One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

H. R. 2617

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

An Act

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023,

and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for

other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations

Act, 2023’’.

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. Adjustments to compensation.

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG

ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Agricultural Programs

Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs

Title III—Rural Development Programs

Title IV—Domestic Food Programs

Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs

Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration

Title VII—General Provisions

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Department of Commerce

Title II—Department of Justice

Title III—Science

Title IV—Related Agencies

Title V—General Provisions

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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 D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil

Title II—Department of the Interior

Title III—Department of Energy

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Title IV—Independent Agencies

Title V—General Provisions

DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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 F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

ACT, 2023

Title I—Departmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Over-

sight

Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations

Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services

Title V—General Provisions

DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Department of the Interior

Title II—Environmental Protection Agency

Title III—Related Agencies

Title IV—General Provisions

DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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 I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Legislative Branch

Title II—General Provisions

DIVISION J—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Department of Defense

Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs

Title III—Related Agencies

Title IV—General Provisions

DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND

RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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 L—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I—Department of Transportation

Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development

Title III—Related Agencies

Title IV—General Provisions—This Act

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DIVISION M—ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

ACT, 2023

DIVISION N—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT,

2023

DIVISION O—EXTENDERS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

Title I—National Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization Extension

Title II—NDAA Technical Corrections

Title III—Immigration Extensions

Title IV—Environment and Public Works Matters

Title V—Safety Enhancements

Title VI—Extension of Temporary Order for Fentanyl-Related Substances

Title VII—Federal Trade Commission Oversight of Horseracing Integrity and Safety

Authority

Title VIII—United States Parole Commission Extension

Title IX—Extension of FCC Auction Authority

Title X—Budgetary Effects

DIVISION P—ELECTORAL COUNT REFORM AND PRESIDENTIAL

TRANSITION IMPROVEMENT

DIVISION Q—AVIATION RELATED MATTERS

DIVISION R—NO TIKTOK ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES

DIVISION S—OCEANS RELATED MATTERS

DIVISION T—SECURE 2.0 ACT OF 2022

DIVISION U—JOSEPH MAXWELL CLELAND AND ROBERT JOSEPH DOLE

MEMORIAL VETERANS BENEFITS AND HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT

ACT OF 2022

DIVISION V—STRONG VETERANS ACT OF 2022

DIVISION W—UNLEASHING AMERICAN INNOVATORS ACT OF 2022

DIVISION X—EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

FOR DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ FUND

DIVISION Y—CONTRACT ACT OF 2022

DIVISION Z—COVS ACT

DIVISION AA—FINANCIAL SERVICES MATTERS

DIVISION BB—CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

DIVISION CC—WATER RELATED MATTERS

DIVISION DD—PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT

DIVISION EE—POST OFFICE DESIGNATIONS

DIVISION FF—HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

DIVISION GG—MERGER FILING FEE MODERNIZATION

DIVISION HH—AGRICULTURE

DIVISION II—PREGNANT WORKERS

DIVISION JJ—NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES

DIVISION KK—PUMP FOR NURSING MOTHERS ACT

IVISION

LL—STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL FISCAL

RECOVERY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND DISASTER RELIEF FLEXIBILITY

DIVISION MM—FAIRNESS FOR 9/11 FAMILIES ACT

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this

Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as

referring only to the provisions of that division.

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SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the

Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about December

19, 2022, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appro-

priations of the Senate, shall have the same effect with respect

to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through

L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a

committee of conference.

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 2023.

SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment

shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization

Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments

for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2023.

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT,

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

TITLE I

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

ROCESSING

, R

ESEARCH

AND

ARKETING

FFICE OF THE

ECRETARY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,

$65,067,000 of which not to exceed $7,432,000 shall be available

for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,396,000

shall be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed

$5,190,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal Relations,

of which $1,000,000 shall be to establish a Tribal Public Health

Resource Center at a land grant university with existing indigenous

public health expertise to expand current partnerships and collabo-

rative efforts with indigenous groups, including but not limited

to, tribal organizations and institutions such as tribal colleges,

tribal technical colleges, tribal community colleges and tribal univer-

sities, to improve the delivery of culturally appropriate public health

services and functions in American Indian communities focusing

on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed $9,280,000 shall be

available for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement,

of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed

$28,422,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-

retary for Administration, of which $26,716,000 shall be available

for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses

for management support services to offices of the Department and

for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and

other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided

for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-

ment: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency

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in the Administration mission area for salaries and expenses are

available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the

Office; not to exceed $4,609,000 shall be available for the Office

of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovern-

mental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act,

including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

within the executive branch; and not to exceed $8,738,000 shall

be available for the Office of Communications: Provided further,

That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds

appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any

other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That

no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased

by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed

$22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph for

the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for official

reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the amount

made available under this heading for Departmental Administration

shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act

for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required

by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made available

under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs shall be

transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded

by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided

further, That no funds made available under this heading for the

Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be

obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act,

unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations

of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by

USDA agency: Provided further, That during any 30 day notification

period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-

culture shall take no action to begin implementation of the action

that is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public

announcement of such action in any form.

XECUTIVE

PERATIONS

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist,

$28,181,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative

agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That

of the amounts made available under this heading, $500,000 shall

be available to carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department

of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as

amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–334.

OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals,

$16,703,000.

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program

Analysis, $14,967,000.

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FFICE OF THE

HIEF

NFORMATION

FFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information

Officer, $92,284,000, of which not less than $77,428,000 is for

cybersecurity requirements of the department.

FFICE OF THE

HIEF

INANCIAL

FFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial

Officer, $7,367,000.

FFICE OF THE

SSISTANT

ECRETARY FOR

IVIL

IGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That funds made available

by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for

salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative

support staff for the Office.

FFICE OF

IVIL

IGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

$37,595,000.

GRICULTURE

UILDINGS AND

ACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to

Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984

delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services

to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs

and activities of the Department which are included in this Act,

and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department

and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations

suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and

for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-

culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $40,581,000,

to remain available until expended.

AZARDOUS

ATERIALS

ANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to

comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-

pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid

Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $7,581,000, to remain

available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds

available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials

Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department

for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above

Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

FFICE OF

AFETY

, S

ECURITY

AND

ROTECTION

For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, and

Protection, $21,800,000.

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FFICE OF

NSPECTOR

ENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,

including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of

1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $111,561,000, including

such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-

ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section

6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452;

5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain

confidential operational expenses, including the payment of inform-

ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General

pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–

452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food

Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98).

FFICE OF THE

ENERAL

OUNSEL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,

$60,537,000.

FFICE OF

THICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $5,556,000.

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

ESEARCH

, E

DUCATION

AND

CONOMICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Research, Education, and Economics, $2,384,000: Provided, That

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research,

Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for

the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made available

under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available for the

Office of the Chief Scientist.

CONOMIC

ESEARCH

ERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service,

$92,612,000.

ATIONAL

GRICULTURAL

TATISTICS

ERVICE

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics

Service, $211,076,000, of which up to $66,413,000 shall be available

until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That

amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be

used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7

U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f).

GRICULTURAL

ESEARCH

ERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service

and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase

at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges

where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be

equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not

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exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests trans-

ferred out of Federal ownership, $1,744,279,000: Provided, That

appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and

maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one

for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations here-

under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construc-

tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but

unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building

shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses

which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings

to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000

each, and except for four buildings to be constructed at a cost

not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the

current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever

is greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall

be available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural

Research Service location for the construction of a research facility

by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service

and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be

owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and

shall be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease

agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations

contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replace-

ment of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further,

That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-

ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided

further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-

ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948

(21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural

Research Service location for the construction of a research facility

by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricul-

tural Research Service and a condition of the easements shall

be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the Sec-

retary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary

finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United

States: Provided further, That funds may be received from any

State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for

the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or

research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

by law.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,

extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities

as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of

the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,

$74,297,000 to remain available until expended, of which

$56,697,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified

for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/

Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this

consolidated Act).

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ATIONAL

NSTITUTE OF

OOD AND

GRICULTURE

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-

tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other

expenses, $1,094,121,000 which shall be for the purposes, and in

the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of

Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ in the

explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-

ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds

for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890

institutions, Hispanic serving institutions education grants, capacity

building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture

and food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment,

multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution chal-

lenge grants, grants management systems, tribal colleges education

equity grants, and scholarships at 1890 institutions shall remain

available until expended: Provided further, That each institution

eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives

no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for education

grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions

be made available to individual eligible institutions or consortia

of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the

States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for

providing grants for food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native

and Native Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas

shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided further,

That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made

available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C.

3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 percent

of the amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry

out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C.

3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay

administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that

authority.

NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-

ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to

remain available until expended.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,

Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and

American Samoa, $565,410,000 which shall be for the purposes,

and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute

of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division

A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for extension

services at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 1890

institutions shall remain available until expended: Provided further,

That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221

for cooperative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided

further, That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b)

and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section

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208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and

employees’ compensation costs for extension agents.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

For the integrated research, education, and extension grants

programs, including necessary administrative expenses,

$41,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts,

specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-

culture, Integrated Activities’’ in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this

consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture

Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2024:

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,

indirect costs shall not be charged against any Extension

Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop

Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

ARKETING AND

EGULATORY

ROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: Provided, That

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing

and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for

the Office.

NIMAL AND

LANT

EALTH

NSPECTION

ERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-

tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances

and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980

(22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,171,071,000 of which up to $9,552,000 shall

be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account

in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally

Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-

tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated

Act); of which $514,000, to remain available until expended, shall

be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases,

animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contin-

gency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions;

of which $15,450,000, to remain available until expended, shall

be used for the cotton pests program, including for cost share

purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of

which $39,183,000, to remain available until expended, shall be

for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $4,096,000 shall

be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection Act

of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $64,930,000, to

remain available until expended, shall be used to support avian

health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended,

shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which

$216,117,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for spe-

cialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain available until

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September 30, 2024, shall be for one-time control and management

and associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency

response to citrus greening; of which, $14,986,000, to remain avail-

able until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem

pests; of which $21,567,000, to remain available until expended,

shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which $44,067,000,

to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency

preparedness and response; of which $62,562,000, to remain avail-

able until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which

$6,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the

National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain

available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indem-

nities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended,

shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation

safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this heading

for wildlife services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain

available until expended: Provided further, That of amounts avail-

able under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000

shall remain available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to

remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out the

science program and transition activities for the National Bio and

Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided fur-

ther, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a

brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that

does not require minimum matching by the States of at least

40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be avail-

able for the purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance

of aircraft: Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies which

threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of

the United States, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-

tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the

Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available

only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious

or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and

for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the

Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections

431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772),

and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer-

gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with

such transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations

hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for

the repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements,

but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building

during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current

replacement value of the building.

In fiscal year 2023, the agency is authorized to collect fees

to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods,

or services requested by States, other political subdivisions,

domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or

individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any

entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical

assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency,

and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-

able until expended, without further appropriation, for providing

such assistance, goods, or services.

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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,

environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and

purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a,

$3,175,000, to remain available until expended.

GRICULTURAL

ARKETING

ERVICE

MARKETING SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service,

$237,695,000, of which $7,504,000 shall be available for the pur-

poses of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79, and of which

$1,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 779 of

division A of Public Law 117–103: Provided, That of the amounts

made available under this heading, $25,000,000, to remain available

until expended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law

115–334, of which $23,000,000 shall be for dairy business innovation

initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and the Secretary shall

take measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds between

these three regional innovation initiatives: Provided further, That

this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.

2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements,

but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of

the building.

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,

as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701),

except for the cost of activities relating to the development or

maintenance of grain standards under the United States Grain

Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-

gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:

Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-

lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up

to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations

of both Houses of Congress.

FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS

INCOME

AND SUPPLY

(SECTION 32)

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,

1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program

expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating

expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce

as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C.

742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and

(3) not more than $21,501,000 for formulation and administration

of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of

1961 (Public Law 87–128).

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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and

departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-

ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000.

LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-

gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing

services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional

supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur,

this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

OOD

AFETY

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds made available

by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for

salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative

support staff for the Office.

OOD

AFETY AND

NSPECTION

ERVICE

For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by

the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection

Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed

$10,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant

to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),

$1,158,266,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to

this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredita-

tion as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-

servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That

funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-

structure system shall remain available until expended: Provided

further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall

be employed during fiscal year 2023 for purposes dedicated solely

to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods

of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That

the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa-

tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified

by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113–

79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of

buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the

current replacement value of the building.

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TITLE II

FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

ARM

RODUCTION AND

ONSERVATION

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,727,000: Provided, That

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Produc-

tion and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are

available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the

Office.

ARM

RODUCTION AND

ONSERVATION

USINESS

ENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conserva-

tion Business Center, $248,684,000: Provided, That $60,228,000

of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to

section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged

with this account.

ARM

ERVICE

GENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency,

$1,215,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for

the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and anticipated vacan-

cies at Farm Service Agency county offices and farm loan officers

and shall be available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That

not more than 50 percent of the funding made available under

this heading for information technology related to farm program

delivery may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and

receives written or electronic notification of receipt from such

Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each

project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance

capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized,

(b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/invest-

ment, including estimates for development as well as maintenance

and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates

that each project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service

Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in

accordance with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid-

ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning

and investment control requirements; and (3) has been reviewed

by the Government Accountability Office and approved by the

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided

further, That the agency shall submit a report by the end of the

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fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023 to the Committees on Appropria-

tions and the Government Accountability Office, that identifies

for each project/investment that is operational (a) current perform-

ance against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current

performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics,

(d) a detailed breakdown of current and planned spending on oper-

ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of

whether the investment continues to meet business needs as

intended as well as alternatives to the investment: Provided further,

That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities,

and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Cor-

poration to make program payments for all programs administered

by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available

to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and

merged with this account: Provided further, That of the amount

appropriated under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made avail-

able to county committees, to remain available until expended:

Provided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, any

funds made available to county committees in the current fiscal

year that the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency deems

to exceed or not meet the amount needed for the county committees

may be transferred to or from the Farm Service Agency for nec-

essary expenses: Provided further, That none of the funds available

to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service

Agency county offices: Provided further, That none of the funds

available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to permanently

relocate county based employees that would result in an office

with two or fewer employees without prior notification and approval

of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit

Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $7,000,000.

GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater

protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $7,500,000, to remain available until

expended.

DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments

to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a

dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain

available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried

out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity

program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12).

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GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS

For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimbursement pay-

ments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers under

section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

(7 U.S.C. 8792), $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating

(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961

et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll

weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7

U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian

highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available

from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows:

$3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and

$3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; $2,118,491,000 for

unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,633,333,000 for

direct operating loans; emergency loans, $4,062,000; Indian tribe

land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans,

$150,000,000; relending program, $61,426,000; Indian highly

fractionated land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication

program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall

deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of

boll weevil eradication program loans.

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants,

including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $249,000 for

emergency loans, to remain available until expended; and

$23,520,000 for direct farm operating loans, $11,228,000 for unsub-

sidized guaranteed farm operating loans, $10,983,000 for the re-

lending program, and $894,000 for Indian highly fractionated land

loans.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $326,461,000: Pro-

vided, That of this amount, $305,803,000 shall be transferred to

and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Sala-

ries and Expenses’’.

Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-

ance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conserva-

tion direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among

these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations

of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance

of any transfer.

ISK

ANAGEMENT

GENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency,

$66,870,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated

under this heading in this Act shall be available for compliance

and integrity activities required under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the

Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and

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shall be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such purpose:

Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available

for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized

by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

ATURAL

ESOURCES

ONSERVATION

ERVICE

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the

Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation

of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve

soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and

such special measures for soil and water management as may

be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and

to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation

plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-

nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests

therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,

exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant

to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection

or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary

buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $941,124,000,

to remain available until September 30, 2024, of which up to

$22,973,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified

for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/

Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this

consolidated Act): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and

improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant mate-

rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and improvements

to other buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed

$250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or other structures

are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land

is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures,

including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering

operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land,

in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention

Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with

the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department,

$75,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to

$20,591,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified

for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/

Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this

consolidated Act): Provided, That for funds provided by this Act

or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the

watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thou-

sand acres in which such activities can be undertaken shall only

apply for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood

prevention (including structural and land treatment measures): Pro-

vided further, That of the amounts made available under this

heading, $10,000,000 shall be allocated to projects and activities

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that can commence promptly following enactment; that address

regional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water manage-

ment, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or

watershed protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects

under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control Act of

December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) with a primary purpose

of watershed protection by preventing floodwater damage and stabi-

lizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion

and sediment transport: Provided further, That of the amounts

made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain avail-

able until expended for the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–

1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing watershed projects

with a primary purpose of providing water to rural communities.

WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection

and Flood Prevention Act, $2,000,000 is provided.

HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Healthy Forests

Reserve Program under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of

2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571–6578), $7,000,000, to remain available until

expended.

URBAN AGRICULTURE AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION

For necessary expenses to carry out the Urban Agriculture

and Innovative Production Program under section 222 of subtitle

A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

(7 U.S.C. 6923), as added by section 12302 of Public Law 115–

334, $8,500,000.

CORPORATIONS

The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized

to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing

authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord

with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard

to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-

ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal

year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

EDERAL

ROP

NSURANCE

ORPORATION

UND

For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal

Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary,

to remain available until expended.

OMMODITY

REDIT

ORPORATION

UND

REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized

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losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section

2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided,

That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation

under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter

Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign

Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and

used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource

management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that

are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business: Provided

further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-

priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior to

the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds from the

Commodity Credit Corporation.

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation

shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site investigation and

cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to

comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42

U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act

(42 U.S.C. 6961).

TITLE III

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

URAL

EVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That funds made

available by this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission

area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one

administrative support staff for the Office.

URAL

EVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration

and implementation of Rural Development programs, including

activities with institutions concerning the development and oper-

ation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;

$351,087,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under

this heading, up to $5,000,000, to remain available until September

30, 2024, shall be for the Rural Partners Network activities of

the Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred to other

agencies of the Department for such purpose, consistent with the

missions and authorities of such agencies: Provided further, That

of the amount made available under this heading, no less than

$135,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used

for information technology expenses: Provided further, That not-

withstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under

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this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities

that support Rural Development programs: Provided further, That

in addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized

by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)),

any amounts collected under such section, as amended by this

Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will remain

available until expended for such purposes.

URAL

OUSING

ERVICE

RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of

1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance

fund, as follows: $1,250,000,000 shall be for direct loans, $7,500,000

shall be for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration

program for Native American Tribes, and $30,000,000,000 shall

be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504

housing repair loans; $70,000,000 for section 515 rental housing;

$400,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans;

$10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing acquired prop-

erty; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development

loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans.

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-

sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $46,375,000

shall be for direct loans; Single Family Housing Relending dem-

onstration program for Native American Tribes, $2,468,000; section

504 housing repair loans, $2,324,000; section 523 self-help housing

land development loans, $267,000; section 524 site development

loans, $208,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction

of section 515 rental housing, $13,377,000: Provided, That to sup-

port the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made

available under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust

any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant

to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661

et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:

Provided further, That applicants in communities that have a cur-

rent rural area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of

1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area

for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided under this

heading: Provided further, That of the amounts available under

this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000

shall be available for direct loans for individuals whose homes

will be built pursuant to a program funded with a mutual and

self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing

Act of 1949 until June 1, 2023: Provided further, That the Secretary

shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit

organizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the

acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing

properties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing

authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-

family housing program for a period of time as determined by

the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not be limited

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to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities and public housing

authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own resources

to include proceeds from low income housing tax credit syndication,

own contributions, grants, and developer loans at favorable rates

and terms, invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza-

tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset referred

to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property.

In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, including

the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-

sional Budget Act of 1974, $36,000,000, to remain available until

expended, for a demonstration program for the preservation and

revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental

housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family

housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for

the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to

preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable

housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including

reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-

nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other financial

assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including

the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment)

required by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as

part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, obtain a

restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-

turing.

In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,

as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949

(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $14,084,000, to remain available until

expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm

labor housing grants and contracts.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall

be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and

Expenses’’.

RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed

pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing

Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness

or payments for eligible households as authorized by section

502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,487,926,000, and in

addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section

521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year

1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section

521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements

entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be

funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That upon request

by an owner of a project financed by an existing loan under section

514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance

agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of such

loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further,

That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-

year agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any

debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing

projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized

under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance

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provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2023

for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section

514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another

project until such assistance has remained unused for a period

of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of

tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance

eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided

further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent

practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing

project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided

further, That except as provided in the fourth proviso under this

heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the

Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agree-

ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2023 for a project that

the Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and

use such recaptured funds for current needs.

RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under

section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding sub-

section (b) of such section, $48,000,000, to remain available until

expended: Provided, That the funds made available under this

heading shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-

income household (including those not receiving rental assistance)

residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which

has been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005:

Provided further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the

difference between comparable market rent for the section 515

unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further,

That funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to

the availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That

the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer

such vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance

applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Sec-

retary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development:

Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds,

the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from

the program funds made available under this heading, for adminis-

trative expenses for activities funded under this heading.

MUTUAL AND SELF

HELP HOUSING GRANTS

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of

the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $32,000,000, to remain

available until expended.

RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing

preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized

by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $48,000,000, to remain available

until expended.

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RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in

section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed

loans.

For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants,

including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural community

facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and described in

section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act, $341,490,328, to remain available until expended, of which

up to $325,490,328 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts,

specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project

Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division

A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount

appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural

Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such

funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of

private, nonprofit community-based housing and community

development organizations, low-income rural communities, and Fed-

erally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects

to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic

development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such

funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and

public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program

of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such

intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other

sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount

not less than funds provided: Provided further, That any unobligated

balances from prior year appropriations under this heading for

the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including

amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover

the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guarantees under

this heading in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts

may be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso from

amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget

or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

1985, or that were specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project

Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory

statement for division A of Public Law 117-103 described in section

4 in the matter preceding such division A: Provided further, That

$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall

be available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as

authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That

sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available

under this heading.

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URAL

USINESS

—C

OOPERATIVE

ERVICE

RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural busi-

ness development programs authorized by section 310B and

described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $86,520,000,

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount

appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be

made available for one grant to a qualified national organization

to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order

to promote economic development and $9,000,000 shall be for grants

to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the

Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.),

and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et

seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose

as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used

for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business

grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes,

including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization

to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order

to promote economic development: Provided further, That of the

amount appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for

the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program (7 U.S.C.

2008w): Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable

to funds made available under this heading.

INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by

the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C.

1936b), $18,889,000.

For the cost of direct loans, $3,313,000, as authorized by the

Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b),

of which $331,000 shall be available through June 30, 2023, for

Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which

$663,000 shall be available through June 30, 2023, for Mississippi

Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public

Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the

Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct

loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for

‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under

section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose

of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,

$75,000,000.

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The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the

Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-

nomic development and job creation projects shall not exceed

$15,000,000.

RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

For rural cooperative development grants authorized under

section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,300,000, of which $3,500,000 shall be

for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer

for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000

shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual

cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvan-

taged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing

boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members

of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $16,000,000, to

remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul-

tural product market development grants, as authorized by section

210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which

$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Agri-

culture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402

of Public Law 107–171.

RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by sec-

tion 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act

(7 U.S.C. 2008s), $25,000,000.

For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under the same

terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the Consoli-

dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s).

RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under the same

terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107),

$20,000,000.

For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same

terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $18,000:

Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of

modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the

Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE

For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with section

243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorga-

nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as added by section 4206

of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec-

retary to support projects that provide access to healthy food in

underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to

revitalize low-income communities, $3,000,000, to remain available

until expended: Provided, That such costs of loans, including the

cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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URAL

TILITIES

ERVICE

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in

section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act, as follows: $1,420,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000

for guaranteed loans.

For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, including the cost

of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, waste water, waste disposal,

and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306,

306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections

306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm

and Rural Development Act, $596,404,000, to remain available until

expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available

for the rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B)

of such Act, and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available

for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such

Act: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro-

priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized by section

306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act

in addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such

Act: Provided further, That $70,000,000 of the amount appropriated

under this heading shall be for loans and grants including water

and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section

306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes

authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding

provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant

to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not

more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be

used by the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance

programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided

for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325

of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance pro-

grams: Provided further, That not to exceed $37,500,000 of the

amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical

assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to

section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a deter-

mination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be made avail-

able for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional tech-

nical assistance organization, with experience in working with small

communities on water and waste water problems, the principal

purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities with

populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing,

development, operation, and management of water and waste water

systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified

national Native American organization to provide technical assist-

ance for rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur-

ther, That not to exceed $21,180,000 of the amount appropriated

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under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national

organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-

ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not to exceed

$4,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading shall

be for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That not

to exceed $2,724,000 of the amounts appropriated under this

heading shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate

for water and waste direct one percent loans for distressed commu-

nities: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that any

portion of the amount made available for one percent loans is

not needed for such loans, the Secretary may use such amounts

for grants authorized by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm

and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That if any funds

made available for the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobligated

after July 31, 2024, such unobligated balances may be used for

grant programs funded under this heading: Provided further, That

$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall

be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service,

High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized

under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.

918a): Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable

to the funds made available under this heading.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as author-

ized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the Rural Electrifica-

tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall

be made as follows: guaranteed rural electric loans made pursuant

to section 306 of that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct

loans made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth

of one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that

Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to

section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; and for cost-of-money rural

telecommunications loans made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of

that Act, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall

be used for the construction, acquisition, design, engineering or

improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether

new or existing) that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and stor-

age systems.

For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305(d)(2)

of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)),

including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural tele-

communications loans, $3,726,000.

In addition, $11,500,000 to remain available until expended,

to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment

Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the energy efficiency

measures supported by the funding in this paragraph shall con-

tribute in a demonstrable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which

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shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries

and Expenses’’.

DISTANCE LEARNING

TELEMEDICINE

AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in

rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $64,991,000,

to remain available until expended, of which up to $4,991,000

shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this

account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-

sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described

in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated

Act): Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants

authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act: Provided further, That funding provided under

this heading for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to entities

that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as estab-

lished by this section.

For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sections

601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, $3,000,000, to remain

available until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans

shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974.

For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot

program established by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the Rural

Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.),

$363,512,317, to remain available until expended, of which up to

$15,512,317 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified

for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/

Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this

consolidated Act): Provided, That the Secretary may award grants

described in section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out

such pilot program: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans

shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

of 1974: Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the households

to be served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the

pilot program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access

to broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot

program, a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall

be defined as twenty-five megabits per second downstream and

three megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That to

the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided under the

pilot program must build out service to at least one hundred mega-

bits per second downstream, and twenty megabits per second

upstream: Provided further, That an entity to which a loan or

grant is made under the pilot program shall not use the loan

or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service

area by any entity that has received a broadband loan from the

Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not provided sufficient

access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: Provided

further, That not more than four percent of the funds made available

in this paragraph can be used for administrative costs to carry

out the pilot program and up to three percent of funds made

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available in this paragraph may be available for technical assistance

and pre-development planning activities to support the most rural

communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities Service

is directed to expedite program delivery methods that would imple-

ment this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of this

paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, reporting and

service area assessment requirements set forth in section 701 of

the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc).

In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended,

for the Community Connect Grant Program authorized by 7 U.S.C.

950bb–3.

TITLE IV

DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

OOD

, N

UTRITION

AND

ONSUMER

ERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $1,376,000: Provided,

That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food,

Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and

expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support

staff for the Office.

OOD AND

UTRITION

ERVICE

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section

21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.),

except sections 17 and 21; $28,545,432,000 to remain available

through September 30, 2024, of which such sums as are made

available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and

Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this

Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period

and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total amount

available, $20,162,000 shall be available to carry out section 19

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided

further, That of the total amount available, $21,005,000 shall be

available to carry out studies and evaluations and shall remain

available until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount

available, $14,000,000 shall remain available until expended to

carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School

Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That notwith-

standing section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount

provided to a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2023

shall not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That of the total

amount available, $30,000,000 shall be available to provide competi-

tive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational

agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a value

of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve

food safety, and to help support the establishment, maintenance,

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or expansion of the school breakfast program: Provided further,

That of the total amount available, $40,000,000 shall remain avail-

able until expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further,

That of the total amount available, $2,000,000 shall remain avail-

able until expended to carry out activities authorized under sub-

sections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of section 21 of the Richard B. Russell

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)):

Provided further, That of the total amount available, $3,000,000

shall be available until September 30, 2024 to carry out section

23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which

$1,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the Common-

wealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American

Samoa: Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Rus-

sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended

in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2023’’ and inserting

‘‘2010 through 2024’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(3) of the

Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3))

is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’

and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’: Provided further, That section

9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42

U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking

‘‘For fiscal year 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’.

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN

INFANTS

AND CHILDREN (WIC)

For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental

nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition

Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,000,000,000, to remain available

through September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-

tion 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for

breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, and

$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided further, That

the Secretary shall use funds made available under this heading

to increase the amount of a cash-value voucher for women and

children participants to an amount recommended by the National

Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for

inflation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in

this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula

except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive

bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided

further, That none of the funds provided shall be available for

activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Govern-

ment departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of

such Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a federally

mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and conditions

established by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the require-

ment at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition

Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $153,863,723,000, of which

$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025,

shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at

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such times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-

ations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended

in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of

2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available under

this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education

services to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes partici-

pating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations:

Provided further, That of the funds made available under this

heading, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024,

shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–

334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal organizations: Pro-

vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work

registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law:

Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and

Training under this heading shall remain available through Sep-

tember 30, 2024: Provided further, That funds made available under

this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a)

of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available

through September 30, 2024: Provided further, That none of the

funds made available under this heading may be obligated or

expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds

made available under this heading may be used to enter into

contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to

conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such

activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by sec-

tion 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

(7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983;

special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized

by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments

Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutri-

tion Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition

Act of 1966, $457,710,000, to remain available through September

30, 2024: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities

donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding

any other provision of law, effective with funds made available

in fiscal year 2023 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition

Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and

Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available

through September 30, 2024: Provided further, That of the funds

made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent

for costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutri-

tion Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance

program, $189,348,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein,

$2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public

Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–

246.

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TITLE V

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

FFICE OF THE

NDER

ECRETARY FOR

RADE AND

OREIGN

GRICULTURAL

FFAIRS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary

for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $932,000: Provided,

That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade

and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and

expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support

staff for the Office.

OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius,

$4,922,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception

and representation expenses.

OREIGN

GRICULTURAL

ERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,

including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and

for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August

3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $237,330,000, of which no more than

6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2024, for

overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed

staff: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds,

or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf

of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institu-

tions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food

production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign

assistance programs of the United States Agency for International

Development: Provided further, That funds made available for

middle-income country training programs, funds made available

for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology

Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul-

tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluc-

tuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-

mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain avail-

able until expended.

FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise

recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest

thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for

commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under

title II of said Act, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until

expended.

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MCGOVERN

DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD

NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section

3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002

(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $243,331,000, to remain available until

expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is

authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for

the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement

from amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the amount

made available under this heading, not more than 10 percent,

but not less than $24,300,000, shall remain available until expended

to purchase agricultural commodities as described in subsection

3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002

(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)).

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT

GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit

Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,

$6,063,000, to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by

section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and

in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which

shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

TITLE VI

RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

EPARTMENT OF

EALTH AND

UMAN

ERVICES

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,

including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-

ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law

92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-

tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose

space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to

amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying

out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century

Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous and emergency

expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by

the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s

certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521

of Public Law 107–188; $6,562,793,000: Provided, That of the

amount provided under this heading, $1,310,319,000 shall be

derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.

379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain available

until expended; $324,777,000 shall be derived from medical device

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user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to

this account and remain available until expended; $582,500,000

shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized

by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and

remain available until expended; $41,600,000 shall be derived from

biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.

379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available

until expended; $32,144,000 shall be derived from animal drug

user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited

to this account and remain available until expended; $29,303,000

shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees authorized

by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and

remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived

from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and

shall be credited to this account and remain available until

expended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding

any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for

prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human generic

drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug

user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed

the respective fiscal year 2023 limitations are appropriated and

shall be credited to this account and remain available until

expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescription

drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological

product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments

for fiscal year 2023, including any such fees collected prior to

fiscal year 2023 but credited for fiscal year 2023, shall be subject

to the fiscal year 2023 limitations: Provided further, That the Sec-

retary may accept payment during fiscal year 2023 of user fees

specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2024,

prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such

fees assessed for fiscal year 2024 for which the Secretary accepts

payment in fiscal year 2023 shall not be included in amounts

under this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds

shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of

user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That

of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,196,097,000 shall be for

the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field

activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than

$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufac-

turers and field examinations of imported seafood; (2)

$2,289,290,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and

Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory

Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall be for pilots to

increase unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain avail-

able until expended; (3) $489,594,000 shall be for the Center for

Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities

in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $287,339,000 shall be for

the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities

in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $736,359,000 shall be for

the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related

field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $76,919,000

shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)

$677,165,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and

for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8)

$214,082,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which

$55,893,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts

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paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9)

$236,166,000 shall be for payments to the General Services

Administration for rent; and (10) $359,782,000 shall be for other

activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and

Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Oper-

ations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for

these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this

amount shall be for official reception and representation expenses,

not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner:

Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and

for the administration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts

made available under this heading for other activities and shall

not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that

are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and

that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred

to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health

and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight

of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administra-

tion and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available

for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided further,

That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another

with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of

both Houses of Congress.

In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C.

263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381,

priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff,

food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary

qualified importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–

31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62,

prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection

fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider

licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1),

third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical

countermeasure priority review voucher user fees authorized by

21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter mono-

graph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited

to this account, to remain available until expended.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-

ation, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities

of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not other-

wise provided, $12,788,000, to remain available until expended.

FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT

CURES ACT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described

under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition

to amounts available for such purposes under the heading ‘‘Salaries

and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended:

Provided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appro-

priated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures

Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section

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1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Commis-

sioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation for ‘‘Department

of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration

Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such

Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the Commis-

sioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso

are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may

be transferred back to the account: Provided further, That such

transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority

provided by law.

INDEPENDENT AGENCY

ARM

REDIT

DMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $88,500,000 (from assessments collected from

farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mort-

gage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year

for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:

Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated

with receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed

this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Commit-

tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further,

That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit

Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administra-

tion may exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-

tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans

described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner other

than described in subclause (II) of the clause.

TITLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations made

available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase

new passenger motor vehicles, in addition to specific appropriations

for this purpose, so long as the total number of vehicles purchased

in fiscal year 2023 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned

or leased in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing

additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such

vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-

ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public

safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not increase the

Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the

Secretary notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within

30 days of the notification.

. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances

of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other avail-

able unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining avail-

able of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund

for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment and for the

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improvement, delivery, and implementation of Department finan-

cial, and administrative information technology services, and other

support systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-

tive, and information technology services, including cloud adoption

and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department

of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until

expended: Provided, That none of the funds made available by

this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working

Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency adminis-

trator: Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to

the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available

for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval

of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:

Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this

Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund

shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes

to the Department’s National Finance Center without written

notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-

tions of both Houses of Congress as required by section 716 of

this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital

Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to initiate,

plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or

relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices

of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer,

co-located with or from the National Finance Center prior to written

notification to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropria-

tions of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the require-

ments of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That the National

Finance Center Information Technology Services Division personnel

and data center management responsibilities, and control of any

functions, missions, and systems for current and future human

resources management and integrated personnel and payroll sys-

tems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Financial Officer

and the Chief Information Officer shall remain in the National

Finance Center and under the management responsibility and

administrative control of the National Finance Center: Provided

further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices of the

Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing and new

Departments and other government agencies National Finance

Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, finan-

cial management, and human capital shared services and allow

the National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: Pro-

vided further, That of annual income amounts in the Working

Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to the

amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided

by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the National

Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent

for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including

equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of

financial, administrative, and information technology services, and

other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any unfore-

seen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided

further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for

obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the

obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses

of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation

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of funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall

not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary,

is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that

significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center;

or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a

safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance Center.

. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year

unless expressly so provided herein.

. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used

to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements

or similar arrangements between the United States Department

of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent

of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of

such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual

interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate

payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-

tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis

for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.

. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for

the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the

current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse

obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following

accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the

Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program

account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.

. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department

of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information

technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the

Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of

the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive

Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That

notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds

appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be trans-

ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written

notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-

priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That not-

withstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none

of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for informa-

tion technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other

agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by

the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief

Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds

without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for

projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon

the performance of an agency measured against the performance

plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accom-

panying Public Law 113–235.

. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the

Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal

year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations

made in the current fiscal year.

. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any

former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid

an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification

Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive

an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for

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assistance under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner

as a borrower under such Act.

. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,

not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropria-

tions made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for

the Farm Service Agency shall remain available through September

30, 2024, for information technology expenses.

. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the

employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections

301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regula-

tions.

. 711. In the case of each program established or amended

by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) or by a suc-

cessor to that Act, other than by title I or subtitle A of title

III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were

provided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be carried

out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation—

(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related

administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associ-

ated with the implementation of the program, without regard

to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund

transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit

Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and

(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be

considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes

of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments

and fund transfers contained in such section.

. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more

than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activi-

ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and

task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels

used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used

to evaluate competitively awarded grants.

. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging

of pornography.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-

essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution,

or adjudication activities.

. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of

Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this section referred to

as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise

made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay

the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program

under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c;

in this section referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,483,309,000

(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as

follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities—

$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of

Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Administration of section 32

Commodity Purchases—$37,178,000: Provided, That, of the total

funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso that

remain unobligated on October 1, 2023, such unobligated balances

shall carryover into fiscal year 2024 and shall remain available

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until expended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that

any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of

section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated

until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of

the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both

Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Provided further,

That, with the exception of any available carryover funds authorized

in any prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of

clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise

made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay

the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of

Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32.

. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other

Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel

who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the

President’s budget submission to the Congress for programs under

the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture,

Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the

previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted

into law prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget

submission identifies which additional spending reductions should

occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior

to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for

the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act.

. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided

by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this

Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the cur-

rent fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury

derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded

by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through

a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as author-

ized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of

Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 702(b)

of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that—

(1) creates new programs;

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any

project or activity for which funds have been denied or

restricted;

(4) relocates an office or employees;

(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or

(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities

presently performed by Federal employees;

unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health

and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and

receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both

Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogram-

ming of such funds or the use of such authority.

(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by

previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act

that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current

fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived

by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this

Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities,

programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the

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authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess

of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—

(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;

(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,

project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent

as approved by Congress; or

(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in

personnel which would result in a change in existing programs,

activities, or projects as approved by Congress;

unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health

and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and

receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both

Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogram-

ming or transfer of such funds or the use of such authority.

and Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval

from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress

before implementing any program or activity not carried out during

the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded

by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.

(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by

previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act

that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current

fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived

by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this

Act, shall be available for—

(1) modifying major capital investments funding levels,

including information technology systems, that involves

increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for

the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent

of the total cost, whichever is less;

(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant posi-

tions or agency activities or functions to establish a center,

office, branch, or similar entity with ten or more personnel;

(3) carrying out activities or functions that were not

described in the budget request;

unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least

30 days in advance of using the funds for these purposes.

(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for

any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary

of Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic

mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this

section.

. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consoli-

dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the

Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business

and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent

of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan.

. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug

Administration or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used

to transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or

responses to questions that are a result of information requested

for the appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of

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Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, or

non-Farm Credit Administration employee.

. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none

of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive

branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended

for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story

includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-

packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared

or funded by that executive branch agency.

. 720. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may

be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this

Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department

for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual’s

employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving

agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for

the period of assignment.

. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the

Food and Drug Administration and the Chairman of the Farm

Credit Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-

tions of both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by

program, project, and activity for all the funds made available

under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the

explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-

ceding division A of this consolidated Act).

. 722. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take

any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring information

intended for a prescribing health care professional, in the case

of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to

be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper

form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require

such distribution.

. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility or level

of program assistance for Rural Development programs the Sec-

retary shall not include incarcerated prison populations.

. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not require

budget authority and the program level has been established in

this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program

level for such loans and loan guarantees by not more than 25

percent: Provided, That prior to the Secretary implementing such

an increase, the Secretary notifies, in writing, the Committees

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days

in advance.

. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred

to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agri-

culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public

Law 107–76) shall be available for obligation without written

notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appro-

priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds

or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only

for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, including

equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of

Departmental financial management, information technology, and

other support systems necessary for the delivery of financial,

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administrative, and information technology services, including cloud

adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the

Department of Agriculture.

. 726. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used to implement, administer, or enforce the ‘‘variety’’ require-

ments of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhancing Retailer Standards

in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)’’ pub-

lished by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register

on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary

of Agriculture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined

in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations,

and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term ‘‘staple food’’

as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations,

to increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable varieties

in each staple food category so that the total number of such

items in each staple food category exceeds the number of such

items in each staple food category included in the final rule as

published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary

promulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply

the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of

stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that

were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of

the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79).

. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the

Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture

shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed

under such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Sec-

retary has under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such

Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under

such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans.

. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be available for the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture to propose, finalize or implement any regulation

that would promulgate new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701

after the date of the enactment of this Act.

. 729. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made

available for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized

by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),

$315,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts

may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-

gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Reso-

lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985.

. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that regulates

the calculation and payment of overtime and holiday pay for FSIS

inspectors, the Secretary may charge establishments subject to the

inspection requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act,

21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C.

601 et seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031

et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside of an

establishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for inspection serv-

ices provided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any sums charged

pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed as overtime pay or

holiday pay under section 1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan

Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further,

That sums received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall,

in addition to other available funds, remain available until expended

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to the Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose

of funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections.

. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall—

(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following

factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable—

(A) veterinary control and oversight;

(B) disease history and vaccination practices;

(D) epidemiological separation from potential sources

of infection;

(E) surveillance practices;

(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and

(G) emergency preparedness and response; and

(2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of

any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (1).

(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with

United States obligations under its international trade agreements.

. 732. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and notwith-

standing any other provision of law, none of the funds made avail-

able by this Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the

Farm Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section

343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

. 733. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and notwith-

standing any other provision of law, none of the funds made avail-

able by this Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur

any expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 3

of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of

such licenses, to class B dealers who sell Random Source dogs

and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or testing.

. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal

year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid

waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A,

306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project

for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public

water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products

used in the project are produced in the United States.

(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ means

the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or

unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal

castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints,

valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construc-

tion materials.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category

of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section

referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of the Secretary

finds that—

(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the

public interest;

(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United

States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of

a satisfactory quality; or

(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the

United States will increase the cost of the overall project by

more than 25 percent.

a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall

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make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the

request and information available to the Secretary or the designee

concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input

on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding

based on the request. The Secretary or the designee shall make

the request and accompanying information available by electronic

means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the

Department.

(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with

United States obligations under international agreements.

(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds

appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water

and Waste Disposal Program Account’’ for carrying out the provi-

sions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight

of the requirements of this section.

(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project

for which the engineering plans and specifications include use of

iron and steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection

if the plans and specifications have received required approvals

from State agencies prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United States’’

and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, the District

of Columbia, and each Federally recognized Indian Tribe.

. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional

action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before

Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as

described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.

. 736. Of the total amounts made available by this Act

for direct loans and grants under the following headings: ‘‘Rural

Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program

Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assistance

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Pro-

gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Busi-

ness Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—

Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural

Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Microentre-

preneur Assistance Program’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water

and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—

Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program

Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Tele-

medicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum extent fea-

sible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated for assist-

ance in persistent poverty counties under this section, including,

notwithstanding any other provision regarding population limits,

any county seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a

population that does not exceed the authorized population limit

by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for purposes of this section,

the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has

had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over

the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial

censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-year aver-

age, or any territory or possession of the United States: Provided

further, That with respect to specific activities for which program

levels have been made available by this Act that are not supported

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by budget authority, the requirements of this section shall be

applied to such program level.

. 737. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of

a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a drug

or biological product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which

a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include

a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission shall be

deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemp-

tion may not go into effect.

. 738. None of the funds made available by this or any

other Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by

the Food and Drug Administration entitled ‘‘Standards for the

Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human

Consumption,’’ and published on November 27, 2015, with respect

to the regulation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine

grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.

. 739. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain

available until September 30, 2024, for a pilot program for the

National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to

nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and

enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.

. 740. For school years 2022–2023 and 2023–2024, none

of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement

or enforce the matter following the first comma in the second

sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal

Regulations, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits

under the school breakfast program established under section 4

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).

. 741. None of the funds made available by this Act or

any other Act may be used—

(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural

Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural

Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 of the Agriculture

Improvement Act of 2018; or

(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or use

of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or cultivated

in accordance with section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of

2014 or subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946,

within or outside the State in which the hemp is grown or

cultivated.

. 742. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain

available until expended, for grants under section 12502 of Public

Law 115–334.

. 743. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry

out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334.

. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the matching

funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Agricultural

Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.

7632(g)).

. 745. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain

available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary

to provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public

housing authorities to provide technical assistance, including finan-

cial and legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers

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to facilitate the acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties

in areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable

housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public housing

authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep such prop-

erties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a period of

time as determined by the Secretary.

. 746. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000, to carry

out section 4208 of Public Law 115–334, including for project loca-

tions in additional regions.

. 747. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to carry

out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334, Farming Opportunities

Training and Outreach.

. 748. In response to an eligible community where the

drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster,

as determined by the Secretary, including drought or severe

weather, the Secretary may provide potable water through the

Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program for an

additional period of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the estab-

lished period provided under the Program in order to protect public

health.

. 749. Funds made available under title II of the Food

for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide

assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls,

as determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that

emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in

areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized

or inappropriate purposes.

. 750. In this fiscal year and thereafter, and notwith-

standing any other provision of law, ARS facilities as described

in the ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural

Research Service (ARS) Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare’’

(16–6100–0103–MU Revision 16–1) shall be inspected by APHIS

for compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and its regulations

and standards.

. 751. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported

into the United States from the People’s Republic of China for

use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child

and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42

U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under

section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast

program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771

et seq.).

. 752. For school year 2023–2024, only a school food

authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food

service account as of June 30, 2022, shall be required to establish

a price for paid lunches in accordance with section 12(p) of the

Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)).

. 753. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain

available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry

out a pilot program that assists rural hospitals to improve long-

term operations and financial health by providing technical assist-

ance through analysis of current hospital management practices.

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. 754. Any funds made available by this or any other Act

that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 1668(g)(2) of the

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.

5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall be available for grants for bio-

technology risk assessment research: Provided, That the Secretary

may transfer such funds among appropriations of the Department

of Agriculture for purposes of making such grants.

. 755. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to carry out

section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and

Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(g)(4)(B)) as amended by section

7209 of Public Law 115–334.

. 756. Hereafter, none of the funds made available by this

Act or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries or expenses

of personnel to implement any activities related to the permitting

of non-recording of observed violations of the Animal Welfare Act

or its regulations on official inspection reports.

. 757. For necessary expenses associated with cotton

classing activities pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 55, to include equipment

and facility upgrades, and in addition to any other funds made

available for this purpose, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to

remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That amounts

made available in this section shall be treated as funds collected

by fees authorized under Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, §5, 42 Stat. 1518,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 55).

. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to move

any staff office or any agency from the mission area in which

it was located on August 1, 2018, to any other mission area or

office within the Department in the absence of the enactment of

specific legislation affirming such move.

. 759. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Nat-

ural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds appropriated

under this Act or any other Act for the Watershed and Flood

Prevention Operations Program and the Watershed Rehabilitation

Program carried out pursuant to the Watershed Protection and

Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emer-

gency Watershed Protection Program carried out pursuant to section

403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to

provide technical services for such programs pursuant to section

1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)),

notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.

. 760. In administering the pilot program established by

section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,

2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Secretary of Agriculture may, for

purposes of determining entities eligible to receive assistance, con-

sider those communities which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’:

Provided, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-

able under the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and

Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot program estab-

lished by section 779 of Public Law 115–141 may be used for

this purpose.

. 761. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel—

(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat

Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);

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(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal

Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.

1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or

(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code

of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).

. 762. In addition to amounts otherwise made available

by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C.

1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until

expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible

lands, including flooded agricultural lands, as determined by the

Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311).

. 763. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug

Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human

Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs,

shall, not later than September 30, 2023, and following the review

required under Executive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note;

relating to regulatory planning and review), issue advice revising

the advice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice

About Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency

and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; Avail-

ability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a manner that

is consistent with nutrition science recognized by the Food and

Drug Administration on the net effects of seafood consumption.

. 764. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain

available until expended, to carry out section 2103 of Public Law

115–334: Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize the wetland

compliance needs of areas with significant numbers of individual

wetlands, wetland acres, and conservation compliance requests.

. 765. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved prior

to the effective date of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure

Standard (February 19, 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically

engineered’’ prior to the existing acceptable market name.

. 766. There is appropriated to the Department of Agri-

culture, for an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural Programs—

Processing, Research, and Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’,

$5,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, for nec-

essary expenses, under such terms and conditions determined by

the Secretary, related to testing soil, water, or agricultural products

for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the request of

an agricultural producer, assisting agricultural producers affected

by PFAS contamination with costs related to mitigate the impacts

to their operation that have resulted from such contamination and

indemnifying agricultural producers for the value of unmarketable

crops, livestock, and other agricultural products related to PFAS

contamination: Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize such

assistance to agricultural producers in states and territories that

have established a tolerance threshold for PFAS in a food or agricul-

tural product: Provided further, That, not later than 90 days after

the end of fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall submit a report

to the Congress specifying the type, amount, and method of such

assistance by state and territory and the status of the amounts

obligated and plans for further expenditure, and include improve-

ments that can be made to U.S. Department of Agriculture pro-

grams, either administratively or legislatively, to increase support

for agricultural producers impacted by PFAS contamination and

to enhance scientific knowledge on PFAS uptake in crops and

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livestock and PFAS mitigation and remediation methods and

disseminate such knowledge to agricultural producers.

. 767. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic

Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2023, an amount

of funds made available in title III under the headings of Rural

Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help

Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Commu-

nity Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account,

Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water

and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the amount obli-

gated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such

headings in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obli-

gated under such headings for REAP Zones.

. 768. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to carry out

the duties of the working group established under section 770

of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-

tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law

116–6; 133 Stat. 89).

. 769. For an additional amount for the Office of the Sec-

retary, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue

the Institute for Rural Partnerships as established in section 778

of Public Law 117–103: Provided, That the Institute for Rural

Partnerships shall continue to dedicate resources to researching

the causes and conditions of challenges facing rural areas, and

develop community partnerships to address such challenges: Pro-

vided further, That administrative or other fees shall not exceed

one percent: Provided further, That such partnership shall coordi-

nate and publish an annual report.

. 770. Of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-

priations made available under the heading ‘‘Farm Service Agency—

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account’’, $73,000,000

are hereby rescinded.

. 771. In addition to the amount of reimbursement for

administrative and operating expenses available for crop insurance

contracts described in subsection (a)(2)(F) of section III of the 2023

Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) that cover agricultural

commodities described in section 101 of title I of the Specialty

Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note), there

is hereby appropriated $25,000,000, to remain available until

expended, to pay, with respect to such contracts for the 2021

reinsurance year, an amount that is equal to the difference between

the amount to be paid pursuant to the SRA for the applicable

reinsurance year and the amount that would be paid if such con-

tracts were not subject to a reduction described in subsection

(a)(2)(G) of section III of the SRA but subject to a reimbursement

rate equal to 17.5 percent of the net book premium.

. 772. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the

Secretary’’, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended, for the

Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department

of Health and Human Services, to enter into an agreement with

the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

to conduct a study of the eight topics and scientific questions

related to alcohol previously published by USDA and HHS and

other relevant topics: Provided, That the panel or panels established

by the National Academies Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

to conduct the study shall operate in a fully transparent manner

and include a balanced representation of individuals who have

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expertise in the health effects of alcohol consumption, are unbiased,

and are free from conflicts of interests: Provided further, That

the findings and recommendations of the study shall be based

on the preponderance of the scientific and medical knowledge con-

sistent with section 5341 of title 7 of United States Code: Provided

further, That not later than eighteen months after the date of

enactment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences,

Engineering, and Medicine shall submit its report to the Secretary

of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and

the Congress of its systematic review and data analysis of the

eight research topics: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri-

culture shall ensure that the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

process includes a recommendation for alcohol and shall be based

on the preponderance of scientific and medical knowledge consistent

with section 5341 of title 7 of United States Code: Provided further,

That the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure the process is fully

transparent and includes a balanced representation of individuals

who are unbiased and free from conflicts of interest.

. 773. The Secretary, as part of the report on foreign land-

holding required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclo-

sure Act (Public Law 95–460), shall report to Congress on foreign

investments in agricultural land in the United States, including

the impact foreign ownership has on family farms, rural commu-

nities, and the domestic food supply: Provided, That within 3 years

after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a

streamlined process for electronic submission and retention of

disclosures made under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclo-

sure Act, including an internet database that contains disaggregated

data from each disclosure submitted: Provided further, That all

prior year disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural land

in the United States are published in the database: Provided fur-

ther, That the plan includes a process to ensure the protection

of personally identifiable information and that all disclosures of

foreign investments in agricultural land on the USDA website be

disaggregated by: (1) in any case in which such foreign person

is an individual, the citizenship of such foreign person; and (2)

in any case in which such foreign person is not an individual

or a government, the nature of the legal entity holding the interest,

the country in which such foreign person is created or organized,

and the principal place of business of such foreign person.

. 774. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

common name ‘‘Kanpachi’’ shall serve as an acceptable market

name under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.

301 et seq.) for labeling and marketing of ocean-farmed Seriola

rivoliana.

. 775. In this or any subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary

of Homeland Security shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture

the operation of and all property required to operate the National

Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided,

That, such transfer of function shall include the transfer of up

to 40 full time equivalent positions, to be completed within 120

days of the effective date of the transfer of function, as jointly

determined by the Secretaries.

. 776. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act

of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting

‘‘2023’’.

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(b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of

1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) is amended by

striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’.

. 777. Section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘Access

to Local Foods: Farm to School Program.’’ and inserting ‘‘Access

to Local Foods: Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program’’.

. 778. Notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13), the Secretary

shall consider a city or town to be a rural area for the purposes

of eligibility for a guaranteed loan funded through the Rural

Community Facilities Program Account if the project to be funded

received a prior loan from such account in fiscal year 2021.

. 779. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring

Expenses Fund’’ established in section 742 of division A of Public

Law 113–235, $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than

September 30, 2023.

. 780. Funds made available in the Consolidated Appropria-

tions Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for the ‘‘Rural Community

Facilities Program Account’’ under section 306 of the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1926, for the principal

amount of direct loans are to remain available through fiscal year

2028 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year

2018.

. 781. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made

available to carry out section 749(g) of the Agricultural Appropria-

tions Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80), $80,000,000 are hereby

rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from

amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget

or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

1985.

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-

ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-

priations Act, 2023’’.

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NTERNATIONAL

RADE

DMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for international trade activities of

the Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry out

activities associated with facilitating, attracting, and retaining busi-

ness investment in the United States, and for engaging in trade

promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and

cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of

United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703

of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent

members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas

and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-

tation of employees of the International Trade Administration

between two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of

H. R. 2617—53

title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United

States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad

for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration,

repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary

demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort

claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section

2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in

foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation

expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official

use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $325,000

for purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the general

purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on official motor

vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $625,000,000, of which $85,000,000

shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That

$12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used

by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding section

3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That, of

amounts provided under this heading, not less than $16,400,000

shall be for China antidumping and countervailing duty enforce-

ment and compliance activities: Provided further, That the provi-

sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c)

of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961

(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these

activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under

the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange

Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for services

provided as part of these activities: Provided further, That, of

amounts provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000, to remain

available until expended, shall be for the purpose of carrying out

a pilot fellowship program of the United States Commercial Service

under which the Secretary of Commerce may make competitive

grants to appropriate institutions of higher education or students

to increase the level of knowledge and awareness of, and interest

in employment with, that Service among minority students: Pro-

vided further, That any grants awarded under such program shall

be made pursuant to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary,

which shall require as a condition of the initial receipt of grant

funds, a commitment by prospective grantees to accept full-time

employment in the Global Markets unit of the International Trade

Administration upon the completion of participation in the program.

UREAU OF

NDUSTRY AND

ECURITY

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for export administration and national

security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs

associated with the performance of export administration field

activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for

dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed

overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens

by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the

manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title

28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries;

not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad;

awards of compensation to informers under the Export Control

Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain

H. R. 2617—54

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public

Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as

authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat.

223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles

for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with

special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard

to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $191,000,000,

of which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-

vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f)

and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural

Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply

in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That payments

and contributions collected and accepted for materials or services

provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in

covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information

to the public with respect to the export administration and national

security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export

control programs of the United States and other governments.

CONOMIC

EVELOPMENT

DMINISTRATION

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

For grants for economic development assistance as provided

by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for

trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by sections

27, 28, 29, and 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation

Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, 3722b, and 3723), as amended,

$430,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which

$50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 27, $41,000,000 shall

be for grants under section 28, $41,000,000 shall be for grants

under section 29 in amounts determined by the Secretary, and

$2,500,000 shall be for grants under section 30: Provided, That

any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter

preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of

deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in pre-

vious years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section

505 of this Act.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-

ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $68,000,000:

Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be used

to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works

Employment Act of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections

27 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act

of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and the Community

Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

INORITY

USINESS

EVELOPMENT

GENCY

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development

Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business

enterprises, as authorized by law, $70,000,000.

H. R. 2617—55

CONOMIC AND

TATISTICAL

NALYSIS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic

and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce,

$130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

UREAU OF THE

ENSUS

CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-

paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $330,000,000:

Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used

for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-

paring, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs

provided for by law, $1,155,000,000, to remain available until Sep-

tember 30, 2024: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein,

funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activi-

ties.

ATIONAL

ELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

NFORMATION

DMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National

Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA),

$62,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-

vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of

Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-

trum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and

such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for

costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended:

Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized

to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred,

or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all

costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and

related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-

graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies

shall remain available until expended.

PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES

PLANNING AND

CONSTRUCTION

For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and

unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available

for the administration of all open grants until their expiration.

H. R. 2617—56

NITED

TATES

ATENT AND

RADEMARK

FFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-

mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of

suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for

Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $4,253,404,000,

to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein

appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting

collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the

USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2023, so

as to result in a fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the general

fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year

2023, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be

less than $4,253,404,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly:

Provided further, That any amount received in excess of

$4,253,404,000 in fiscal year 2023 and deposited in the Patent

and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until

expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall

submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts

made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this

Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided

further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the

preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent

and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided

further, That the budget of the President submitted for fiscal year

2024 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall

include within amounts provided under this heading for necessary

expenses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to result

from an increase promulgated through rule or regulation in offset-

ting collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by

the USPTO under any law in either fiscal year 2023 or fiscal

year 2024: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein,

not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2023

for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,

That in fiscal year 2023 from the amounts made available for

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary

to pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay contrib-

uted by the USPTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title

5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined

by section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per-

sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay,

of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title,

and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs,

as determined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement

life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all

USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health

Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance

(FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and

Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund,

as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes

H. R. 2617—57

of those accounts: Provided further, That any differences between

the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series

benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s

specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s

financial statements, where applicable: Provided further, That, not-

withstanding any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges

assessed and collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only

pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended

by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public

Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts appro-

priated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector

General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-

tigations and audits related to the USPTO.

ATIONAL

NSTITUTE OF

TANDARDS AND

ECHNOLOGY

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), $953,000,000, to remain available until

expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred

to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts

appropriated under this heading, $62,532,000 shall be used for

the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table immediately

following the paragraph ‘‘NIST STRS Community Project Funding/

NIST External Projects’’ in the explanatory statement described

in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated

Act): Provided further, That the amounts made available for the

projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred

for any other purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000

shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided

further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer

undergraduate research fellowship program participants.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

For necessary expenses for industrial technology services,

$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which

$175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension

Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufac-

turing USA Program.

CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

For construction of new research facilities, including architec-

tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance

of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National

Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections

13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $462,285,000, to remain available until

expended: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this

heading, $332,285,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the

amounts, specified in the table immediately following the paragraph

‘‘NIST Construction Community Project Funding/NIST Extramural

Construction’’ in the explanatory statement described in section

4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):

H. R. 2617—58

Provided further, That up to one percent of amounts made available

for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may be used

for the administrative costs of such projects: Provided further, That

the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations

of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts

made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this

Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided

further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget

justification materials for fiscal year 2024 that the Secretary sub-

mits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget

(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a)

of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National

Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having

a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and

simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an

estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for

each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

ATIONAL

CEANIC AND

TMOSPHERIC

DMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

RESEARCH

AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including

maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot pro-

grams for State-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any

other provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to

nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities

pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities,

$4,500,997,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-

vided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean

Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may

be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated

with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31,

United States Code: Provided further, That in addition,

$344,901,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled

‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining

to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-

ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries

Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and

Training; Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and Inter-

jurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That not to exceed

$71,299,000 shall be for payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce

Working Capital Fund’’: Provided further, That of the

$4,868,898,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading,

$4,500,997,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $344,901,000

is provided by transfer, and $23,000,000 is derived from recoveries

of prior year obligations: Provided further, That of the amounts

appropriated under this heading, $111,465,000 shall be used for

the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table immediately

following the paragraph ‘‘NOAA Community Project Funding/NOAA

Special Projects’’ in the explanatory statement described in section

H. R. 2617—59

4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):

Provided further, That the amounts made available for the projects

referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for

any other purpose: Provided further, That any deviation from the

amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory state-

ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A

of this consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of

funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject

to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided

further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under

the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits

Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel

and their dependents under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act

(10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.

PROCUREMENT

ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets,

including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration, $1,653,630,000, to remain avail-

able until September 30, 2025, except that funds provided for

acquisition and construction of vessels and aircraft, and construction

of facilities shall remain available until expended: Provided, That

of the $1,666,630,000 provided for in direct obligations under this

heading, $1,653,630,000 is appropriated from the general fund and

$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations:

Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated

for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in

section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated

Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under

this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures

set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the

Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification mate-

rials for fiscal year 2024 that the Secretary submits to Congress

in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted

with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title

31, United States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or

construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and

simultaneously the budget justification shall include an estimate

of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of

the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of

Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until

September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein,

the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-

ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the

federally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast

(including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon

and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-

gered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed,

for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty

fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation

of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines

to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further,

H. R. 2617—60

That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other

merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities:

Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject

to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-

tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.

FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses of administering the fishery disaster

assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 94–265) and the

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of Public Law 99–659),

$300,000.

FISHERMEN

’

S CONTINGENCY FUND

For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95–

372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected

pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended.

FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

during fiscal year 2023, obligations of direct loans may not exceed

$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed

$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Mer-

chant Marine Act of 1936.

EPARTMENTAL

ANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the management of the Department

of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500

for official reception and representation, $95,000,000: Provided,

That no employee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed

or assigned from a bureau or office funded by this Act or any

other Act to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart-

ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless

the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully reimbursed for

the salary and expenses of the employee for the entire period

of assignment using funds provided under this heading: Provided

further, That amounts made available to the Department of Com-

merce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred pursuant

to section 508 of this or any prior Act to the account funded

under this heading, except in the case of extraordinary cir-

cumstances that threaten life or property.

RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization

of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000.

NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND

For necessary expenses for technology modernization projects

and cybersecurity risk mitigation of the Department of Commerce,

$35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro-

vided, That amounts made available under this heading are in

H. R. 2617—61

addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes:

Provided further, That any unobligated balances of expired discre-

tionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce Non-

recurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 111 of title

I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may be obligated only after

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the

planned use of funds.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978

(5 U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000.

ENERAL

ROVISIONS

—D

EPARTMENT OF

OMMERCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-

tions and funds made available to the Department of Commerce

by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the

Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in

the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized

only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary

of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.

. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made

available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries

and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles

as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized

by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized

by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).

. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made

available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but

no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent

by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to

this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth

in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce

shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days

in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset

(including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided

for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Depart-

ment of Commerce.

. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of the

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended by section 105 of

title I of division B of Public Law 113–6, are hereby adopted

by reference and made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2023:

Provided, That the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System

is $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Pro-

gram is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary

Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is

$11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost for the Space Weather

Follow On Program is $692,800,000.

H. R. 2617—62

. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including but not

limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec-

essary to support the operation, maintenance, and improvement

of space that persons, firms, or organizations are authorized, pursu-

ant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other

authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building,

Washington, DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation,

and protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from

the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable

or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement

for services provided under this section or the authority under

which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to

$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which

initially bears the costs of such services.

. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent

a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright

infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.

. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent,

with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropria-

tions, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of

any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States,

or of any State, local government, Indian Tribal government, Terri-

tory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of

any foreign government or international organization, for purposes

related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute adminis-

tered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

. 108. The National Technical Information Service shall

not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document

generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided

information to the customer on how an electronic copy of such

report or document may be accessed and downloaded for free online.

Should a customer still require the Service to provide a printed

or digital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be

limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing,

and delivering such report or document.

. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Adminis-

trator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and coopera-

tive agreements with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land,

services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3)

receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis

from: a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-

ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any subdivi-

sions thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and

related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be depos-

ited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall

remain available until September 30, 2024, for such purposes: Pro-

vided further, That all funds within this section and their cor-

responding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.

. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appro-

priations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary

expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Adminis-

tration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided

H. R. 2617—63

for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau

of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agree-

ments with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or

local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid

and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which

further the purposes for which such amounts have been made

available.

. 111. Amounts provided by this Act for the Hollings Manu-

facturing Extension Partnership under the heading ‘‘National

Institute of Standards and Technology—Industrial Technology Serv-

ices’’ shall not be subject to cost share requirements under 15

U.S.C. 278k(e)(2): Provided, That the authority made available

pursuant to this section shall be elective, in whole or in part,

for any Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center that also

receives funding from a State that is conditioned upon the applica-

tion of a Federal cost sharing requirement.

. 112. The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the

Secretary, may waive—

(1) in whole or in part, the matching requirements under

sections 306 and 306A, and the cost sharing requirements

under section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of

1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455, 1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the

request of the grant applicant, for amounts made available

under this Act under the heading ‘‘Operations, Research, and

Facilities’’ under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration’’; and

(2) up to 50 percent of the matching requirements under

sections 306 and 306A, and the cost sharing requirements

under section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of

1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455, 1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the

request of the grant applicant, for amounts made available

under this Act under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition

and Construction’’ under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration’’.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appro-

priations Act, 2023’’.

TITLE II

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

ENERAL

DMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-

ment of Justice, $145,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain

available until September 30, 2024, and of which not to exceed

$4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of Justice

facilities shall remain available until expended.

JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for information sharing technology,

including planning, development, deployment and departmental

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direction, $138,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-

vided, That the Attorney General may transfer up to $40,000,000

to this account, from funds available to the Department of Justice

for information technology, to remain available until expended,

for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-

ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in

addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act:

Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the first proviso

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this

Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

XECUTIVE

FFICE FOR

MMIGRATION

EVIEW

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-

related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review,

$860,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer

from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited

in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not

less than $29,000,000 shall be available for services and activities

provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not

to exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made available under

this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for

build-out and modifications of courtroom space.

FFICE OF

NSPECTOR

ENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,

$139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen

emergencies of a confidential character: Provided, That not to exceed

$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024.

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TATES

AROLE

OMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission

as authorized, $14,591,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any

other provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office

of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until

a successor has been appointed.

EGAL

CTIVITIES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-

ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed

$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under

the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate

of, the Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency

petitions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the

District of Columbia, $1,138,000,000, of which not to exceed

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$50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and information tech-

nology projects, including cybersecurity and hardening of critical

networks, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That

of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues payments,

not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-

vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed

$9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for official

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That of

the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be avail-

able to the Criminal Division for official reception and representa-

tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205

of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that

emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation

activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer

such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’

from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the

Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such

circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to

the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth

in that section: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated,

such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil

Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-

tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act

of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Personnel

Management for such salaries and expenses: Provided further, That

of the amounts provided under this heading for the election moni-

toring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended:

Provided further, That any funds provided under this heading in

prior year appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil

Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-

tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act

of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry out any

authorized purposes of the Civil Rights Division: Provided further,

That amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be

used to increase the number of permanent positions.

In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department

of Justice associated with processing cases under the National

Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, $31,738,000, to be appro-

priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund and

to remain available until expended.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

ANTITRUST DIVISION

For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and

kindred laws, $225,000,000, to remain available until expended,

of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception

and representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any

other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification

filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection (and

estimated to be $190,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), shall be retained

and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall

remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum

herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as

such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023,

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so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation from the

general fund estimated at $35,000,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States

Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-

ments, $2,632,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-

priated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be available for official reception

and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed

$40,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,

That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate

in a task force on human trafficking.

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program,

as authorized, $255,000,000, to remain available until expended:

Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits

of discretionary offsetting collections to the United States Trustee

System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available

in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors:

Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections

pursuant to section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited

by section 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be

retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation

and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That

to the extent that fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary

offsetting collections in fiscal year 2023, net of amounts necessary

to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $255,000,000, those excess

amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent

provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That

the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced

(1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2023, net of amounts

necessary to pay refunds due depositors, (estimated at $269,000,000)

and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund appropria-

tions can be derived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discre-

tionary offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not

otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023

appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign

Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized

by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,504,000.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts

for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private

counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign

counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which

not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for pro-

tected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase

and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security

caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase,

H. R. 2617—67

installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommuni-

cations equipment and a secure automated information network

to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected wit-

nesses: Provided, That amounts made available under this heading

may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,

$25,024,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this

Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent

circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and

violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service,

the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community

Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current

fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary

to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any

transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as

a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be

available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with

the procedures set forth in that section.

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G)

of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000,

to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture

Fund.

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TATES

ARSHALS

ERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service,

$1,705,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available

for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed

$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

CONSTRUCTION

For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized

by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and

related support, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.

FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in

the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized

by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, $2,129,789,000,

to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed

$20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and

local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of

title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That the United

States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the

Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.

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ATIONAL

ECURITY

IVISION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the

National Security Division, $133,512,000, of which not to exceed

$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain avail-

able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205

of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that

emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities

of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may

transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations

for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may

be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further,

That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated

as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not

be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance

with the procedures set forth in that section.

NTERAGENCY

NFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and

prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug

trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money

laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include

inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforce-

ment agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of

individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug

trafficking, $550,458,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain avail-

able until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from

appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities

available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.

EDERAL

UREAU OF

NVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the

United States, $10,676,000,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed

$284,000 shall be available for official reception and representation

expenses.

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, fur-

niture, and information technology requirements, related to

construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites by pur-

chase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification,

and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning

and design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure

work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities;

$651,895,000, to remain available until expended.

H. R. 2617—69

RUG

NFORCEMENT

DMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administra-

tion, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emer-

gencies of a confidential character pursuant to section 530C of

title 28, United States Code; and expenses for conducting drug

education and training programs, including travel and related

expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution

of items of token value that promote the goals of such programs,

$2,563,116,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain

available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be avail-

able for official reception and representation expenses: Provided,

That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 106–310, up

to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of local

government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public entities, and

multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for expenses

incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated

with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and

extraction operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and proc-

essing operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances

which may present a danger to public health or the environment.

UREAU OF

LCOHOL

, T

OBACCO

, F

IREARMS AND

XPLOSIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-

arms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement

agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in

connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-

sives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory

assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or

without reimbursement, $1,672,000,000, of which not to exceed

$36,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses,

not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of

attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United

States Code, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available

until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated

herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications

for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c)

of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such funds

shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed

by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under

section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided further,

That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be

used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau

of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies

or Departments.

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses related to construction of laboratory

facilities, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, and informa-

tion technology requirements; construction or acquisition of

buildings, facilities, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise author-

ized by law; conversion, modification and extension of federally

H. R. 2617—70

owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects;

$75,000,000, to remain available until expended.

EDERAL

RISON

YSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the

administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and

correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical assist-

ance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-

ments, $8,392,588,000: Provided, That not less than $409,483,000

shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First

Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than

2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

for ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—Research, Evaluation and Statis-

tics’’ for the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations

of programs and activities related to the First Step Act of 2018:

Provided further, That the Attorney General may transfer to the

Department of Health and Human Services such amounts as may

be necessary for direct expenditures by that Department for medical

relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions:

Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System,

where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or

fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay-

able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish

health services to individuals committed to the custody of the Fed-

eral Prison System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400

shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:

Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail-

able until expended for necessary operations: Provided further, That,

of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed

$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make pay-

ments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agree-

ments, and other expenses: Provided further, That the Director

of the Federal Prison System may accept donated property and

services relating to the operation of the prison card program from

a not-for-profit entity which has operated such program in the

past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity fur-

nishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison System

relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses,

or other custodial facilities.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new facili-

ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and

equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including

all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account;

and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings

and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions,

including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or

force account, $108,000,000, to remain available until expended:

Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for

work performed under this appropriation.

H. R. 2617—71

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES

INCORPORATED

The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby author-

ized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and

borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and

to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United

States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program

set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-

tion.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

FEDERAL PRISON

INDUSTRIES

INCORPORATED

Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison

Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative

expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title

5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to

be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current pre-

scribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive

of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such

accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost

of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping

expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction,

operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of

facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in

which it has an interest.

TATE AND

OCAL

NFORCEMENT

CTIVITIES

FFICE ON

IOLENCE

GAINST

OMEN

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION

PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-

ance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women,

as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II

of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian

Civil Rights Act of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil

Rights Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of

Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’);

the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation

of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101

et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence

Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’);

the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthor-

ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law

113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act

of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 Act’’); and the Abolish

Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 115–392); and the Violence

Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of

H. R. 2617—72

Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for related victims serv-

ices, $700,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent

of funds made available under this heading may be used for

expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical assistance:

Provided further, That of the amount provided—

(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against

women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, and any

applicable increases for the amount of such grants, as author-

ized by section 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: Provided, That

$10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under such section

5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2023 grants funded by

amounts provided in this paragraph;

(2) $50,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants

for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or

sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994

Act;

(3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and

the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation, and

statistics of violence against women and related issues

addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against

Women, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation

and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of Justice Pro-

grams;

(4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services

to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assist-

ance to children and youth exposed to such violence; programs

to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; and

assistance to middle and high school students through edu-

cation and other services related to such violence, of which

$3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in preventing domestic

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided,

That unobligated balances available for the programs author-

ized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994

Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available

for this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of the

total amount available for this grant program shall be available

for grants under the program authorized by section 2015 of

the 1968 Act: Provided further, That the definitions and grant

conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to

this program;

(5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the criminal justice

response as authorized by part U of title I the 1968 Act,

of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initiative; up

to $4,000,000 is for a domestic violence lethality reduction

initiative; $8,000,000 is for an initiative to promote effective

policing and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating

violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluation of

the effectiveness of funded interventions (‘‘Policing and Prosecu-

tion Initiative’’); and $1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance

prosecution and investigation of online abuse and harassment

(‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse Initiative’’):

Provided, That subsections (c) and (d) of section 2101 of the

H. R. 2617—73

1968 Act shall not apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initia-

tive or the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse Initia-

tive;

(6) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance,

as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;

(7) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child

abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section

40295 of the 1994 Act;

(8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes

against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of

the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically

Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions,

and Tribal colleges and universities;

(9) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as author-

ized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;

(10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to

end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as

authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act;

(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families in the

justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act:

Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs

authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002

of the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act,

shall be available for this program;

(12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to end

violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as

authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;

(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on

Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence,

as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;

(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence

against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904

of the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred

to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by

the Office of Justice Programs;

(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides

training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual

assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;

(16) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal Govern-

ments in exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, as

authorized by section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act: Pro-

vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the

1994 Act shall apply to grants made;

(17) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the

2015 Act;

(18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to support restora-

tive justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence,

sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluations of those

responses: Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions

in section 109 of the 2022 Act, shall apply to this program;

(19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services for vic-

tims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act;

(20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-designa-

tion of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant United

States Attorneys: Provided, That the definitions and grant

conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to

this initiative;

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(21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative to support victims of

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,

including through the provision of technical assistance, as

authorized by section 206 of the 2022 Act: Provided, That

the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the

1994 Act shall apply to this initiative;

(22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to

provide remote services to Deaf victims of domestic violence,

dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That

the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the

1994 Act shall apply to this service line;

(23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services

to underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of

the 2005 Act;

(24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial

assistance to victims, including evaluation of the effectiveness

of funded projects: Provided, That the definitions and grant

conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to

this initiative;

(25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered

training for law enforcement, and related research and evalua-

tion activities, as authorized by section 41701 of the 1994

Act; and

(26) $1,500,000 is for a pilot program to improve victim

services on college campuses.

FFICE OF

USTICE

ROGRAMS

RESEARCH

EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-

ance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control

and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the

1994 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act

(34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other

Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public

Law 108–21) (‘‘the PROTECT Act’’); the Justice for All Act of

2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and

Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law

109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990

(Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law

110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473);

the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public

Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children

Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle C of title II of the

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002

Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–

79) (‘‘PREA’’); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

(Public Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization

Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive

Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); the

First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and other programs,

$77,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which—

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(1) $42,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs,

and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the

1968 Act; and

(2) $35,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation

programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title

I of the 1968 Act and subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act,

and for activities authorized by or consistent with the First

Step Act of 2018, of which $7,500,000 is for research targeted

toward developing a better understanding of the domestic

radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based

strategies for effective intervention and prevention; $1,000,000

is for research to study the root causes of school violence

to include the impact and effectiveness of grants made under

the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title V of division S

of Public Law 115–141); $1,000,000 is for research on violence

against American Indians and Alaska Natives or otherwise

affecting indigenous communities, in connection with extractive

industry activities; $1,000,000 is for research on gun violence

prevention; $1,000,000 is for surveys on the campus sexual

assault climate; $1,200,000 is for a study on certain school-

based crimes; and $1,000,000 is for a study on law enforcement

and community agency responses to opioid overdoses.

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-

ance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351)

(‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–

405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–

647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-

ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’);

the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthor-

ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law

109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and

Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims

of Trafficking Act’’); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of

2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland

Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the

Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’);

the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the

Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property

Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of

1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment

and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008

(Public Law 110–416); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization

Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive

Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’);

the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–

324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (division Q of Public Law 115–

141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the Keep Young Athletes Safe

Act of 2018 (title III of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the

Keep Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act

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of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP

School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division

S of Public Law 115–141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant

Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185); the SUP-

PORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271);

the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–

391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes

Prevention Act (Public Law 111–84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

(Public Law 115–401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified

Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Jabara-Heyer NO

HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Violence Against Women Act

Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117–103

(‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and other programs, $2,416,805,000, to remain

available until expended as follows—

(1) $770,805,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice

Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part

E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and

the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title

I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act),

of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1—

(A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III

memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law

Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Surviv-

ability (VALOR);

(B) $3,500,000 is for the operation, maintenance, and

expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Per-

sons System;

local law enforcement to provide officer training on

responding to individuals with mental illness or disabilities;

(D) $5,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assist-

ance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110–

315;

(E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and

prosecution grants to States and units of local government,

and other programs, as authorized by PREA;

(F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert Pro-

gram (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by Kevin

and Avonte’s Law;

(G) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized under the

Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of

2018 (Public Law 115–185);

(H) $13,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation Improve-

ment Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public

Law 108–405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review;

(I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on restorative

justice;

(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti Alert

Communications Network as authorized under the Ashanti

Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–401);

(K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate and

support family-based alternative sentencing programs;

(L) $2,000,000 is for a grant program to support child

advocacy training in post-secondary education;

(M) $8,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative,

including assistance for law enforcement;

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(N) $6,000,000 is for grants authorized under the

Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019

(Public Law 116–277);

(O) $4,000,000 is for a drug data research center to

combat opioid abuse;

(P) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited institutions

of higher education to support forensic ballistics programs;

(Q) $229,551,000 is for discretionary grants to improve

the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent

or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of

crime (other than compensation), which shall be used for

the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the

heading, ‘‘Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/

Byrne Discretionary Grants’’, in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division

A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such amounts

may not be transferred for any other purpose;

(R) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under

section 1506 of the 2022 Act;

(S) $5,000,000 is for a program to improve virtual

training for law enforcement; and

(T) $7,000,000 is for programs for cybercrime enforce-

ment, as authorized by sections 1401 and 1402 of the

2022 Act;

(2) $234,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance

Program, as authorized by section 241(I)(5) of the Immigration

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)): Provided, That no

jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater

than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other

detainees housed in State and local detention facilities;

(3) $95,000,000 for victim services programs for victims

of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of the Victims

of Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 2005, or programs author-

ized under Public Law 113–4;

(4) $13,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address

economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime,

including as authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–

403, of which not less than $2,500,000 is for intellectual prop-

erty enforcement grants including as authorized by section

401, and $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on Inter-

net of Things device capabilities and to build and execute

training modules for law enforcement;

(5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance,

as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;

(6) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Part-

nership Grant Program, as authorized by section 2501 of title

I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred

directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s

Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing,

and evaluation programs;

(7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public

Website;

(8) $95,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal

and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal

Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000

shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS

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Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180)

and Fix NICS Act of 2018;

(9) $35,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences

Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968

Act;

(10) $170,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs

and activities, of which—

(A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under

section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act

of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA

Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 percent

of funds made available under this paragraph may be

used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and

Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel,

and Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, section

303);

(B) $20,000,000 for other local, State, and Federal

forensic activities;

Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Pro-

gram (Public Law 108–405, section 412); and

(D) $5,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam

Program grants, including as authorized by section 304

of Public Law 108–405;

(11) $55,000,000 for community-based grant programs to

improve the response to sexual assault, including assistance

for investigation and prosecution of related cold cases;

(12) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate

program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;

(13) $60,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes;

(14) $125,000,000 for offender reentry programs and

research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007

(Public Law 110–199) and by the Second Chance Reauthoriza-

tion Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), without regard to the

time limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which

not to exceed—

(A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local,

and Tribal probation or parole supervision efforts and

strategies;

(B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated parents

demonstration programs to enhance and maintain parental

and family relationships for incarcerated parents as a

reentry or recidivism reduction strategy;

employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with

Enforcement model implementing swift and certain sanc-

tions in probation, of which no less than $500,000 shall

be used for a project that provides training, technical assist-

ance, and best practices; and

(D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis sta-

bilization and community reentry, as authorized by the

Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020

(Public Law 116–281):

Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in

this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards

for Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall

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be for Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent

Supportive Housing Model and reentry housing;

(15) $445,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction

activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the fol-

lowing programs, which shall address opioid, stimulant, and

substance use disorders consistent with underlying program

authorities, of which—

(A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized by

section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;

(B) $45,000,000 is for mental health courts and adult

and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized

by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction

Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law

110–416);

Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by

part S of title I of the 1968 Act;

(D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts pro-

gram;

(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor prescrip-

tion drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and

(F) $190,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid, stimu-

lant, and substance use disorder program;

(16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized

by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;

(17) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by the

Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under

the STOP School Violence Act;

(18) $3,500,000 for grants to State and local law enforce-

ment agencies for the expenses associated with the investiga-

tion and prosecution of criminal offenses involving civil rights,

authorized by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes

Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325);

(19) $25,000,000 for grants to State, local, and Tribal law

enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and

training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate

crimes, as authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard

and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law

111–84);

(20) $10,000,000 for grants to support community-based

approaches to advancing justice and reconciliation, facilitating

dialogue between all parties, building local capacity, de-esca-

lating community tensions, and preventing hate crimes through

conflict resolution and community empowerment and education;

(21) $10,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-

Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); and

(22) $120,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-commu-

nity relations, of which $35,000,000 is for a competitive

matching grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras

for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement; $35,000,000 is

for a justice reinvestment initiative, for activities related to

criminal justice reform and recidivism reduction; and

$50,000,000 is for a community violence intervention and

prevention initiative:

Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the

funds made available under this heading to increase the number

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of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve

a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform

non-administrative public sector safety service: Provided further,

That in the spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of

this Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and explic-

itly identify all changes in the administration of competitive grant

programs for fiscal year 2023, including changes to applicant eligi-

bility, priority areas or weightings, and the application review

process.

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-

ance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against

Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005

(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s

Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public

Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law

101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and

Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’);

the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401);

the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public

Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization

Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); the Missing Children’s Assistance

Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–267); the Juvenile Justice Reform

Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act of

1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473) (‘‘the 1984

Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

(Public Law 114–198); and other juvenile justice programs,

$400,000,000, to remain available until expended as follows—

(1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221

of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance

to assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants

process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this

paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration

grant program to support emergency planning among State,

local, and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;

(2) $107,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;

(3) $65,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which, pursu-

ant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act—

(A) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent trafficking

of girls;

(B) $17,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;

information and resources on children of incarcerated par-

ents;

(D) $5,500,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing

on girls in the juvenile justice system;

(E) $12,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating to

youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance use

disorder;

(F) $10,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating to

children exposed to violence; and

(G) $2,000,000 shall be for grants to protect vulnerable

and at-risk youth;

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(4) $41,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims

of Child Abuse Act of 1990;

(5) $105,000,000 for missing and exploited children pro-

grams, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a)

of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PRO-

TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall

not apply for purposes of this Act);

(6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial

personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of

the 1990 Act; and

(7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent

defense:

Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may

be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed

to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further,

That not more than 2 percent of the amounts designated under

paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be used for training and

technical assistance: Provided further, That the two preceding pro-

visos shall not apply to grants and projects administered pursuant

to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited

children programs.

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4)

of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for adminis-

trative costs), to remain available until expended; and $34,800,000

for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for

educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to

remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding

section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney

General that emergent circumstances require additional funding

for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General

may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from

available appropriations for the Department of Justice as may

be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further,

That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated

as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not

be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance

with the procedures set forth in that section.

OMMUNITY

RIENTED

OLICING

ERVICES

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and

Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); the Omnibus

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the

Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza-

tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Amer-

ican Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–37);

the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public

Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); the SUPPORT for Patients

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and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); and the Supporting

and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32)

(‘‘the STOIC Act’’), $662,880,000, to remain available until

expended: Provided, That any balances made available through

prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with

section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount pro-

vided under this heading—

(1) $324,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title

I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring

of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q

of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section:

Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title

(34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career

law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the

Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

grants a waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That

of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $34,000,000

is for improving Tribal law enforcement, including hiring, equip-

ment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-

opioid activities: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-

priated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional

information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title

I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and merged

with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Statistics’’ for administration

by the Office of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of

the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less than

$4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access Program: Provided

further, That of the amounts appropriated under this para-

graph, $10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, mental

health program activities, and other support services as author-

ized under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: Provided

further, That of the amounts appropriated under this para-

graph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative reform model of tech-

nical assistance in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of

the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);

(2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE

Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199);

(3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law

enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor

chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and labora-

tory dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated under

this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes to

locate or investigate illicit activities, including precursor diver-

sion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers;

(4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law

enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary

treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: Provided,

That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes

to locate or investigate illicit activities, including activities

related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful distribution

of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription

opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration;

(5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be administered

by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office for pur-

poses authorized under the STOP School Violence Act (title

V of division S of Public Law 115–141);

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(6) $45,000,000 is for community policing development

activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968

Act (34 U.S.C. 10381); and

(7) $177,880,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and

interoperable communications program, and related law

enforcement and public safety equipment, which shall be used

for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the

heading, ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services, Technology

and Equipment Community Projects/ COPS Law Enforcement

Technology and Equipment’’, in the explanatory statement

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of

this consolidated Act): Provided, That such amounts may not

be transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, That

grants funded by such amounts shall not be subject to section

1703 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383).

ENERAL

ROVISIONS

—D

EPARTMENT OF

USTICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available

in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a

total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-

ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney

General for official reception and representation expenses.

. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall

be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the

mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term,

or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That should this prohibi-

tion be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdic-

tion, this section shall be null and void.

. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall

be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any

way the performance of, any abortion.

. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the

obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort

services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-

side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section

in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address

the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau

of Prisons.

. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made

available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but

no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,

shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:

Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated

as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and

shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with

the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That

this section shall not apply to the following—

(1) paragraph 1(Q) under the heading ‘‘State and Local

Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and

(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘Community Oriented

Policing Services Programs’’.

. 206. None of the funds made available under this title

may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United

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States Marshals Service for the purpose of transporting an indi-

vidual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under

State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high

security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified

by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for

housing such a prisoner.

. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services,

or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment

used primarily for recreational purposes.

(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance,

or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for

inmate training, religious, or educational programs.

. 208. None of the funds made available under this title

shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information

technology program having total estimated development costs in

excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and

the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appro-

priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that

the information technology program has appropriate program

management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place,

and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture

of the Department of Justice.

. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth

in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts

designated for specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division

A of this consolidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances

of funds provided under this title in previous years.

. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve

a public-private competition under the Office of Management and

Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation,

directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau

of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.

. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United

States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the

Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States

Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title

28, United States Code.

. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in

addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or author-

ized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated

by this title under the headings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statis-

tics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile

Justice Programs’’—

(1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office

of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may

be used by such Office to provide training and technical assist-

ance; and

(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant

or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for

amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or

statistical programs administered by the National Institute

of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be trans-

ferred to and merged with funds provided to the National

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Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to

be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes,

without regard to the authorizations for such grant or

reimbursement programs.

This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(Q) under the

heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’.

. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney

General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney

General may, with respect to funds appropriated in this or any

other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2020 through 2023

for the following programs, waive the following requirements:

(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local

reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.

10631 et seq.), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of

such part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).

(2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard commu-

nities as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination

Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section

6(c)(3) of such Act.

. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section

20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control

and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not

apply to amounts made available by this or any other Act.

. 215. None of the funds made available under this Act,

other than for the national instant criminal background check

system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun

Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a

Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an

operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement

officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a

drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United States

continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.

. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the Department

of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law

102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available

for obligation during fiscal year 2023, except up to $12,000,000

may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department of

Justice financial management system.

(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances trans-

ferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working

Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat.

784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal

year 2023, and any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such

funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section

505 of this Act.

available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code,

shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2023, and any

use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated

as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.

. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available in this

Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate

in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under such authori-

ties as have been enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in

appropriations acts in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal

year.

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. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the Committees

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate

quarterly reports on the Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital

Fund, the Three Percent Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund.

Such quarterly reports shall contain at least the same level of

information and detail for each Fund as was provided to the

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and

the Senate in fiscal year 2022.

. 219. Section 3201 of Public Law 101–647, as amended

(28 U.S.C. 509 note), is hereby amended: (1) by striking ‘‘or the

Immigration and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal

Prison System, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-

sives, or the United States Marshals Service’’; and (2) by striking

‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’.

. 220. None of the funds made available under this Act

may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, live

tissue training, unless the Attorney General issues a written, non-

delegable determination that such training is medically necessary

and cannot be replicated by alternatives.

. 221. (a) D

ESIGNATION

.—The facilities of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, shall be

known and designated as the ‘‘Richard Shelby Center for Innovation

and Advanced Training’’.

(b) R

EFERENCES

.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facili-

ties of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Redstone Arsenal

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference

to the ‘‘Richard Shelby Center for Innovation and Advanced

Training’’.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-

tions Act, 2023’’.

TITLE III

SCIENCE

FFICE OF

CIENCE AND

ECHNOLOGY

OLICY

For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology

Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and

Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42

U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services

as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not

to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,

and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,

$7,965,000.

ATIONAL

PACE

OUNCIL

For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in car-

rying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100–685 and Execu-

tive Order No. 13803, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services

as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not

to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,

$1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision

of law, the National Space Council may accept personnel support

from Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal

agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without

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reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes provided

herein.

ATIONAL

ERONAUTICS AND

PACE

DMINISTRATION

SCIENCE

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of science research and development activities,

including research, development, operations, support, and services;

maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,

spacecraft control, and communications activities; program manage-

ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances

therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United

States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,795,000,000, to remain

available until September 30, 2024.

AERONAUTICS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activi-

ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-

ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space

flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program

management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or

allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of

title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire

of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-

nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,

$935,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of space technology research and development

activities, including research, development, operations, support, and

services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design;

space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-

gram management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms

or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902

of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire

of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-

nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,

$1,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-

vided, That $227,000,000 shall be for On-orbit Servicing, Assembly,

and Manufacturing 1: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall

be for the development, production, and demonstration of a nuclear

thermal propulsion system, of which not less than $45,000,000

shall be for reactor development, not less than $45,000,000 shall

be for fuel materials development, and not less than $20,000,000

shall be for non-nuclear systems development and acquisition plan-

ning: Provided further, That, not later than 180 days after the

enactment of this Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-

tration shall provide a plan for the design of a flight demonstration.

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EXPLORATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of Artemis Campaign Development activities,

including research, development, operations, support, and services;

maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,

spacecraft control, and communications activities; program manage-

ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances

therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United

States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,468,850,000, to remain

available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not less than

$1,338,700,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle:

Provided further, That not less than $2,600,000,000 shall be for

the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have

a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which shall

have core elements and an Exploration Upper Stage developed

simultaneously to be used to the maximum extent practicable,

including for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: Provided

further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, not less than

$600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B development including

the Exploration Upper Stage and associated systems including

related facilitization, to support an SLS Block 1B mission available

to launch in 2025 in addition to the planned Block 1 missions

for Artemis I through Artemis III: Provided further, That

$799,150,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems and associ-

ated Block 1B activities, including up to $281,350,000 for a second

mobile launch platform: Provided further, That the National Aero-

nautics and Space Administration shall provide to the Committees

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate,

concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budget

profile for an integrated system that includes the SLS, the Orion

Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that

will ensure a crewed launch as early as possible, as well as a

system-based funding profile for a sustained launch cadence that

contemplates the use of an SLS Block 1B cargo variant with an

8.4 meter fairing and associated ground systems: Provided further,

That $2,600,300,000 shall be for Artemis Campaign Development.

SPACE OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of space operations research and development

activities, including research, development, operations, support and

services; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activi-

ties, including operations, production, and services; maintenance

and repair, facility planning and design; program management;

personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances

therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United

States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,250,000,000, to remain

available until September 30, 2024.

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SCIENCE

TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING

AND MATHEMATICS

ENGAGEMENT

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education

research and development activities, including research, develop-

ment, operations, support, and services; program management; per-

sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,

as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States

Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

of mission and administrative aircraft, $143,500,000, to remain

available until September 30, 2024, of which $26,000,000 shall

be for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

and $58,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College

and Fellowship Program.

SAFETY

SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the

conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, explo-

ration, space operations and education research and development

activities, including research, development, operations, support, and

services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design;

space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-

gram management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms

or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902

of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire

of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official recep-

tion and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter,

maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,

$3,129,451,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-

vided, That if available balances in the ‘‘Science, Space, and Tech-

nology Education Trust Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for

the grant disbursements required under the third and fourth pro-

visos under such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban

Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

(Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Departments of Veterans

Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327) up to

$1,000,000 shall be available from amounts made available under

this heading to make such grant disbursements: Provided further,

That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $30,701,000

shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in

the table under the heading ‘‘NASA Community Projects/NASA

Special Projects’’ in the explanatory statement described in section

4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):

Provided further, That the amounts made available for the projects

referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for

any other purpose.

CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including

repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities,

construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,

facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or

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condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environ-

mental compliance and restoration, $47,300,000, to remain available

until September 30, 2028: Provided, That proceeds from leases

deposited into this account shall be available for a period of 5

years to the extent and in amounts as provided in annual appropria-

tions Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds referred to in

the preceding proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal

year 2023 in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further,

That each annual budget request shall include an annual estimate

of gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds

collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in

carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $47,600,000, of

which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall

remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is

claimed or the offer is withdrawn.

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available

for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appro-

priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically

provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such

transfers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-

mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction activities shall

not increase that account by more than 50 percent and any funds

transferred to or within ‘‘Exploration’’ for Exploration Ground Sys-

tems shall not increase Exploration Ground Systems by more than

$49,300,000. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and

available for the same purposes and the same time period as the

appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this

provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation

except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration under previous

appropriations Acts that remains available for obligation or expendi-

ture in fiscal year 2023 may be transferred between such appropria-

tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically

provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such

transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall retain its

original availability and shall be treated as a reprogramming of

funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available

for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth

in that section.

The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the theme,

program, project, and activity level. The spending plan, as well

as any subsequent change of an amount established in that

spending plan that meets the notification requirements of section

505 of this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section

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505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-

ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that

section.

Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is less,

of the amounts made available in the current-year Construction

and Environmental Compliance and Restoration (CECR) appropria-

tion may be applied to CECR projects funded under previous years’

CECR appropriations. Use of current-year funds under this provi-

sion shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section

505 of this act and shall not be available for obligation except

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading

‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement’’

(‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly

fund, with an additional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from

amounts made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’,

‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and ‘‘Space Oper-

ations’’, projects and activities for engaging students in STEM and

increasing STEM research capacities of universities, including

Minority Serving Institutions.

Section 30102(b) of title 51, United States Code, is amended

by:

(1) Redesignating existing paragraph (3) to (4); and

(2) Inserting, after paragraph (2), the following:

‘‘(3) I

NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) MODERNIZATION

.—The

fund shall also be available for the purpose of funding IT

Modernization activities, as described in section 1077(b)(3)(A)–

(E) of Public Law 115–91, on a non-reimbursable basis.’’.

Not to exceed $18,162,000 made available for the current fiscal

year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and Mission Services’’

may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration. Balances so transferred

shall be available until expended only for activities described in

section 30102(b)(3) of title 51, United States Code, as amended

by this Act, and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer

pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming

of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available

for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth

in that section.

ATIONAL

CIENCE

OUNDATION

RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science

Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law

86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section

3109 of title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation

of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support;

acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,021,136,000, to

remain available until September 30, 2024, of which not to exceed

$640,000,000 shall remain available until expended for polar

research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other

Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical

and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program:

Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and materials

furnished by the National Research Centers and other National

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Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited

to this appropriation.

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction,

commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-

ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science

Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including author-

ized travel, $187,230,000, to remain available until expended.

STEM EDUCATION

For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics,

and engineering education and human resources programs and

activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950

(42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as authorized by section

3109 of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, and rental

of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $1,154,000,000,

to remain available until September 30, 2024.

AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

For agency operations and award management necessary in

carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C.

1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United

States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allow-

ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title

5, United States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District

of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland

Security for security guard services; $448,000,000: Provided, That

not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation

expenses: Provided further, That contracts may be entered into

under this heading in fiscal year 2023 for maintenance and oper-

ation of facilities and for other services to be provided during

the next fiscal year.

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-

ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference

rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts

and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code)

involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-

tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42

U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $5,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed

$2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation

expenses.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as

authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $23,393,000, of

which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available

for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but

no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent

by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph

shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505

of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in

compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall

notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-

atives and the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned

divestment through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or

deconstruction of any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital

assets (including land, structures, and equipment) valued greater

than $2,500,000.

There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United

States a fund to be known as the ‘‘National Science Foundation

Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund). Unobligated balances

of expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any suc-

ceeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to

the National Science Foundation by this or any other Act may

be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after

the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the

purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited

in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition

to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for

information and business technology system modernization and

facilities infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring

maintenance, necessary for the operation of the Foundation or

its funded research facilities, subject to approval by the Office

of Management and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may be obligated

only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-

resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance

of the planned use of funds.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act,

2023’’.

TITLE IV

RELATED AGENCIES

OMMISSION ON

IVIL

IGHTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights,

including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $14,350,000: Provided,

That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be

used to employ any individuals under Schedule C of subpart C

of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive

of one special assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further,

That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be

used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days,

with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable

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days: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use any

gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission: Provided

further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph

shall be used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly

authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of

1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That notwithstanding

the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be used to separately fund

the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.

QUAL

MPLOYMENT

PPORTUNITY

OMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act

of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the

Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of

1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights

Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008

(Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of

2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services as authorized by section

3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles

as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code;

nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to $31,500,000

for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized

services to the Commission, $455,000,000: Provided, That the

Commission is authorized to make available for official reception

and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available

funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action

to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorga-

nization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified

of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming require-

ments of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair

may accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work

of the Commission.

NTERNATIONAL

RADE

OMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission,

including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as author-

ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to

exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,

$122,400,000, to remain available until expended.

EGAL

ERVICES

ORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out

the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974,

$560,000,000, of which $516,100,000 is for basic field programs

and required independent audits; $5,700,000 is for the Office of

Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary

may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000

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is for management and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client

self-help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono

Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance:

Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to

provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater

than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington,

DC-based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United

States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services

Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the

authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable

to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided further, That, for the

purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation

shall be considered an agency of the United States Government.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

—

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services

Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited

by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502,

503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds

appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall

be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such

sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to

1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2022 and 2023,

respectively.

ARINE

AMMAL

OMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission

as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act

of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000.

FFICE OF THE

NITED

TATES

RADE

EPRESENTATIVE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade

Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and

the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section

3109 of title 5, United States Code, $61,000,000, of which $1,000,000

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total

amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000

shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities of the United States Trade Representative author-

ized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement

Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000,

to be derived from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided,

That any transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this

Act.

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TATE

USTICE

NSTITUTE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as author-

ized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701

et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until

September 30, 2024: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall

be available for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-

vided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act,

the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the

United States Government.

TITLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized

by the Congress.

. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year

unless expressly so provided herein.

. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-

ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited

to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public

record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise

provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order

issued pursuant to existing law.

. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of

such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid,

the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision

to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is

held invalid shall not be affected thereby.

. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided

under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this

Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal

year 2023, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the

United States derived by the collection of fees available to the

agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or

expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates

or initiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a

program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by

any means for any project or activity for which funds have been

denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-

nizes or renames offices, programs, or activities; (6) contracts out

or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by

Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or

activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less,

or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project, or

activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results

from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in

personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs,

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projects, or activities as approved by Congress; unless the House

and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days

in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court

or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label

bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with

the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United

States that is not made in the United States, the person shall

be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with

funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment,

suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400

through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized

purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act

shall be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced,

or assembled in the United States, its territories or possessions.

(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning given the

term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).

. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the

National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-

tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly

report on the status of balances of appropriations at the account

level. For unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-

mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the

amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation from

which the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated,

but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify

amounts by the year of obligation.

(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted

within 30 days of the end of each quarter.

of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a

limitation of a current accounting system, the department or agency

shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under

such accounting system and shall identify and describe in each

quarterly report the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.

. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded

under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions

taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall

be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such

department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer

funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to

carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included

elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry

out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds

under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth

in that section: Provided further, That for the Department of Com-

merce, this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care

and protection of loan collateral or grant property.

. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be

available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco prod-

ucts, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country

of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products,

except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco

or tobacco products of the same type.

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. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts

deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402

of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101)

in any fiscal year in excess of $1,900,000,000 shall not be available

for obligation until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-

standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available

from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred

to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and remain

available until expended for oversight and auditing purposes associ-

ated with this section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to

the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the

requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes to

improve services for victims of crime.

. 511. None of the funds made available to the Department

of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or

denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate

in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those

funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.

. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-

priations Act.

. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of

Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and

the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to

the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts

for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit

reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may

include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular

interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every

180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed.

(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described

in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Sec-

retary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President,

as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to

the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department,

Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The

results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude—

(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United

States Code; and

(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the

public access to which could be used to commit identity theft

or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.

appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary

of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director,

or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from

the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract

or in any other manner to another person who has a financial

interest in the person awarded the grant or contract.

(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section

shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director

of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with

the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that

a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to

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the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under

the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments,

agencies, and entities.

. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

made available under this Act may be used by the Departments

of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire a

high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for

security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and

Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard

Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal

Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency has—

(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information

systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions

for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems

within the Federal Government;

(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive

awardee against available and relevant threat information pro-

vided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and

(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate Fed-

eral entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-

espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such

system, including any risk associated with such system being

produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities

identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber

threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned,

directed, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of China, the

Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of

Korea, or the Russian Federation.

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available

under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-

impact information system reviewed and assessed under subsection

(a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection

(a) has—

(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and

supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy

for any identified risks;

(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI,

that the acquisition of such system is in the national interest

of the United States; and

(3) reported that determination to the Committees on

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate

and the agency Inspector General.

. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act shall

be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of

torture by any official or contract employee of the United States

Government.

. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agree-

ment the text of—

(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States–Singa-

pore Free Trade Agreement;

(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States–Aus-

tralia Free Trade Agreement; or

(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States–Morocco

Free Trade Agreement.

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. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contraven-

tion of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau

of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to

Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Pri-

vacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National

Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act

of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.

. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the program

manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments

of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more

than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total

program cost has increased by 10 percent or more, the program

manager shall immediately inform the respective Secretary,

Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or

Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-

priations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall

include in such notice: the date on which such determination was

made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action

taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of

the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones

and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the

increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates

of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating

that the project’s management structure is adequate to control

total project or procurement costs.

. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available

by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence

related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the

Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act

of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2023 until the enactment

of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023.

. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in

an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess

of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies

in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that,

to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee

has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years

preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal

offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not,

more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid

Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied,

unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement

or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal

Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the

subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

(RESCISSIONS)

. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring

Expenses Fund’’ established in section 111(a) of division B of Public

Law 116–93, $50,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not

later than September 30, 2023.

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(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations

available to the Department of Commerce under the heading ‘‘Eco-

nomic Development Administration, Economic Development Assist-

ance Programs’’, $10,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded,

not later than September 30, 2023.

available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are

hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2023,

from the following accounts in the specified amounts—

(1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office

on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Preven-

tion and Prosecution Programs’’, $15,000,000;

(2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office

of Justice Programs’’, $75,000,000; and

(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Commu-

nity Oriented Policing Services’’, $15,000,000.

(d) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department

of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded,

not later than September 30, 2023, from the following accounts

in the specified amounts—

(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $705,768,000; and

(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $500,000,000.

(e) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-

tives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2023,

specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to sub-

sections (a), (b), (c) and (d).

(f) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d)

shall not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress

as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the

concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

(g) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (c) and

(d) shall not be from—

(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph

(1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-

ties—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforce-

ment Assistance’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117–

103; or

(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the

heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Commu-

nity Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented Policing

Services Programs’’ in title II of division B of Public Law

117–103.

. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in con-

travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41

of the Code of Federal Regulations.

. 523. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than

50 employees from a Federal department or agency, who are sta-

tioned in the United States, at any single conference occurring

outside the United States unless—

(1) such conference is a law enforcement training or oper-

ational conference for law enforcement personnel and the

majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforce-

ment personnel stationed outside the United States; or

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(2) such conference is a scientific conference and the depart-

ment or agency head determines that such attendance is in

the national interest and notifies the Committees on Appropria-

tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate within

at least 15 days of that determination and the basis for that

determination.

. 524. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget

shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the

United States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track

undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in

its annual performance plan and performance and accountability

reports the following:

(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or

instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in

expired grant accounts.

(2) The method that the department, agency, or instrumen-

tality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired grant

accounts.

(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant

accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United

States.

(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total

number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances

(on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency,

or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been

obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.

. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made available in

this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ‘‘Energy

Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy Management Program’’

designation.

. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act

may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), or

the National Space Council (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promul-

gate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or

contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-

erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless

such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after

the date of enactment of this Act.

(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be

used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities

belonging to or utilized by NASA.

not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after consulta-

tion with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified—

(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology,

data, or other information with national security or economic

security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company;

and

(2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who

have been determined by the United States to have direct

involvement with violations of human rights.

(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be sub-

mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-

resentatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investiga-

tion, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question and

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shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda,

its major participants, and its location and timing.

. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging

of pornography.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-

essary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement

agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,

prosecution, adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim assist-

ance-related activity.

. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National

Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade

Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal

Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the

United States Trade Representative, the National Space Council,

and the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed

by the respective department or agency head, to the Committees

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate

not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by

this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor

performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory perform-

ance or for performance that does not meet the basic requirements

of a contract.

. 530. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legitimacy of Industrial

Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–

79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Adminis-

tration.

. 531. None of the funds made available under this Act

to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any

of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois,

Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-

setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,

Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,

North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-

vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,

Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wis-

consin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia,

the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United

States Virgin Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of

them from implementing their own laws that authorize the use,

distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.

. 532. The Department of Commerce, the National Aero-

nautics and Space Administration, and the National Science

Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the Committees

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate

on any official travel to China by any employee of such Department

or agency, including the purpose of such travel.

. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, not

less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively,

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for Public Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Eco-

nomic Development Act of 1965 and grants authorized by section

27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

(15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent

poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the

term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had

20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the

past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and

Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or

possession of the United States.

. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or

treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available

under this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated

by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States

to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or

employee of the United States in connection with requiring an

export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, acces-

sories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section

121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-

ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on

April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale

in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b)

of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles.

(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license—

(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s

Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or

from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United

States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumer-

ated in subsection (a); and

(2) does not permit the export without a license of—

(A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts

for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal

Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of

Canada;

(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete

breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I,

other than for end use by the Federal Government, or

a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or

destination.

Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary

export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in

subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the

United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from

Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada

for a Canadian citizen.

(d) The President may require export licenses under this section

on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication

first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has

implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the arti-

cles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion

of such articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-

national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another

nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license

when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.

H. R. 2617—105

. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no

department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States

receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall

obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative

expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the

United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22

U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section

478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios

or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition.

. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny,

or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model

of shotgun if—

(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the pro-

posed importation are met; and

(2) no application for the importation of such model of

shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the

Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that

the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adapt-

able to sporting purposes.

. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty

until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.

. 538. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release,

or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States,

its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any

other detainee who—

(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the

Armed Forces of the United States; and

(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-

ment of Defense.

. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct,

acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories,

or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c)

for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or

under the effective control of the Department of Defense.

(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any

modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guanta-

namo Bay, Cuba.

who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station,

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who—

(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member

of the Armed Forces of the United States; and

(2) is—

(A) in the custody or under the effective control of

the Department of Defense; or

(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

. 540. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds

as of September 30, 2023, from amounts made available to ‘‘Office

of the United States Trade Representative—Salaries and Expenses’’

in title IX of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Implementation Act (Public Law 116–113), are hereby rescinded,

H. R. 2617—106

and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to

the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-

priated on September 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal

year 2023, to remain available until September 30, 2024, and shall

be available for the same purposes, in addition to other funds

as may be available for such purposes, and under the same authori-

ties for which the funds were originally provided in Public Law

116–113, except that all references to ‘‘2023’’ under such heading

in Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer instead to ‘‘2024’’.

(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of Sep-

tember 30, 2023, from amounts made available to ‘‘Office of the

United States Trade Representative—Trade Enforcement Trust

Fund’’ in title IX of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement