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 7 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re- 8 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 9 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 10 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with- 11 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 12 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex- 13 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria- 14 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 15 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 16 SEC. 8096. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 17 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $667,508,000, 18 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 19 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 20 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 21 Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 22 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 23 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 24 United States Department of Transportation for pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 119 1 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na- 2 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 3 SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds provided in this 4 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 5 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 6 the following components unless those components are 7 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 8 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 9 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel- 10 lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 11 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse- 12 quent ships of the fleet. 13 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 14 FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new 15 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 16 components unless those components are manufactured in 17 the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 18 electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 19 pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 20 enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 21 cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro- 22 pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in- 23 corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 24 and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 120 1 program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship 2 of the program. 3 SEC. 8098. None of the funds provided in this Act 4 for requirements development, performance specification 5 development, concept design and development, ship con- 6 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi- 7 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 8 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 9 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 10 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 11 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 12 AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 13 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 14 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip- 15 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu- 16 factured in the United States. 17 SEC. 8099. No amounts credited or otherwise made 18 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 19 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 20 be transferred to: 21 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 22 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au- 23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 24 2302 note); or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 121 1 (2) credited to a military-department specific 2 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na- 3 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 4 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 6 SEC. 8100. None of the funds made available by this 7 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex- 8 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 9 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 10 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 11 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 12 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo- 13 sure 3, 14a and 14b). 14 SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds made available in 15 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 16 network unless such network is designed to block access 17 to pornography websites. 18 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 19 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 20 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 21 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 22 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in- 23 cluding intelligence activities. 24 SEC. 8102. None of the funds provided for, or other- 25 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 122 1 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 2 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 3 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 4 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper- 5 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 6 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un- 7 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip- 8 ment. 9 SEC. 8103. (a) None of the funds made available by 10 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 11 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 12 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 13 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil- 14 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad- 15 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 16 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 17 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col- 18 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed- 19 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 20 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 21 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 22 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 23 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 24 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 25 Government. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 123 1 SEC. 8104. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 2 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta- 3 bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 4 the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 5 for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 6 evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op- 7 eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 8 and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 9 (1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 10 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 11 0608013N); 12 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 13 (PE 0608231N); 14 (4) Space Command & Control (PE 15 1208248SF); 16 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 17 0303150K); and 18 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z). 19 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 20 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli- 21 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig- 22 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2024. 23 SEC. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or other- 24 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 25 the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 124 1 Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 2 limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina- 3 tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 4 Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 5 Defense. 6 SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this 7 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 8 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 9 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 10 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 11 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 12 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 13 Code. 14 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 15 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 16 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 17 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 18 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed- 19 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 20 Federal Regulations. 21 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 22 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 23 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 24 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 25 148). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 125 1 SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available by this 2 Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist- 3 ance to the Azov Battalion. 4 SEC. 8108. During the current fiscal year, the De- 5 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 6 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec- 7 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa- 8 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 9 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con- 10 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria- 11 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 12 SEC. 8109. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 13 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 14 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 15 $1,406,346,000, to remain available until September 30, 16 2025, shall be available for International Security Co- 17 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup- 18 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 19 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 20 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca- 21 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 22 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 23 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 24 committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga- 25 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 126 1 provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria- 2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 3 the use and status of funds made available in this section. 4 SEC. 8110. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 5 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 6 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 7 $380,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 8 2025, shall be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, 9 Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman under section 1226 of the Na- 10 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 11 U.S.C. 2151 note), for enhanced border security, of which 12 not less than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, 13 That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 14 prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 15 notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 16 the details of any planned obligation and the nature of 17 the expenses incurred: Provided further, That the Sec- 18 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 20 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 21 available in this section. 22 SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res- 24 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 127 1 SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 2 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 3 333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper- 4 ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola- 5 tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 6 of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 7 be used to support any military training or operation that 8 includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 9 Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other- 10 wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 11 Prevention Act of 2008. 12 SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 14 SEC. 8114. Notwithstanding any other provision of 15 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 16 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun- 17 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 18 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 19 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 20 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 21 SEC. 8115. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 22 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 23 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 24 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 25 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 128 1 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 2 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 3 of Rosoboronexport. 4 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita- 5 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 6 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel- 7 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 8 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ- 9 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 10 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 11 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 12 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern- 13 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 14 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 15 have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 16 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 17 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con- 18 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 19 Ukraine. 20 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De- 21 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 22 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 23 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 24 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 25 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 129 1 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 2 a report containing the results of the review conducted 3 with respect to such waiver. 4 SEC. 8116. Equipment procured using funds provided 5 in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Counterterrorism Part- 6 nerships Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 7 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 8 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 9 (Public Law 113–291), or under the heading ‘‘Iraq Train 10 and Equip Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 11 1236 of such Act, and not yet transferred to authorized 12 recipients may be transferred to foreign security forces, 13 irregular forces, groups, or individuals, authorized to re- 14 ceive assistance using amounts provided under the heading 15 ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ in this Act: Pro- 16 vided, That such equipment may be transferred 15 days 17 following written notification to the congressional defense 18 committees. 19 SEC. 8117. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 20 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 21 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 22 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 23 2025, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 24 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ- 25 ing access, provided to United States military and stability March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 130 1 operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 2 Provided, That such reimbursement payments may be 3 made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 4 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consulta- 5 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 6 Budget, may determine, based on documentation deter- 7 mined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 8 for the support provided, and such determination is final 9 and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United 10 States, and 15 days following written notification to the 11 appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 12 That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing 13 specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 14 equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such 15 equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces 16 supporting United States military and stability operations 17 to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 18 days following written notification to the appropriate con- 19 gressional committees: Provided further, That the Sec- 20 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 22 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 23 available in this section. 24 SEC. 8118. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 25 congressional defense committees in writing not more than March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 131 1 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re- 2 ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 3 purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 4 United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi- 5 cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 6 purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 7 authority under which such contribution was accepted by 8 the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 9 than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 10 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com- 11 mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 12 contributions, including whether such contributions would 13 support existing or new stationing or operations of the 14 United States Armed Forces. 15 SEC. 8119. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 16 in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart- 17 ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 18 to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 19 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 20 a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 21 for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 22 been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 23 activities for fiscal year 2024. 24 (b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 25 include— March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 132 1 (1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 2 and exercise covered by the report; 3 (2) an identification of the military department 4 and units that participated in each such activity or 5 exercise (including an estimate of the number of 6 participants); 7 (3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 8 budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 9 such as transportation); and 10 (4) a short explanation of the objective of the 11 activity or exercise. 12 (c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 13 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi- 14 fied annex. 15 SEC. 8120. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 16 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 17 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 18 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 19 fiscal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec- 20 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 21 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 22 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec- 23 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca- 24 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 133 1 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 2 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 3 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo- 4 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 5 year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 6 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro- 7 priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 8 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre- 9 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor- 10 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis- 11 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 12 the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo- 13 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 14 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 15 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub- 16 section (a) of this section. 17 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 18 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 19 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 20 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo- 21 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require- 22 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil- 23 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 24 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 134 1 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 2 the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of De- 3 fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 4 of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 5 allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 6 with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 7 under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 8 fiscal year 2025. 9 (e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 11 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal- 12 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 13 America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 14 subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 15 committed, and unobligated funds. 16 SEC. 8121. Not later than 15 days after the date on 17 which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op- 18 erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 19 temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper- 20 ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec- 21 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 22 committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 23 base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 24 information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 25 associated with the opening or closing of such base. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 135 1 SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 2 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 3 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in- 4 cluding for the introduction of United States Armed 5 Forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq 6 where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi- 7 cated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, air- 8 space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven- 9 tion of the congressional consultation and reporting re- 10 quirements of sections 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 11 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 12 SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 14 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 15 including for the introduction of United States armed or 16 military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 17 Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 18 indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 19 airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con- 20 travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 21 requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 22 1542 and 1543). 23 SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other- 24 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 136 1 gated or expended by the United States Government for 2 a purpose as follows: 3 (1) To establish any military installation or 4 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 5 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 6 (2) To exercise United States control over any 7 oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 8 SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this 9 Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip 10 Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable 11 air defense systems. 12 SEC. 8126. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appro- 13 priated by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation 14 Agency in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 15 may be used to provide assistance to the Government of 16 Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to en- 17 hance security along its borders. 18 SEC. 8127. The total amount appropriated or other- 19 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 20 by $500,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procure- 21 ment of advisory and assistance services, to be distributed 22 as follows: 23 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 24 $138,000,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 137 1 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 2 $68,000,000; 3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 4 $52,000,000; 5 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 6 $77,000,000; 7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 8 $9,500,000; 9 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 10 $143,000,000; and 11 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National 12 Guard’’, $12,500,000: 13 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria- 14 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 15 Intelligence Program. 16 SEC. 8128. The total amount appropriated or other- 17 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 18 by $100,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi- 19 ciencies and management improvements in the funding of 20 miscellaneous or other contracts in the military depart- 21 ments, as follows: 22 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 23 $21,000,000; 24 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 25 $25,000,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 138 1 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 2 $3,500,000; 3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 4 $22,000,000; 5 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 6 $1,700,000; and 7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 8 $26,800,000: 9 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria- 10 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 11 Intelligence Program. 12 SEC. 8129. The amounts appropriated in title II of 13 this Act are hereby reduced by $500,000,000 to reflect 14 excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 15 Capital Funds, as follows: 16 (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 17 $400,000,000; and 18 (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 19 $100,000,000. 20 SEC. 8130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex- 22 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 23 is hereby reduced by $969,000,000. 24 SEC. 8131. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 25 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 139 1 Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 2 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 3 Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 4 available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 5 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 6 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 7 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 8 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 9 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 10 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 11 provided in this Act. 12 SEC. 8132. In carrying out the program described in 13 the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 14 Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se- 15 verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 16 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 17 for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 18 issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 19 Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 20 that— 21 (1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 22 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 23 and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 24 apply; and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 140 1 (2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 2 shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 3 without limitation on the duration of such 4 cryopreservation and storage. 5 SEC. 8133. The Secretary of the Navy shall continue 6 to provide pay and allowances to Lieutenant Ridge 7 Alkonis, United States Navy, until such time as the Sec- 8 retary of the Navy makes a determination with respect 9 to the separation of Lieutenant Alkonis from the Navy. 10 SEC. 8134. Grants pursuant to section 8120 of the 11 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division 12 C of Public Law 117–103) to communities impacted by 13 military aviation noise for the purpose of installing noise 14 mitigating insulation at covered facilities may also provide 15 for the installation of air conditioning that complements 16 noise mitigating insulation at such facilities. 17 SEC. 8135. During their period of availability, 18 amounts appropriated in section 124 of the Continuing 19 Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117– 20 180) may be charged for any proper expense pursuant to 21 section 1553(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, not- 22 withstanding the limitation in section 1553(b)(2) of such 23 title. 24 SEC. 8136. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 25 funds made available in this Act for procurement or for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 141 1 research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 2 Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F–35 aircraft, 3 including up to two F–35 aircraft of each variant, to a 4 test configuration: Provided, That the Secretary of De- 5 fense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the 6 Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the con- 7 gressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days 8 prior to obligating funds under this section: Provided fur- 9 ther, That any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority 10 provided in this section shall be made in accordance with 11 section 8005 of this Act. 12 SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli- 14 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air- 15 craft. 16 SEC. 8138. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 17 may be used to enter into a contract or contracts for the 18 procurement of airframes and engines for the CH–53K 19 heavy lift helicopter program. 20 SEC. 8139. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 21 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 22 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 23 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 24 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 25 title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 142 1 specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 2 (c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim- 3 its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 4 and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 5 to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 6 in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 7 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 8 to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 9 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit- 10 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 11 SEC. 8140. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart- 12 ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 13 pursuant to section 903(b)(5) of the National Defense Au- 14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 15 31), $49,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 16 2026, for the cost of loans and loan guarantees pursuant 17 to section 903(b) of such Act for a pilot program on cap- 18 ital assistance to support defense investment in the indus- 19 trial base: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 20 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 21 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur- 22 ther, That such amounts are available to subsidize gross 23 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, and 24 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 25 not to exceed $984,000,000: Provided further, That the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 143 1 Secretary of Defense (‘‘Secretary’’) and the Director of 2 the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘Director’’) shall 3 jointly develop criteria for project eligibility for direct 4 loans and loan guarantees authorized by section 903(b) 5 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 6 2024 (Public Law 118–31) that limit Federal participa- 7 tion in a project consistent with the requirements for the 8 budgetary treatment provided for in section 504 of the 9 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 and based on the rec- 10 ommendations contained in the 1967 Report of the Presi- 11 dent’s Commission on Budget Concepts: Provided further, 12 That the Secretary and the Director shall, not later than 13 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, report 14 such criteria to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 16 atives and the Senate and certify in that report that the 17 criteria are compliant with this section: Provided further, 18 That in the event that a report is not completed and cer- 19 tified within 120 days, the Secretary and the Director 20 shall provide a joint explanatory briefing on program es- 21 tablishment progress and estimated completion time: Pro- 22 vided further, That, in developing the criteria to be used, 23 the Secretary and the Director shall consult with the Di- 24 rector of the Congressional Budget Office: Provided fur- 25 ther, That the requirements of section 553 of title 5, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 144 1 United States Code, shall not apply to the development 2 of such criteria: Provided further, That the use of direct 3 loans or loan guarantee authority under this section for 4 direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any 5 project using funds provided by this section shall be in 6 accordance with such criteria: Provided further, That the 7 Secretary may not issue a Notice of Funding Availability 8 for applications for credit assistance under the program 9 authorized by section 903(b) of the National Defense Au- 10 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 11 31) using funds provided by this section until the criteria 12 have been developed pursuant to the third proviso and cer- 13 tified pursuant to the fourth proviso: Provided further, 14 That none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority 15 made available under this section shall be available for any 16 project unless the Secretary and the Director, or their re- 17 spective designees, have each individually certified in ad- 18 vance in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 20 atives and the Senate that the direct loan or loan guar- 21 antee, as applicable, and the project comply with the cri- 22 teria developed pursuant to this section: Provided further, 23 That the report required by the fourth proviso shall in- 24 clude information on any statutory improvements to sec- 25 tion 149 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sec- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 145 1 tion 903 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2 Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), and section 3 903(b) of such Act, that would further align such sections 4 with the budgetary treatment and recommendations re- 5 ferred to in the third proviso, including statutory improve- 6 ments necessary to ensure that no further reference to the 7 criteria or the certifications will be required in appropria- 8 tions Acts in future fiscal years: Provided further, That 9 such statutory improvements shall also be shared with the 10 Committees on the Budget and Armed Services of the 11 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur- 12 ther, That, for the purposes of carrying out the Congres- 13 sional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congres- 14 sional Budget Office may request, and the Secretary shall 15 promptly provide, documentation and information relating 16 to a project identified by the Department of Defense pur- 17 suant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applications 18 for credit assistance under section 903(b) of the National 19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public 20 Law 118–31). 21 SEC. 8141. Notwithstanding section 8057 of this Act, 22 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De- 23 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 24 Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 25 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 146 1 tory statement regarding this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation 2 Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 281A, that exceed the amounts 3 requested may be used for expenses for agile research, de- 4 velopment, test and evaluation, procurement, production, 5 modification, and operation and maintenance require- 6 ments, including the initial acquisition of end-items for 7 operational use: Provided, That none of these funds may 8 be obligated or expended until 15 days after the Secretary 9 of Defense provides the Committees on Appropriations of 10 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 11 execution plan for such funds. 12 SEC. 8142. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, 14 or associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 15 SEC. 8143. None of the funds made available by this 16 Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 17 EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 18 by the government of China unless the Secretary of De- 19 fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 20 the national security interests of the United States and, 21 not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub- 22 mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 23 justification for the waiver, including— 24 (1) an identification of the Department of De- 25 fense entity obligating or expending the funds; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 147 1 (2) an identification of the amount of such 2 funds; 3 (3) an identification of the intended purpose of 4 such funds; 5 (4) an identification of the recipient or prospec- 6 tive recipient of such funds (including any third- 7 party entity recipient, as applicable); 8 (5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 9 national security interests of the United States; and 10 (6) any other information the Secretary deter- 11 mines appropriate. 12 SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 14 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 15 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 16 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 17 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 18 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 19 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 20 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 21 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 22 SEC. 8145. None of the funds appropriated or other- 23 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 24 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 25 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 148 1 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 2 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec- 3 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 4 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 5 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 6 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 7 SEC. 8146. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 8 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 9 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 10 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 11 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 12 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef- 13 fective control of the Department of Defense. 14 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 15 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 16 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 17 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 18 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 20 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 21 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 22 and 23 (2) is— 24 (A) in the custody or under the effective 25 control of the Department of Defense; or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 149 1 (B) otherwise under detention at United 2 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 3 SEC. 8147. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 5 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 6 Cuba. 7 SEC. 8148. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 8 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 9 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 10 $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 11 2025, shall be for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia- 12 tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 13 Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec- 14 retary of State, to provide assistance, including training; 15 equipment; lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies 16 and services; salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intel- 17 ligence support to the military and national security forces 18 of Ukraine, and to other forces or groups recognized by 19 and under the authority of the Government of Ukraine, 20 including governmental entities within Ukraine, engaged 21 in resisting Russian aggression against Ukraine, for re- 22 placement of any weapons or articles provided to the Gov- 23 ernment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 24 States, and to recover or dispose of equipment procured 25 using funds made available in this section in this or prior March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 150 1 Acts: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 2 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 3 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 4 committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 5 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 6 more than 60 days after such notification is made, inform 7 such committees if such funds have not been obligated and 8 the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Secretary 9 of Defense shall consult with such committees in advance 10 of the provision of support provided to other forces or 11 groups recognized by and under the authority of the Gov- 12 ernment of Ukraine: Provided further, That the United 13 States may accept equipment procured using funds made 14 available in this section in this or prior Acts transferred 15 to the security forces of Ukraine and returned by such 16 forces to the United States: Provided further, That equip- 17 ment procured using funds made available in this section 18 in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the mili- 19 tary or national security forces of Ukraine or to other as- 20 sisted entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted 21 entities to the United States, may be treated as stocks 22 of the Department of Defense upon written notification 23 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 24 That any notification of funds made available in this sec- 25 tion shall specify an estimated timeline for the delivery March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 151 1 of defense articles and defense services provided and shall 2 identify if any equipment provided requires enhanced end- 3 use monitoring: Provided further, That the Secretary of 4 Defense may accept and retain contributions, including 5 money, personal property, and services, from foreign gov- 6 ernments and other entities, to carry out assistance au- 7 thorized for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in 8 this section: Provided further, That the Secretary of De- 9 fense shall notify the congressional defense committees in 10 writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any 11 contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the 12 funds received and the specific use of such contributions: 13 Provided further, That contributions of money for the pur- 14 poses provided herein from any foreign government or 15 other entity may be credited to this account, to remain 16 available until September 30, 2025, and used for such 17 purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 18 shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de- 19 fense committees on the use and status of funds made 20 available in this section. 21 SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be made available 23 to remove a Chinese military company from the list re- 24 quired by section 1260H of the National Defense Author- 25 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 152 1 except in accordance with subsection (b)(3) of such section 2 and 15 days following written notification to the congres- 3 sional defense committees. 4 SEC. 8150. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used in contravention of section 525 of the 6 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 7 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 8 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De- 9 fense Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 153 1 DIVISION B—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 2 GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA- 3 TIONS ACT, 2024 4 TITLE I 5 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 6 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 9 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 10 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas- 11 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve- 12 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 13 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec- 14 essary for the performance of official business; executive 15 direction program activities; international affairs and eco- 16 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac- 17 tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 18 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli- 19 cies and programs activities $287,576,000, of which not 20 less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administra- 21 tion of financial assistance, in addition to amounts other- 22 wise available for such purposes: Provided, That of the 23 amount appropriated under this heading— 24 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep- 25 tion and representation expenses; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 154 1 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 2 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 3 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 4 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 5 Secretary’s certificate; and 6 (3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain 7 available until September 30, 2025, for— 8 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 9 Audit and Internal Control Program; 10 (B) information technology modernization 11 requirements; 12 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra- 13 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 14 (D) the development and implementation 15 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 16 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 17 entering into cooperative agreements; 18 (E) operations and maintenance of facili- 19 ties; and 20 (F) international operations. 21 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 22 STATES FUND 23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 24 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 25 Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 155 1 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 2 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de- 3 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ- 4 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 5 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 6 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur- 7 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 8 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 9 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 10 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any 11 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro- 12 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 13 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset- 14 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 15 appropriated under this heading from the general fund 16 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 17 during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a total appro- 18 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 19 $0. 20 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 23 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys- 24 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter- 25 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 156 1 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 2 drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 3 $226,862,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 4 available for addressing human rights violations and cor- 5 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 6 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 7 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 8 under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail- 9 able until September 30, 2025. 10 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 11 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 12 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 13 $36,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 14 2026: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 15 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas- 16 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur- 17 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 18 heading $6,500,000 shall be available for administrative 19 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 20 provide oversight of the investments made under this 21 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple- 22 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 23 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 157 1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 2 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 For development and acquisition of automatic data 5 processing equipment, software, and services and for re- 6 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart- 7 ment of the Treasury, $11,007,000, to remain available 8 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That these funds 9 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec- 10 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of- 11 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 12 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 13 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur- 14 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head- 15 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev- 16 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 17 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 21 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 22 5, United States Code, $48,389,000, including hire of pas- 23 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 24 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con- 25 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 158 1 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 2 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep- 3 tember 30, 2025, shall be for audits and investigations 4 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 5 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re- 6 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 7 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 8 shall be available for official reception and representation 9 expenses. 10 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 11 ADMINISTRATION 12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 14 General for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 15 4 of title 5, United States Code, including purchase and 16 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 17 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 18 may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad- 19 ministration; $172,508,000, of which $5,000,000 shall re- 20 main available until September 30, 2025; of which not to 21 exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel ex- 22 penses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 23 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 24 allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec- 25 tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 159 1 exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 2 representation expenses. 3 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En- 6 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve- 7 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 8 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 9 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in- 10 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula- 11 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 12 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 13 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 14 with or without reimbursement, $190,193,000 of which 15 not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until 16 September 30, 2026. 17 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 20 of the Fiscal Service, $391,109,000; of which not to ex- 21 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 22 2026, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 23 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 24 and representation expenses. 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APPRO. 160 1 In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil 2 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 3 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 4 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 5 380. 6 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 9 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 10 passenger motor vehicles, $157,795,000; of which not to 11 exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 12 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 13 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de- 14 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 15 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 16 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 17 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 18 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 19 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 20 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 21 available until September 30, 2026, shall be for the costs 22 associated with enforcement of and education regarding 23 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad- 24 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 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APPRO. 161 1 UNITED STATES MINT 2 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 3 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 4 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 5 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 6 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis- 7 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper- 8 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 9 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in- 10 curred during fiscal year 2024 under such section 5136 11 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in- 12 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 13 $50,000,000. 14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 15 FUND 16 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 17 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 18 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 19 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 20 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 21 to the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount ap- 22 propriated under this heading— 23 (1) not less than $188,000,000, notwith- 24 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 25 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 162 1 ing Community Development Financial Institutions 2 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 3 2025, for financial assistance and technical assist- 4 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 5 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 6 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 7 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out- 8 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 9 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be 10 used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 11 $10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec- 12 tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 13 4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as- 14 sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 15 to community development financial institutions to 16 expand investments that benefit individuals with dis- 17 abilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for 18 the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con- 19 junction with the Corporation for National and 20 Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: 21 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 22 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 23 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres- 24 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 25 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 163 1 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 2 exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the 3 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 4 those made to community development financial in- 5 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ- 6 uals with disabilities and those made to community 7 development financial institutions that serve popu- 8 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 9 CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 10 awards to organizations that invest and lend in high- 11 poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 12 this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means 13 any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 14 percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data 15 series available from the American Community Sur- 16 vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 17 Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 18 percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De- 19 cennial Census data for any territory or possession 20 of the United States; 21 (2) not less than $28,000,000, 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, 25 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 164 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 $40,000,000 is available until 9 September 30, 2025, for the Bank Enterprise Award 10 program; 11 (4) not less than $24,000,000, 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 $9,000,000 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 25 Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 165 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 $35,000,000 is available for adminis- 5 trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 6 Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 7 Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for 8 the development of tools to better assess and inform 9 CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 10 impacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative 11 expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and 12 (7) during fiscal year 2024, none of the funds 13 available under this heading are available for the 14 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 15 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 16 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 17 Community Development and Regulatory Improve- 18 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 19 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 20 under such section 114A shall not exceed 21 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 22 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 23 2025: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 24 under this heading, except those provided for the 25 Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 10 percent March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 166 1 shall be used for awards that support investments 2 that serve populations living in persistent poverty 3 counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of 4 this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘per- 5 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county, includ- 6 ing county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has 7 had 20 percent or more of its population living in 8 poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 9 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016– 10 2020 5-year data series available from the American 11 Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or 12 any other territory or possession of the United 13 States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu- 14 lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 15 measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas 16 Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu- 17 reau of the Census. 18 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 19 TAXPAYER SERVICES 20 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv- 21 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist- 22 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 23 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 24 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 25 Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 167 1 $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2 2025, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the 3 Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 4 than $28,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 5 2025, shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic 6 grants, including grants to individual clinics of up to 7 $200,000, of which not less than $41,000,000, to remain 8 available until September 30, 2025, shall be available for 9 the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Match- 10 ing Grants Program for tax return preparation assistance, 11 and of which not less than $271,200,000 shall be available 12 for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: 13 Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Tax- 14 payer Advocate Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be 15 for identity theft and refund fraud casework. 16 ENFORCEMENT 17 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 18 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 19 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con- 20 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 21 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi- 22 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi- 23 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 24 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 25 determined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 168 1 which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available 2 until September 30, 2025; of which not less than 3 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 4 Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 5 $25,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 6 Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 7 amount made available for investigative technology for the 8 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 9 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di- 10 vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading. 11 OPERATIONS SUPPORT 12 For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev- 13 enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement 14 programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 15 printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and 16 other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta- 17 tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech- 18 nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte- 19 nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 20 (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev- 21 enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au- 22 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter- 23 mined by the Commissioner; $4,100,826,000, of which not 24 to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep- 25 tember 30, 2025; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 169 1 remain available until expended for acquisition of equip- 2 ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; 3 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available 4 until September 30, 2026, for research; and of which not 5 to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep- 6 resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 7 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 8 Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro- 9 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 10 and the Comptroller General of the United States detail- 11 ing major information technology investments in the Inter- 12 nal Revenue Service portfolio, including detailed, plain 13 language summaries on the status of plans, costs, and re- 14 sults; prior results and actual expenditures of the prior 15 quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the fiscal 16 year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with ongo- 17 ing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; and 18 total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, That 19 the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget 20 justification for fiscal year 2025, a summary of cost and 21 schedule performance information for its major informa- 22 tion technology systems. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 170 1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 2 SERVICE 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropria- 5 tion in this Act made available to the Internal Revenue 6 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 7 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 9 atives and the Senate: Provided, That, notwithstanding 10 the preceding proviso, no funds may be transferred into 11 the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’. 12 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main- 13 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 14 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 15 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im- 16 partial application of tax law. 17 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti- 18 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe- 19 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro- 20 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 21 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 22 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 23 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi- 24 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 25 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 171 1 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 2 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 3 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 4 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 5 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 6 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 7 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 8 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 9 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 10 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 11 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic- 12 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 13 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under 14 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 15 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 16 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con- 17 stitution of the United States. 18 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 19 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 20 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 21 beliefs. 22 SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 23 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex- 24 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce- 25 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 172 1 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 2 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re- 3 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 4 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 5 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 6 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana- 7 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 8 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 9 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 10 expended— 11 (1) to make a payment to any employee under 12 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 13 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 14 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 15 unless such program or process takes into account the 16 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 17 former employee. 18 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 21 and disclosure of returns and return information). 22 SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec- 23 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 24 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec- 25 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 173 1 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 2 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 3 to positions in the competitive service to process back- 4 logged tax returns and return information. 5 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 6 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 7 Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas- 8 senger carrier transportation and protection between the 9 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 10 of employment. 11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 12 TREASURY 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 15 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al- 16 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 17 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 18 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 19 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 20 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 21 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 22 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 23 of health and medical services to employees and their de- 24 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author- 25 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 174 1 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria- 2 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De- 3 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 4 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net- 5 work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 6 Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ or for the Special In- 7 spector General for Pandemic Recovery may be trans- 8 ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap- 9 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 10 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no 11 transfer under this section may increase or decrease any 12 such appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided fur- 13 ther, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, under 14 this section not more than $1,000,000 may be transferred 15 to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. 16 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria- 17 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 18 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen- 19 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad- 20 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 21 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 22 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro- 23 priation by more than 2 percent. 24 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 25 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 175 1 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 2 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 3 SEC. 117. 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. 118. 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. 119. 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 25 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 176 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. 120. 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. 121. 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. 122. 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- 25 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 177 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. 123. 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. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 25 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 178 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. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 11 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall 12 submit reports on their activities to the Committees on 13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 14 Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House 15 of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Bank- 16 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 17 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 18 include— 19 (1) the obligations made during the previous 20 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 21 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 22 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 23 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 24 each office during the previous quarter; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 179 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 Research shall 8 make officials available to testify on the contents of the 9 reports required under subsection (a). 10 SEC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 11 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 12 Pandemic Recovery, $11,880,000, to remain available 13 until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec- 14 tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 15 Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 16 SEC. 127. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria- 17 tion made available in this Act for the Department of the 18 Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor- 19 mation technology system modernization and working cap- 20 ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 21 of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza- 22 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for 23 the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 24 upon the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria- 25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 180 1 vided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 2 this section shall remain available for obligation through 3 September 30, 2027. 4 SEC. 128. Amounts returned to the Secretary of the 5 Treasury pursuant to section 603(b)(2)(C)(iv) of the So- 6 cial Security Act may be transferred to and merged with 7 the appropriation for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Cy- 8 bersecurity Enhancement Account’’. 9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 10 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 181 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, $78,904,000. 19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 20 OPERATING EXPENSES 21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 22 at the White House, $15,453,000, 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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APPRO. 182 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 25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 183 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 25 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 184 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), $2,475,000, 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.), $4,854,000. 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, $19,000,000, of 24 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official 25 reception and representation expenses. 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APPRO. 185 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 $114,308,000, 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 25 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 186 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, $129,000,000, 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 on Ap- 18 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 19 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 20 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 21 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 22 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 23 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 24 provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or 25 indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 187 1 evaluating or determining if water resource project or 2 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 3 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 4 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 5 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro- 6 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 7 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 8 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 9 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur- 10 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 11 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap- 12 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi- 13 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 14 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 15 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 16 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 17 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as- 18 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 19 the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 20 later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of 21 the United States Government for fiscal year 2025, the 22 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 23 make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each 24 agency that submits budget justification materials (as de- 25 fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 188 1 and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min- 2 imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 3 budget justification materials of the agency were sub- 4 mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 5 the budget justification materials are published on the 6 website of the agency: Provided further, That amounts ap- 7 propriated under this heading shall be available for the 8 liquidation of valid obligations incurred for fiscal year 9 2017, as authorized by law, in excess of amounts that were 10 available for obligation during such fiscal year. 11 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT 12 COORDINATOR 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec- 14 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 15 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 16 Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), 17 including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 18 $1,883,000. 19 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 22 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil- 23 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 24 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 189 1 $21,707,000, 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, $21,785,000: 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, $298,579,000, to remain available until 24 September 30, 2025, for drug control activities consistent 25 with the approved strategy for each of the designated March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 190 1 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 2 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 3 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 4 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 5 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans- 6 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 7 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 8 Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 9 for auditing services and associated activities and 10 $2,000,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 11 for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro- 12 vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 13 to fiscal year 2022 may be used for any other approved 14 activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re- 15 quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des- 16 ignated as of September 30, 2023, shall be funded at not 17 less than the fiscal year 2023 base level, unless the Direc- 18 tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 19 House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 20 changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior- 21 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 22 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 23 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro- 24 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 25 of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2024 funding among March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 191 1 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 2 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 3 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta- 4 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 5 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 6 a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 7 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 8 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 10 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap- 11 propriation. 12 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14 For other drug control activities authorized by the 15 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 16 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 17 amended, $136,150,000, to remain available until ex- 18 pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 19 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not 20 more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, 21 and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di- 22 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 23 by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for 24 drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000 25 for anti-doping activities; up to $3,700,000 for the United March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 192 1 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen- 2 cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 3 $5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of 4 Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made avail- 5 able under this heading may be transferred to other Fed- 6 eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities: 7 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Na- 8 tional Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days 9 prior to obligating funds under this heading for United 10 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen- 11 cy, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 12 House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan 13 and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds. 14 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 15 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 16 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 17 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 18 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 19 3 U.S.C. 108, $990,000, to remain available until Sep- 20 tember 30, 2025. 21 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte- 24 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 25 technology in the Federal Government, $8,000,000, to re- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 193 1 main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 2 of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 3 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 4 projects to meet these purposes. 5 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 8 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 9 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 10 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex- 11 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex- 12 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 13 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,015,000. 14 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 15 OPERATING EXPENSES 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 18 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 19 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi- 20 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 21 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 22 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $318,000: Provided, That advances, re- 23 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 24 made to any department or agency for expenses of car- 25 rying out such activities. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 194 1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 2 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 3 THE PRESIDENT 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 6 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi- 7 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 8 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 9 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of- 10 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi- 11 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 12 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 13 such other officer as the President may designate in writ- 14 ing) may, with advance approval of the Committees on Ap- 15 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 16 ate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appro- 17 priation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 18 with and available for the same time and for the same 19 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro- 20 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 21 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro- 22 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 23 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi- 24 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 25 Vice President. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 195 1 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2024, any Executive 2 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 3 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 4 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg- 5 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 6 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 7 (b) Any such statement shall include— 8 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im- 9 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 10 Government; 11 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 12 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 13 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 14 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 15 year 2024; and 16 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov- 17 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 18 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 19 2024. 20 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo- 21 randum is issued during fiscal year 2024 due to a national 22 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 23 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 24 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 25 or memorandum is issued. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 196 1 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi- 2 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 3 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 4 of $100,000,000. 5 SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 6 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man- 7 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 8 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 9 compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 10 SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 11 National Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’, 12 $13,045,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 13 and for the projects specified in the table that appears 14 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive 15 Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 16 President’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec- 17 tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli- 18 dated Act): Provided, That none of the funds made avail- 19 able by this section may be transferred for any other pur- 20 pose. 21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 22 the President Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 197 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 purchase and hire of pas- 8 senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 9 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 10 representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, 11 to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, 12 $129,323,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 13 until expended. 14 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 15 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 16 justice and associate justices of the court. 17 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 18 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 19 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im- 20 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 21 under the direction of the Chief Justice, $20,688,000, to 22 remain available until expended. 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APPRO. 198 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 $36,735,000. 7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 9 judge and judges of the court. 10 UNITED STATES COURT 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, $21,260,000. 15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 17 judge and judges of the court. 18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, 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, 25 and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 199 1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author- 2 ized by law, $5,995,055,000 (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, 25 expert, and other services for such representations as au- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 200 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, $1,450,680,000, 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)), $58,239,000, 23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 201 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 $750,163,000, 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 25 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 202 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, $102,673,000, 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, $34,261,000; 25 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 203 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, $21,641,000, 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 25 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 204 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- 25 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 205 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. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve- 5 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 6 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 7 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis- 8 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘32 years and 6 9 months’’ and inserting ‘‘33 years and 6 months’’; 10 and 11 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis- 12 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6 13 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’. 14 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 15 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis- 16 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria- 17 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 18 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 19 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 20 ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 21 6 months’’. 22 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart- 23 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 24 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 206 1 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘21 years’’ 2 and inserting ‘‘22 years’’; 3 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen- 4 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘20 years 5 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years and 6 6 months’’; and 7 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west- 8 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘19 9 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 10 SEC. 307. Section 3006A(d)(1) of title 18, United 11 States Code, is amended— 12 (1) in subsection (d)— 13 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or the 14 attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘appointed pursuant 15 to this section’’; 16 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 17 the attorney’s law firm,’’ after ‘‘paid to an at- 18 torney’’ each place it appears; 19 (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or the 20 attorney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the attor- 21 ney’’; and 22 (2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘, or the at- 23 torney’s law firm’’ after ‘‘paid to the appointed at- 24 torney’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 207 1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria- 2 tions Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 208 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 25 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 209 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 for these 7 funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and 8 the purpose therefor. 9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 10 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de- 12 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ- 13 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 14 of surrounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain 15 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 16 safety at events related to the presence of the National 17 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re- 18 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv- 19 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 20 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 21 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 22 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 23 surrounding jurisdictions. 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APPRO. 210 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, $292,068,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis- 6 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000, 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, $141,973,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 10 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 11 the District of Columbia Court System, $88,290,000, of 12 which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 13 representation expenses; and $46,750,000, 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 25 with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 211 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 25 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 212 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. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 213 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, $286,016,000, 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, $200,034,000 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 25 heading, $85,982,000 shall be available to the Pretrial March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 214 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, $53,629,000, 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 25 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 215 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. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 216 1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2 COORDINATING COUNCIL 3 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co- 4 ordinating Council, $2,450,000, 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- 25 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 217 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, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 218 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 in the Fiscal Year 2024 8 Local Budget Act of 2023 (D.C. Law 25–47) and at the 9 rates set forth in such Act, as amended as of the date 10 of enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 11 any other provision of law, except as provided in section 12 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 13 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 14 the Financial Services and General Government Appro- 15 priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 16 Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 17 appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 18 District of Columbia for fiscal year 2024 under this head- 19 ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 20 Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023, as amended as of 21 the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 22 revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: 23 Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 24 increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 25 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 219 1 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 2 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 3 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis- 4 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 5 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 6 shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 7 District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 8 the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap- 9 propriations and funds made available to the District dur- 10 ing fiscal year 2024, except that the Chief Financial Offi- 11 cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 12 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 13 capital projects. 14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 15 Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 220 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., $3,430,000, 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 PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 13 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve- 14 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 15 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv- 16 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 17 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi- 18 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 19 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex- 20 penses, $150,975,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 21 available until expended, to carry out the program, includ- 22 ing administrative costs, authorized by section 1405 of the 23 Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public 24 Law 110–140, as amended), and of which $2,000,000 25 shall remain available until expended, to carry out the pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 221 1 gram, including administrative costs, authorized by sec- 2 tion 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Car- 3 bon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II 4 of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT 6 SAFETY COMMISSION 7 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2024, none of the 8 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final- 9 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 10 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 11 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 12 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 13 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con- 14 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 15 Administration and the Department of Defense, 16 completes a study to determine— 17 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta- 18 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro- 19 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc- 20 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi- 21 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll- 22 overs in the off-road environment, including the 23 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 24 compliance with such requirements; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 222 1 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 2 would be prevented if the proposed require- 3 ments were adopted; 4 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 5 the proposal to provide information on a point- 6 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist- 7 ance on a progressive scale; and 8 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 9 by the United States military if the proposed 10 requirements were adopted; and 11 (2) a report containing the results of the study 12 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 13 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 14 and Transportation of the Senate; 15 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com- 16 merce of the House of Representatives; 17 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 18 the Senate; and 19 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 20 the House of Representatives. 21 SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used 22 to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any reg- 23 ulation issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Com- 24 mission to ban gas stoves as a class of products. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 223 1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer- 4 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $27,720,000, 5 of which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the Na- 6 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 7 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 8 Act of 2002. 9 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 10 Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 11 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 12 $55,000,000, to be paid from the unobligated balances 13 from amounts in the fund established by section 9006(a) 14 of title 26, United States Code, is provided to the Election 15 Assistance Commission for necessary expenses to make 16 payments to States for activities to improve the adminis- 17 tration of elections for Federal office, including to enhance 18 election technology and make election security improve- 19 ments, as authorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of 20 such Act: Provided, That for purposes of applying such 21 sections, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- 22 lands shall be deemed to be a State and, for purposes of 23 sections 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same 24 manner as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 25 American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 224 1 Provided further, That each reference to the ‘‘Adminis- 2 trator of General Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sec- 3 tions 101 and 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Elec- 4 tion Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, That each 5 reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed 6 to refer to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to 7 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 8 ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided further, That not later than two 9 years after receiving a payment under this heading, a 10 State shall make available funds for such activities in an 11 amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount of the 12 payment made to the State under this heading: Provided 13 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en- 14 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission 15 shall make the payments to States under this heading: 16 Provided further, That States shall submit quarterly finan- 17 cial reports and annual progress reports. 18 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica- 21 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni- 22 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 23 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 24 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi- 25 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 225 1 5 U.S.C. 3109, $390,192,000, to remain available until 2 expended: Provided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting col- 3 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 4 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 5 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 6 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 7 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 8 collections are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to 9 result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated 10 at $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 11 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid- 12 ding system that may be retained and made available for 13 obligation shall not exceed $136,167,000 for fiscal year 14 2024: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 15 under this heading, not less than $12,131,000 shall be for 16 the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen- 17 eral. 18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL 19 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 20 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 21 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 22 striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ each place it appears and 23 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 24 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 25 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 226 1 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 2 universal service support payments to implement the Feb- 3 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 4 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec- 5 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup- 6 port payments. 7 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 8 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 10 General in carrying out chapter 4 of title 5, United States 11 Code, $47,500,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insur- 12 ance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolu- 13 tion Fund. 14 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 17 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 18 $80,857,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail- 19 able for reception and representation expenses. 20 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 23 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga- 24 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 25 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 227 1 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult- 2 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi- 3 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 4 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 5 Columbia and elsewhere, $29,500,000: Provided, That 6 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 7 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub- 8 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 9 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 10 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 11 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re- 12 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 13 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 14 to and merged with this account, to be available without 15 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 16 conferences. 17 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com- 20 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au- 21 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 22 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 23 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa- 24 tion expenses, $425,700,000, to remain available until ex- 25 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 228 1 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 2 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 3 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 4 other provision of law, not to exceed $278,000,000 of off- 5 setting collections derived from fees collected for 6 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro- 7 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 8 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 9 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 10 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi- 11 sion of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collec- 12 tions derived from fees to implement and enforce the Tele- 13 marketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Tele- 14 marketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 15 Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this ac- 16 count, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 17 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here- 18 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 19 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 20 year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appro- 21 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 22 $133,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 23 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 24 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 25 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 229 1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 6 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec- 7 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec- 8 essary expenses of real property management and related 9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 10 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 11 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 12 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen- 13 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 14 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al- 15 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci- 16 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 17 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 18 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe- 19 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 20 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur- 21 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 22 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con- 23 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre- 24 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 25 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 230 1 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter- 2 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 3 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag- 4 gregate amount of $9,470,022,000, of which— 5 (1) $259,692,000 shall remain available until 6 expended for construction and acquisition (including 7 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 8 and construction services), in addition to amounts 9 otherwise provided for such purposes, as follows: 10 Maryland: 11 Baltimore, Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Court- 12 house, $1,500,000; 13 National Capital Region: 14 Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 15 Consolidation, $200,000,000; 16 Puerto Rico: 17 Clemente Ruiz-Nazario, U.S. Courthouse and 18 Federico Degetau Federal Building, $28,290,000; 19 Tennessee: 20 Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $20,902,000; 21 and 22 Washington: 23 Seattle, Design of Replacement Facility, 24 $9,000,000: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 231 1 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 2 on construction and acquisition may be exceeded to 3 the extent that savings are effected in other such 4 projects, but not to exceed 20 percent of the 5 amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if re- 6 quired, unless advance approval is obtained from the 7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 8 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount; 9 (2) $599,848,000 shall remain available until 10 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso- 11 ciated design and construction services, in addition 12 to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 13 which— 14 (A) $211,515,000 is for Major Repairs and 15 Alterations as follows: 16 Kentucky: 17 Paducah, Federal Building and U.S. Court- 18 house, $40,479,000; 19 Oklahoma: 20 Oklahoma City, William J. Holloway, Jr. U.S. 21 Courthouse and U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 22 $65,926,000; 23 Virginia: 24 Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse, 25 $2,756,000; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 232 1 Washington: 2 Tacoma, Tacoma Union Station, $79,256,000; 3 and 4 West Virginia: 5 Martinsburg, IRS Enterprise Computing Cen- 6 ter, $23,098,000: 7 (B) $376,333,000 is for Basic Repairs and 8 Alterations; and 9 (C) $12,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 10 Programs as follows: 11 Fire Protection and Life Safety Program, 12 $5,000,000; 13 Consolidation Activities Program, $4,000,000; 14 Judiciary Capital Security Program, 15 $3,000,000; 16 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 17 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re- 18 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 19 be limited to the amount identified for each project, 20 except each project in this or any previous Act may 21 be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 22 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com- 23 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 24 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 25 Provided further, That additional projects for which March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 233 1 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund- 2 ed under this category only if advance approval is 3 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 4 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro- 5 vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 6 any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 7 used to fund costs associated with implementing se- 8 curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 9 the minimum standards for security in accordance 10 with current law and in compliance with the re- 11 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit- 12 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 13 the difference between the funds appropriated and 14 expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 15 under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 16 be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or 17 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 18 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 19 in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al- 20 terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 21 Government arising from any projects under the 22 heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 23 authorized increases in prospectus projects; 24 (3) $5,659,298,000 for rental of space to re- 25 main available until expended; and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 234 1 (4) $2,951,184,000 for building operations to 2 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 3 total amount of funds made available from this 4 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 5 not be available for expenses of any construction, re- 6 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 7 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 8 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 9 be expended for each project for required expenses 10 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro- 11 vided further, That funds available in the Federal 12 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re- 13 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 15 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 16 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 17 services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 18 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 19 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 20 or other property not in Government ownership or 21 control as may be appropriate to enable the United 22 States Secret Service to perform its protective func- 23 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 24 from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 25 That revenues and collections and any other sums March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 235 1 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2024, ex- 2 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 3 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 4 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed- 5 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 6 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex- 7 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 8 GENERAL ACTIVITIES 9 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 10 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro- 11 vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the 12 management of real and personal property assets and cer- 13 tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup- 14 port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 15 vehicles, information technology management, and related 16 technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 17 U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by 18 statute; $70,474,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 19 available until September 30, 2025. 20 OPERATING EXPENSES 21 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro- 22 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 23 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis- 24 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and 25 management; and in addition to any other amounts made March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 236 1 available to the General Services Administration for such 2 purposes, the hire of passenger motor vehicles pursuant 3 to 42 U.S.C. 13211(3) and supporting infrastructure; 4 $53,933,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official 5 reception and representation expenses. 6 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 7 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro- 8 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 9 Board of Contract Appeals, $10,248,000, of which 10 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 13 General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 14 $73,837,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 15 shall be available for information technology enhance- 16 ments related to providing a modern technology case man- 17 agement solution: Provided further, That not to exceed 18 $50,000 shall be available for payment for information 19 and detection of fraud against the Government, including 20 payment for recovery of stolen Government property: Pro- 21 vided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 22 for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and pri- 23 vate citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives result- 24 ing in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 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APPRO. 237 1 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 2 PRESIDENTS 3 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 4 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 5 $5,200,000. 6 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 9 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses author- 10 ized by law in support of interagency projects that enable 11 the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 12 activities electronically through the development and im- 13 plementation of innovative uses of information technology; 14 $75,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 15 Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 16 be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur- 17 pose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided fur- 18 ther, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 19 and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 20 until expended for necessary expenses authorized by 40 21 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary ex- 22 penses in support of interagency projects that enable the 23 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac- 24 tivities electronically through the development and imple- 25 mentation of innovative uses of information technology in March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 238 1 the aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000: Pro- 2 vided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimburse- 3 ments, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 4 year 2024 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 5 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 6 authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, 7 of the total amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall 8 be available for support functions and full-time hires to 9 support activities related to the Administration’s require- 10 ments under title II of the Foundations for Evidence- 11 Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): 12 Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 13 herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 14 provided in this Act. 15 PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 16 For activities authorized by the Presidential Transi- 17 tion Act of 1963, as amended, not to exceed $10,413,000, 18 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 19 That such amounts may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition 20 Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim- 21 burse obligations incurred for the purposes provided here- 22 in in fiscal years 2023 and 2024: Provided further, That 23 amounts made available under this heading shall be in ad- 24 dition to any other amounts available for such purposes. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 239 1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND 2 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv- 3 ices Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until 4 expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis- 5 trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide 6 support services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 8 ADMINISTRATION 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 11 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 12 motor vehicles. 13 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 14 made available for fiscal year 2024 for Federal Buildings 15 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 16 only to the extent necessary to meet program require- 17 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap- 18 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 19 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 20 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 21 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 22 a fiscal year 2025 request for United States Courthouse 23 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 24 standards for construction as established and approved by 25 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 240 1 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage- 2 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 3 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 4 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 5 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 6 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 7 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 8 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 9 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 10 other service usually provided through the Federal Build- 11 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 12 square foot assessment for space and services as deter- 13 mined by the General Services Administration in consider- 14 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 15 (Public Law 92–313). 16 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 17 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail- 18 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 19 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 20 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav- 21 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti- 22 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 23 of Representatives and the Senate. 24 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 25 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 241 1 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub- 2 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 3 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con- 4 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin- 5 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 6 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 7 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 8 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter- 9 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 10 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro- 11 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 12 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 14 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 15 the resolution. 16 SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 17 heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis- 18 trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 19 and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 21 atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 22 date of enactment of this Act. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 242 1 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 4 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub- 5 lic Law 93–642, $2,970,000, to remain available until ex- 6 pended. 7 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 11 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza- 12 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 13 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 14 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author- 15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 16 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 17 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 18 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa- 19 tion expenses, $49,135,000, to remain available until Sep- 20 tember 30, 2025, and in addition not to exceed 21 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 22 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap- 23 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 24 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 25 Systems Protection Board. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 243 1 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL 2 FOUNDATION 3 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 6 Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 7 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 8 seq.), $1,782,000, to remain available for direct expendi- 9 ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 10 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available 11 to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of 12 Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 13 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current 14 and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec- 15 tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 16 available until expended for audits and investigations of 17 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 18 consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 19 and for annual independent financial audits of the Morris 20 K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to 21 the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 22 107–289): Provided further, That previous amounts trans- 23 ferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart- 24 ment of the Interior may be transferred to the Morris K. 25 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual inde- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 244 1 pendent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of 2 Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided 3 further, That contingent upon the enactment of legislation 4 making interest earned from investments of the Trust 5 Fund subject to appropriations, any interest earned dur- 6 ing fiscal year 2024 from investments made from discre- 7 tionary appropriations to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 8 L. Udall Trust Fund after the date provided for in such 9 legislation shall be available until expended. 10 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 11 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu- 12 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi- 13 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 14 $3,904,000, to remain available until expended. 15 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 16 OPERATING EXPENSES 17 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin- 18 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis- 19 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 20 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re- 21 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 22 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 23 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 24 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al- 25 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 245 1 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 2 $427,250,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail- 3 able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the 4 Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 5 manage, and store Government records, and of which 6 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make 7 publicly available records related to missing Armed Forces 8 and civilian personnel. 9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 12 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 13 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United 14 States Code, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 15 $5,920,000. 16 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 17 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar- 18 chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment 19 for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 20 holdings, $25,500,000, to remain available until expended, 21 of which no less than $17,500,000 is for improvements 22 to the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan- 23 sas. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 246 1 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 2 COMMISSION 3 GRANTS PROGRAM 4 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 5 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 6 U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex- 7 pended. 8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 9 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 10 SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 11 Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 12 Program’’, $38,414,000, which shall be for initiatives in 13 the amounts and for the projects specified in the table that 14 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 15 National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the ex- 16 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 17 preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 18 That none of the funds made available by this section may 19 be transferred for any other purpose. 20 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 22 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 23 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 24 and 9910, $3,465,000 shall be available until September March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 247 1 30, 2025, for technical assistance to low-income des- 2 ignated credit unions. 3 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 6 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of 7 title 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 8 1989, and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter 9 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 10 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 11 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else- 12 where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 13 $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 14 $23,037,000. 15 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 18 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 19 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re- 20 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv- 21 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 22 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 23 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con- 24 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 25 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 248 1 official reception and representation expenses; and pay- 2 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ- 3 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 4 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 5 $219,076,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 6 available under this heading, $15,816,000 may remain 7 available until expended, for information technology mod- 8 ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi- 9 gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 10 otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided fur- 11 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 12 heading, $1,167,805 may be made available for strength- 13 ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work- 14 force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement 15 Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ- 16 ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 17 workforce and information technology in support of acqui- 18 sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 19 to improve acquisition management; and in addition 20 $192,975,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans- 21 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 22 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 23 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro- 24 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro- 25 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 249 1 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 2 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 3 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 4 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex- 5 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 6 pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 7 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 8 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel- 9 lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo- 10 ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2024, accept dona- 11 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 12 further, That such donations, including those from prior 13 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate- 14 rials to provide information about the White House Fel- 15 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 16 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala- 17 ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 18 That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 19 under this heading may be transferred to an information 20 technology working capital fund established for purposes 21 authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 23 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 24 further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 25 approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 250 1 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 2 in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 3 Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 4 under such transfer authority from any organizational cat- 5 egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or- 6 ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 7 required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 8 amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 9 for obligation through September 30, 2027. 10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 14 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 15 5, United States Code, including services as authorized by 16 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 17 $6,839,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,192,000 18 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro- 19 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage- 20 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans- 21 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 22 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 23 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author- 24 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 25 and elsewhere. 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APPRO. 251 1 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 4 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 5 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit- 6 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co- 7 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi- 8 cles, $31,585,000. 9 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib- 12 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 13 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 14 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain avail- 15 able until September 30, 2025. 16 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re- 19 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 20 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,960,000, 21 to remain available until expended. 22 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 24 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex- 25 change Commission, including services as authorized by March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 252 1 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 2 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 3 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa- 4 tion expenses, $2,149,000,000, to remain available until 5 expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for 6 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 7 $275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 8 for the International Organization of Securities Commis- 9 sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail- 10 able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 11 by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 12 regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 13 staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 14 such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis- 15 trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 16 foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex- 17 penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 18 (3) related lodging or subsistence. 19 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 20 replication, and related costs associated with a replace- 21 ment leases for the Commission’s office facilities, not to 22 exceed $39,658,000, to remain available until expended: 23 Provided, That any unobligated balances from funds made 24 available under this heading in prior Acts for replacement 25 leases for the Commission’s headquarters and other re- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 253 1 gional office facilities may be used for such purposes at 2 any Commission office facility, notwithstanding provisos 3 in such Acts limiting use to particular office facilities, and 4 notwithstanding provisos in such Acts requiring that de- 5 obligated amounts derived from the general fund be re- 6 turned to the general fund or that de-obligated amounts 7 derived from fees or assessments be paid to national secu- 8 rities exchanges and national securities associations in 9 proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such na- 10 tional securities exchange or national securities associa- 11 tion. 12 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 13 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 14 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated 15 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap- 16 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2024: Pro- 17 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 18 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 19 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 20 Provided further, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of 21 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 22 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 23 $39,658,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail- 24 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs 25 under this heading associated with a replacement leases March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 254 1 for the Commission’s office facilities: Provided further, 2 That the total amount appropriated under this heading 3 from the general fund for fiscal year 2024 shall be reduced 4 as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a 5 final total fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general 6 fund estimated at not more than $0. 7 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys- 10 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 11 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 12 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 13 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv- 14 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 15 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 16 $31,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 17 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 18 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 19 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na- 20 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 21 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con- 22 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 23 Forces of the United States. 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APPRO. 255 1 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 4 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 5 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 6 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex- 7 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex- 8 penses, $361,235,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 9 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 10 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis- 11 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub- 12 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 13 and certain loan program activities, including fees author- 14 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 15 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 16 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 17 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 18 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro- 19 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 20 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 21 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec- 22 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 23 fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 24 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 25 System, to be available until September 30, 2025: Pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 256 1 vided further, That $20,500,000 shall be available for 2 costs associated with the certification of small business 3 concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-dis- 4 abled veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the Small 5 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and 6 section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be available until 7 September 30, 2025. 8 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 9 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en- 10 trepreneurial and small business development, 11 $316,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 12 2025: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to 13 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal 14 year 2025 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi- 15 ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for 16 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 17 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 18 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 19 the microloan program: Provided further, That 20 $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 21 carry out export programs that assist small business con- 22 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 23 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 257 1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 3 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 4 5, United States Code, $37,020,000. 5 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 7 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 8 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi- 9 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,109,000, 10 to remain available until expended. 11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13 For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain 14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in- 15 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de- 16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 17 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 19 2024 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 20 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com- 21 mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 22 section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 23 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre- 24 gate, $16,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis- 25 cal year 2024 commitments for general business loans au- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 258 1 thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 2 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 3 $35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 4 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 5 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 6 year 2024 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 7 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 8 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,000,000,000: Provided 9 further, That during fiscal year 2024, guarantees of trust 10 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi- 11 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 12 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 13 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 14 $162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 15 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 16 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 19 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 20 Business Act, $175,000,000, to be available until ex- 21 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 22 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 23 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro- 24 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 25 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 259 1 which $165,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 2 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 3 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 4 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 5 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 6 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 7 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex- 8 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 9 heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de- 10 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 11 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro- 12 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 13 this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 14 disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 16 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 18 ADMINISTRATION 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20 SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria- 21 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 22 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans- 23 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro- 24 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 25 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 260 1 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 2 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail- 3 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 4 with the procedures set forth in that section. 5 SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria- 6 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad- 7 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 8 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans- 9 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys- 10 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 11 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 12 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 13 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 14 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 16 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 17 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 18 for obligation through September 30, 2027. 19 SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi- 20 ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, 21 $116,541,000, which shall be for initiatives related to 22 small business development and entrepreneurship, includ- 23 ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities, 24 in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table 25 that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 261 1 sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory 2 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 3 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That, not- 4 withstanding sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, 5 Code of Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the 6 Small Business Administration may permit awards to sub- 7 recipients for initiatives funded under this section: Pro- 8 vided further, That none of the funds made available by 9 this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 10 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 11 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 12 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 13 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub- 14 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 15 States Code, $49,750,000: Provided, That mail for over- 16 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 17 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 18 to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple- 19 ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 20 or employee of any State or local child support enforce- 21 ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 22 or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 23 information requested or provided concerning an address 24 of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 25 funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 262 1 close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 2 further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 3 continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 4 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author- 5 ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 6 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 11 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 12 5, United States Code, $268,290,000, to be derived by 13 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 14 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account- 15 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 16 UNITED STATES TAX COURT 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 19 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 20 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa- 21 tion expenses, $56,727,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re- 22 main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex- 23 penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi- 24 cate of the judge. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 263 1 TITLE VI 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS 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 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 264 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 25 available for obligation or expenditure through a re- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 265 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- 25 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 266 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 25 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 267 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 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 268 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 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 269 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 25 person or entity is an organization described in section March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 270 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). 25 (2) Payments to— March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 271 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 25 States Code. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 272 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- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 273 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 State Code, or to prevent or impede that Inspec- 21 tor General’s access to such records, documents, or other 22 materials, under any provision of law, except a provision 23 of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and 24 expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 25 department or agency covered by this section shall provide March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 274 1 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu- 2 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In- 3 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 4 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro- 5 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen- 6 eral has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 5, United 7 State Code. Each Inspector General covered by this sec- 8 tion shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 9 the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal- 10 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 11 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 12 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 13 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 14 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 15 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 16 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec- 17 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 18 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 19 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel- 20 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter- 21 native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 22 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 23 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni- 24 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com- 25 mences. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 275 1 SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in 2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 3 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 7 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 8 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi- 9 ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 10 activity. 11 SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other- 12 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 13 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 14 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 15 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 16 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 17 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 18 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 19 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 20 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 21 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 22 SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 23 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac- 24 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 25 department, agency, board or commission funded by this March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 276 1 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 2 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 3 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 5 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 6 determination. 7 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 8 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 9 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 10 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 11 United States unless the agency or entity determines that 12 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 13 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in- 15 cludes the basis of that determination. 16 SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 18 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 19 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 20 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 21 SEC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated 22 or otherwise made available for expenses related to en- 23 hancements to www.oversight.gov and to further develop 24 the data analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response 25 Accountability Committee to enhance transparency, and to March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 277 1 prevent, detect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in 2 Federal spending, $2,850,000, to remain available until 3 expended, of which $850,000 is for enhancements to over- 4 sight.gov, shall be provided for an additional amount for 5 such purposes to the Inspectors General Council Fund es- 6 tablished pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of 7 title 5, United States Code: Provided, That these amounts 8 shall be in addition to any amounts or any authority avail- 9 able to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 10 and Efficiency under section 424 of title 5, United States 11 Code. 12 SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 14 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man- 15 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 16 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 17 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 18 House of Representatives and the Senate. 19 SEC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act 20 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 21 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 22 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub- 23 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex- 24 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 25 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 278 1 available to the agency for advertising or other commu- 2 nications regarding the programs and activities of the 3 agency. 4 SEC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, 5 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu- 6 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 7 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 8 funds included in this Act, shall clearly state— 9 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro- 10 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 11 money; 12 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 13 project or program; and 14 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 15 costs of the project or program that will be financed 16 by non-governmental sources. 17 SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 18 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis- 19 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 20 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 21 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 22 to trade associations. 23 SEC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day 24 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub- 25 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 279 1 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re- 2 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 3 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 4 appropriation. 5 SEC. 635. Of the unobligated balances available in 6 the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture 7 Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United 8 States Code, $387,500,000 shall be permanently rescinded 9 not later than September 30, 2024. 10 SEC. 636. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 11 made available under section 4010 of the American Res- 12 cue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $10,000,000 13 are hereby rescinded. 14 SEC. 637. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 15 made available under section 4011 of the American Res- 16 cue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $100,000,000 17 are hereby rescinded. 18 SEC. 638. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 19 made available under section 3301(a)(2)(A) of the Amer- 20 ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 21 $283,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep- 22 tember 30, 2024. 23 SEC. 639. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 24 made available under section 7402(c)(2)(A) of the Amer- 25 ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 280 1 $1,768,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep- 2 tember 30, 2024. 3 SEC. 640. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 4 made available under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of the Act 5 to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. 6 Res.14 (Public Law 117–169, commonly referred to as the 7 ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’), $10,200,000,000 are hereby 8 rescinded. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 281 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, vans, law enforce- 21 ment vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 22 vehicles, and police-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at 23 $40,000 except station wagons for which the maximum 24 shall be $41,140: Provided, That these limits may be ex- 25 ceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police-type vehicles: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 282 1 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 2 may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 3 or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 4 provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 5 Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided 6 further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 7 exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 8 vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over 9 the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Pro- 10 vided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 11 not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and 12 which operates on alternative fuel, including but not lim- 13 ited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel 14 cell vehicles. 15 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart- 16 ments and independent establishments for the current fis- 17 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex- 18 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 19 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 20 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 21 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 22 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con- 23 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 24 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern- 25 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 283 1 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 2 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti- 3 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 4 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit- 5 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 6 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 7 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant- 8 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 9 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 10 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 11 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur- 12 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 13 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require- 14 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 15 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 16 of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub- 17 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec- 18 essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 19 affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 20 shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 21 more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 22 above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub- 23 stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 24 further, That any payment made to any officer or em- 25 ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 284 1 recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 2 further, That this section shall not apply to any person 3 who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 4 United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 5 to international broadcasters employed by the Broad- 6 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 7 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 8 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 9 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 10 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 11 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart- 12 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 13 to an agreement with another country. 14 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart- 15 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec- 16 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex- 17 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 18 Services Administration for charges for space and services 19 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build- 20 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 21 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 22 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 23 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 24 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 25 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 285 1 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 2 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 3 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre- 4 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex- 5 pended for the following purposes: 6 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 7 and recycling programs as described in Executive 8 Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 9 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 10 the Executive order. 11 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man- 12 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 13 development and implementation of hazardous waste 14 management and pollution prevention programs. 15 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 16 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 17 Federal agency. 18 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 19 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 20 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 21 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 22 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 23 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 24 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 25 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 286 1 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 2 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 3 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex- 4 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 5 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 6 correspondingly reduced. 7 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 8 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 9 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 10 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 11 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 12 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 13 financial support from more than one agency or instru- 14 mentality. 15 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 16 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 17 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 18 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 19 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 20 United States. 21 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 22 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 23 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 24 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 25 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 287 1 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 2 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 3 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 4 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 5 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 6 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec- 7 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of- 8 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 9 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 10 directly controlled by the individual. 11 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec- 12 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 13 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 14 the interagency funding of national security and emer- 15 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 16 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti- 17 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 18 2012). 19 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 20 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 21 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 22 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 23 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol- 24 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com- 25 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 288 1 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 2 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 3 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 4 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer- 5 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage- 6 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi- 7 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 8 the individual to the White House. 9 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 10 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de- 11 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 12 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 13 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 14 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 15 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 16 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 17 Government, who— 18 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat- 19 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em- 20 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 21 direct oral or written communication or contact with 22 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 23 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 24 to the employment of such other officer or employee 25 or pertaining to the department or agency of such March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 289 1 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 2 whether such communication or contact is at the ini- 3 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re- 4 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 5 committee, or subcommittee; or 6 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 7 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 8 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 9 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis- 10 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti- 11 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em- 12 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 13 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 14 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 15 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 16 communication or contact of such other officer or 17 employee with any Member, committee, or sub- 18 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 19 (1). 20 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 21 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 22 any employee training that— 23 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl- 24 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 25 performance of official duties; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 290 1 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev- 2 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 3 some participants; 4 (3) does not require prior employee notification 5 of the content and methods to be used in the train- 6 ing and written end of course evaluation; 7 (4) contains any methods or content associated 8 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 9 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em- 10 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 11 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 12 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par- 13 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 14 workplace. 15 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 16 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 18 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 19 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu- 20 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu- 21 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 22 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 23 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 24 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 291 1 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 2 to the Congress itself. 3 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 4 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed- 5 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 6 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 7 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 8 competent jurisdiction. 9 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 10 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 11 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail- 12 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 13 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit- 14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 15 and the Senate. 16 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 17 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 18 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa- 19 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 20 authorized by Congress. 21 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 22 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 23 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 292 1 (2) includes a military department, as defined 2 under section 102 of such title and the United 3 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 25 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 293 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 25 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 294 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- 25 gress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimburse- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 295 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 of the House of Representatives 22 and the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, 23 and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 24 Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of 25 this Act. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 296 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. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 297 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 25 law. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 298 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 25 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 299 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 25 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 300 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)) 25 or any subsidiary of such an entity. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 301 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 25 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 302 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). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 303 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- 25 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2024, in an March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 304 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, 25 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 305 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. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 306 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 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 307 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; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 308 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- 25 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 309 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’’ 25 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 310 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 25 information. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 311 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- 25 visions appropriate to the particular activity for which March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 312 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 2014 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- 25 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 313 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) During fiscal year 2024, on the date 20 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac- 21 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 22 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 24 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv- 25 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 314 1 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 2 of such request. 3 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 4 made available on the Bureau’s public website. 5 SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad- 6 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 7 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 8 year 2024 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 9 on December 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of divi- 10 sion E of Public Law 117–328. 11 (b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 12 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 13 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 14 2024 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 15 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 16 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 17 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De- 18 cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division 19 E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re- 20 ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2024, except 21 as provided in subsection (i). 22 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv- 23 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi- 24 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 315 1 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em- 2 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 3 (d)(1) This subsection applies to— 4 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu- 5 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 6 official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 7 or 8 (B) a limited term appointee or limited emer- 9 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 10 serving under a political appointment and paid a 11 rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 12 level IV of the Executive Schedule. 13 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 14 5, United States Code, an employee described in para- 15 graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal- 16 endar year 2024, except as provided in subsection (i). 17 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 18 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 19 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 20 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 21 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 22 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 23 increase during calendar year 2024, except as provided in 24 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 25 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 316 1 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 2 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 3 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 4 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap- 5 plied to them. 6 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre- 7 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint- 8 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 9 under applicable law. 10 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who 11 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 12 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 13 for such time as that election is in effect. 14 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who 15 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 16 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 17 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 18 election is in effect. 19 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 20 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in- 21 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov- 22 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du- 23 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 24 the level or range for the position held immediately before 25 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 317 1 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 2 of pay in effect on December 31, 2023, by operation of 3 section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–328. 4 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 5 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 6 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 7 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 8 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 9 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub- 10 lic Law 117–328. 11 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 12 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2024 13 but ends in calendar year 2025, the bar on the employee’s 14 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 15 of that pay period. 16 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 17 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 18 pay is restricted under this section. 19 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 20 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 21 1, 2024. 22 SEC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound- 23 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 24 the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 25 shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 318 1 and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 2 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 4 Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 5 report is transmitted to the Congress. 6 SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec- 7 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 8 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 9 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 10 appropriate congressional committees if— 11 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re- 12 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 13 title 31, United States Code; 14 (2) an approved apportionment received by the 15 department or agency conditions the availability of 16 an appropriation on further action; or 17 (3) an approved apportionment received by the 18 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli- 19 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 20 program, project, or activity by such department or 21 agency. 22 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 23 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa- 24 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 319 1 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 2 account. 3 SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 4 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 5 year 2024 that are specified in the disclosure table sub- 6 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 7 Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of 8 the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the 9 report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 10 Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award 11 with respect to such funds for purposes of the require- 12 ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and 13 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen- 14 eral of the United States. 15 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 16 amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require- 17 ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de- 18 scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 19 Comptroller General. 20 SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 21 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 22 made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 23 agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter- 24 agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 25 recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 320 1 Medical Research and Development Command, the Con- 2 gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 3 National Institutes of Health research programs. 4 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec- 5 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart- 6 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 7 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit- 8 izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 9 the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail- 10 able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 11 including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 12 Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other- 13 wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 14 of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed- 15 eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government- 16 wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech- 17 nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv- 18 ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 19 agencies to take advantage of information technology in 20 sharing information: Provided further, That the total 21 funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 22 $29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 23 funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 24 Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 25 during fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for obliga- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 321 1 tion through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 2 not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 3 Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 4 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 5 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 6 House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 7 plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro- 8 vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 9 include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 10 under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 11 transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a de- 12 tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 13 to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 14 (including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 15 whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 16 where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 17 use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 18 by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim- 19 bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 20 15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap- 21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 22 ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 23 Budget. 24 SEC. 753. If, for fiscal year 2024, new budget author- 25 ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 322 1 tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 2 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 3 Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 4 Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre- 5 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 6 2024 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man- 7 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 8 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 9 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 10 for all categories for that fiscal year. 11 SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of 12 law, the unobligated balances of funds made available in 13 division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 14 (Public Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded 15 by this or any other Act may be transferred to the United 16 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 17 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re- 18 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 19 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 20 required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with ac- 21 tivities and projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Pro- 22 vided, That such transfers shall support activities and 23 projects executed by the department or agency making 24 such transfer: Provided further, That such transfers shall 25 be approved by the head of such department or agency March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 323 1 making such transfer: Provided further, That each depart- 2 ment or agency shall provide notification to the Commit- 3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 4 and the Senate no less than 30 days prior to such transfer: 5 Provided further, That any such transfers from the De- 6 partment of Transportation, including from agencies with- 7 in the Department of Transportation, shall be from fund- 8 ing provided for personnel, contracting, and other costs 9 to administer and oversee grants: Provided further, That 10 amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be in 11 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 12 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 13 this section shall be in addition to any other transfer au- 14 thority provided by law: Provided further, That amounts 15 transferred pursuant to this section that were previously 16 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 17 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are 18 designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 19 tion 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 20 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, 21 and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget en- 22 forcement in the House of Representatives. 23 SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 24 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 324 1 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 2 VIII. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 325 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; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 326 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 25 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 327 1 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep- 2 resentative 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 25 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 328 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 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 329 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- 25 ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 330 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 25 actual expenditures. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 331 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 25 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 332 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 2024 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. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 333 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 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 334 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 25 mandated by other law. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 335 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. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 23 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 24 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 25 of this title or of title IV. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 336 1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 2 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 337 1 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF HOME- 2 LAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 3 ACT, 2024 4 TITLE I 5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTEL- 6 LIGENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND 7 OVERSIGHT 8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 9 MANAGEMENT 10 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 12 and for executive management for operations and support, 13 $363,582,000, of which $22,050,000 shall remain avail- 14 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That $5,000,000 15 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary sub- 16 mits, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 17 of Representatives and the Senate, responses to all ques- 18 tions for the record for each hearing on the fiscal year 19 2025 budget submission for the Department of Homeland 20 Security held by such Committees prior to July 1: Pro- 21 vided further, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for offi- 22 cial reception and representation expenses. 23 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 25 and for executive management for procurement, construc- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 338 1 tion, and improvements, $8,113,000, to remain available 2 until September 30, 2026. 3 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 6 and for executive management for Federal assistance 7 through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 8 other activities, $33,000,000, which shall be transferred 9 to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 10 Assistance’’, of which $18,000,000 shall be for targeted 11 violence and terrorism prevention grants and of which 12 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 13 2025, shall be for the Alternatives to Detention Case Man- 14 agement pilot program. 15 MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 16 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 17 For necessary expenses of the Management Direc- 18 torate for operations and support, including vehicle fleet 19 modernization, $1,722,204,000: Provided, That not to ex- 20 ceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representa- 21 tion expenses. 22 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 23 For necessary expenses of the Management Direc- 24 torate for procurement, construction, and improvements, 25 $260,433,000, of which $87,670,000 shall remain avail- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 339 1 able until September 30, 2026, and of which 2 $172,763,000 shall remain available until September 30, 3 2028. 4 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 5 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 6 to this account shall be available until expended for nec- 7 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 8 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 9 Federal Protective Service. 10 INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL 11 AWARENESS 12 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence 14 and Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situa- 15 tional Awareness for operations and support, 16 $345,410,000, of which $105,701,000 shall remain avail- 17 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to ex- 18 ceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representa- 19 tion expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is available 20 for facility needs associated with secure space at fusion 21 centers, including improvements to buildings. 22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 23 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 25 General for operations and support, $220,127,000: Pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 340 1 vided, That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for cer- 2 tain confidential operational expenses, including the pay- 3 ment of informants, to be expended at the direction of the 4 Inspector General. 5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 6 SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 7 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2024, 8 to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 9 Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any 10 means other than full and open competition during fiscal 11 years 2023 or 2024. 12 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re- 13 quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compli- 14 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 15 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 17 than February 15, 2025. 18 SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day 19 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart- 20 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit- 21 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 22 and the Senate a monthly budget and staffing report that 23 includes total obligations of the Department for that 24 month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 341 1 program, project, and activity levels, by the source year 2 of the appropriation. 3 SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 4 in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 5 notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 6 Representatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers 7 of funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 8 United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury 9 Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 10 Homeland Security. 11 (b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer 12 may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations 13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti- 14 fied of the proposed transfer. 15 SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use 16 of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Secu- 17 rity personnel to support official travel of the Secretary 18 and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts 19 made available for the Office of the Secretary. 20 SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management 21 shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 22 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days 23 after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and 24 Level 2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition 25 Oversight list between Acquisition Decision Event and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 342 1 Full Operational Capability, including programs that have 2 been removed from such list during the preceding quarter. 3 (b) For each such program, the briefing described in 4 subsection (a) shall include— 5 (1) a description of the purpose of the program, 6 including the capabilities being acquired and the 7 component(s) sponsoring the acquisition; 8 (2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to 9 be acquired annually until procurement is complete 10 under the current acquisition program baseline; 11 (3) the Acquisition Review Board status, in- 12 cluding— 13 (A) the current acquisition phase by incre- 14 ment, as applicable; 15 (B) the date of the most recent review; and 16 (C) whether the program has been paused 17 or is in breach status; 18 (4) a comparison between the initial Depart- 19 ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost, 20 schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives 21 and the program’s current such thresholds and ob- 22 jectives, if applicable; 23 (5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com- 24 parison to the Future Years Homeland Security 25 Program, including— March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 343 1 (A) the confidence level for the estimate; 2 (B) the fiscal years included in the esti- 3 mate; 4 (C) a breakout of the estimate for the 5 prior five years, the current year, and the budg- 6 et year; 7 (D) a breakout of the estimate by appro- 8 priation account or other funding source; and 9 (E) a description of and rationale for any 10 changes to the estimate as compared to the pre- 11 viously approved baseline, as applicable, and 12 during the prior fiscal year; 13 (6) a summary of the findings of any inde- 14 pendent verification and validation of the items to be 15 acquired or an explanation for why no such 16 verification and validation has been performed; 17 (7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro- 18 gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obli- 19 gation of funds for the current fiscal year, and an 20 estimate for the planned carryover of funds into the 21 subsequent fiscal year; 22 (8) a listing of prime contractors and major 23 subcontractors; and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 344 1 (9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, 2 schedule, or performance that could result in a pro- 3 gram breach if not successfully mitigated. 4 (c) The Under Secretary for Management shall sub- 5 mit each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for 6 programs described in this section to the Committees on 7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 8 Senate not later than five business days after the date of 9 approval of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for 10 Management or the designee of the Under Secretary. 11 SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to 12 the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior 13 appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot 14 or demonstration unless the component or office carrying 15 out such pilot or demonstration has documented the infor- 16 mation described in subsection (c). 17 (b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 18 available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot 19 or demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management 20 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria- 21 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 22 the information described in subsection (c). 23 (c) The information required under subsections (a) 24 and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol- 25 lowing— March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 345 1 (1) documented objectives that are well-defined 2 and measurable; 3 (2) an assessment methodology that details— 4 (A) the type and source of assessment 5 data; 6 (B) the methods for, and frequency of, col- 7 lecting such data; and 8 (C) how such data will be analyzed; and 9 (3) an implementation plan, including mile- 10 stones, cost estimates, and implementation sched- 11 ules, including a projected end date. 12 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of comple- 13 tion of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection 14 (e), the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a 15 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 16 of Representatives and the Senate detailing lessons 17 learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or continu- 18 ation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned tran- 19 sition of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring pro- 20 gram or operation. 21 (e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem- 22 onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi- 23 mental program, or trial that— 24 (1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con- 25 ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 346 1 costs, or adverse events, and improve upon the de- 2 sign of an effort prior to implementation of a larger 3 scale effort; and 4 (2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or 5 obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or 6 more, but does not include congressionally directed 7 programs or enhancements and does not include pro- 8 grams that were in operation as of the date of the 9 enactment of this Act. 10 (f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem- 11 onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini- 12 tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con- 13 tract for the acquisition of information technology services 14 or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by 15 a non-Federal recipient under any financial assistance 16 agreement funded by the Department. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 347 1 TITLE II 2 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 3 INVESTIGATIONS 4 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 5 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 8 Protection for operations and support, including the trans- 9 portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of 10 air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter- 11 national agencies in the enforcement or administration of 12 laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 13 at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 14 the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local 15 agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humani- 16 tarian efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 17 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; the pur- 18 chase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, air- 19 craft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 20 individuals for personal services abroad; $18,426,870,000; 21 of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 22 Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses re- 23 lated to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pur- 24 suant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 25 of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding sec- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 348 1 tion 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 2 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $500,000,000 shall be avail- 3 able until September 30, 2025; and of which such sums 4 as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, ex- 5 cept sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli- 6 dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 7 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Pro- 8 vided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official re- 9 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 10 That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for pay- 11 ment for rental space in connection with preclearance op- 12 erations: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 13 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 14 accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 15 of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 16 $650,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Federal Emergency 17 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ to support 18 sheltering and related activities provided by non-Federal 19 entities, in support of relieving overcrowding in short-term 20 holding facilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 21 of which not to exceed $9,100,000 shall be for the admin- 22 istrative costs of the Federal Emergency Management 23 Agency: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 24 may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 349 1 the maintenance and repair of roads on Native American 2 reservations used by the U.S. Border Patrol. 3 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 4 For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 5 Protection for procurement, construction, and improve- 6 ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, 7 and unmanned aerial systems, $850,170,000, of which 8 $758,056,000 shall remain available until September 30, 9 2026, and of which $92,114,000 shall remain available 10 until September 30, 2028. 11 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 12 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 13 For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 14 Customs Enforcement for operations and support, includ- 15 ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re- 16 placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; 17 and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold 18 improvements at owned and leased facilities; 19 $9,501,542,000; of which not less than $6,000,000 shall 20 remain available until expended for efforts to enforce laws 21 against forced child labor; of which $46,696,000 shall re- 22 main available until September 30, 2025; of which not less 23 than $2,000,000 is for paid apprenticeships for partici- 24 pants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child- 25 Rescue Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 350 1 be available for investigation of intellectual property rights 2 violations, including operation of the National Intellectual 3 Property Rights Coordination Center; and of which not 4 less than $5,082,218,000 shall be for enforcement, deten- 5 tion, and removal operations, including transportation of 6 unaccompanied alien minors: Provided, That not to exceed 7 $41,475 shall be for official reception and representation 8 expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 9 $10,000,000 shall be available until expended for con- 10 ducting special operations under section 3131 of the Cus- 11 toms Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Pro- 12 vided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for 13 awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 14 for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Home- 15 land Security: Provided further, That not to exceed 16 $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse other 17 Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, 18 maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlaw- 19 fully present in the United States. 20 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 21 For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 22 Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and 23 improvements, $55,520,000, of which $35,420,000 shall 24 remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 351 1 $20,100,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2 2028. 3 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 4 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 5 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu- 6 rity Administration for operations and support, 7 $10,164,968,000, of which $600,000,000 shall remain 8 available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not 9 to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep- 10 resentation expenses: Provided further, That security serv- 11 ice fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United 12 States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as off- 13 setting collections and shall be available only for aviation 14 security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 15 under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 16 on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections 17 are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a 18 final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund esti- 19 mated at not more than $6,744,968,000. 20 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 21 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu- 22 rity Administration for procurement, construction, and 23 improvements, $40,678,000, to remain available until Sep- 24 tember 30, 2026. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 352 1 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 2 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu- 3 rity Administration for research and development, 4 $14,641,000, to remain available until September 30, 5 2025. 6 COAST GUARD 7 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 8 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper- 9 ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; 10 purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor ve- 11 hicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 12 lease of small boats for contingent and emergent require- 13 ments (at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and 14 repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total 15 of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats 16 necessary for overseas deployments and activities; pay- 17 ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 18 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel- 19 fare; $10,054,771,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for 20 defense-related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be 21 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 22 out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 23 Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which 24 $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 25 2026; of which $24,717,000 shall remain available until March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 353 1 September 30, 2028, for environmental compliance and 2 restoration; and of which $100,000,000 shall remain avail- 3 able until September 30, 2025, which shall only be avail- 4 able for vessel depot level maintenance: Provided, That not 5 to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and rep- 6 resentation expenses. 7 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 8 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for pro- 9 curement, construction, and improvements, including aids 10 to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De- 11 partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 12 Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment re- 13 lated thereto, $1,413,950,000, to remain available until 14 September 30, 2028; of which $20,000,000 shall be de- 15 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 16 the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 17 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 18 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 19 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re- 20 search and development; and for maintenance, rehabilita- 21 tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; 22 $7,476,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 23 of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li- 24 ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 25 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 354 1 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 2 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 3 from State and local governments, other public authori- 4 ties, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 5 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua- 6 tion. 7 RETIRED PAY 8 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 9 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur- 10 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 11 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca- 12 reer status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 13 section 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent 14 receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay- 15 ments for medical care of retired personnel and their de- 16 pendents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 17 $1,147,244,000, to remain available until expended. 18 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 19 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 20 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 21 Service for operations and support, including purchase of 22 not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas- 23 senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in 24 the United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in 25 the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 355 1 and other facilities on private or other property not in 2 Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 3 perform protective functions; conduct of and participation 4 in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of 5 behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 6 and operations; payment in advance for commercial ac- 7 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 8 functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 9 of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of 10 employees who are on protective missions, whether at or 11 away from their duty stations; $3,007,982,000; of which 12 $138,383,000 shall remain available until September 30, 13 2025, and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for 14 activities related to investigations of missing and exploited 15 children; and of which up to $24,000,000 may be for cal- 16 endar year 2023 premium pay in excess of the annual 17 equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained 18 in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, pursuant 19 to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 20 Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last amended by 21 Public Law 118–38: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 22 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 23 Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to 24 provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 356 1 enforcement organizations in criminal investigations with- 2 in the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. 3 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 4 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 5 Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 6 $75,598,000, to remain available until September 30, 7 2026. 8 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 9 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 10 Service for research and development, $4,217,000, to re- 11 main available until September 30, 2025. 12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 13 SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home- 14 land Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of 15 Public Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation 16 limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail- 17 able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap- 18 plied to funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fis- 19 cal year 2024’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 20 SEC. 202. Funding made available under the head- 21 ings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations 22 and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec- 23 tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ 24 shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to 25 maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 357 1 in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition 2 to funding provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, 3 United States Code. 4 SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 5 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im- 6 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 7 from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad- 8 jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con- 9 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 10 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 11 SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 12 Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup- 13 port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, 14 to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this 15 appropriation in fiscal year 2024 from amounts authorized 16 to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and 17 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the 18 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 19 U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation 20 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 21 125), or other such authorizing language. 22 (b) To the extent that amounts realized from such 23 collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess 24 of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to 25 remain available until expended. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 358 1 SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 2 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 3 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 4 a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 5 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im- 6 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 7 with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 8 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans- 9 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre- 10 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 11 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 12 (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 13 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 14 802); or 15 (2) a biological product, as defined in section 16 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 17 262). 18 SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 19 of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other 20 Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation 21 and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 22 title 46, United States Code, for the transportation of 23 crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum 24 Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 25 consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 359 1 Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 2 United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 3 measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels. 4 (b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap- 5 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 6 ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 7 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 8 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 9 within 2 business days of any request for waivers of navi- 10 gation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 11 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to 12 such transportation, and the disposition of such requests. 13 SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment 14 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 15 not— 16 (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 17 new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 18 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 19 port of entry; or 20 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 21 of a border crossing fee. 22 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 23 means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 24 passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 360 1 for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the 2 Northern border at a land port of entry. 3 SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 4 of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus- 5 toms and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure 6 plan for any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 7 and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 8 Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Commit- 9 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10 and the Senate. 11 (b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be 12 obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 13 SEC. 209. Section 211 of the Department of Home- 14 land Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of 15 Public Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the 16 construction of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with 17 respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 18 manner as such section applied to funds made available 19 in that Act. 20 SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 21 be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 22 Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 23 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 24 by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 25 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 361 1 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 2 derived by the collection of fees available to the compo- 3 nents funded by this Act, may be used to reduce antici- 4 pated or planned vetting operations at existing locations 5 unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after 6 the date of enactment of this Act. 7 SEC. 211. Of the total amount made available under 8 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, 9 Construction, and Improvements’’, $850,170,000 shall be 10 available only as follows: 11 (1) $283,500,000 for the acquisition and de- 12 ployment of border security technologies; 13 (2) $380,900,000 for trade and travel assets 14 and infrastructure; 15 (3) $92,114,000 for facility construction and 16 improvements; 17 (4) $75,983,000 for integrated operations as- 18 sets and infrastructure; and 19 (5) $17,673,000 for mission support and infra- 20 structure. 21 SEC. 212. None of the funds provided under the 22 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 23 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue a dele- 24 gation of law enforcement authority authorized under sec- 25 tion 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 362 1 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 2 Inspector General determines that the terms of the agree- 3 ment governing the delegation of authority have been ma- 4 terially violated. 5 SEC. 213. (a) None of the funds provided under the 6 heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 7 Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any 8 contract for the provision of detention services if the two 9 most recent overall performance evaluations received by 10 the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the 11 equivalent median score in any subsequent performance 12 evaluation system. 13 (b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub- 14 section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration 15 and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Respon- 16 sibility. 17 SEC. 214. Without regard to the limitation as to time 18 and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 19 may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi- 20 gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup- 21 port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 22 prioritized for removal. 23 SEC. 215. The reports required to be submitted under 24 section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap- 25 propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116– March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 363 1 260) shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each 2 matter required to be included in such reports by such 3 section 216 shall apply in the same manner and to the 4 same extent during the period described in such section 5 216. 6 SEC. 216. The terms and conditions of sections 216 7 and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appro- 8 priations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) 9 shall apply to this Act. 10 SEC. 217. Not later than 45 days after the date of 11 enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. 12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to 13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 14 resentatives and the Senate an obligation plan for 15 amounts made available in this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration 16 and Customs Enforcement’’, delineated by level II pro- 17 gram, project, and activity. 18 SEC. 218. (a) Members of the United States House 19 of Representatives and the United States Senate, includ- 20 ing the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and com- 21 missions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 22 Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De- 23 partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor- 24 ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor- 25 neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 364 1 members of the Executive Office of the President, includ- 2 ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 3 shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 4 screening. 5 (b) None of the funds made available in this or any 6 other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac- 7 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 8 the collection of fees available to the components funded 9 by this Act may be used to carry out legislation altering 10 the applicability of the screening requirements outlined in 11 subsection (a). 12 SEC. 219. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 13 United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, any funds in 14 the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 15 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 16 for the procurement and installation of explosives detec- 17 tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree- 18 ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec- 19 tion 44923(a) of such title. 20 SEC. 220. Not later than 45 days after the submis- 21 sion of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator 22 of the Transportation Security Administration shall sub- 23 mit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland 24 Security of the House of Representatives and the Commit- 25 tees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 365 1 Transportation of the Senate a single report that fulfills 2 the following requirements: 3 (1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 4 and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin- 5 uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 6 the replacement of aged, transportation security 7 equipment; 8 (2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re- 9 quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland 10 Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of 11 the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 12 (Public Law 113–245); and 13 (3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screen- 14 ing Technologies report as required by the Senate 15 Report accompanying the Department of Homeland 16 Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 17 115–283). 18 SEC. 221. (a) None of the funds made available by 19 this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 20 and Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for rec- 21 reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 22 States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from 23 owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 24 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 25 Operations and Support’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 366 1 (b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay 2 expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 3 section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel 4 applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 5 documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 6 121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu- 7 mentation under section 12114. 8 SEC. 222. Notwithstanding any other provision of 9 law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 10 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 11 resentatives and the Senate a future-years capital invest- 12 ment plan as described in the second proviso under the 13 heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 14 Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 15 Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall 16 be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth pro- 17 visos under such heading. 18 SEC. 223. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 19 to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems 20 Center mission or its government-employed or contract 21 staff levels. 22 SEC. 224. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 23 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 24 a competition under Office of Management and Budget March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 367 1 Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 2 Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 3 SEC. 225. Funds made available in this Act may be 4 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro- 5 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi- 6 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 7 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 8 Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 9 in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 10 civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a 11 statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 12 SEC. 226. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 13 Housing Fund in fiscal year 2024 shall be available until 14 expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 15 14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 16 otherwise available for such purposes. 17 SEC. 227. (a) Notwithstanding section 2110 of title 18 46, United States Code, none of the funds made available 19 in this Act shall be used to charge a fee for an inspection 20 of a towing vessel, as defined in 46 CFR 136.110, that 21 utilizes the Towing Safety Management System option for 22 a Certificate of Inspection issued under subchapter M of 23 title 46, Code of Federal Regulations. 24 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply after the date the 25 Commandant of the Coast Guard makes a determination March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 368 1 under section 815(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 2 Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) and, as 3 necessary based on such determination, carries out the re- 4 quirements of section 815(b) of such Act. 5 SEC. 228. The United States Secret Service is au- 6 thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse- 7 ments from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 8 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving 9 training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen- 10 ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 11 year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 12 under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper- 13 ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 14 SEC. 229. (a) None of the funds made available to 15 the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 16 appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec- 17 tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec- 18 retary of Homeland Security. 19 (b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 20 may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 21 a fully reimbursable basis. 22 SEC. 230. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this 23 Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 24 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 369 1 SEC. 231. Funding made available in this Act for 2 ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 3 is available for travel of United States Secret Service em- 4 ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi- 5 tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 6 the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des- 7 ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 8 House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days 9 in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex- 10 penditures. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 370 1 TITLE III 2 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 3 RECOVERY 4 CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 5 AGENCY 6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 7 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In- 8 frastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 9 $2,382,814,000, of which $24,424,000 shall remain avail- 10 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to ex- 11 ceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representa- 12 tion expenses. 13 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 14 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In- 15 frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc- 16 tion, and improvements, $489,401,000, to remain avail- 17 able until September 30, 2026. 18 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 19 For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In- 20 frastructure Security Agency for research and develop- 21 ment, $793,000, to remain available until September 30, 22 2025. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 371 1 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 2 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 4 Management Agency for operations and support, 5 $1,483,990,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 6 be for official reception and representation expenses. 7 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 8 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 9 Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 10 improvements, $99,528,000, of which $63,278,000 shall 11 remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which 12 $36,250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 13 2028. 14 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 17 Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 18 cooperative agreements, and other activities, 19 $3,497,019,369, which shall be allocated as follows: 20 (1) $468,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu- 21 rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 22 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 23 which $81,000,000 shall be for Operation 24 Stonegarden and $13,500,000 shall be for Tribal 25 Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 372 1 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): 2 Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of 3 such section 2004, for fiscal year 2024, the Com- 4 monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 5 local and tribal governments amounts provided to 6 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this para- 7 graph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such 8 section 2004. 9 (2) $553,500,000 for the Urban Area Security 10 Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu- 11 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 12 (3) $274,500,000 for the Nonprofit Security 13 Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland 14 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which 15 $137,250,000 is for eligible recipients located in 16 high-risk urban areas that receive funding under 17 section 2003 of such Act and $137,250,000 is for el- 18 igible recipients that are located outside such areas: 19 Provided, That eligible recipients are those described 20 in section 2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) 21 or are an otherwise eligible recipient at risk of a ter- 22 rorist or other extremist attack. 23 (4) $94,500,000 for Public Transportation Se- 24 curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 25 Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sec- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 373 1 tions 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing 2 Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 3 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 4 $9,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 5 $1,800,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 6 Provided, That such public transportation security 7 assistance shall be provided directly to public trans- 8 portation agencies. 9 (5) $90,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac- 10 cordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 11 States Code. 12 (6) $648,000,000, to remain available until 13 September 30, 2025, of which $324,000,000 shall be 14 for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and 15 $324,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate 16 Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sec- 17 tions 33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Pre- 18 vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 19 and 2229a). 20 (7) $319,500,000 for emergency management 21 performance grants under the National Flood Insur- 22 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob- 23 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- 24 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Haz- 25 ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), sec- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 374 1 tion 762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorga- 2 nization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 3 (8) $281,475,000 for necessary expenses for 4 Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi- 5 tion to and to supplement any other sums appro- 6 priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 7 and such additional sums as may be provided by 8 States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 9 mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the 10 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 11 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 12 (9) $10,800,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre- 13 paredness Grants. 14 (10) $117,000,000 for the emergency food and 15 shelter program under title III of the McKinney- 16 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 17 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro- 18 vided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for 19 total administrative costs. 20 (11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation 21 Warning System. 22 (12) $293,757,369 for Community Project 23 Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending 24 grants, which shall be for the purposes, and the 25 amounts, specified in the table entitled ‘‘Homeland March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 375 1 Security—Community Project Funding/Congression- 2 ally Directed Spending’’ under the ‘‘Disclosure of 3 Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending 4 Items’’ heading in the explanatory statement de- 5 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 6 A of this consolidated Act), of which— 7 (A) $103,189,080, in addition to amounts 8 otherwise made available for such purpose, is 9 for emergency operations center grants under 10 section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 11 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 12 U.S.C. 5196c); and 13 (B) $190,568,289, in addition to amounts 14 otherwise made available for such purpose, is 15 for pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 16 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 17 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 18 5133(e), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), 19 and (l) of that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), 20 (l)). 21 (13) $305,987,000 to sustain current oper- 22 ations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 23 and other programs. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 376 1 DISASTER RELIEF FUND 2 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 3 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 4 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $20,261,000,000, to remain 5 available until expended: Provided, That such amount 6 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Rob- 7 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 8 Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the 9 Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 13 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 14 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 15 Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the 16 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 17 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home- 18 owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 19 Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $239,983,000, to remain 20 available until September 30, 2025, which shall be derived 21 from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) 22 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 23 4015(d)); of which $18,917,000 shall be available for mis- 24 sion support associated with flood management; and of 25 which $221,066,000 shall be available for flood plain man- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 377 1 agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi- 2 tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 3 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 5 account, to be available for flood plain management and 6 flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2024, 7 no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur- 8 ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In- 9 surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 10 (1) $230,504,000 for operating expenses and 11 salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 12 operations; 13 (2) $1,300,000,000 for commissions and taxes 14 of agents; 15 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 16 Treasury borrowings; and 17 (4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 18 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 19 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 20 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 21 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 22 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 23 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 24 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 25 U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 378 1 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be de- 2 posited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple- 3 ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 4 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwith- 5 standing section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 6 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through 7 (3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 8 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total 9 administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total 10 appropriation: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is 11 available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood 12 Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15 SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading 16 ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Op- 17 erations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec- 18 essary expenses of procuring or providing access to cyber- 19 security threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent 20 agencies, corporations, establishments, and instrumental- 21 ities of the Federal Government of the United States, 22 state, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers 23 as described in section 210A of the Homeland Security 24 Act (6 U.S.C. 124h), and Information Sharing and Anal- 25 ysis Organizations. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 379 1 SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 3 609(a)(12)) or any other provision of law, not more than 4 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in para- 5 graphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Man- 6 agement Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by 7 the recipient for expenses directly related to administra- 8 tion of the grant. 9 (b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 10 apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 11 under such paragraph (3). 12 SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading 13 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As- 14 sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made 15 available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 16 the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 17 submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 18 announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 19 Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 20 after the receipt of an application. 21 SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer- 22 gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for 23 grants under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Ad- 24 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen- 25 cy shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 380 1 House of Representatives and the Senate 5 full business 2 days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 3 making an award. 4 (b) If any such public announcement is made before 5 5 full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 6 $1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed- 7 eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 8 Support’’ shall be rescinded. 9 SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 10 Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 11 under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu- 12 nications towers is not considered construction of a build- 13 ing or other physical facility. 14 SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 15 (1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man- 16 agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Depart- 17 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 18 (Public Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster 19 Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2024 with re- 20 spect to budget year 2025 and current fiscal year 2024, 21 respectively— 22 (1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal 23 year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 24 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 25 after ‘‘fifth’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 381 1 SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed- 2 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist- 3 ance’’, for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re- 4 sponse grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emer- 5 gency Management Agency may grant waivers from the 6 requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), 7 (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the 8 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 9 U.S.C. 2229a). 10 SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 11 fiscal year 2024, as authorized in title III of the Depart- 12 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- 13 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 14 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per- 15 cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 16 Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 17 Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year. 18 (b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 19 fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of 20 providing such services, including administrative costs of 21 collecting such fees. 22 (c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 23 Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting 24 collections and will become available for authorized pur- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 382 1 poses on October 1, 2024, and remain available until ex- 2 pended. 3 SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed- 4 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist- 5 ance’’, for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Adminis- 6 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 7 may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 8 Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229). 9 SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appro- 10 priated in any prior Act for activities funded by the Na- 11 tional Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of 12 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- 13 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the day 14 before the date of enactment of section 1234 of division 15 D of Public Law 115–254, may be transferred to and 16 merged with funds set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) 17 of section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 18 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in 19 effect on the date of the enactment of this section. 20 SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appro- 21 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage- 22 ment Agency—Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 23 Program’’ in any prior Act may be transferred to and 24 merged with funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Fed- 25 eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 383 1 ance’’ for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping 2 and Risk Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pur- 3 suant to this section shall be in addition to and supple- 4 ment any other sums appropriated for such purposes 5 under the National Flood Insurance Fund and such addi- 6 tional sums as may be provided by States or other political 7 subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under sec- 8 tion 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 9 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex- 10 pended. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 384 1 TITLE IV 2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 3 SERVICES 4 U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 5 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 6 For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im- 7 migration Services for operations and support, including 8 for the E-Verify Program, the Refugee and International 9 Operations Programs, and backlog reduction, 10 $271,140,000: Provided, That such amounts shall be in 11 addition to any other amounts made available for such 12 purposes, and shall not be construed to require any reduc- 13 tion of any fee described in section 286(m) of the Immi- 14 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided 15 further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official re- 16 ception and representation expenses. 17 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 18 For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im- 19 migration Services for Federal assistance for the Citizen- 20 ship and Integration Grant Program, $10,000,000, to re- 21 main available until September 30, 2025. 22 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 23 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce- 25 ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 385 1 ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 2 type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 3 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 4 Code, $357,100,000, of which $66,665,000 shall remain 5 available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not 6 to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep- 7 resentation expenses. 8 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce- 10 ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 11 improvements, $20,100,000, to remain available until Sep- 12 tember 30, 2028, for acquisition of necessary additional 13 real property and facilities, construction and ongoing 14 maintenance, facility improvements and related expenses 15 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 16 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 17 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 18 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech- 19 nology Directorate for operations and support, including 20 the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 21 $369,811,000, of which $206,093,000 shall remain avail- 22 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to ex- 23 ceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa- 24 tion expenses. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 386 1 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 2 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech- 3 nology Directorate for procurement, construction, and im- 4 provements, $61,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 5 tember 30, 2028. 6 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 7 For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech- 8 nology Directorate for research and development, 9 $310,823,000, to remain available until September 30, 10 2026. 11 COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 12 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 13 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 14 of Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 15 $163,280,000, of which $69,364,000 shall remain avail- 16 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to ex- 17 ceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representa- 18 tion expenses. 19 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 20 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 21 of Mass Destruction Office for procurement, construction, 22 and improvements, $42,338,000, to remain available until 23 September 30, 2026. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 387 1 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 2 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 3 of Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 4 $60,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 5 2026. 6 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 7 For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 8 of Mass Destruction Office for Federal assistance through 9 grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other ac- 10 tivities, $142,885,000, to remain available until Sep- 11 tember 30, 2026. 12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 13 SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 14 of law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 15 and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 16 equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 17 only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv- 18 ices does not provide vehicles for lease. 19 (b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 20 Services may authorize employees who are assigned to 21 those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the em- 22 ployees’ residences and places of employment. 23 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 24 may be used to process or approve a competition under 25 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 388 1 ices provided by employees (including employees serving 2 on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im- 3 migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu- 4 rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 5 Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 6 Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 7 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 8 law, any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship 9 and Immigration Services may be used for the collection 10 and use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Im- 11 migration Services Application Support Center that is 12 overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 13 Services personnel using appropriate technology. 14 SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce- 15 ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 16 to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 17 participating in training accreditation. 18 SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 19 Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 20 Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac- 21 creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 22 shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita- 23 tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 24 and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 25 enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 389 1 SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En- 2 forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 3 ‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 4 from Government agencies requesting the construction of 5 special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act 6 (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)). 7 (b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 8 shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 9 completion of such facilities. 10 SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce- 11 ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 12 as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 13 Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 14 note). March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 390 1 TITLE V 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 7 SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 8 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria- 9 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 10 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 11 pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 12 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac- 13 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi- 14 nally enacted. 15 SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 16 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo- 17 nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 18 Security that remain available for obligation or expendi- 19 ture in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts 20 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec- 21 tion of fees available to the components funded by this 22 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 23 through a reprogramming of funds that— 24 (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 25 activity, or increases funds for any program, project, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 391 1 or activity for which funds have been denied or re- 2 stricted by the Congress; 3 (2) contracts out any function or activity pres- 4 ently performed by Federal employees or any new 5 function or activity proposed to be performed by 6 Federal employees in the President’s budget pro- 7 posal for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of 8 Homeland Security; 9 (3) augments funding for existing programs, 10 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 11 percent, whichever is less; 12 (4) reduces funding for any program, project, 13 or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 14 or more; or 15 (5) results from any general savings from a re- 16 duction in personnel that would result in a change 17 in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities 18 as approved by the Congress. 19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 21 Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such 22 reprogramming. 23 (c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail- 24 able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 25 Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 392 1 appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap- 2 propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the 3 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 4 least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such 5 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 6 shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans- 7 fer. 8 (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 9 funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be- 10 tween appropriations— 11 (1) based upon an initial notification provided 12 after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances 13 that imminently threaten the safety of human life or 14 the protection of property; 15 (2) to increase or decrease funding for grant 16 programs; or 17 (3) to create a program, project, or activity 18 pursuant to subsection (a)(1), including any new 19 function or requirement within any program, project, 20 or activity, not approved by Congress in the consid- 21 eration of the enactment of this Act. 22 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 23 forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 24 any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in pre- 25 vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 393 1 Acts that remain available for obligation in the current 2 year. 3 (f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 4 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 5 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro- 6 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu- 7 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com- 8 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 9 and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 10 SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of 11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F 12 of Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a 13 working capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds 14 made available in this Act in the same manner as such 15 section applied to funds made available in that Act. 16 (b) Funds from such working capital fund may be 17 obligated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements 18 from components of the Department of Homeland Secu- 19 rity. 20 SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro- 21 vided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated bal- 22 ances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024, 23 as recorded in the financial records at the time of a re- 24 programming notification, but not later than June 30, 25 2025, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 394 1 for fiscal year 2024 in this Act shall remain available 2 through September 30, 2025, in the account and for the 3 purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 4 (b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifica- 5 tion shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria- 6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 7 accordance with section 503 of this Act. 8 SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 9 intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author- 10 ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 11 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fis- 12 cal year 2024 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 13 intelligence activities for fiscal year 2024. 14 (b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail- 15 able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware- 16 ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts 17 in such authorization for such account shall be transferred 18 to and merged with amounts made available under the 19 heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Sup- 20 port’’. 21 (c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 22 under subsection (b), the Management Directorate shall 23 brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 24 Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use of 25 such funds. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 395 1 SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 2 or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit- 3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 4 and the Senate at least 3 full business days in advance 5 of— 6 (1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 7 grant in excess of $1,000,000; 8 (2) making or awarding a contract, other trans- 9 action agreement, or task or delivery order on a 10 multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 11 totaling in excess of $4,000,000; 12 (3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 13 an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 14 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home- 15 land Security funds; 16 (4) making a sole-source grant award; or 17 (5) announcing publicly the intention to make 18 or award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), 19 including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi- 20 tion Regulation. 21 (b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 22 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 23 risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be 24 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 25 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 396 1 resentatives and the Senate not later than 5 full business 2 days after such an award is made or letter issued. 3 (c) A notification under this section— 4 (1) may not involve funds that are not available 5 for obligation; and 6 (2) shall include the amount of the award; the 7 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 8 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 9 from which the funds are being drawn. 10 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad- 12 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 13 locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 14 law enforcement training without advance notification to 15 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 16 resentatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 17 Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 18 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 19 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo- 20 dated in existing Centers’ facilities. 21 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 23 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 24 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 25 chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 397 1 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 2 for each project for required expenses for the development 3 of a proposed prospectus. 4 SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department 5 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 6 E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall 7 apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in 8 the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 9 available in that Act. 10 SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in 11 this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable 12 provisions of the Buy American Act. 13 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 14 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 15 States Code. 16 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 17 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 18 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 19 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 20 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise 21 made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 22 section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 23 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 398 1 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 2 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel- 3 oping a national identification card. 4 SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 5 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria- 6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 7 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe- 8 cifically authorized herein. 9 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 10 Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees 11 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 12 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed- 13 eral Regulations. 14 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 15 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 16 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 17 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 18 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 20 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 21 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 22 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform- 23 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con- 24 tract. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 399 1 SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in 2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 3 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, 7 or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car- 8 rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica- 9 tion activities. 10 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 11 Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 12 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi- 13 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus- 14 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 15 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu- 16 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 17 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 18 this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 19 of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 20 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 21 the United States, at a single international conference un- 22 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 23 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 24 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 25 House of Representatives and the Senate within at least March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 400 1 10 days of that determination and the basis for that deter- 2 mination. 3 (b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter- 4 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 5 outside of the United States attended by representatives 6 of the United States Government and of foreign govern- 7 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 8 organizations. 9 (c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland 10 Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 11 (d) Employees who attend a conference virtually 12 without travel away from their permanent duty station 13 within the United States shall not be counted for purposes 14 of this section, and the prohibition contained in this sec- 15 tion shall not apply to payments for the costs of attend- 16 ance for such employees. 17 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 18 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 19 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu- 20 rity Event. 21 SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to 22 the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 23 Act may be obligated for the implementation of any struc- 24 tural pay reform or the introduction of any new position 25 classification that will affect more than 100 full-time posi- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 401 1 tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be- 2 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 3 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 4 Congress a notification that includes— 5 (1) the number of full-time positions affected by 6 such change; 7 (2) funding required for such change for the 8 current fiscal year and through the Future Years 9 Homeland Security Program; 10 (3) justification for such change; and 11 (4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 12 compensation alternatives to such change that were 13 considered by the Department. 14 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if— 15 (1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 16 proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and 17 (2) funds for such change have not been explic- 18 itly denied or restricted in this Act. 19 SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail- 20 able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 21 post on the public website of that agency any report re- 22 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria- 23 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 24 this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 25 that it shall serve the national interest. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 402 1 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 2 (1) the public posting of the report com- 3 promises homeland or national security; or 4 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 5 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 6 do so only after such report has been made available to 7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 8 resentatives and the Senate for not less than 45 days ex- 9 cept as otherwise specified in law. 10 SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op- 11 erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure- 12 ment, construction, and improvements. 13 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 14 to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per- 15 sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 16 SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of 17 the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 18 Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and 19 secondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect 20 during fiscal year 2024. 21 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 22 erwise made available to the Department of Homeland Se- 23 curity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the fol- 24 lowing persons from entering, for the purpose of con- 25 ducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the De- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 403 1 partment of Homeland Security used to detain or other- 2 wise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification 3 at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed 4 by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated em- 5 ployee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 6 of such modification: 7 (1) A Member of Congress. 8 (2) An employee of the United States House of 9 Representatives or the United States Senate des- 10 ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 11 section. 12 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to re- 13 quire a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the 14 intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for 15 the purpose of conducting oversight. 16 (c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 17 (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 18 that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of 19 an intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). 20 SEC. 528. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 21 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 22 to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De- 23 partment of Homeland Security (including during trans- 24 port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil- 25 ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 404 1 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 2 pregnant woman if— 3 (1) an appropriate official of the Department of 4 Homeland Security makes an individualized deter- 5 mination that the woman— 6 (A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 7 cannot be prevented by other means; or 8 (B) poses an immediate and serious threat 9 to harm herself or others that cannot be pre- 10 vented by other means; or 11 (2) a medical professional responsible for the 12 care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 13 of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med- 14 ical safety of the woman. 15 (c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to 16 subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive re- 17 straints, as determined by the appropriate medical profes- 18 sional treating the woman, may be used. In no case may 19 restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or 20 delivery, and in no case may a pregnant woman be re- 21 strained in a face-down position with four-point restraints, 22 on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area 23 of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 24 by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent 25 feasible, on her left side. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 405 1 SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by 2 this Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, 3 or other record pertaining to any— 4 (1) death of, 5 (2) potential sexual assault or abuse per- 6 petrated against, or 7 (3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis- 8 ruption committed by 9 an individual held in the custody of the Department of 10 Homeland Security. 11 (b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 12 made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 13 regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti- 14 gation, to an individual who has been charged with a 15 crime, been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished 16 as a result of an allegation described in paragraph (3), 17 upon the request of such individual. 18 SEC. 530. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 19 114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi- 20 tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 21 with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner 22 as such section applied to funds made available in that 23 Act. 24 SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 25 on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 406 1 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 2 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage- 3 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit- 4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 5 and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for 6 the Department of Homeland Security and separately for 7 each departmental component, for which discretionary 8 funding would be classified as budget function 050. 9 (b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 10 each such unfunded priority— 11 (1) a summary description, including the objec- 12 tives to be achieved if such priority is funded 13 (whether in whole or in part); 14 (2) the description, including the objectives to 15 be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in 16 whole or in part); 17 (3) account information, including the following 18 (as applicable): 19 (A) appropriation account; and 20 (B) program, project, or activity name; 21 and 22 (4) the additional number of full-time or part- 23 time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 24 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 25 the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that— March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 407 1 (1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 2 subsection (a); 3 (2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ- 4 ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 5 Department; and 6 (3) would have been recommended for funding 7 through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if— 8 (A) additional resources had been available 9 for the budget to fund the requirement; 10 (B) the requirement has emerged since the 11 budget was formulated; or 12 (C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 13 prior-year investments. 14 SEC. 532. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter- 15 mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 16 protection under any authority for a former or retired 17 Government official or employee, or for an individual who, 18 during the duration of the directed protection, will become 19 a former or retired Government official or employee (re- 20 ferred to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the 21 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica- 22 tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on 23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 24 Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 25 Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Home- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 408 1 land Security of the House of Representatives, the Com- 2 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 3 of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re- 4 form of the House of Representatives (referred to in this 5 section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’). 6 (b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 7 form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 8 of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu- 9 reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the 10 threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici- 11 pated cost and duration of such protection. 12 (c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 13 days before terminating, protection for a covered indi- 14 vidual, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 15 a notification regarding the extension or termination and 16 any change to the threat assessment to the congressional 17 leadership and the appropriate congressional committees. 18 (d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact- 19 ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary 20 shall submit a report to the congressional leadership and 21 the appropriate congressional committees, which may be 22 submitted in classified form, if necessary, detailing each 23 covered individual, and the scope and associated cost of 24 protection. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 409 1 SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds provided to the De- 2 partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 3 may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro- 4 posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as author- 5 ized by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National 6 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 7 Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of 8 an initial project proposal to the Technology Moderniza- 9 tion Board, the head of the agency— 10 (1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations 11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 12 the proposed submission of the project proposal; 13 (2) submits to the Committees on Appropria- 14 tions a copy of the project proposal; and 15 (3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro- 16 posed project funding would supplement or supplant 17 funding requested as part of the Department’s most 18 recent budget submission. 19 (b) None of the funds provided to the Department 20 of Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization 21 Fund shall be available for obligation until 15 days after 22 a report on such funds has been transmitted to the Com- 23 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 24 and the Senate. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 410 1 (c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in- 2 clude— 3 (1) the full project proposal submitted to and 4 approved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 5 Board; 6 (2) the finalized interagency agreement between 7 the Department and the Fund including the 8 project’s deliverables and repayment terms, as appli- 9 cable; 10 (3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 11 supplement or supplant existing funding available to 12 the Department for similar activities; 13 (4) a plan for how the Department will repay 14 the Fund, including specific planned funding 15 sources, as applicable; and 16 (5) other information as determined by the Sec- 17 retary. 18 SEC. 534. Within 60 days of any budget submission 19 for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 20 2025 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 21 the previous year based on user fees proposals that have 22 not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 23 budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 25 resentatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 411 1 discretionary budget authority commensurate with the 2 revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they 3 are not enacted prior to October 1, 2024. 4 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 6 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 7 ratification for the Treaty. 8 SEC. 536. No Federal funds made available to the 9 Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter 10 into a procurement contract, memorandum of under- 11 standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant 12 to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified 13 under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 15 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 16 SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 18 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 19 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 20 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 21 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 22 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 23 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 24 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 25 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 412 1 SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 2 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on 3 a bimonthly basis beginning immediately after the date of 4 enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the number 5 of noncitizens anticipated to arrive at the southwest bor- 6 der of the United States. 7 (b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 8 the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 9 (1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol- 10 lowing fiscal year; 11 (2) include a breakout by demographics, to in- 12 clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 13 children; 14 (3) undergo an independent validation and 15 verification review; 16 (4) are used to inform policy planning and 17 budgeting processes within the Department of 18 Homeland Security; and 19 (5) are included in the budget materials sub- 20 mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning 21 after the date of enactment of this Act and in sup- 22 port of— 23 (A) the President’s annual budget request 24 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 25 States Code; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 413 1 (B) any supplemental funding request sub- 2 mitted to Congress; 3 (C) any reprogramming and transfer noti- 4 fication pursuant to section 503 of this Act; 5 and 6 (D) such budget materials shall include— 7 (i) the most recent bimonthly esti- 8 mates developed pursuant to subsection 9 (a); 10 (ii) a description and quantification of 11 the estimates used to justify funding re- 12 quests for Department programs related to 13 border security, immigration enforcement, 14 and immigration services; 15 (iii) a description and quantification 16 of the anticipated workload and require- 17 ments resulting from such estimates; and 18 (iv) a confirmation as to whether the 19 budget requests for impacted agencies were 20 developed using the same estimates. 21 (c) The Secretary shall share the bimonthly estimates 22 developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary 23 of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 24 Secretary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations 25 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 414 1 (d) If the bimonthly estimates described in subsection 2 (b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re- 3 programming and transfer authority provided in section 4 503 of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the 5 required estimates are provided to the Committees on Ap- 6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 7 ate. 8 SEC. 539. (a) Section 538 of the Department of 9 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022 (division F 10 of Public Law 117–103) is amended by striking subsection 11 (d) and inserting the following— 12 ‘‘(d) Amounts in the Fund may not be apportioned 13 or allotted for any fiscal year until after the date on which 14 the Act making full-year appropriations for the Depart- 15 ment of Homeland Security for the applicable fiscal year 16 is enacted into law, subject to subsection (e). 17 ‘‘(e) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 18 of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least 19 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.’’. 20 (b) The amendments made by this section shall apply 21 to amounts transferred under such section 538 on or after 22 the date of enactment of this Act. 23 SEC. 540. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Se- 24 curity requesting assistance from the Department of De- 25 fense for border security operations, the Secretary shall March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 415 1 ensure that an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit anal- 2 ysis is conducted before such request is made, which shall 3 include an examination of obtaining such support through 4 other means. 5 (b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 6 a request for assistance is made, the Secretary of Home- 7 land Security shall submit to the Committees on Appro- 8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 9 a report detailing the types of support requested, the alter- 10 natives analysis and cost-benefit analysis described in sub- 11 section (a), and the operational impact to Department of 12 Homeland Security operations of any Department of De- 13 fense border security support requested by the Secretary. 14 (c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 15 a request made for assistance is granted and quarterly 16 thereafter through the duration of such assistance, the 17 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com- 18 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 19 and the Senate, a report detailing the assistance provided 20 and the operational impacts to border security operations. 21 SEC. 541. Funds made available in this Act or any 22 other Act for Operations and Support may be used for 23 the necessary expenses of providing an employee emer- 24 gency back-up care program. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 416 1 SEC. 542. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made avail- 2 able in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration 3 and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to 4 support and conduct necessary operations of the Blue 5 Campaign for fiscal year 2024. 6 (b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available 7 by subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the 8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 9 atives and the Senate. 10 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 11 SEC. 543. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart- 12 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here- 13 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 14 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 15 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 16 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con- 17 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 19 (1) $800,000 from unobligated balances avail- 20 able in the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 21 Management—Operations and Support’’ account (70 22 23/24 0100). 23 (2) $4,100,000 from the unobligated balances 24 available in the ‘‘Management Directorate—Office of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 417 1 the Chief Information Officer and Operations’’ ac- 2 count (70 X 0113). 3 (3) $1,473,000 from the unobligated balances 4 available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec- 5 tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improve- 6 ments’’ account (70 X 0532). 7 (4) $1,842,000 from the unobligated balances 8 available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec- 9 tion—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and 10 Technology’’ account (70 X 0533). 11 (5) $450,000 from the unobligated balances 12 available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec- 13 tion—Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, 14 Maintenance, and Procurement’’ account (70 X 15 0544). 16 (6) $3,000,000 from the unobligated balances 17 available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En- 18 forcement—Operations and Support’’ account (70 19 23/24 0540). 20 (7) $782,419 from the unobligated balances 21 available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En- 22 forcement—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 23 0540). 24 (8) $10,471 from the unobligated balances 25 available in the ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 418 1 forcement—Automation Modernization’’ account (70 2 X 0543). 3 (9) $22,600,000 from the unobligated balances 4 available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Con- 5 struction, and Improvements’’ account (70 X 0613). 6 (10) $150,000,000 from the unobligated bal- 7 ances available in the ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, 8 Construction, and Improvements’’ account. 9 (11) $2,400,000 from the unobligated balances 10 available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Op- 11 erations and Support’’ account (70 X 0400). 12 (12) $4,000,000 from the unobligated balances 13 available in the ‘‘United States Secret Service—Pro- 14 curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 15 (70 23/25 0401). 16 (13) $3,500,000 from the unobligated balances 17 available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 18 Security Agency—Procurement, Construction, and 19 Improvements’’ account (70 23/27 0412). 20 (14) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances 21 available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 22 Security Agency—Research and Development’’ ac- 23 count (70 23/24 0805). 24 (15) $5,821,000 from the unobligated balances 25 available in the ‘‘Federal Emergency Management March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 419 1 Agency—National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ ac- 2 count (70 X 0716). 3 (16) $40,000 from the unobligated balances 4 available in the ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 5 Services—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 6 0300). 7 (17) $46,968 from the unobligated balances 8 available in the ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training 9 Centers—Procurement, Construction, and Improve- 10 ments’’ account (70 20/24 0510). 11 (18) $900,000 from the unobligated balances 12 available in the ‘‘Science and Technology Direc- 13 torate—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 14 0800). 15 (19) $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances 16 available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De- 17 struction Office—Research and Development’’ ac- 18 count (70 22/24 0860). 19 (20) $2,900,000 from the unobligated balances 20 available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De- 21 struction Office—Procurement, Construction, and 22 Improvements’’ account (70 22/24 0862). 23 (21) $19,700,000 from the unobligated bal- 24 ances available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 420 1 Destruction Office—Procurement, Construction, and 2 Improvements’’ account (70 23/25 0862). 3 (22) $11,208,000 from the unobligated bal- 4 ances available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass 5 Destruction—Research and Development’’ account 6 (70 23/25 0860). 7 (23) $11,478 from the unobligated balances 8 available in the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass De- 9 struction Office—Research and Development’’ ac- 10 count (70 X 0860). 11 SEC. 544. The following unobligated balances made 12 available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu- 13 ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Secu- 14 rity Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) are 15 rescinded: 16 (1) $1,025,240 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary 17 and Executive Management—Operations and Sup- 18 port’’. 19 (2) $982,350 from ‘‘Management Directorate— 20 Operations and Support’’. 21 (3) $757,750 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and 22 Situational Awareness—Operations and Support’’. 23 (4) $102,031 from ‘‘Office of the Inspector 24 General—Operations and Support’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 421 1 (5) $6,952,560 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor- 2 der Protection—Operations and Support’’. 3 (6) $7,661,620 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 4 Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’. 5 (7) $31,022,129 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Oper- 6 ations and Support’’. 7 (8) $364,550 from ‘‘United States Secret Serv- 8 ice—Operations and Support’’. 9 (9) $1,407,050 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infra- 10 structure Security Agency—Operations and Sup- 11 port’’. 12 (10) $2,454,920 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 13 Management Agency—Operations and Support’’. 14 (11) $3,146,930 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and 15 Immigration Services—Operations and Support’’. 16 (12) $232,590 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement 17 Training Centers—Operations and Support’’. 18 (13) $51,440 from ‘‘Science and Technology 19 Directorate—Operations and Support’’. 20 (14) $73,440 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of 21 Mass Destruction Office—Operations and Support’’. 22 SEC. 545. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De- 23 partment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses 24 Fund’’ established in section 538 of division F of Public 25 Law 117–103, $699,662 are hereby rescinded. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 422 1 SEC. 546. (a) Of the unobligated balances from 2 amounts made available by section 104A(m) of Public 3 Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4703a(m)), $30,000,000 are 4 hereby permanently rescinded. 5 (b) Of the unobligated balances in the fund estab- 6 lished by section 223 of division G of Public Law 110– 7 161, $87,900,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep- 8 tember 30, 2024. 9 (c)(1) Of the unobligated balances of funds made 10 available by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 11 2404, 2501, 2502, 2704, 3101, and 9911 of Public Law 12 117–2, $239,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 13 (2) The report required to be submitted pursuant to 14 section 529 of division D of this consolidated Act shall 15 include the amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection. 16 (d) Of the unobligated balances in the fund estab- 17 lished pursuant to section 527 of title 28, United States 18 Code, $75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not 19 later than September 30, 2024. 20 (e) Of the amounts provided in title II of this Act 21 under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper- 22 ations and Support’’, $320,000,000 shall be paid from the 23 unobligated balances from amounts in the fund established 24 by section 9006(a) of title 26, United States Code. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 423 1 (f)(1) Of the total amount provided in title III of this 2 Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 3 Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $364,000,000 shall be de- 4 rived by transfer from the unobligated balances from 5 amounts made available in paragraph (2) under such 6 heading in title V of division J of the Infrastructure In- 7 vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) and shall 8 be merged with amounts provided under such heading in 9 title III of this Act. 10 (2) Amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to 11 this subsection that were previously designated by the 12 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con- 13 current resolution on the Budget are designated as an 14 emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of 15 S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolu- 16 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 17 establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the 18 House of Representatives. 19 SEC. 547. Notwithstanding the amounts made avail- 20 able for vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to title 21 I of the Rehabilitation Act in ‘‘Department of Edu- 22 cation—Rehabilitation Services’’ in division D of this Act 23 and notwithstanding sections 100(b)(1) and 100(c)(2) of 24 the Rehabilitation Act, each State shall be entitled to an 25 allotment equal to the amount such State received pursu- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 424 1 ant to section 110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act for the fis- 2 cal year ending September 30, 2023, prior to any addi- 3 tions or reductions under section 110(b) or section 4 111(a)(2)(B): Provided, That, of such amounts made 5 available under the heading ‘‘Department of Education— 6 Rehabilitation Services’’ in division D of this Act, 7 $286,791,761 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That, 8 for fiscal year 2025, each State shall be entitled to an 9 allotment pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 10 Act that shall be calculated as if this section were not in 11 effect in fiscal year 2024. 12 SEC. 548. The fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Na- 13 tional Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’ in divi- 14 sion E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 15 (Public Law 118–42), is amended by striking 16 ‘‘$12,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 17 SEC. 549. (a) Of the unobligated balances made 18 available under the heading ‘‘Community Development 19 Fund’’ in title II of division F of the Consolidated Appro- 20 priations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) for grants for 21 the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) specified in 22 paragraph (4) of such heading, $1,000,000 is hereby per- 23 manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 24 rescinded from amounts specified for Community Project 25 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the table March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 425 1 entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di- 2 rected Spending’’ included in the explanatory statement 3 described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A 4 of such consolidated Act. 5 (b) The matter under the heading ‘‘Transit Infra- 6 structure Grants’’ in title I of division F of Public Law 7 118–42 is amended— 8 (1) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by 9 striking ‘‘$252,386,844’’ and inserting 10 ‘‘$253,386,844’’; and 11 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking 12 ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$21,000,000’’. 13 SEC. 550. (a) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Com- 14 munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spend- 15 ing’’ in the explanatory statement for division L of the 16 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 17 328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding divi- 18 sion A of such Act, the item relating to ‘‘The Veterans’ 19 Place Renovation’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 20 ‘‘Renovation’’ and inserting ‘‘New Construction’’. 21 (b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 22 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 23 the explanatory statement for division F of the Consoli- 24 dated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) de- 25 scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 426 1 such Act, the item relating to ‘‘Kingfield Multi-Family 2 Housing’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 3 ‘‘Kingfield’’. 4 SEC. 551. The table entitled ‘‘Community Project 5 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex- 6 planatory statement for division F of the Consolidated Ap- 7 propriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) described in 8 section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act 9 is deemed to be amended by adding at the end the items 10 in the table entitled ‘‘THUD Addendum’’ in the explana- 11 tory statement for this division described in section 4 (in 12 the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 13 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 14 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 427 1 DIVISION D—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 2 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 3 EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 5 TITLE I 6 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 7 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 8 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 9 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 10 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 11 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,006,421,000 plus 12 reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro- 13 vided: 14 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 15 and training activities, youth activities, and dis- 16 located worker employment and training activities, 17 $2,929,332,000 as follows: 18 (A) $885,649,000 for adult employment 19 and training activities, of which $173,649,000 20 shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 21 through June 30, 2025, and of which 22 $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 23 October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 428 1 (B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, 2 which shall be available for the period April 1, 3 2024 through June 30, 2025; and 4 (C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 5 employment and training activities, of which 6 $235,553,000 shall be available for the period 7 July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and of 8 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 9 period October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: 10 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 11 outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 12 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 13 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur- 14 ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 15 WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica- 16 tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 17 would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 18 out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 19 the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 20 shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re- 21 ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 22 in such manner, and containing such information as 23 the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 24 outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de- 25 scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 429 1 for any of the programs and activities authorized 2 under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 3 to approval of the application and such reporting re- 4 quirements issued by the Secretary; and 5 (2) for national programs, $1,077,089,000 as 6 follows: 7 (A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated work- 8 ers assistance national reserve, of which 9 $100,859,000 shall be available for the period 10 July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, and 11 of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 12 period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 13 2025: Provided, That funds provided to carry 14 out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 15 used to provide assistance to a State for state- 16 wide or local use in order to address cases 17 where there have been worker dislocations 18 across multiple sectors or across multiple local 19 areas and such workers remain dislocated; co- 20 ordinate the State workforce development plan 21 with emerging economic development needs; and 22 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 23 further, That funds provided to carry out sec- 24 tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 25 used for technical assistance and demonstration March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 430 1 projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 2 new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 3 workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 4 section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro- 5 vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 6 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 7 funds to provide technical assistance and carry 8 out additional activities related to the transition 9 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 10 funds provided under this subparagraph, 11 $115,000,000 shall be for training and employ- 12 ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 13 (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 14 such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 15 (i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers 16 in the Appalachian region, as defined by 17 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 18 Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 19 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 20 Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 21 2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 22 served by the Northern Border Regional 23 Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 24 15733; and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 431 1 (ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur- 2 pose of developing, offering, or improving 3 educational or career training programs at 4 community colleges, defined as public insti- 5 tutions of higher education, as described in 6 section 101(a) of the Higher Education 7 Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 8 degree is primarily the highest degree 9 awarded, with other eligible institutions of 10 higher education, as defined in section 11 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 12 1965, eligible to participate through con- 13 sortia, with community colleges as the lead 14 grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 15 follow the requirements for the program in 16 House Report 116–62: Provided further, 17 That any grant funds used for apprentice- 18 ships shall be used to support only appren- 19 ticeship programs registered under the Na- 20 tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 21 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 22 (B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro- 23 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 24 shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 25 through June 30, 2025; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 432 1 (C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 2 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 3 WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 4 grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 5 be for employment and training services), 6 $6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 7 (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 8 permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 9 discretionary purposes, which shall be available 10 for the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 11 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding any 12 other provision of law or related regulation, the 13 Department of Labor shall take no action lim- 14 iting the number or proportion of eligible par- 15 ticipants receiving related assistance services or 16 discouraging grantees from providing such serv- 17 ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 18 definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 19 section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 20 individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 21 eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 22 programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 23 that definition if, in addition to meeting the re- 24 quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 25 167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 433 1 family with a total family income equal to or 2 less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 3 (D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activi- 4 ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 5 which shall be available for the period April 1, 6 2024 through June 30, 2025; 7 (E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activi- 8 ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 9 WIOA, which shall be available for the period 10 April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided, 11 That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 12 competitive grants to national and regional 13 intermediaries for activities that prepare for 14 employment young adults with criminal legal 15 histories, young adults who have been justice 16 system-involved, or young adults who have 17 dropped out of school or other educational pro- 18 grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 19 crime, high-poverty areas; 20 (F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 21 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 22 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 23 the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 24 2025; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 434 1 (G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 2 through apprenticeships only registered under 3 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 4 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail- 5 able to the Secretary to carry out activities 6 through grants, cooperative agreements, con- 7 tracts and other arrangements, with States and 8 other appropriate entities, including equity 9 intermediaries and business and labor industry 10 partner intermediaries, which shall be available 11 for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 12 2025; and 13 (H) $107,834,000 for carrying out Dem- 14 onstration and Pilot projects under section 15 169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 16 for the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 17 2025, in addition to funds available for such ac- 18 tivities under subparagraph (A) for the 19 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 20 table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Con- 21 gressionally Directed Spending’’ included for 22 this division in the explanatory statement de- 23 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding di- 24 vision A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 25 That such funds may be used for projects that March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 435 1 are related to the employment and training 2 needs of dislocated workers, other adults, or 3 youth: Provided further, That the 10 percent 4 funding limitation under such section of the 5 WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 6 further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA 7 shall not apply to such funds: Provided further, 8 That sections 102 and 107 of this Act shall not 9 apply to such funds. 10 JOB CORPS 11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ- 13 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 14 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter- 15 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 16 purchase of real property for training centers as author- 17 ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 18 as follows: 19 (1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 20 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 21 through June 30, 2025; 22 (2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita- 23 tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 24 shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 25 through June 30, 2027, and which may include the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 436 1 acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 2 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 3 transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 4 operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad- 5 ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 6 funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 7 shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 8 2024: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap- 9 propriations of the House of Representatives and the 10 Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 11 any transfer; and 12 (3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 13 Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 14 period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 15 2024: 16 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 17 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 18 Centers. 19 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 20 AMERICANS 21 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 22 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, 23 which shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 24 through June 30, 2025, and may be recaptured and reobli- 25 gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 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APPRO. 437 1 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 2 For payments during fiscal year 2024 of trade ad- 3 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 4 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 5 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 6 employment and case management services, allowances for 7 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 8 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 9 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 10 payments, allowances, training, employment and case 11 management services, and related State administration 12 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust- 13 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 14 and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 15 and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 16 $30,700,000 together with such amounts as may be nec- 17 essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 18 payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 19 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 20 Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 21 heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 22 current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 23 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 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APPRO. 438 1 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 2 SERVICE OPERATIONS 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 For authorized administrative expenses, 5 $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,922,084,000 6 which may be expended from the Employment Security 7 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 8 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 9 (1) $3,141,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 10 grants to States for the administration of State un- 11 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 12 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 13 than $382,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv- 14 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 15 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 16 defined in such section, including those who are 17 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 18 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro- 19 vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci- 20 fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu- 21 rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 22 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and $265,000,000 24 is additional new budget authority specified for pur- 25 poses of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act; and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 439 1 $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy- 2 ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 3 administration of unemployment insurance for Fed- 4 eral employees and for ex-service members as au- 5 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin- 6 istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem- 7 ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter- 8 native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 9 Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 10 Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec- 11 tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex- 12 tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 13 Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be avail- 14 able for obligation by the States through December 15 31, 2024, except that funds used for automation 16 shall be available for Federal obligation through De- 17 cember 31, 2024, and for State obligation through 18 September 30, 2026, or, if the automation is being 19 carried out through consortia of States, for State ob- 20 ligation through September 30, 2030, and for ex- 21 penditure through September 30, 2031, and funds 22 for competitive grants awarded to States for im- 23 proved operations and to conduct in-person reem- 24 ployment and eligibility assessments and unemploy- 25 ment insurance improper payment reviews and pro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 440 1 vide reemployment services and referrals to training, 2 as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obliga- 3 tion through December 31, 2024 (except that funds 4 for outcome payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) 5 of the Social Security Act shall be available for Fed- 6 eral obligation through March 31, 2025), and for ob- 7 ligation by the States through September 30, 2026, 8 and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integ- 9 rity Center of Excellence shall be available for obli- 10 gation by the State through September 30, 2025, 11 and funds used for unemployment insurance work- 12 loads experienced through September 30, 2024 shall 13 be available for Federal obligation through Decem- 14 ber 31, 2024; 15 (2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na- 16 tional activities necessary to support the administra- 17 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 18 system; 19 (3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to- 20 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 21 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 22 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 23 be available for Federal obligation for the period 24 July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 441 1 (4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na- 2 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ- 3 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred- 4 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 5 1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod- 6 ernizing information technology for use in the proc- 7 essing of certification requests), and the provision of 8 technical assistance and staff training under the 9 Wagner-Peyser Act; 10 (5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 11 administration of foreign labor certifications and re- 12 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation- 13 ality Act and related laws, of which $60,528,000 14 shall be available for the Federal administration of 15 such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 16 for grants to States for the administration of such 17 activities; and 18 (6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 19 provide workforce information, national electronic 20 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag- 21 ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob- 22 ligation for the period July 1, 2024 through June 23 30, 2025, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 24 to carry out research and demonstration projects re- 25 lated to testing effective ways to promote greater March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 442 1 labor force participation of people with disabilities: 2 Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 3 made available for research and demonstration 4 projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis- 5 ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur- 6 poses: 7 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In- 8 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2024 is 9 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 10 3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 11 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 12 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 13 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 14 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 15 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 16 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 17 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 18 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 19 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 20 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 21 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 22 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 23 for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 24 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 25 the National Directory of New Hires under section March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 443 1 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec- 2 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 3 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay- 4 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 5 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 6 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es- 7 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 8 are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 9 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 10 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 11 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 12 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 13 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu- 14 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi- 15 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 16 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti- 17 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 18 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 19 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 20 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 21 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In- 22 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not- 23 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 24 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require- 25 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 444 1 eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu- 2 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re- 3 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 4 States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 5 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 6 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy- 7 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 8 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra- 9 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 10 making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 11 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 12 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 13 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 14 State and local governments, public and private institu- 15 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 16 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 17 of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 18 Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 19 information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 20 which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re- 21 main available until September 30, 2025, for such pur- 22 poses. 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APPRO. 445 1 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 2 OTHER FUNDS 3 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 4 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 5 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 6 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In- 7 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad- 8 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 9 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 10 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 11 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 12 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 13 obligation through September 30, 2025. 14 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 15 For expenses of administering employment and train- 16 ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 17 $54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employ- 18 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy- 19 ment Trust Fund. 20 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 23 Security Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to 24 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 446 1 2025, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce- 2 ment litigation. 3 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 4 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 5 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor- 6 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in- 7 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 8 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 9 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 10 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 11 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 12 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 13 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ- 14 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep- 15 tember 30, 2024, for the Corporation: Provided, That 16 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 17 year 2024 shall be available for obligations for administra- 18 tive expenses in excess of $512,900,000: Provided further, 19 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici- 20 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 21 100,000 in fiscal year 2024, an amount not to exceed an 22 additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep- 23 tember 30, 2028, for obligations for administrative ex- 24 penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici- 25 pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 447 1 amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para- 2 graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep- 3 tember 30, 2028 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor- 4 dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor- 5 dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap- 6 proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti- 7 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 8 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 9 an additional amount shall be available for obligation 10 through September 30, 2028 to the extent the Corpora- 11 tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 12 identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 13 a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad- 14 ditional $100 per affected individual. 15 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi- 18 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 19 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren- 20 dered, $260,000,000. 21 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man- 24 agement Standards, $48,515,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 448 1 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 2 PROGRAMS 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con- 5 tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000. 6 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 9 Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with 10 $2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 11 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 12 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 13 SPECIAL BENEFITS 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex- 16 penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au- 17 thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 18 year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 19 as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 20 in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 21 the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 22 Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 23 App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 24 Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per- 25 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 449 1 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 2 Compensation Act, $700,000,000, together with such 3 amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse- 4 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 5 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 6 15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 7 the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es- 8 tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 9 amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 10 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 11 employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 12 of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 13 That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep- 14 tember 30, 2023, shall remain available until expended for 15 the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro- 16 vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 17 to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 18 any other corporation or instrumentality required under 19 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 20 the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de- 21 termines to be the cost of administration for employees 22 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2024: 23 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 24 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad- 25 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 450 1 $83,007,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 2 follows: 3 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto- 4 mated data processing systems operations and tele- 5 communications systems, $28,153,000; 6 (2) For automated workload processing oper- 7 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 8 intake, and medical bill processing, $26,526,000; 9 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 10 medical review, $26,527,000; 11 (4) For program integrity, $1,801,000; and 12 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 13 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 14 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 15 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 16 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work- 17 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 18 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu- 19 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 20 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 21 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 22 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 23 275, $22,890,000, to remain available until expended. 24 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 25 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 451 1 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 2 as may be necessary. 3 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 4 first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $7,000,000, to remain 5 available until expended. 6 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 7 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 8 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 9 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 10 Act, $66,532,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 11 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil- 12 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 13 such claim such identifying information (including Social 14 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 15 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 18 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 19 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 20 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev- 21 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 22 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 23 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 24 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2024 for expenses 25 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 452 1 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 2 exceed $44,059,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 3 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 4 exceed $41,178,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage- 5 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $368,000 6 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In- 7 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay- 8 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 9 Department of the Treasury. 10 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 13 and Health Administration, $632,309,000, including not 14 to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 15 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 16 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 17 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 18 of State occupational safety and health programs required 19 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 20 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith- 21 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 22 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis- 23 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other- 24 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 25 such sums for occupational safety and health training and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 453 1 education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 2 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 3 ending September 30, 2024, to collect and retain fees for 4 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab- 5 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 6 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 7 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 8 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 9 the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 10 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 11 expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 12 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 13 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 14 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 15 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur- 16 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 17 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 18 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 19 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 20 included within a category having a Days Away, Re- 21 stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 22 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica- 23 tion code for which such data are published, less than the 24 national average rate as such rates are most recently pub- 25 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 454 1 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 2 except— 3 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con- 4 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train- 5 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 6 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 7 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita- 8 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 9 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor- 10 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 11 any willful violations found; 12 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act 13 with respect to imminent dangers; 14 (4) to take any action authorized by the Act 15 with respect to health hazards; 16 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act 17 with respect to a report of an employment accident 18 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re- 19 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 20 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga- 21 tion authorized by the Act; and 22 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act 23 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 24 employees for exercising rights under the Act: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 455 1 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 2 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 3 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em- 4 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 5 $12,787,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train- 6 ing grants: Provided further, That not less than 7 $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs. 8 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 11 Health Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase 12 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 13 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas- 14 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 15 mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 16 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 17 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 18 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 19 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 20 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 21 be available for mine safety and health education and 22 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 23 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra- 24 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 25 from fees collected for the approval and certification of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 456 1 equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 2 may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 3 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build- 4 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 5 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 6 with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 7 further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 8 is authorized to promote health and safety education and 9 training in the mining community through cooperative 10 programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 11 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec- 12 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin- 13 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 14 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 15 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe- 16 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 17 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 18 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 19 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 20 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 21 event of a major disaster. 22 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 24 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta- 25 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 457 1 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv- 2 ices rendered, $629,952,000, together with not to exceed 3 $68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ- 4 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy- 5 ment Trust Fund. 6 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 10 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 11 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 12 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 13 people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less 14 than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 15 projects related to testing effective ways to promote great- 16 er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro- 17 vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 18 available under this heading for research and demonstra- 19 tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 20 Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur- 21 poses. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 458 1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage- 5 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 6 $387,889,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 7 which may be expended from the Employment Security 8 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 9 Fund: Provided, That $81,725,000 for the Bureau of 10 International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga- 11 tion through December 31, 2024: Provided further, That 12 funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af- 13 fairs may be used to administer or operate international 14 labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist- 15 ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 16 grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur- 17 ther, That not less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs 18 to combat exploitative child labor internationally and not 19 less than $30,175,000 shall be used to implement model 20 programs that address worker rights issues through tech- 21 nical assistance in countries with which the United States 22 has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: 23 Provided further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro- 24 gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 25 through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 459 1 available for program evaluation may be used to admin- 2 ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur- 3 ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 4 be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 5 further, That funds available for program evaluation may 6 be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De- 7 partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 9 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad- 10 vance of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds 11 available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants 12 to serve and promote the interests of women in the work- 13 force: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail- 14 able to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 15 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap- 16 prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 17 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 18 Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 19 Employment Security Administration account in the Un- 20 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 21 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 22 of which— 23 (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 24 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis- 25 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 460 1 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em- 2 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 3 such title, and for the expenses described in section 4 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend- 5 iture by the States through September 30, 2026, 6 and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed- 7 eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup- 8 port to allow for the tracking of participant and per- 9 formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 10 such funds may be used to support such specialists 11 and representatives in the provision of services to 12 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 13 have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro- 14 gram and have been identified as in need of inten- 15 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 16 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 17 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 18 units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 19 of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 20 (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi- 21 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 22 10 U.S.C. 1144; 23 (3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 24 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 25 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 461 1 Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 2 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub- 3 lic Law 115–31); and 4 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 5 Employment and Training Services Institute under 6 38 U.S.C. 4109: 7 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 8 appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 9 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria- 10 tion from which such reallocation is made. 11 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 12 $65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home- 13 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 14 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 15 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 16 Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 17 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 18 September 30, 2024, to provide services under such sec- 19 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec- 20 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 21 services to homeless veterans described in section 22 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 23 some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 24 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 25 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 462 1 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de- 2 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet- 3 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 4 of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 5 paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 6 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 7 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per- 8 formance information: Provided further, That notwith- 9 standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 10 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex- 11 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 12 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 13 the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec- 14 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 15 be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 16 Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 17 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 18 sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 19 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 20 (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 21 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 22 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 23 apply. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 463 1 IT MODERNIZATION 2 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen- 3 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re- 4 lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 5 which shall be available through September 30, 2025. 6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 7 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 9 General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to 10 exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em- 11 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem- 12 ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 13 $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 14 may be available until expended. 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 16 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 17 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo- 18 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora- 19 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 20 Level II. 21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 23 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 25 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 464 1 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 2 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ- 3 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 4 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 5 this section shall not be used to create any new program 6 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 7 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit- 8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 9 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 10 of any transfer. 11 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 12 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 13 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex- 14 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 15 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 16 or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 17 and host countries already identified by the United States 18 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 19 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec- 20 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 21 of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 22 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 23 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 24 than competitive grants for training individuals who are 25 older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 465 1 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa- 2 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 3 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 4 necessary to support such training. 5 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad- 7 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 8 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi- 9 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 10 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 11 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 12 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 13 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es- 14 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re- 15 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 16 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 17 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 18 comparable State or local government employees, and the 19 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro- 20 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad- 21 ministration programs. 22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec- 24 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ- 25 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 466 1 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv- 2 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 3 determined that those services will be more efficiently per- 4 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 5 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 6 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 7 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 8 appropriation made available to the Employment and 9 Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin- 10 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 11 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund- 12 ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 13 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro- 14 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 15 of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 16 ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 17 account to carry out program integrity activities related 18 to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 19 transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 20 Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 21 or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 22 other arrangements with States and other appropriate en- 23 tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 24 authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 25 obligation through September 30, 2025. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 467 1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 3 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 4 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 5 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 6 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 7 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man- 8 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 9 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 10 available for obligation through September 30, 2025: Pro- 11 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 12 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 13 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 14 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua- 15 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 16 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 17 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 18 ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 19 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 20 Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra- 21 tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 22 ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 23 Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 24 Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis- 25 tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 468 1 fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 2 available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 3 and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man- 4 agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 5 Employment and Training’’. 6 SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 7 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 8 following text is part of such section: 9 ‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 10 for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 11 disaster to any employee— 12 ‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re- 13 sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 14 an employer not engaged, directly or through an af- 15 filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop- 16 erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con- 17 tracts; 18 ‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver- 19 age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 20 per week or any minimum weekly amount estab- 21 lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 22 number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 23 of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 24 ‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 469 1 ‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi- 2 viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 3 or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 4 witnesses, or physicians; 5 ‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review- 6 ing factual information to prepare damage esti- 7 mates; 8 ‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda- 9 tions regarding coverage or compensability of 10 claims or determining liability or value aspects 11 of claims; 12 ‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 13 ‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 14 litigation. 15 ‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 16 the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 17 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 18 ‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis- 19 aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 20 State or Federal agency or department; 21 ‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 22 evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 23 major disaster’ means an individual who timely se- 24 cured or secures a license required by applicable law 25 to engage in and perform the activities described in March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 470 1 clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 2 to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 3 that maintains worker compensation insurance cov- 4 erage or protection for its employees, if required by 5 applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 6 State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 7 wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 8 and 9 ‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 10 by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 11 more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 12 securities of one or more companies, directly or indi- 13 rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 14 control with, another company.’’. 15 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en- 16 actment of this Act. 17 SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 18 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 19 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 21 a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em- 22 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em- 23 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 24 the petition into the United States at any time dur- 25 ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 471 1 for which the employer is seeking the services of the 2 nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 3 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 4 90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 5 may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 6 States after the date that is 90 days after the start 7 date for which the employer is seeking the services 8 of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 9 (A) completes a new assessment of the 10 local labor market by— 11 (i) listing job orders in local news- 12 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 13 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 14 appropriate Department of Labor Elec- 15 tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 16 place of employment; and 17 (B) offers the job to an equally or better 18 qualified United States worker who— 19 (i) applies for the job; and 20 (ii) will be available at the time and 21 place of need. 22 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 23 TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 24 consider an employer in the seafood industry who 25 brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 472 1 during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 2 to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec- 3 tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula- 4 tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 5 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec- 6 tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad- 7 mitted to the United States pursuant to section 8 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 10 SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 11 the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 12 of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 13 employees with similar experience and qualifications for 14 such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 15 wage level for the occupational classification of the posi- 16 tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non- 17 immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 18 available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter- 19 mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 20 2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur- 21 veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 22 Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 23 determines that the methodology and data in the provided 24 survey are not statistically supported. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 473 1 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 2 to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 3 found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 4 rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 5 thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 6 of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi- 7 nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 8 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 9 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 10 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera- 11 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 12 $2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter- 13 mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 14 the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 15 SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 16 Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 17 736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 18 is part of such Act: 19 ‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au- 21 thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 22 agents to— 23 ‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 24 Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur- 25 ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 474 1 to the performance of official duties by the Sec- 2 retary; 3 ‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec- 4 tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 5 immediate family of the Secretary who is partici- 6 pating in an activity or event relating to the official 7 duties of the Secretary; 8 ‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec- 9 retary (including during periods not described in 10 paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme- 11 diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 12 articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 13 with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 14 ‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 15 of Labor or another senior officer representing the 16 Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 17 unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 18 accordance with guidelines established by the Sec- 19 retary. 20 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 21 authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em- 22 ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 23 the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 24 ‘‘(1) carry firearms; March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 475 1 ‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of- 2 fense against the United States committed in the 3 presence of such officer or special agent; 4 ‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in- 5 cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 6 and conducting advance work to review security mat- 7 ters relating to sites and events; 8 ‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 9 agencies; and 10 ‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 11 into potential threats to the security of the Sec- 12 retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 13 the Department of Labor. 14 ‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law en- 15 forcement officer or special agent employed under sub- 16 section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 17 section in accordance with any— 18 ‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 19 and 20 ‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 21 Labor.’’. 22 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en- 23 actment of this Act. 24 SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 25 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 476 1 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 2 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop- 3 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 4 the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 5 disposition, to include any associated construction project, 6 will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 7 or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 8 property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 9 not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 10 the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 11 title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi- 12 sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 13 The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 14 the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 15 such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 16 Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 17 around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 18 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act may be used to— 20 (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree- 21 ment between the United States Department of 22 Labor and the United States Department of Agri- 23 culture; or 24 (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen- 25 ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 477 1 the endangerment of the health and safety of the 2 students, the capacity of the program is retained, 3 and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 4 are met. 5 (RESCISSION) 6 SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 7 section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby perma- 9 nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 10 (RESCISSION) 11 SEC. 117. Of the funds made available under the 12 heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration– 13 Training and Employment Services’’ in division H of Pub- 14 lic Law 117–328, $75,000,000 are hereby permanently re- 15 scinded from the amounts specified in paragraph (2)(A) 16 under such heading for the period October 1, 2023, 17 through September 30, 2024. 18 SEC. 118. In the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 19 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex- 20 planatory statement for division H of Public Law 117– 21 328 described in section 4 in the matter preceding division 22 A of such Public Law, the item relating to ‘‘Society for 23 the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Amer- 24 icans in Science, San Jose, CA to create a pipeline from 25 community colleges into the STEM workforce’’ is deemed March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 478 1 to be amended by striking ‘‘Society for the Advancement 2 of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science’’ 3 and inserting ‘‘San Jose State University Research Foun- 4 dation’’. 5 SEC. 119. Funds previously made available to the De- 6 partment of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations 7 Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) in paragraph (2) under 8 the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and 9 Training Administration—Job Corps’’ that were obligated 10 for the construction of the Atlanta Job Corps center in 11 Georgia and that were available for initial obligation 12 through June 30, 2019, are to remain available through 13 fiscal year 2029 for the liquidation of valid obligations in- 14 curred from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2021. 15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 16 Appropriations Act, 2024’’. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 479 1 TITLE II 2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 3 SERVICES 4 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 5 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 6 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 7 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 8 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai- 9 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 10 That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex- 11 pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 12 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 13 $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car- 14 rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 15 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 16 Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 17 in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 18 made under such law. 19 HEALTH WORKFORCE 20 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 21 Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 22 and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 23 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,404,376,000: Pro- 24 vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro- 25 portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 480 1 of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 2 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 3 for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 4 Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 5 and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec- 6 retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con- 7 tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 8 Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec- 9 tion: Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act 10 shall apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 11 756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall 12 be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 13 further, That fees collected for the disclosure of informa- 14 tion under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im- 15 provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 16 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re- 17 cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 18 by such sections and shall remain available until expended 19 for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 20 That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 21 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 22 may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 23 made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 24 That $128,600,000 shall remain available until expended 25 for the purposes of providing primary health services, as- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 481 1 signing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici- 2 pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 3 treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior- 4 ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 5 and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay- 6 ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 7 section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 8 the amount made available in the previous proviso, 9 $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 10 purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re- 11 payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 12 to individuals participating in such program who provide 13 primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 14 Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In- 15 dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 16 Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 17 limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur- 18 ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, sec- 19 tion 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if 20 the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical sub- 21 stance use disorder treatment services, including those 22 provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 23 treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds 24 made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 25 available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 482 1 optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship 2 programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc- 3 ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified 4 Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi- 5 tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur- 6 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 7 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac- 8 tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided fur- 9 ther, That the United States may recover liquidated dam- 10 ages in an amount determined by the formula under sec- 11 tion 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either 12 fails to begin or complete the service obligated by a con- 13 tract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided fur- 14 ther, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 15 Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav- 16 ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro- 17 priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi- 18 nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 19 Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 20 title for fiscal year 2024 contracts entered into under sec- 21 tion 338B of the PHS Act. 22 Of the funds made available under this heading, 23 $60,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 24 grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 25 or support graduate education for physicians provided by March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 483 1 such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de- 2 velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova- 3 tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 4 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu- 5 tions of higher education located in States with a projected 6 primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec- 7 retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim- 8 ited to such public institutions of higher education in 9 States in the top quintile of States with a projected pri- 10 mary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec- 11 retary: Provided further, That the minimum amount of a 12 grant so awarded to such an institution shall be not less 13 than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a 14 grant may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: 15 Provided further, That such a grant awarded with respect 16 to a year to such an institution shall be subject to a 17 matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount 18 that is not more than 10 percent of the total amount of 19 Federal funds provided in the grant to such institution 20 with respect to such year. 21 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 22 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 23 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 24 title V of the Social Security Act, $1,170,430,000: Pro- 25 vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 484 1 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 2 $210,116,000 shall be available for carrying out special 3 projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 4 section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be 5 available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) 6 through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 7 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 8 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 9 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 10 $2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 11 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2026, 12 for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 13 of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 14 AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 15 section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which 16 $165,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 17 available to the Secretary for carrying out a program of 18 grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 311(c) 19 of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS 20 epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 21 311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the 22 PHS Act, including the limitation on administrative ex- 23 penses. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 485 1 HEALTH SYSTEMS 2 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 3 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 4 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $122,009,000, of 5 which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facil- 6 ity renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the 7 National Hansen’s Disease Program. 8 RURAL HEALTH 9 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 10 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 11 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 12 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $364,607,000, 13 of which $64,277,000 from general revenues, notwith- 14 standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 15 be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 16 flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 17 made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos- 18 pital flexibility grants, up to $20,942,000 shall be avail- 19 able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 20 Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 21 information technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 22 available to award grants to public or non-profit private 23 entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As- 24 sistance Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 25 out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 486 1 funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail- 2 able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 3 services and other efforts to improve health care coordina- 4 tion for rural veterans between rural providers and the 5 Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 6 notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, 7 $12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural 8 Health: Provided further, That $12,700,000 shall remain 9 available through September 30, 2026, to support the 10 Rural Residency Development Program: Provided further, 11 That $145,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities 12 Opioids Response Program. 13 FAMILY PLANNING 14 For carrying out the program under title X of the 15 PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 16 projects, $286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided 17 to said projects under such title shall not be expended for 18 abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec- 19 tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 20 activity (including the publication or distribution of lit- 21 erature) that in any way tends to promote public support 22 or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 23 public office. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 487 1 HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 2 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 3 Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 4 for activities funded in other appropriations included in 5 this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis- 6 tration, $1,110,376,000, of which $42,050,000 shall be 7 for expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement 8 of Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 9 agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 10 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 11 may be used to supplement program support funding pro- 12 vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 13 ‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 14 ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 15 and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the amount 16 made available under this heading, $890,788,000 shall be 17 used for the projects financing the construction and ren- 18 ovation (including equipment) of health care and other fa- 19 cilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants that 20 support health-related activities, including training and in- 21 formation technology, and in the amounts specified in the 22 table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 23 Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the ex- 24 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 25 preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 488 1 further, That none of the funds made available for projects 2 described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to sec- 3 tion 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 4 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 5 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 6 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 7 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re- 8 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 9 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 10 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 11 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 12 to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 13 Fund to the Secretary. 14 COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 15 For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 16 $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 17 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 18 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 19 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 20 section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 21 Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni- 22 zation and respiratory diseases, $237,358,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 489 1 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 2 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 3 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 4 the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 5 sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 6 $1,391,056,000. 7 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 8 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 9 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra- 10 tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 11 zoonotic infectious diseases, $708,272,000: Provided, That 12 of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 13 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 14 for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 15 related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 16 Federal or State quarantine law. 17 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 18 PROMOTION 19 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 20 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre- 21 vention and health promotion, $1,192,647,000: Provided, 22 That funds made available under this heading may be 23 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 24 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga- 25 nizations: Provided further, That the proportional funding March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 490 1 requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall 2 not apply to funds made available under this heading. 3 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 4 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 5 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 6 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis- 7 abilities, disabilities and health, $206,060,000. 8 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 9 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 10 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 11 informatics, and workforce development, $711,553,000: 12 Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 13 $42,944,000 shall be from funds available under section 14 241 of the PHS Act for health statistics. 15 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 16 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 17 Act with respect to environmental health, $191,850,000. 18 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 19 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 20 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 21 $761,379,000. 22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 23 HEALTH 24 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 25 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 491 1 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 2 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 3 Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe- 4 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 5 health, $362,800,000. 6 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 7 COMPENSATION PROGRAM 8 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 9 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 10 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 11 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 12 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 13 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 14 GLOBAL HEALTH 15 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 16 Act with respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which: 17 (1) $128,921,000 shall remain available through Sep- 18 tember 30, 2025 for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) 19 $293,200,000 shall remain available through September 20 30, 2026 for global public health protection: Provided, 21 That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 22 official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 23 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 24 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 25 the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 492 1 and response, and for expenses necessary to support ac- 2 tivities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, 3 radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 4 $938,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 5 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 6 title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 7 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 8 without reimbursement to support an activation of the 9 CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc- 10 tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 11 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 12 resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 13 this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 14 this authority which includes the number of staff and 15 funding level broken down by the originating center and 16 number of days detailed, and an update of such report 17 every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 18 reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc- 22 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 23 $40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 24 Provided, That funds made available to this account in 25 this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 493 1 of real property or for construction or improvement of fa- 2 cilities shall be available to make improvements on non- 3 federally owned property, provided that any improvements 4 that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 5 exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 6 improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 7 funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 8 of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 9 shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re- 10 search facility: Provided further, That funds made avail- 11 able to this account in this or any prior Act that are avail- 12 able for the acquisition of real property or for construction 13 or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 14 replacement mine safety research facility shall be available 15 to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 16 provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 17 federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Pro- 18 vided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated 19 balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 20 accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 21 Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 22 amounts made available under this heading to support the 23 replacement of the mine safety research facility. 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APPRO. 494 1 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 4 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi- 5 ties and program support for activities funded in other 6 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 7 Disease Control and Prevention, $503,570,000, of which 8 $350,000,000 shall remain available through September 9 30, 2025, for public health infrastructure and capacity: 10 Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection 11 (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to 12 funds appropriated under this heading and in all other ac- 13 counts of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts 14 made available under this heading, $25,000,000, to re- 15 main available until expended, shall be available to the Di- 16 rector of the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases 17 Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by section 231 18 of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, 19 That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 20 to support a contract for the operation and maintenance 21 of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout 22 CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public 23 health preparedness emergencies: Provided further, That 24 employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civil- 25 ian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, munici- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 495 1 palities, or other organizations under authority of section 2 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be 3 treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 4 only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 5 applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the pe- 6 riod of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 7 may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to 8 CDC in this Act for official reception and representation 9 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 10 CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as 11 may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 12 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there- 13 of: Provided further, That with respect to the previous pro- 14 viso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro- 15 gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 16 available through September 30, 2025. 17 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 18 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20 Act with respect to cancer, $7,224,159,000, of which up 21 to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im- 22 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 23 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 24 Frederick, Maryland. 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APPRO. 496 1 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis- 4 eases, and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 6 RESEARCH 7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 9 $520,163,000. 10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 11 KIDNEY DISEASES 12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis- 14 ease, $2,310,721,000. 15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 16 AND STROKE 17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 19 $2,603,925,000. 20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 21 DISEASES 22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 23 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 24 $6,562,279,000. 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APPRO. 497 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 4 $3,244,679,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from 5 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro- 6 vided, That not less than $430,956,000 is provided for the 7 Institutional Development Awards program. 8 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 9 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11 Act with respect to child health and human development, 12 $1,759,078,000. 13 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 14 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 16 $896,549,000. 17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 18 SCIENCES 19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 21 $913,979,000. 22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 24 Act with respect to aging, $4,507,623,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 498 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 2 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 4 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 5 diseases, $685,465,000. 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 7 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 9 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis- 10 orders, $534,333,000. 11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13 Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 15 ALCOHOLISM 16 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 17 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 18 $595,318,000. 19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 21 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 24 Act with respect to mental health, $2,187,843,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 499 1 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to human genome research, 4 $663,200,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 6 BIOENGINEERING 7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 9 research, $440,627,000. 10 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 11 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 14 $170,384,000. 15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 16 HEALTH DISPARITIES 17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 19 research, $534,395,000. 20 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 21 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 22 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 23 title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 500 1 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to health information communications, 4 $497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 5 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 6 available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 7 in fiscal year 2024, the National Library of Medicine may 8 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 9 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 10 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re- 11 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 12 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 13 SCIENCES 14 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15 Act with respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000: 16 Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to imple- 17 ment section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 18 Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 19 $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 20 Sciences Awards program. 21 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 24 the Director, NIH, $2,592,914,000: Provided, That fund- 25 ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 501 1 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro- 2 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage- 3 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 4 the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur- 5 ther, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental 6 Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided fur- 7 ther, That $672,401,000 shall be available for the Com- 8 mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 9 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 10 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 11 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 12 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 13 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 14 up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren- 15 ovation of facilities as provided for in section 16 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 17 $80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of 18 the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to biomedical and 19 behavioral research facilities: Provided further, That 20 $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 21 appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for 22 oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH, 23 including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant 24 application evaluation and selection processes, and shall 25 be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 502 1 sight of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made 2 available under this heading are also available to establish, 3 operate, and support the Research Policy Board author- 4 ized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act: 5 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 6 heading for the Office of Research on Women’s Health 7 shall also be available for making grants to serve and pro- 8 mote the interests of women in research, and the Director 9 of such Office may, in making such grants, use the au- 10 thorities available to NIH Institutes and Centers. 11 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com- 12 mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 13 Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 14 from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de- 15 scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 16 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out 17 section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pedi- 18 atric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids 19 First Research Act. 20 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 21 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren- 22 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 23 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 24 $350,000,000, to remain available until expended. 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APPRO. 503 1 NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de- 4 scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 5 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 6 in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 7 $407,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 8 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 9 section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 10 amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 11 Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the Na- 12 tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na- 13 tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 14 in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 15 by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the 16 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro- 17 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac- 18 count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro- 19 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans- 20 fer authority provided by law. 21 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 22 For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 23 of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 24 for health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through 25 September 30, 2026. 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APPRO. 504 1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 2 ADMINISTRATION 3 MENTAL HEALTH 4 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 5 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad- 6 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 7 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 8 $2,775,507,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail- 9 able under this heading, $98,887,000 shall be for the Na- 10 tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 11 That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 12 no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 13 be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 14 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 15 herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 16 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title 17 XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical 18 assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 19 activities, and further that the total available under this 20 Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 per- 21 cent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part 22 B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the funds made 23 available under this heading for subpart I of part B of 24 title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be avail- 25 able to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 505 1 further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made avail- 2 able to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Services 3 program may be used to carry out demonstration grants 4 or contracts for early interventions with persons not more 5 than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing 6 a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 7 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds ap- 8 propriated in this Act for fiscal year 2024: Provided fur- 9 ther, That $385,000,000 shall be available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2026 for grants to communities and commu- 11 nity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Commu- 12 nity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 13 of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none of the 14 funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be 15 subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That 16 of the funds made available under this heading, 17 $21,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Pro- 18 tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 19 93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 20 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 21 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 22 with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 23 of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 24 prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 25 and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 506 1 $4,078,098,000: Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be 2 for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 3 Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the pre- 4 ceding proviso not less than 4 percent shall be made avail- 5 able to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided fur- 6 ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the fol- 7 lowing amounts shall be available under section 241 of the 8 PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part 9 B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) 10 technical assistance, national data, data collection and 11 evaluation activities, and further that the total available 12 under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not ex- 13 ceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 14 II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 15 substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, 16 That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the 17 PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject 18 to section 241 of such Act. 19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 20 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 21 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000. 22 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 23 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 24 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 25 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 507 1 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 2 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi- 3 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 4 and Mental Health Services Administration, 5 $210,245,000: Provided, That of the amount made avail- 6 able under this heading, $72,090,000 shall be used for the 7 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 8 ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 9 Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 10 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 11 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 12 none of the funds made available for projects described 13 in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 14 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided fur- 15 ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 16 $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the 17 PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry out na- 18 tional surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect 19 and analyze program data, and to conduct public aware- 20 ness and technical assistance activities: Provided further, 21 That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of 22 publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis 23 completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to 24 a public or private entity upon request, which shall be 25 credited to this appropriation and shall remain available March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 508 1 until expended for such purposes: Provided further, That 2 amounts made available in this Act for carrying out sec- 3 tion 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through 4 September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds made 5 available under this heading (other than amounts specified 6 in the first proviso under this heading) may be used to 7 supplement program support funding provided under the 8 headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treat- 9 ment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 10 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 11 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 12 For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 13 part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 14 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 15 and Modernization Act of 2003, $369,000,000: Provided, 16 That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in 17 fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That in addition, 18 amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, 19 reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 20 data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re- 21 main available until September 30, 2025. 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APPRO. 509 1 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 2 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 3 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 4 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $406,956,850,000, 5 to remain available until expended. 6 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 7 2024, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2024 for unantici- 8 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 9 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 10 In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 11 quarter of fiscal year 2025, $245,580,414,000, to remain 12 available until expended. 13 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 14 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 15 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 16 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 17 quarter. 18 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 19 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 20 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In- 21 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 22 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 23 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 24 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 510 1 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 2 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $476,725,000,000. 3 In addition, for making matching payments under 4 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 5 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 6 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 7 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 8 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 9 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 10 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 11 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil- 12 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 13 to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Fed- 14 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup- 15 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 16 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 17 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 18 PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 19 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 20 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 21 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 22 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail- 23 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 24 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab- 25 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 511 1 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap- 2 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di- 3 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2024 from Medicare 4 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 5 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 6 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 7 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 8 further, That of the amount made available under this 9 heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2025, and shall be available for the Survey 11 and Certification Program: Provided further, That 12 amounts available under this heading to support quality 13 improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 14 the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe- 15 cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 16 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 17 (Public Law 115–141). 18 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 19 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro- 20 gram integrity and program management, $915,000,000, 21 to remain available through September 30, 2025, to be 22 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 23 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 24 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 25 Security Act, of which $675,058,000 shall be for the Cen- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 512 1 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 2 activities, of which $107,735,000 shall be for the Depart- 3 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 4 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 5 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 6 $132,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 7 carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 8 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re- 9 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 10 for fiscal year 2024 shall include measures of the oper- 11 ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 12 in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 13 funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 14 That of the amount provided under this heading, 15 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 16 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 17 Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $604,000,000 is addi- 18 tional new budget authority specified for purposes of sec- 19 tion 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care 20 fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 21 the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 22 from amounts made available under this heading and 23 amounts made available for fiscal year 2024 under section 24 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 513 1 Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 2 abuse. 3 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 4 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 5 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 6 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 7 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 8 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,309,000,000, to remain 9 available until expended; and for such purposes for the 10 first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $1,400,000,000, to re- 11 main available until expended. 12 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 13 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 14 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 15 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 16 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 17 year, such sums as may be necessary. 18 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 19 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 20 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- 21 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 22 $4,025,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 23 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 24 reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train- 25 ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 514 1 with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup- 2 plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin- 3 istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 4 may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 5 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri- 6 vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza- 7 tions: Provided further, That all but $897,348,000 of the 8 amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 9 as though the total appropriation for such payments for 10 fiscal year 2024 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 11 further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 12 section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 13 State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca- 14 tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 15 received under this heading for fiscal year 2023 from 16 amounts appropriated in both division H and in the second 17 paragraph under this heading in title VIII of division N 18 of Public Law 117–328 shall have its allocation increased 19 to that 97 percent level, with the portions of other States’ 20 and territories’ allocations that would exceed 100 percent 21 of the amounts they respectively received in such fashion 22 for fiscal year 2023 being ratably reduced. 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APPRO. 515 1 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as- 4 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi- 5 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref- 6 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 7 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 8 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 9 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 10 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor- 11 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $6,327,214,000, of which 12 $6,277,459,000 shall remain available through September 13 30, 2026 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 14 and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 15 heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 16 research and evaluation with respect to activities under 17 such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 18 205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro- 19 priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under 20 this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: 21 Provided further, That the contribution of funds require- 22 ment under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wil- 23 berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 24 Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 25 this heading: Provided further, That for any month in fis- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 516 1 cal year 2024 that the number of unaccompanied children 2 referred to the Department of Health and Human Serv- 3 ices pursuant to section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 4 of 2002 and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf- 5 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 6 exceeds 16,000, as determined by the Secretary of Health 7 and Human Services, an additional $15,000,000, to re- 8 main available until September 30, 2025, shall be made 9 available for obligation for every 500 unaccompanied chil- 10 dren above that level (including a pro rata amount for any 11 increment less than 500), for carrying out such sections 12 462 and 235: Provided further, That if less than 13 $65,000,000 has been made available pursuant to the pre- 14 ceding proviso as of September 15, 2024, then the dif- 15 ference between $65,000,000 and the amount made avail- 16 able pursuant to such proviso shall become available, and 17 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for car- 18 rying out such sections 462 and 235. 19 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 20 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 21 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 22 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 23 $8,746,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 24 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 25 low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 517 1 under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di- 2 rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 3 agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 4 That all funds made available to carry out section 418 5 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 6 funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 7 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res- 8 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 9 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 10 That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 11 by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, 12 $236,152,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organi- 13 zations: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail- 14 able under this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 15 0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses. 16 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 17 For making grants to States pursuant to section 18 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro- 19 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 20 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 21 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 22 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 23 percent. 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APPRO. 518 1 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 3 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 4 the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven- 5 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 6 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 7 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 8 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 9 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 10 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 11 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 12 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin- 13 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 14 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 15 July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- 16 ance Act of 1981, $14,829,100,000, of which 17 $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 18 2025, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 19 guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 20 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 21 adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep- 22 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That $12,271,820,000 shall 23 be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ- 24 ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 25 of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 519 1 (1) $275,000,000 shall be available for a cost 2 of living adjustment, and with respect to any con- 3 tinuing appropriations act, funding available for a 4 cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as 5 an authority or condition under this Act; 6 (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 7 by the Secretary to supplement activities described 8 in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 9 the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 10 System, established under the authority of sections 11 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 12 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula- 13 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 14 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 15 Act; 16 (3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal 17 Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 18 Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 19 and 20 (4) $21,000,000 shall be available to supple- 21 ment funding otherwise available for research, eval- 22 uation, and Federal administrative costs: 23 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res- 24 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 25 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 520 1 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 2 Act: Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be avail- 3 able until December 31, 2024 for carrying out sections 4 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro- 5 vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 6 preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist- 7 ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 8 section 9212: Provided further, That $804,383,000 shall 9 be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 10 further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 11 with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 12 year and in fiscal year 2023, States may apply the last 13 sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub- 14 stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur- 15 ther, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 16 CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be 17 for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall 18 be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 19 That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG 20 Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 21 are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 22 entity as provided under such Act, and have not been ex- 23 pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 24 for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 25 such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 521 1 further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures re- 2 garding the disposition of intangible assets and program 3 income that permit such assets acquired with, and pro- 4 gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under 5 section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 6 of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 7 after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent 8 with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided fur- 9 ther, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 10 investments and other debt instruments, and program in- 11 come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 12 consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 13 Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 14 such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 15 Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 16 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 17 construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 18 in private business enterprises owned by community devel- 19 opment corporations: Provided further, That 20 $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 21 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 22 $7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 23 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 24 Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 25 section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 522 1 Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 2 under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 3 shall be for a human services case management system 4 for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 5 national case management contract and Federal costs of 6 administering the system: Provided further, That up to 7 $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 8 Reporting Information System, including grants to States 9 to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec- 10 tiveness: Provided further, That $40,011,000 shall be used 11 for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 12 titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di- 13 rected Spending’’ included for this division in the explana- 14 tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre- 15 ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur- 16 ther, That none of the funds made available for projects 17 described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to sec- 18 tion 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 19 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 20 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec- 21 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 22 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 23 of such Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 24 available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 25 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 523 1 such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 2 to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require- 3 ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 4 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 5 tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, 6 or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in 7 section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $2,750,000, in addition 8 to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such 9 purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 10 to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to 11 the evaluation of child and family services: Provided fur- 12 ther, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts 13 in the previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for 14 ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 15 such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, estab- 16 lishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 17 specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That 18 the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations 19 in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the 20 second proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant 21 award for kinship navigator programs in the case of States 22 and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of 23 tribes, shall be $25,000. 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APPRO. 524 1 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 3 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $8,594,000,000. 4 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 5 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 6 fiscal year 2025, $3,400,000,000. 7 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 8 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 9 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 10 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 11 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 12 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 13 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 16 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 17 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand- 18 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 19 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 20 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 21 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu- 22 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 23 Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 24 of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As- 25 sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 525 1 tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 2 Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol- 3 icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis- 4 abilities, $2,465,100,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 5 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 6 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 7 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 8 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 9 amounts made available under this heading to carry out 10 sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 11 of such amounts shall be available for developing and im- 12 plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 13 nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur- 14 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 15 funds made available under this heading to carry out sec- 16 tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 17 of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 18 further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 19 adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 20 XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 21 to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That 22 $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support al- 23 ternative financing programs that provide for the purchase 24 of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan 25 fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 526 1 fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 2 further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, 3 and information describing the manner in which, the alter- 4 native financing program will expand and emphasize con- 5 sumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 6 agencies and community-based disability organizations 7 that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis- 8 abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 9 none of the funds made available under this heading may 10 be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 11 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men- 12 tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 13 any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 14 an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 15 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop- 16 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 17 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 18 a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 19 physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 20 the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 21 for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 22 unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro- 23 vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca- 24 pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 25 awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 527 1 residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 2 affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 3 legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 4 guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 5 rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro- 6 cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme- 7 diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 8 individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 9 legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 10 individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub- 11 lic guardianship: Provided further, That of the amount 12 made available under this heading, $29,268,000 shall be 13 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 14 table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 15 Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the ex- 16 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 17 preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 18 further, That none of the funds made available for projects 19 described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to sec- 20 tion 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 21 ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND 22 RESPONSE 23 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 24 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 25 title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 528 1 development, storage, production, and procurement of 2 medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi- 3 ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu- 4 lations, $3,135,000,000: Provided, That of such amount: 5 (1) $1,015,000,000, to remain available 6 through September 30, 2025, shall be for expenses 7 necessary to support advanced research and develop- 8 ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 9 other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad- 10 vanced Research and Development Authority; 11 (2) $825,000,000, to remain available until ex- 12 pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro- 13 curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec- 14 tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 15 (3) $980,000,000, to remain available until ex- 16 pended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry out 17 section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 18 (4) $315,000,000 shall be for expenses nec- 19 essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 20 pandemic, of which $280,000,000 shall remain avail- 21 able until expended for activities including the devel- 22 opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec- 23 essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 24 tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 25 of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 529 1 graph may be used for the construction or renova- 2 tion of privately owned facilities for the production 3 of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 4 if the Secretary finds such construction or renova- 5 tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 6 vaccines or biologics: 7 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 8 for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 9 shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 10 such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 11 with funds made available under this heading may, at the 12 discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 13 National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 14 PHS Act. 15 OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY 16 RESPONSE 17 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 18 B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer- 19 gency response activities related to countering potential 20 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 21 other public health emergencies, $499,606,000: Provided, 22 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 23 $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 24 2026, to support emergency operations: Provided further, 25 That of the amounts made available under this heading, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 530 1 $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 2 30, 2025, to support coordination of the development, pro- 3 duction, and distribution of vaccines, therapeutics, and 4 other medical countermeasures: Provided further, That of 5 the amounts made available under this heading, 6 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 7 2025, for advanced research and development, manufac- 8 turing, production, procurement, distribution, and the ac- 9 quisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 10 federally owned facilities for the production and purchase 11 of medical countermeasures, which may include the devel- 12 opment, translation, and demonstration at scale of innova- 13 tions in manufacturing platform. 14 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 15 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 17 general departmental management, including hire of six 18 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 19 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 20 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re- 21 search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 22 Act, $537,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the 23 amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 24 carry out national health or human services research and 25 evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 531 1 $60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 2 treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 3 made available under this heading, $101,000,000 shall be 4 for making competitive contracts and grants to public and 5 private entities to fund medically accurate and age appro- 6 priate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 7 Federal costs associated with administering and evalu- 8 ating such contracts and grants, of which not more than 9 10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and 10 technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional 11 program support activities, and of the remaining amount 12 75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have 13 been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to re- 14 duce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying 15 teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 16 25 percent shall be available for research and demonstra- 17 tion grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional 18 models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 19 pregnancy: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 20 under this heading from amounts available under section 21 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry 22 out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of 23 teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided fur- 24 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 25 $35,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 532 1 exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance 2 (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual 3 activity): Provided further, That funding for such competi- 4 tive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically 5 accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publica- 6 tions by educational, scientific, governmental, or health or- 7 ganizations; implement an evidence-based approach inte- 8 grating research findings with practical implementation 9 that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the 10 intended audience; and teach the benefits associated with 11 self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, 12 healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual co- 13 ercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors 14 such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without nor- 15 malizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 16 more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 17 grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech- 18 nical assistance and administrative costs of such pro- 19 grams: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act 20 for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to 21 individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other 22 mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed 23 necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 24 services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 25 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds made March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 533 1 available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for car- 2 rying out prize competitions sponsored by the Office of 3 the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the prevention, 4 diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized 5 by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova- 6 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 7 In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 8 II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro- 9 vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 10 security information and providing intelligence and na- 11 tional security support across the Department and to 12 counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 13 $108,983,000. 14 MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 15 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 16 appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall 17 remain available until September 30, 2025, to be trans- 18 ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In- 19 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med- 20 ical Insurance Trust Fund. 21 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 23 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 24 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 25 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 534 1 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor- 2 mation technology, $69,238,000 shall be from amounts 3 made available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 5 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 6 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 7 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec- 8 tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 9 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro- 10 viding protective services to the Secretary and inves- 11 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 12 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro- 13 vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 14 heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 15 activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 16 (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 17 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 18 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 19 Rights, $39,798,000. 20 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 21 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 22 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 23 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 24 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 25 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med- March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 535 1 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 2 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 3 required during the current fiscal year. 4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 5 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 6 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 7 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 8 the Secretary. 9 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 10 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 11 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 12 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 13 appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 14 from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi- 15 vidual at this rate. 16 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 17 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 18 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 19 for other taps and assessments made by any office located 20 in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re- 21 port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria- 22 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de- 23 tailing the planned uses of such funds. 24 SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 25 PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 536 1 but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro- 2 priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 3 made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 4 or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 5 programs funded in this title. 6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 8 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 10 priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 11 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 12 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 13 by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author- 14 ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 15 new program or to fund any project or activity for which 16 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 17 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 18 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 19 in advance of any transfer. 20 SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 21 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 22 such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 23 date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2024 under sec- 24 tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual March 21, 2024 (1:33 a.m.) U:\2024OMNI\WDI39597.xml SEN. APPRO. 537 1 who has been awarded such contract has not received 2 funds due under the contract. 3 SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 4 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 5 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 6 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 7 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 8 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at- 9 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 10 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11 law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 12 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 13 or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 14 abuse, rape, or incest. 15 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 16 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 17 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 18 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth- 19 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or- 20 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 21 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 22 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 23 make appropriate prospective adjustments to