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Calendar No. 132
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

S. 2321[Report No. 118–62]

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2024, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJULY 13, 2023
Mrs. SHAHEEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce
and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
5 Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Re6 lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
7 2024, and for other purposes, namely:

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TITLE I2

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

3

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION5

For necessary expenses for international trade activi-

6 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
7 to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract8 ing, and retaining business investment in the United
9 States, to carry out activities associated with title VI of
10 division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
11 (Public Law 117–328), and for engaging in trade pro12 motional activities abroad, including expenses of grants
13 and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting
14 exports of United States firms, without regard to sections
15 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full med16 ical coverage for dependent members of immediate fami17 lies of employees stationed overseas and employees tempo18 rarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of em19 ployees of the International Trade Administration between
20 two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of title
21 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the
22 United States and aliens by contract for services; recog23 nizing contributions to export expansion pursuant to Exec24 utive Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not
25 exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or•S 2321 RS

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1 improvement; purchase or construction of temporary de2 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment
3 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para4 graph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code,
5 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed
6 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur7 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad,8 not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $325,000
9 for purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the
10 general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on
11 official

motor

vehicles;andrentaloftielines,

12 $637,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail13 able

until

September

30,

2025:

Provided,That

14 $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and
15 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith16 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro17 vided further, That of amounts provided under this head18 ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti19 dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli20 ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the
21 first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c)22 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
23 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car24 rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this25 Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual•S 2321 RS

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1 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in2 clude payment for assessments for services provided as
3 part of these activities: Provided further, That, of amounts
4 provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000, to remain
5 available until expended, shall be for the purpose of car6 rying out a pilot fellowship program of the United States
7 Commercial Service under which the Secretary of Com8 merce may make competitive grants to appropriate institu9 tions of higher education or students to increase the level
10 of knowledge and awareness of, and interest in employ11 ment with, that Service among minority students: Pro12 vided further, That any grants awarded under such pro13 gram shall be made pursuant to regulations to be pre14 scribed by the Secretary, which shall require as a condition
15 of the initial receipt of grant funds, a commitment by pro16 spective grantees to accept full-time employment in the
17 Global Markets unit of the International Trade Adminis18 tration upon the completion of participation in the pro19 gram.
20

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

21

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION22

For necessary expenses for export administration and23 national security activities of the Department of Com24 merce, including costs associated with the performance of
25 export administration field activities both domestically and•S 2321 RS

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1 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of
2 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em3 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by
4 contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in
5 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section
6 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims
7 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi8 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa9 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act
10 of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain
11 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019;12 Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et
13 seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June
14 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase
15 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi16 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi17 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi18 tation otherwise established by law, $191,000,000, of
19 which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
20 Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec21 tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu22 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
23 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac24 tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu25 tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro-•S 2321 RS

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1 vided as part of such activities may be retained for use
2 in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing
3 information to the public with respect to the export admin4 istration and national security activities of the Depart5 ment of Commerce and other export control programs of
6 the United States and other governments.
7

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION8ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

9

For grants for economic development assistance as

10 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development
11 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for
12 grants authorized by sections 27, 28, and 30 of the Ste13 venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (1514 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, 3722b, and 3723), as amended,
15 $396,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which
16 $50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 27,
17 $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 28, and18 $2,500,000 shall be for grants under section 30: Provided,
19 That of the amounts made available under this heading,
20 $25,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for
21 an

emergency

requirement

pursuanttosection

22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That any
24 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi25 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of•S 2321 RS

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1 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading
2 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set
3 forth in section 505 of this Act.
4
5

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the eco-

6 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by
7 law, $70,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under
8 this heading may be used to monitor projects approved
9 pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act
10 of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27
11 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova12 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and13 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
14

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

15

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT16

For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De-

17 velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing
18 minority business enterprises, as authorized by law,
19 $70,000,000.
20

ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

21

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22

For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-

23 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
24 of Commerce, $130,000,000, to remain available until
25 September 30, 2025.

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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

2

CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

3

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-

4 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for
5 by law, $346,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro6 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach,
7 and marketing activities.
8
9

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMSFor necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-

10 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic
11 censuses

andprograms

provided

for

by

law,

12 $1,155,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
13 2025: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein,
14 funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar15 keting activities.
16

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION17

ADMINISTRATION18

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19

For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of

20 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad21 ministration (NTIA), $60,000,000, to remain available
22 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, notwith23 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce
24 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec25 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv-•S 2321 RS

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1 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting
2 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain
3 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off5 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously
6 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs
7 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and8 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication
9 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions
10 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other
11 Government agencies shall remain available until ex12 pended.
13

PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

14

AND CONSTRUCTION

15

For the administration of prior-year grants, recov-

16 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro17 priated are available for the administration of all open
18 grants until their expiration.
19

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION20

For necessary expenses for the design, construction,

21 alteration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of build22 ings and facilities managed by the National Telecommuni23 cations and Information Administration, not otherwise
24 provided for, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex25 pended.

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1

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

2

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4

For necessary expenses of the United States Patent

5 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in6 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec7 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
8 of the USPTO, $4,195,799,000, to remain available until
9 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated10 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec11 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the
12 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year
13 2024, so as to result in a fiscal year 2024 appropriation
14 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further,
15 That during fiscal year 2024, should the total amount of
16 such offsetting collections be less than $4,195,799,000,
17 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further,18 That any amount received in excess of $4,195,799,000 in
19 fiscal year 2024 and deposited in the Patent and Trade20 mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex21 pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO
22 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro23 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
24 for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso
25 and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram-•S 2321 RS

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1 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail2 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
3 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur4 ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with
5 the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United
6 States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex7 penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the
8 President submitted for fiscal year 2025 under section
9 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within
10 amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex11 penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to
12 result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu13 lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as14 sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei15 ther fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025: Provided further,
16 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed
17 $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for
18 official reception and representation expenses: Provided
19 further, That in fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made20 available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the21 amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the
22 percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and23 employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States
24 Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec25 tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of•S 2321 RS

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1 Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use,
2 of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of
3 chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the
4 otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM
5 for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance
6 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all
7 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees
8 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group
9 Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil
10 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI
11 Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate,
12 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those
13 accounts: Provided further, That any differences between
14 the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300
15 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides
16 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im17 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli18 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other19 provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col20 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant
21 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend22 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
23 (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the
24 amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to
25 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-•S 2321 RS

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1 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re2 lated to the USPTO.
3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY4SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

5(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6

For necessary expenses of the National Institute of

7 Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,021,263,000, to
8 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
9 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital
10 Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under
11 this heading, $118,795,000 shall be used for the projects,
12 and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘NIST
13 External Projects’’ in the report accompanying this Act:
14 Provided further, That the amounts made available for the
15 projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be
16 transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, That
17 not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and
18 representation expenses: Provided further, That NIST may
19 provide local transportation for summer undergraduate re20 search fellowship program participants.
21
22

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

For necessary expenses for industrial technology

23 services, $212,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, of which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings
25 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which•S 2321 RS

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1 $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro2 gram.
3
4

CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIESFor construction of new research facilities, including

5 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation
6 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro7 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech8 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the
9 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (1510 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $214,542,000, to remain available
11 until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail12 able under this heading, $50,000,000 is designated by the
13 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
14 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
16 That of the amounts appropriated under this heading,
17 $80,242,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the
18 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘NIST Extramural
19 Construction’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Pro20 vided further, That up to one percent of amounts made21 available for the projects referenced in the preceding pro22 viso may be used for the administrative costs of such
23 projects: Provided further, That the Director of the Na24 tional Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit
25 a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of•S 2321 RS

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1 the House of Representatives and the Senate for any
2 amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such
3 spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under4 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli5 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce6 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the
7 Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget jus8 tification materials for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary
9 submits to Congress in support of the Department of
10 Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the
11 President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
12 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand13 ards and Technology construction project having a total
14 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si15 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in16 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each
17 such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.
18

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

19

ADMINISTRATION

20OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES21(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22

For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law

23 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
24 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and25 vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries manage-•S 2321 RS16
1 ment, notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants,
2 contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations
3 for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to coop4 erative

agreements;

andrelocationoffacilities,

5 $4,528,430,000, to remain available until September 30,
6 2025: Provided, That of the amounts made available under
7 this heading, $15,000,000 is designated by the Congress
8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That
11 fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service
12 for the management of national marine sanctuaries may
13 be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associ14 ated with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of
15 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in ad16 dition, $365,022,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
17 fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and18 Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall
19 only be used for fishery activities related to the
20 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Col21 lections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Train22 ing; Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and23 Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further,
24 That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for payment to
25 the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund’’:•S 2321 RS

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1 Provided further, That of the $4,916,452,000 provided for
2 in direct obligations under this heading, $4,528,430,000
3 is appropriated from the general fund, $365,022,000 is
4 provided by transfer, and $23,000,000 is derived from re5 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That
6 of the amounts appropriated under this heading,
7 $85,169,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the
8 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘NOAA Special
9 Projects’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided
10 further, That the amounts made available for the projects
11 referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred
12 for any other purpose: Provided further, That any devi13 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities
14 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of
15 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading
16 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set
17 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That
18 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the
19 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor
20 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of
21 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend22 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as
23 may be necessary.

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1

PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

2

For procurement, acquisition and construction of

3 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs,
4 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
5 $1,927,296,000, to remain available until September 30,
6 2026, except that funds provided for acquisition and con7 struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili8 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
9 of the amounts made available under this heading,
10 $180,235,000 is designated by the Congress as being for
11 an

emergency

requirement

pursuanttosection

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the
14 $1,940,296,000 provided for in direct obligations under
15 this heading, $1,927,296,000 is appropriated from the
16 general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries
17 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi18 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities
19 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of
20 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading
21 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set
22 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That
23 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus24 tification materials for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary
25 submits to Congress in support of the Department of•S 2321 RS

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1 Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the
2 President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
3 Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmos4 pheric Administration procurement, acquisition or con5 struction project having a total of more than $5,000,000
6 and simultaneously the budget justification shall include
7 an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such
8 project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.
9
10

PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERYFor necessary expenses associated with the restora-

11 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re12 main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That,
13 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce
14 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon,
15 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder16 ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific
17 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con18 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are
19 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified
20 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu21 lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing
22 rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of
23 Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on
24 guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce:
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1 on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be
2 available for marketing activities: Provided further, That
3 funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching
4 requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions
5 of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.
6
7

FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses of administering the fishery8 disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson9 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Pub10 lic Law 94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act
11 (title III of Public Law 99–659), $300,000.
12
13

FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public

14 Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from15 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
16 until expended.
17
18

FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget

19 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2024, obligations of direct
20 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing
21 Quota loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for tradi22 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine
23 Act of 1936.

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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3

For necessary expenses for the management of the4 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including
5 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa6 tion, $95,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the De7 partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from
8 a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act
9 to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart10 ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year
11 unless the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully
12 reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee
13 for the entire period of assignment using funds provided
14 under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made15 available to the Department of Commerce in this or any
16 prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508
17 of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this18 heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances
19 that threaten life or property.
20
21

RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod-22 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000.

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2

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
4 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000.
5

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

6(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7

SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable

8 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart9 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
10 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (1511 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed
12 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may
13 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized
14 only upon the certification of officials designated by the
15 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the
16 public interest.
17

SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-

18 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
19 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for20 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
21 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
22 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized
23 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
24

SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-

25 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-•S 2321 RS

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1 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be2 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall
3 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans4 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section
5 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec6 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga7 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce8 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the
9 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap10 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition
11 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures,
12 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act
13 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department
14 of Commerce.
15

SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105

16 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
17 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as
18 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public
19 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made20 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2024: Provided, That
21 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is
22 $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow
23 On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the
24 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se25 ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost

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1 for

the

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2 $692,800,000.
3SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in5 cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications,
6 and security services) necessary to support the operation,
7 maintenance, and improvement of space that persons,
8 firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the
9 Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other10 authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover
11 Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte12 nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele13 gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General
14 Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis15 trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non16 reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement
17 for services provided under this section or the authority
18 under which the use or occupancy of the space is author19 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria20 tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services.
21

SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to

22 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog23 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac24 tivity over its networks.

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1

SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic

2 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with
3 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim4 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip5 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency,
6 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State,
7 local government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or
8 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of
9 any foreign government or international organization, for10 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any
11 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos12 pheric Administration.
13

SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv-

14 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report
15 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless
16 the Service has provided information to the customer on
17 how an electronic copy of such report or document may
18 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus19 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig20 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be
21 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re22 producing, and delivering such report or document.
23

SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-

24 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
25 the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter•S 2321 RS

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1 into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on
2 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per3 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex4 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a
5 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern6 ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any
7 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for
8 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to
9 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na10 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper11 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail12 able until September 30, 2025, for such purposes: Pro13 vided further, That all funds within this section and their
14 corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.
15

SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any

16 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga17 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco18 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department
19 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs
20 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of
21 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative
22 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed23 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of
24 higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research,•S 2321 RS

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1 and methodology activities which further the purposes for2 which such amounts have been made available.
3

SEC. 111. Amounts provided by this Act for the Hol-4 lings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the
5 heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech6 nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub7 ject to cost share requirements under 15 U.S.C.
8 278k(e)(2): Provided, That the authority made available
9 pursuant to this section shall be elective, in whole or in
10 part, for any Manufacturing Extension Partnership Cen11 ter that also receives funding from a State that is condi12 tioned upon the application of a Federal cost sharing re13 quirement.
14

SEC. 112. The Secretary of Commerce, or the des-15 ignee of the Secretary, may waive—
16(1) in whole or in part, the matching require-

17

ments under sections 306 and 306A, and the cost

18

sharing requirements under section 315, of the19

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.

20

1455, 1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the request

21of the grant applicant, for amounts made available

22

under this Act under the heading ‘‘Operations, Re-23

search, and Facilities’’ under the heading ‘‘National

24

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’; and•S 2321 RS281(2) up to 50 percent of the matching require-2

ments under sections 306 and 306A, and the cost3

sharing requirements under section 315, of the4

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.

51455, 1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the request

6of the grant applicant, for amounts made available

7

under this Act under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Ac-

8

quisition and Construction’’ under the heading ‘‘Na-

9tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’.

10

SEC. 113. There is hereby established in the Treasury

11 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Rec12 reational Quota Entity Fund’’ to carry out the provisions
13 of section 106 of the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch
14 Reduction Act (title I of division S of Public Law 117–
15 328): Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmos16 pheric Administration is authorized to collect and credit
17 to the Fund such amounts as may be assessed pursuant
18 to regulations promulgated under that section: Provided
19 further, That any amount so collected and credited to the
20 Fund shall remain available until expended for the pur21 poses authorized by that section and shall be available in
22 addition to any other amounts that may be available for23 such purposes.
24

SEC. 114. Any unobligated balances of expired discre-

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1 Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section
2 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may
3 be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations
4 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti5 fied at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of
6 funds.
7

SEC. 115. The Under Secretary of Commerce for

8 Oceans and Atmosphere is authorized to designate one or
9 more Cooperative Aviation Centers for the purposes of re10 cruiting aviators for the NOAA commissioned officer corps
11 from institutions that provide a four-year baccalaureate
12 program of professional flight and piloting instruction that
13 is accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board Inter14 national: Provided, That Cooperative Aviation Centers
15 shall be located in a geographic area that experiences a
16 wide variation in climate-related activity, such as frequent
17 high winds, convective activity (including tornadoes), peri18 ods of low visibility, heat, and snow and ice episodes, to19 provide opportunities for pilots to demonstrate skill in all
20 weather conditions compatible with future encounters dur21 ing their service in the commissioned officer corps of the
22 Administration.
23

SEC. 116. The Administrator of the National Oceanic

24 and Atmospheric Administration may accept payments
25 from a non-Federal party during fiscal year 2024 for the•S 2321 RS30
1 purpose of altering or replacing fencing, and related activi2 ties, for the Administration’s port facility in Ketchikan,
3 Alaska. Amounts accepted under this section may be cred4 ited to the appropriation account otherwise available for5 such purpose and shall remain available until expended.
6This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-

7 merce Appropriations Act, 2024’’.

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1

TITLE II

2

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE3JUSTICE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND

4

ACCOUNTABILITY

5

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6

For expenses necessary for the operations, manage-

7 ment, and accountability of the Department of Justice,
8 $140,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available
9 until September 30, 2025, and of which not to exceed
10 $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department
11 of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended:
12 Provided, That any reference to the Department of Jus13 tice’s ‘‘General Administration’’ appropriations heading
14 (including references that include its subheadings) which
15 appears in any rule, regulation, provision, law, or other16 official document, shall hereafter be deemed a reference
17 to the Department of Justice’s ‘‘Justice Operations, Man18 agement, and Accountability’’ appropriations heading.
19

JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY20(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21

For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-

22 nology, including planning, development, deployment and
23 departmental direction, $50,000,000, to remain available
24 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may
25 transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds•S 2321 RS32
1 available to the Department of Justice for information
2 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter3 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur4 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso
5 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained
6 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant
7 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming
8 under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
9 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
10 procedures set forth in that section.
11

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW12(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13

For expenses necessary for the administration of im-

14 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im15 migration Review, $869,000,000, of which $4,000,000
16 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for
17 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration
18 Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not less than
19 $30,000,000 shall be available for services and activities
20 provided by the Legal Orientation Program.
21
22

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

23 General, $142,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000
24 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char-•S 2321 RS33
1 acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re2 main available until September 30, 2025.
3

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

4SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5

For necessary expenses of the United States Parole

6 Commission as authorized, $15,000,000: Provided, That,
7 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi8 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis9 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap10 pointed.
11

LEGAL ACTIVITIES12SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES13(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14

For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the

15 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ16 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi17 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be
18 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney
19 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti20 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in
21 the District of Columbia, $1,157,300,000, of which not
22 to exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and
23 information technology projects, including cybersecurity
24 and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available
25 until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for•S 2321 RS

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1 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed
2 $900,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided
3 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex4 ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington
5 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro6 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
7 to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Divi8 sion for official reception and representation expenses:
9 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this10 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that
11 emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti12 gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General
13 may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,
14 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations
15 for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice,
16 as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:
17 Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre18 ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under
19 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli20 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce21 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of
22 the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary
23 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries
24 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro25 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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1 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per2 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro3 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this4 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000
5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
6 That any funds provided under this heading in prior year
7 appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil
8 Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with
9 the election monitoring program under section 8 of the
10 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also
11 be used to carry out any authorized purposes of the Civil
12 Rights

Division:

Providedfurther,Thatamounts

13 repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be used to
14 increase the number of permanent positions.
15

In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-

16 partment of Justice associated with processing cases
17 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
18 $22,700,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury
19 Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until
20 expended.
21

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION22

For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-

23 trust and kindred laws, $278,000,000, to remain available
24 until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be
25 available for official reception and representation ex-•S 2321 RS

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1 penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi2 sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings
3 under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
4 of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collec5 tion (and estimated to be $278,000,000 in fiscal year
6 2024), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses
7 in this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex8 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro9 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such
10 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2024,
11 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation
12 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further,
13 That any amount received in excess of $278,000,000 in
14 fiscal year 2024 shall remain available until expended:
15 Provided further, That the Attorney General shall submit
16 a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of
17 the House of Representatives and the Senate for any
18 amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such
19 spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under
20 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli21 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce22 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That
23 within the amounts appropriated, $50,000,000 shall be
24 transferred to ‘‘Justice Operations, Management, and Ac25 countability’’: Provided further, That the transfer author-•S 2321 RS37
1 ity in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other2 transfer authority contained in this Act.
3
4

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United

5 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop6 erative agreements, $2,670,000,000: Provided, That of the
7 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be
8 available for official reception and representation ex9 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000
10 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
11 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par12 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking.
13
14

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee

15 Program, as authorized, $257,000,000, to remain avail16 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any
17 other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting
18 collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and
19 amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such
20 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi21 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other22 provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre23 tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of
24 title 28, United States Code (as limited by section
25 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re-•S 2321 RS

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1 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria2 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided
3 further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the
4 Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year
5 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi6 tors, exceed $257,000,000, those excess amounts shall be
7 available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided
8 in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That
9 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall
10 be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year
11 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi12 tors, (estimated at $230,000,000) and (2) to the extent
13 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de14 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary
15 offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not
16 otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year
17 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0.
18

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS19

SETTLEMENT COMMISSION20

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of

21 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including
22 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
23 States Code, $2,600,000.

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1

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

2

For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of

3 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert
4 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad5 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000,
6 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
7 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected
8 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur9 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for
10 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000
11 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up12 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se13 cure automated information network to store and retrieve
14 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro15 vided, That amounts made available under this heading
16 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this17 Act.
18

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS19

SERVICE20(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21

For necessary expenses of the Community Relations

22 Service, $25,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec23 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney
24 General that emergent circumstances require additional
25 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-•S 2321 RS

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1 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney
2 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re3 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur4 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be
5 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur6 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso
7 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
8 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex9 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set
10 forth in that section.
11
12

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F),

13 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States
14 Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department
15 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
16

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

17

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18

For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-19 shals Service, $1,724,000,000, of which not to exceed
20 $20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall
22 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
23 amounts made available under this heading, $63,765,000
24 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
25 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the•S 2321 RS

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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
2 1985.
3
4

CONSTRUCTION

For construction in space that is controlled, occupied,

5 or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for pris6 oner holding and related support, $18,000,000, to remain
7 available until expended.
8
9

FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

For necessary expenses related to United States pris-

10 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service
11 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States
12 Code, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended:
13 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this14 heading, $150,000,000 is designated by the Congress as
15 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That not
18 to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appro19 priated for State and local law enforcement assistance’’
20 pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United States
21 Code: Provided further, That the United States Marshals
22 Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Pris23 oner and Alien Transportation System.

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1

NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

2SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of

5 the National Security Division, $135,000,000, of which
6 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys7 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
8 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter9 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir10 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of
11 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may
12 transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap13 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department
14 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir15 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant
16 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram17 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail18 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
19 with the procedures set forth in that section.
20

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCES
22

For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-

23 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the
24 mostsignificant

drug

trafficking

organizations,

25 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or-•S 2321 RS

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1 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter2 governmental agreements with State and local law en3 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros4 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized
5 crime and drug trafficking, $550,458,000, of which
6 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations
8 under this heading may be used under authorities avail9 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria10 tion.
11

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

12SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13

For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-

14 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
15 crimes against the United States, $10,825,000,000, of
16 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available
17 until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail18 able under this heading for activities under the ‘‘revised
19 nonsecurity category’’, as defined in section 250(c)(4)(E)
20 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
21 Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended,
22 $100,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for
23 anemergency

requirement

pursuanttosection

24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
25 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That not•S 2321 RS

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1 to exceed $284,000 shall be available for official reception
2 and representation expenses.
3
4

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-

5 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements,
6 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili7 ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
8 law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally
9 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of
10 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work
11 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities;
12 $60,000,000, to remain available until expended.
13

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

14SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15

For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-

16 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un17 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant
18 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex19 penses for conducting drug education and training pro20 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici21 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
22 token value that promote the goals of such programs,
23 $2,589,000,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall
24 remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000
25 shall be available for official reception and representation•S 2321 RS

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1 expenses: Provided, That of the amounts made available
2 under this heading, $320,000,000 is designated by the
3 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
4 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
6 That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 106–
7 310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States,
8 units of local government, Indian Tribal Governments,
9 other public entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional
10 consortia thereof for expenses incurred to clean up and11 safely dispose of substances associated with clandestine
12 methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and extraction
13 operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and proc14 essing operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related sub15 stances which may present a danger to public health or
16 the environment.
17

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

18

EXPLOSIVES19

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-

21 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and22 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse23 ment, including training in connection with the training
24 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
25 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as-•S 2321 RS

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1 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with
2 or without reimbursement, $1,689,000,000, of which not
3 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep4 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be
5 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided
6 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and7 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That of the amounts made available
9 under this heading, $71,000,000 is designated by the Con10 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
11 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
13 That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail14 able to investigate or act upon applications for relief from15 Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title
16 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such funds
17 shall be available to investigate and act upon applications
18 filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms dis19 abilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States
20 Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by
21 this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func22 tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or De24 partments.

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1

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

2

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4

For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System

5 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of
6 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the
7 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections
8 related issues to foreign governments, $8,477,000,000:
9 Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for10 the programs and activities authorized by the First Step
11 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than
12 2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap13 propriation for ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for
14 the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations
15 of programs and activities related to the First Step Act
16 of 2018: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
17 transfer to the Department of Health and Human Serv18 ices such amounts as may be necessary for direct expendi19 tures by that Department for medical relief for inmates
20 of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided
21 further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System,
22 where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal
23 agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine
24 the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Fed25 eral Prison System, furnish health services to individuals•S 2321 RS

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1 committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System:
2 Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be avail3 able for official reception and representation expenses:
4 Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re5 main available until expended for necessary operations:
6 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con7 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain
8 available until expended to make payments in advance for9 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other10 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed11 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv12 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program
13 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro14 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not15 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the
16 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre17 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili18 ties.
19
20

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIESFor planning, acquisition of sites, and construction

21 of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and
22 remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and23 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident
24 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing,
25 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-•S 2321 RS

49
1 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ2 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or
3 force account, $209,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended , of which $30,000,000 shall be available only for5 costs related to construction of new facilities: Provided,
6 That of the amounts made available under this heading,
7 $179,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for
8 an

emergency

requirement

pursuanttosection9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
10 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That labor
11 of United States prisoners may be used for work per12 formed under this appropriation.
13

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

14

The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-

15 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits
16 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord
17 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit18 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided
19 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may
20 be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the
21 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation.
22

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

23

PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

24

Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal

25 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its•S 2321 RS

50
1 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by
2 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com3 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance
4 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys5 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
6 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account7 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost
8 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and9 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui10 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement,
11 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property
12 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.
13

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES14OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

15

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

16

PROSECUTION PROGRAMS17(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and19 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio20 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime
21 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101
22 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act
23 of 1968 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act
24 of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights
25 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement•S 2321 RS

51
1 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the2 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–
3 647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and4 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act
5 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and
6 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et
7 seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vi8 olence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386)
9 (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public
10 Law 108–405) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against
11 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act
12 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio13 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public
14 Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of
15 Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 201516 Act’’); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law
17 115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reau18 thorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117–
19 103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for related victims services,
20 $732,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to
22 exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this head23 ing may be used for expenses related to evaluation, train24 ing, and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the
25 amount provided—•S 2321 RS

521(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-

2

lence against women, as authorized by part T of the

31968 Act, and any applicable increases for the4amount of such grants, as authorized by section

55903 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au-

6thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: Provided, That

7

$10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under

8

such section 5903, which shall apply to fiscal year

92024 grants funded by amounts provided in this10

paragraph;11(2) $51,000,000 is for transitional housing as-

12

sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-13

ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized

14

by section 40299 of the 1994 Act;15(3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of16

Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re-17

search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against

18

women and related issues addressed by grant pro-19

grams of the Office on Violence Against Women,

20which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation

21

and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of

22

Justice Programs;

23(4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to pro-24

vide services to advocate for and respond to youth

25

victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual•S 2321 RS

531

assault, and stalking; assistance to children and2youth exposed to such violence; and assistance to3

middle and high school students through education4and other services related to such violence, of which

5$3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in pre-6

venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-

7

sault, and stalking: Provided, That unobligated bal-

8

ances available for the programs authorized by sec-

9

tions 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994

10

Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall11

be available for this program: Provided further, That

12

10 percent of the total amount available for this13

grant program shall be available for grants under14

the program authorized by section 2015 of the 1968

15

Act: Provided further, That the definitions and grant16

conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall17

apply to this program;

18(5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the19

criminal justice response as authorized by part U of20

title I of the 1968 Act, of which up to $4,000,000

21

is for a homicide reduction initiative; and up to22$4,000,000 is for a domestic violence lethality reduc-23

tion initiative;•S 2321 RS

541(6) $80,000,000 is for sexual assault victims

2

assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the3

1994 Act;4(7) $51,000,000 is for rural domestic violence5and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as

6authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;7(8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent

8crimes against women on campus, as authorized by

9section 304 of the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000

10

is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Uni-

11

versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal

12colleges and universities;

13(9) $56,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-

14

tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;

15(10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and

16

services to end violence against and abuse of women17

in later life, as authorized by section 40801 of the18

1994 Act;

19(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami-

20

lies in the justice system, as authorized by section

211301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated22

balances available for the programs authorized by

23

section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of24

the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013

25

Act, shall be available for this program;•S 2321 RS

551(12) $12,000,000 is for education and training

2

to end violence against and abuse of women with3

disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the42000 Act;

5(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource

6

Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of7domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of

8

the 1994 Act;

9(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on

10violence against Indian women, including as author-

11

ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That

12

such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval-

13

uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of-

14

fice of Justice Programs;

15(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse16

that provides training and technical assistance on

17issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian18

and Alaska Native women;

19(16) $15,000,000 is for programs to assist

20

Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal

21

criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of

22

the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the23

grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act

24

shall apply to grants made;•S 2321 RS

56
1
2

(17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorizedunder the 2015 Act;

3(18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to4

support restorative justice responses to domestic vio-

5lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,6

including evaluations of those responses: Provided,

7

That the definitions and grant conditions in section

8

109 of the 2022 Act shall apply to this program;

9(19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific serv-

10

ices for victims, as authorized by section 121 of the112005 Act;

12(20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support

13

cross-designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Spe-

14cial Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided,

15

That the definitions and grant conditions in section

16

40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative;

17(21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative to support

18

victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual

19

assault, and stalking, including through the provi-

20sion of technical assistance, as authorized by section

21

206 of the 2022 Act: Provided, That the definitions

22and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994

23

Act shall apply to this initiative;

24(22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services

25

Line to provide remote services to Deaf victims of•S 2321 RS

57
1

domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,

2

and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and3

grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act

4shall apply to this service line;

5(23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and6services to underserved populations, as authorized by

7

section 120 of the 2005 Act;

8(24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide

9financial assistance to victims, including evaluation

10of the effectiveness of funded projects: Provided,

11

That the definitions and grant conditions in section

1240002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative;

13(25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-

14

centered training for law enforcement, and related15

research and evaluation activities, as authorized by

16

section 41701 of the 1994 Act;

17(26) $20,000,000 is for grants to support ac-

18

cess to sexual assault nurse examinations, as author-

19

ized by section 304 of title III of the 2004 Act: Pro-20

vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of21

the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and22(27) $6,000,000 is for local law enforcement

23

grants for prevention, enforcement, and prosecution

24of cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by25

section 1401 of the 2022 Act, and for a National•S 2321 RS

58
1Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individ-

2

uals, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2022 Act:

3

Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002

4of the 1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph.

5

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS6RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

7

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and8 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus
9 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968
10 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
11 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the12 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
13 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act
14 (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and15 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act
16 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21) (‘‘the PROTECT Act’’); the17 Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the18 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Re19 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the
20 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Pub21 lic Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public
22 Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public
23 Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe24 ty Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh
25 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public•S 2321 RS

59
1 Law 110–401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se2 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002
3 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public
4 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the NICS Improvement Amend5 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence
6 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law
7 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction
8 and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); the9 First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and other10 programs, $78,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which—12(1) $42,500,000 is for criminal justice statistics

13

programs, and other activities, as authorized by part

14

C of title I of the 1968 Act, and for civil justice sta-15

tistics programs; and

16(2) $35,500,000 is for research, development,17

and evaluation programs, and other activities as au-

18

thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and19

subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act, and for activi-

20

ties authorized by or consistent with the First Step21

Act of 2018, of which $1,500,000 is for research on

22

multidisciplinary teams.

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1

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE2(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and4 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control
5 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322)
6 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
7 Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968
8 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–
9 405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law
10 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro11 tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–
12 164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); the Violence Against
13 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act
14 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the15 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
16 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic17 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
18 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims of Trafficking Act’’);19 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public
20 Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se21 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002
22 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public
23 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the Second Chance Act of 2007
24 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Or25 ganization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public•S 2321 RS

61
1 Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public
2 Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and3 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act
4 of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence Against
5 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–
6 4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and
7 Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’);
8 the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public
9 Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (division Q of
10 Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the
11 Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of division
12 S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young Athletes
13 Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title
14 V of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP
15 School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title
16 VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the Project Safe
17 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018
18 (Public Law 115–185); the SUPPORT for Patients and
19 Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); the Second
20 Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–
21 391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate
22 Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111–84); the Ashanti
23 Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–401); the Missing Per24 sons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law
25 116–277); the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C.

•S 2321 RS

62
1 30507); the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
2 Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117–103 (‘‘the
3 2022 Act’’); and other programs, $2,201,139,000, to re4 main available until expended as follows—5(1) $799,139,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo-6

rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized

7

by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act

8(except that section 1001(c), and the special rules

9for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of10

the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this

11Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1—

12(A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert

13

Wilson III memorial initiative on Preventing Vi-

14

olence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring

15

Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR);

16(B) $5,000,000 is for the operation, main-

17

tenance, and expansion of the National Missing

18

and Unidentified Persons System;

19(C) $10,000,000 is for a grant program

20

for State and local law enforcement to provide

21

officer training on responding to individuals

22with mental illness or disabilities, including for

23

purposes described in the Law Enforcement De-

24

Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law

25

117–325);•S 2321 RS

631(D) $6,000,000 is for a student loan re-2

payment assistance program pursuant to sec-

3

tion 952 of Public Law 110–315;

4(E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape preven-5tion and prosecution grants to States and units

6of local government, and other programs, as au-

7

thorized by PREA;

8(F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri-

9cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994

10Act), as amended by Kevin and Avonte’s Law;

11(G) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized

12

under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant

13

Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–

14

185);

15

(H) $14,000,000 is for the Capital Litiga-

16

tion Improvement Grant Program, as author-

17

ized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405,

18

and for grants for wrongful conviction review;

1920(I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on
restorative justice;

21(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the

22

Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au-

23

thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 201824

(Public Law 115–401);•S 2321 RS

641(K) $4,000,000 is for a grant program to2

replicate and support family-based alternative

3

sentencing programs;

4(L) $2,000,000 is for a grant program to5

support child advocacy training in post-sec-

6

ondary education;

7(M) $8,000,000 is for a rural violent crime

8

initiative, including assistance for law enforce-

9

ment;

10

(N) $7,000,000 is for grants authorized

11

under the Missing Persons and Unidentified

12

Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277);

13(O) $2,500,000 is for grants to accredited

14

institutions of higher education to support fo-

15

rensic ballistics programs;

1617(P) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under section 1506 of the 2022 Act;

18(Q) $100,000,000 is for grants for law en-

19

forcement activities associated with the presi-

20

dential nominating conventions; and

21(R) $159,139,000 is for discretionary

22

grants to improve the functioning of the crimi-

23

nal justice system, to prevent or combat juve-

24

nile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime

25(other than compensation), which shall be used

•S 2321 RS

65
1

for the projects, and in the amounts, specified

2

in

3

Grants’’ in the report accompanying this Act:

4

Provided, That such amounts may not be trans-5ferred for any other purpose;6(2) $97,000,000 for victim services programs

7

for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section

8

107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the

9

TVPRA of 2005, or by the 2013 Act, and related

10

activities such as investigations and prosecutions;

the

table

titled‘‘ByrneDiscretionary

11(3) $10,000,000 for a grant program to prevent12

and address economic, high technology, white collar,

13

and Internet crime, including as authorized by sec-

14

tion 401 of Public Law 110–403, of which not less15

than $2,500,000 is for intellectual property enforce-

16

ment grants including as authorized by section 401,

17

and $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases18

on Internet of Things device capabilities and to build19

and execute training modules for law enforcement;

20(4) $20,000,000 for sex offender management

21

assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act,22

and related activities;

23(5) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bullet-

24

proof Vest Partnership Grant Program, as author-

25

ized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Pro-

•S 2321 RS

66
1

vided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred directly2

to the National Institute of Standards and Tech-

3

nology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards for4

research, testing, and evaluation programs;

56(6) $1,000,000 for the National Sex OffenderPublic Website;

7(7) $89,000,000 for grants to States to up-

8grade criminal and mental health records for the9

National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-

10

tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for

11

grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im-

12provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law

13

110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018;14(8) $35,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic

15

Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title

16

I of the 1968 Act;1718(9) $170,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic
programs and activities, of which—

19(A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes au-

20

thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis

21

Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law

22

106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog

23

Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per-24

cent of funds made available under this para-

25

graph may be used for the purposes described•S 2321 RS

67
1

in the DNA Training and Education for Law

2

Enforcement,

3

Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405,

4section 303);

5
6

Correctional

Personnel,

and(B) $20,000,000 for other local, State, andFederal forensic activities;

7(C) $15,000,000 is for the purposes de-8

scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic-

9tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law

10

108–405, section 412); and

11(D) $5,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo-

12rensic Exam Program grants, including as au-

13

thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405;

14(10) $55,000,000 for community-based grant

15

programs to improve the response to sexual assault

16

and apply enhanced approaches and techniques to17

reduce violent crime, including assistance for inves-

18

tigation and prosecution of related cold cases;

19(11) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed spe-

20

cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217

21

of the 1990 Act;

2223(12) $60,000,000 for assistance to Indian
Tribes;24(13) $125,000,000 for offender reentry pro-25

grams and research, as authorized by the Second•S 2321 RS

68
1Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by

2

the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 20183

(Public Law 115–391), without regard to the time4

limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of

5which not to exceed—

6(A) $8,000,000 is for a program to im-

7

prove State, local, and Tribal probation or pa-

8role supervision efforts and strategies;

9(B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcer-

10

ated parents demonstration programs to en-

11

hance and maintain parental and family rela-

12

tionships for incarcerated parents as a reentry

13

or recidivism reduction strategy;

14(C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication

15

sites employing the Project HOPE Opportunity

16

Probation with Enforcement model imple-

17

menting swift and certain sanctions in proba-

18

tion, of which no less than $500,000 shall be

19

used for a project that provides training, tech-

20

nical assistance, and best practices; and21(D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program

22

for crisis stabilization and community reentry,23

as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and24

Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law

25

116–281):•S 2321 RS

69
1

Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made2

available in this paragraph may be used for perform-

3

ance-based awards for Pay for Success projects, of

4

which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success5

programs implementing the Permanent Supportive

6

Housing Model and reentry housing;7(14) $445,000,000 for comprehensive opioid8

use reduction activities, including as authorized by

9

CARA, and for the following programs, which shall10

address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis-

11

orders consistent with underlying program authori-

12ties, of which—

13(A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as

14

authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I

15of the 1968 Act;

16(B) $45,000,000 is for mental health17

courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro-18

gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH

19

of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill

20

Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re-

21

authorization and Improvement Act of 2008

22

(Public Law 110–416);

23(C) $45,000,000 is for a residential sub-24

stance use disorder treatment program for25

state, local, and tribal prisoners and detainees,•S 2321 RS

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1

and for related services such as aftercare pro-2

grams;

3(D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treat-4

ment courts program, and for other services for5veterans in the criminal justice system;

6(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon-7

itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed

8chemical products; and

9(F) $190,000,000 is for a comprehensive

10

opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder11

program;12(15) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant pro-

13

gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe

14

Act;

15

(16) $84,000,000 for grants to be administered16

by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes au-

17

thorized under the STOP School Violence Act;

18(17) $3,500,000 for grants to State and local

19

law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated20with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of-

21

fenses involving civil rights, including as authorized

22

by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes

23

Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325);24(18) $20,000,000 for grants to State, local, and25

Tribal law enforcement agencies to conduct edu-

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1

cational outreach and training on hate crimes and to2

investigate and prosecute hate crimes, including as

3

authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard

4

and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

5(Public Law 111–84), without regard to section

64704(b)(5);7(19) $10,000,000 for grants to support commu-

8nity-based approaches to advancing justice and rec-9

onciliation, facilitating dialogue between all parties,10

building local capacity, de-escalating community ten-11

sions, and preventing hate crimes through conflict

12

resolution and community empowerment and edu-

13

cation;14(20) $10,000,000 for programs combating hate15

crimes, including as authorized under the Jabara-

16

Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); and17(21) $120,000,000 for initiatives to improve po-18

lice-community relations, of which $30,000,000 is

19

for a competitive matching grant program for pur-20

chases of body-worn cameras and related expenses

21

for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement;

22$35,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative,

23

for activities related to criminal justice reform and24

recidivism reduction; and $55,000,000 is for a com-

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1munity violence intervention and prevention initia-

2

tive:

3 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of
4 the funds made available under this heading to increase
5 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local
6 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law
7 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub8 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the
9 spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this10 Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and
11 explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com12 petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2024, including
13 changes

toapplicanteligibility,

priority

areas

or

14 weightings, and the application review process: Provided
15 further, That of the amounts made available under this16 heading, the amount specified in paragraph (1)(Q) is des17 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
18 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg19 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20
21

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and22 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
23 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the24 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
25 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De-•S 2321 RS

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1 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public
2 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s
3 Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT
4 Act (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act
5 of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the6 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
7 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the
8 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–
9 401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
10 of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice
11 for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–
12 324); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018 (Pub13 lic Law 115–267); the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of
14 2018 (Public Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act
15 of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473)
16 (‘‘the 1984 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Re17 covery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); and other juve18 nile justice programs, $415,000,000, to remain available
19 until expended as follows—20(1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by

21

section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and22

technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi-

23

zations with the Federal grants process: Provided,

24

That of the amounts provided under this paragraph,25$500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration•S 2321 RS

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1

grant program to support emergency planning2

among State, local, and Tribal juvenile justice resi-

3

dential facilities;

4(2) $110,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;

5(3) $65,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of

6

which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the

71974 Act—

89(A) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent trafficking of girls;

1011(B) $18,000,000 shall be for the Tribal
Youth Program;

12(C) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site

13

providing information and resources on children

14

of incarcerated parents;

15(D) $6,500,000 shall be for competitive

16

grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice17

system;18(E) $12,500,000 shall be for an initiative

19

relating to youth affected by opioids, stimu-

20

lants, and substance use disorder; and21(F) $10,000,000 shall be for an initiative

22

relating to children exposed to violence;23(4) $50,000,000 for programs authorized by

24

the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;•S 2321 RS

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1(5) $108,000,000 for missing and exploited2

children programs, including as authorized by sec-

3

tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except

4that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our

5

Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall6

not apply for purposes of this Act);7(6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training pro-

8

grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as

9authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; and

1011(7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent defense:

12 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount
13 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi14 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author15 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of
16 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3)17 and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance:
18 Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not
19 apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec20 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and
21 exploited children programs.
22

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

23(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24

For payments and expenses authorized under section

25 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and•S 2321 RS

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1 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in2 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail3 able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au4 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu5 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act,
6 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not7 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina8 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances
9 require additional funding for such disability and edu10 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such
11 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail12 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may
13 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided
14 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro15 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section
16 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
17 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
18 set forth in that section.
19

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

20

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS21(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22

For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-23 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
24 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
25 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women•S 2321 RS

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1 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
2 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American
3 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–
4 37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness
5 Act (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); the
6 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public
7 Law 115–271); the Supporting and Treating Officers In
8 Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC
9 Act’’); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training
10 Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–325), $534,879,000, to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That any bal12 ances made available through prior year deobligations
13 shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of
14 this Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided
15 under this heading—16(1) $284,926,000 is for grants under section

171701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381)

18

for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law

19

enforcement officers under part Q of such title not-20

withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro-

21

vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such

22

title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re-23

hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex-24

ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of

25

Community Oriented Policing Services grants a•S 2321 RS

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1

waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of2

the amounts appropriated under this paragraph,3$37,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforce-

4

ment, including hiring, equipment, training, anti-

5methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activi-

6

ties: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-

7

priated under this paragraph, $48,000,000 is for re-8

gional information sharing activities, as authorized

9

by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be

10transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua-

11tion, and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office12of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the13amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less14than $6,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access

15

Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-

16

propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for17

training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac-

18

tivities, and other support services as authorized

19

under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: Pro-20

vided further, That of the amounts appropriated21

under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collabo-

22

rative reform model of technical assistance in fur-

23

therance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act

24(34 U.S.C. 10381);•S 2321 RS

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1
2

(2) $13,000,000 is for activities authorized by
the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199);3(3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to4

State law enforcement agencies in States with high5

seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth-6amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei-

7

zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this8

paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes9

to locate or investigate illicit activities, including

10

precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet-11

amine traffickers;

12(4) $38,000,000 is for competitive grants to13statewide law enforcement agencies in States with

14

high rates of primary treatment admissions for her-15

oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds

16

shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate

17

or investigate illicit activities, including activities re-18

lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis-19

tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin

20

and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide

21

collaboration;

22(5) $55,000,000 is for competitive grants to be23

administered by the Community Oriented Policing

24

Services Office for purposes authorized under the•S 2321 RS

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1

STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of2

Public Law 115–141);3(6) $25,000,000 is for community policing de-

4velopment activities in furtherance of section 1701

5of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);

6(7) $82,953,000 is for a law enforcement tech-7

nologies and interoperable communications program,8

and related law enforcement and public safety equip-

9

ment, which shall be used for the projects, and in10

the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘COPS

11

Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment’’ in12

the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That

13

such amounts may not be transferred for any other14

purpose: Provided further, That grants funded by

15such amounts shall not be subject to section 1703

16

of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383); and

17(8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by

18

the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of

192022 (Public Law 117–325).

20

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

21(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22

SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made23 available in this title for official reception and representa24 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds
25 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title•S 2321 RS

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1 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re2 ception and representation expenses.
3

SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this

4 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where
5 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
6 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro7 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu8 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section
9 shall be null and void.
10

SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this

11 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or
12 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.
13

SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-

14 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris15 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in16 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:
17 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin18 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil19 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of
20 Prisons.
21

SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-

22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De23 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be24 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex25 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased•S 2321 RS

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1 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided,
2 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
3 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this4 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com5 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro6 vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol7 lowing—
89(1) paragraph 1(R) under the heading ‘‘State
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and

10(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘Commu-

11

nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’.

12

SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under

13 this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons
14 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of
15 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to
16 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is
17 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other18 than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal
19 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing
20 such a prisoner.
21

SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this22 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele23 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec24 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational
25 purposes.

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831(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-

2 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or
3 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational
4 programs.
5SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under

6 this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or
7 enhanced information technology program having total es8 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un9 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re10 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations
11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the
12 information technology program has appropriate program
13 management controls and contractor oversight mecha14 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with
15 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.
16

SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures

17 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi18 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities
19 in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and
20 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under
21 this title in previous years.
22

SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

23 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process,24 or approve a public-private competition under the Office
25 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-•S 2321 RS

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1 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for
2 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons
3 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.
4SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits,
6 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual
7 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or
8 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney
9 from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28,
10 United States Code.
11

SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General,

12 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be
13 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with
14 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head15 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and
16 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus17 tice Programs’’—18(1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to19

the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim-

20

bursement programs may be used by such Office to21

provide training and technical assistance; and22(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for23

grant or reimbursement programs under such head-24

ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for25

research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis-•S 2321 RS

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1

tered by the National Institute of Justice and the2

Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to3and merged with funds provided to the National In-

4stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis-

5

tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or6

statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza-

7

tions for such grant or reimbursement programs.

8This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(R) under

9 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assist10 ance’’.
11

SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the

12 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard13 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap14 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations
15 for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 for the following pro16 grams, waive the following requirements:
17(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State18

and local reentry demonstration projects under part

19

FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and

20

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.),21

the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such

22part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).

23(2) For grants to protect inmates and safe-

24

guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the25

Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C.

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130305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of

2such Act.

3

SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent
5 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34
6 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail7 able by this or any other Act.
8

SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under

9 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back10 ground check system established under section 103 of the
11 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C.
12 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer
13 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi14 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus15 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un16 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con17 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.
18

SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-

19 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to
20 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C.
21 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal
22 year 2024, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for
23 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan24 cial management system.

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871(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-

2 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department
3 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of
4 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note)
5 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, and6 any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds
7 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec8 tion 505 of this Act.
9(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-

10 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of
11 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga12 tion during fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation,
13 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a
14 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.
15

SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made avail-16 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may
17 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots
18 authorized under such authorities as have been enacted
19 for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts
20 in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year.
21

SEC. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic24 tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent
25 Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re-•S 2321 RS

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1 ports shall contain at least the same level of information
2 and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
4 and the Senate in fiscal year 2023.
5SEC. 219. None of the funds made available under

6 this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise
7 support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General
8 issues a written, non-delegable determination that such
9 training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated
10 by alternatives.
11

SEC. 220. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this12 Act to the Department of Justice shall be available for
13 the performance of queries under section 702 of Foreign
14 Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, unless the Federal
15 Bureau of Investigation has in place remedial measures
16 equivalent to or more rigorous than those described in
17 ‘‘Recent Efforts to Strengthen FISA Compliance’’, as
18 published by the National Security Division of the Depart19 ment of Justice on February 28, 2023.
20(b) In fiscal year 2024, the Office of Internal Audit

21 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall issue a quar22 terly report on compliance with the remedial measures es23 tablished in the publication described in the preceding sub24 section.

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1

SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this2 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to target
3 or investigate parents who peacefully protest at school
4 board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in un5 lawful activity.
6

SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this

7 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute religious insti8 tutions on the basis of their religious beliefs.
9This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice

10 Appropriations Act, 2024’’.

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1

TITLE III2

SCIENCE

3

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4

For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and5 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na6 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
7 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of
8 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by
9 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed
10 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,
11 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum12 bia, $7,965,000.
1314NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL
For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun-

15 cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law
16 100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec18 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed
19 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,
20 $1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other21 provision of law, the National Space Council may accept
22 personnel support from Federal agencies, departments,
23 and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and
24 offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na25 tional Space Council for purposes provided herein.

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1

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION2SCIENCE3

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

4 in the conduct and support of science research and devel5 opment activities, including research, development, oper6 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa7 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control,
8 and communications activities; program management; per9 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances
10 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title
11 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire
12 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter,
13 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
14 aircraft, $7,340,920,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2025.
16
17

AERONAUTICS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,18 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and
19 development activities, including research, development,
20 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair,
21 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con22 trol, and communications activities; program manage23 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
24 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and25 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-•S 2321 RS

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1 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase,
2 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and3 administrative aircraft, $935,000,000, to remain available
4 until September 30, 2025.
5
6

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

7 in the conduct and support of space technology research
8 and development activities, including research, develop9 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and
10 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space11 craft control, and communications activities; program
12 management; personnel and related costs, including uni13 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections
14 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex15 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and16 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of
17 mission and administrative aircraft, $1,118,000,000, to
18 remain available until September 30, 2025.
19
20

EXPLORATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,21 in the conduct and support of Artemis Campaign Develop22 ment activities, including research, development, oper23 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa24 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control,
25 and communications activities; program management; per-

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1 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances
2 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title
3 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire
4 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter,
5 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
6 aircraft, $7,736,300,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That of the amounts made8 available under this heading, $280,000,000 is designated
9 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
12 further, That the National Aeronautics and Space Admin13 istration shall provide to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, con15 current with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budg16 et profile for an integrated system that includes the Space
17 Launch System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle,
18 and associated ground systems that will ensure a crewed
19 launch as early as possible.
20
21

SPACE OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

22 in the conduct and support of space operations research
23 and development activities, including research, develop24 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space25 craft control, and communications activities, including op-•S 2321 RS

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1 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re2 pair, facility planning and design; program management;
3 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow4 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902
5 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase
6 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease,
7 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad8 ministrative aircraft, $4,200,000,000, to remain available
9 until September 30, 2025.
10

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

11

MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT12

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,13 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical
14 education research and development activities, including
15 research, development, operations, support, and services;
16 program management; personnel and related costs, includ17 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec18 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel
19 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
20 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation
21 of mission and administrative aircraft, $143,500,000, to
22 remain available until September 30, 2025, of which
23 $26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to
24 Stimulate Competitive Research and $58,000,000 shall be•S 2321 RS

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1 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro2 gram.
3
4

SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

5 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space
6 technology, exploration, space operations and education
7 research and development activities, including research,
8 development, operations, support, and services; mainte9 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space
10 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities;
11 program management; personnel and related costs, includ12 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec13 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel
14 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
15 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen16 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte17 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air18 craft, $3,100,000,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That if available balances in
20 the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust
21 Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse22 ments required under the third and fourth provisos under
23 such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban
24 Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,25 1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart-•S 2321 RS

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1 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel2 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
3 1995 (Public Law 103–327), up to $1,000,000 shall be
4 available from amounts made available under this heading
5 to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That
6 of the amounts appropriated under this heading,
7 $20,978,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the
8 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘NASA Special
9 Projects’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided
10 further, That the amounts made available for the projects
11 referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred
12 for any other purpose.
13

CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

14

RESTORATION15

For necessary expenses for construction of facilities

16 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi17 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad18 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design,
19 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real
20 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli21 ance and restoration, $379,000,000, to remain available
22 until September 30, 2029: Provided,That of the amounts
23 made available under this heading, $296,000,000 is des24 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re25 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-•S 2321 RS

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1 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:
2 Provided further, That proceeds from leases deposited into
3 this account shall be available for a period of 5 years to
4 the extent and in amounts as provided in annual appro5 priations Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds re6 ferred to in the preceding proviso shall be available for7 obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not to exceed
8 $30,000,000: Provided further, That each annual budget
9 request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts
10 and collections and proposed use of all funds collected pur11 suant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code.
12
13

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

14 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
15 $47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available
16 until September 30, 2025.
17

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS18(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19

Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized

20 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until
21 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
22

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made23 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero24 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be
25 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-•S 2321 RS

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1 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
2 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans3 fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ4 mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac5 tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20
6 percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and7 available for the same purposes and the same time period
8 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer
9 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram10 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not
11 be available for obligation except in compliance with the
12 procedures set forth in that section.
13

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro-

14 vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra15 tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains
16 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024
17 may be transferred between such appropriations, but no18 such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro19 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any
20 such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision
21 shall retain its original availability and shall be treated
22 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this23 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com24 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

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1

The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-

2 vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra3 tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The
4 spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an
5 amount established in that spending plan that meets the
6 notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall
7 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this
8 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
9 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
10 section.
11

Not more than 20 percent or $25,000,000, whichever

12 is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year
13 Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora14 tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR
15 projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria16 tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall
17 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
18 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except
19 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
20

Of the amounts made available in this Act under the

21 heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe22 matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to
23 $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi24 tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts
25 made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’,•S 2321 RS

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1 ‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and2 ‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging
3 students in STEM and increasing STEM research capac4 ities of universities, including Minority Serving Institu5 tions.
6

Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the

7 current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and
8 Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap9 ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis10 tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex11 pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3)
12 of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act,
13 and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer
14 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram15 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not
16 be available for obligation except in compliance with the
17 procedures set forth in that section.
18

For execution of the Commercial Crew Transpor-

19 tation Capability (CCtCap) contract, amounts that have
20 expired but have not been cancelled in the Space Oper21 ations appropriations account shall remain available
22 through fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obliga23 tions incurred during the period of fiscal year 2017
24 through fiscal year 2019.

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1

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

2RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES3

For necessary expenses in carrying out the National

4 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.),
5 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services
6 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
7 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase
8 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air9 craft; and authorized travel; $7,608,287,000, to remain
10 available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed
11 $640,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
12 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse13 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science
14 support and logistical and other related activities for the
15 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That of the
16 amounts made available under this heading, $420,000,000
17 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
18 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
20 1985: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support
21 services and materials furnished by the National Research
22 Centers and other National Science Foundation supported
23 research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.

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1

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES2CONSTRUCTION3

For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-4 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research
5 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu6 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (427 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel,
8 $187,230,000, to remain available until expended.
9
10

STEM EDUCATION

For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-

11 ematics, and engineering education and human resources
12 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science
13 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ14 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
15 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con16 ference

rooms

in

the

DistrictofColumbia,

17 $1,228,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
18 2025.
19

AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT20

For agency operations and award management nec-

21 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation
22 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized
23 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas24 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as
25 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United•S 2321 RS

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1 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of
2 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of
3 Homeland

Securityforsecurity

guard

services;

4 $448,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for5 official reception and representation expenses: Provided
6 further, That contracts may be entered into under this7 heading in fiscal year 2024 for maintenance and operation
8 of facilities and for other services to be provided during
9 the next fiscal year.
10
11

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-

12 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
13 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
14 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec15 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car16 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation
17 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209
18 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $5,090,000: Provided, That not
19 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception
20 and representation expenses.
21
22

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

23 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of
24 1978, $23,393,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2025.

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1

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS2(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made4 available for the current fiscal year for the National
5 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be6 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall
7 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans8 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be
9 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
10 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except
11 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
12

The Director of the National Science Foundation

13 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of
14 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30
15 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans16 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of
17 any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in18 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater
19 than $2,500,000.
20This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-

21 tions Act, 2024’’.

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1

TITLE IV

2

RELATED AGENCIES

3COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
7 $14,350,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi9 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title
10 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe11 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further,
12 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph
13 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than
14 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson,
15 who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That
16 the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry
17 out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That
18 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
19 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au20 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act
21 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That not22 withstanding the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be
23 used to separately fund the Commission on the Social Sta24 tus of Black Men and Boys.

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1

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

2

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3

For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment

4 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
5 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em6 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the7 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of
8 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of
9 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
10 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend11 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly
12 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in13 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
14 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as
15 authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States
16 Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to
17 $31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement
18 agencies for authorized services to the Commission,
19 $455,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is author20 ized to make available for official reception and represen21 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds:
22 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action
23 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring,
24 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on
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1 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance
2 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of
3 this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and
4 use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com5 mission.
6

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

7SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8

For necessary expenses of the International Trade

9 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
10 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
11 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official
12 reception and representation expenses, $122,400,000, to
13 remain available until expended.
14

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

15PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION16

For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to

17 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation
18 Act of 1974, $560,000,000, of which $516,100,000 is for
19 basic field programs and required independent audits;
20 $5,700,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which
21 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct
22 additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for manage23 ment and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self24 help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro
25 Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay-•S 2321 RS

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1 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor2 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers
3 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by
4 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em5 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United
6 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal
7 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided
8 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of
9 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora10 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section
11 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be
12 considered an agency of the United States Government.
13

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

14CORPORATION

15

None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the

16 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur17 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the
18 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506
19 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this20 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
21 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections,
22 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997
23 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2023 and24 2024, respectively: Provided, That for the purposes of ap25 plications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement•S 2321 RS

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1 relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the gov2 erning body of an entity providing legal assistance shall
3 be deemed to be satisfied if at least 33 percent of such
4 governing body is composed of attorneys otherwise meet5 ing the criteria established by section 1007(c) of the Legal
6 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and sec7 tion 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104–134 shall not apply.
8

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

9SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10

For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-

11 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal
12 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.),
13 $4,500,000.
14

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

15

REPRESENTATIVE

16

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17

For necessary expenses of the Office of the United

18 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas19 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and
20 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
21 United States Code, $61,000,000, of which $1,000,000
22 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
23 the total amount made available under this heading, not
24 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception
25 and representation expenses.

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1

TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

2(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3

For activities of the United States Trade Representa-

4 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation
5 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405),
6 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the
7 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any
8 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall
9 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this10 Act.
11

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

12SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13

For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute,

14 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984
15 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000
16 shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided,
17 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official
18 reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
19 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State
20 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the
21 United States Government.

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1

TITLE V

2

GENERAL PROVISIONS3(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

4

SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in

5 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
6 not authorized by the Congress.
7

SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
10

SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation

11 under this Act for any consulting service through procure12 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
13 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
14 expenditures are a matter of public record and available
15 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
16 under existing law, or under existing Executive order
17 issued pursuant to existing law.
18

SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-

19 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall
20 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica21 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
22 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af23 fected thereby.
24

SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act,

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1 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli2 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from
3 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
4 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded
5 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
6 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini7 tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates
8 a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per9 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which
10 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of11 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro12 grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any
13 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em14 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac15 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is
16 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program,
17 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent;
18 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings
19 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a
20 change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap21 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance
23 of such reprogramming of funds.
24

SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by

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1 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription,
2 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product3 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made4 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re5 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made6 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen7 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
8 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula9 tions.
10(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-

11 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made12 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that
13 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United
14 States, its territories or possessions.
15(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning

16 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B,
17 Item (1)(f)(3).
18

SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and

19 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na20 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide
21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta23 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For
24 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com25 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately•S 2321 RS

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1 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of
2 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For
3 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly
4 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of
5 obligation.
6(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be

7 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
8(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any

9 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection
10 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system,
11 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the
12 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys13 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re14 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.
15

SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or

16 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre17 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re18 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the
19 total budgetary resources available to such department or
20 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be21 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
22 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities
23 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use
24 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a
25 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and•S 2321 RS

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1 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
2 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
3 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce,
4 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care
5 and protection of loan collateral or grant property.
6SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act

7 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco
8 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal
9 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing
10 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions
11 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco
12 products of the same type.
13

SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab15 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public
16 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex17 cess of $1,200,000,000 shall not be available for obligation
18 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith19 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts
20 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000
21 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office
22 of Inspector General and remain available until expended
23 for oversight and auditing purposes associated with this
24 section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office
25 for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re-•S 2321 RS

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1 quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes
2 to improve services for victims of crime.
3

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the4 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi5 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of
6 students who participate in programs for which financial
7 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents
8 or legal guardians of such students.
9SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this10 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in11 strumentality of the United States Government, except
12 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro13 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
14

SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-15 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na16 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na17 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor18 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector
19 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for
20 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit
21 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which
22 may include preliminary findings and a description of
23 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi24 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until
25 any such audit is completed.

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1171(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit

2 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is
3 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis4 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make5 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter6 net website maintained by the Department, Administra7 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results
8 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude—
910(1) any matter described in section 552(b) oftitle 5, United States Code; and11(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-

12vidual, the public access to which could be used to

13commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or

14

unlawful purposes.

15(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded

16 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state17 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General,
18 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate,
19 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract
20 will be made available through a subcontract or in any
21 other manner to another person who has a financial inter22 est in the person awarded the grant or contract.
23(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of

24 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on
25 which the Director of the Office of Management and•S 2321 RS

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1 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of
2 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules
3 and requirements, substantially similar to the require4 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the
5 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart6 ments, agencies, and entities.
7

SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-

8 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the
9 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer10 onautics and Space Administration, or the National
11 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate12 impact information system, as defined for security cat13 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and
14 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing
15 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat16 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys17 tems’’ unless the agency has—18(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-

19

mation systems against criteria developed by NIST

20

and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to21

inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and22

moderate-impact information systems within the

23

Federal Government;

24(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-25

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1threat information provided by the FBI and other2

appropriate agencies; and3(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-

4

propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of5

any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated6with the acquisition of such system, including any

7risk associated with such system being produced,

8

manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities

9

identified by the United States Government as pos-10

ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to,11those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by

12

the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic

13of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

14

or the Russian Federation.

15(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

16 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a
17 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re18 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head
19 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has—20(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the21FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a22

mitigation strategy for any identified risks;

23(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and

24

the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in25

the national interest of the United States; and•S 2321 RS

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1(3) reported that determination to the Commit-

2

tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-

3

tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-

4

eral.

5

SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this

6 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or
7 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em8 ployee of the United States Government.
9SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this10 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi11 lateral trade agreement the text of—
12
13
14
15
16

(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the UnitedStates–Singapore Free Trade Agreement;(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the UnitedStates–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United

17

States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement.

18

SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this19 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security
20 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author21 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national
22 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of
23 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
24 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-•S 2321 RS

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1 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM
2 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.
3

SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-

4 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the
5 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero6 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science
7 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason8 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in9 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall
10 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis11 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di12 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on
13 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase,
14 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such
15 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for
16 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken
17 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made18 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree
19 to which such changes have contributed to the increase
20 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti21 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a
22 statement validating that the project’s management struc23 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement
24 costs.

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1

SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel3 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be
4 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec5 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
6 3094) during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the
7 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024.
8

SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other-

9 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into
10 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to
11 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro12 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the
13 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best
14 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has
15 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three
16 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted
17 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of
18 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi19 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment
20 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as21 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or
22 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter23 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess24 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or
25 judicial proceeding.

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1
2

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior

3 year appropriations available to the Department of Com4 merce under the heading ‘‘Economic Development Admin5 istration, Economic Development Assistance Programs’’,
6 $25,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, not later7 than September 30, 2024.
8(b) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Department

9 of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ established
10 in section 111(a) of division B of Public Law 116–93,
11 $11,000,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not
12 later than September 30, 2024.
13(c) Of the unobligated balances from prior year ap-

14 propriations available to the Department of Justice, the15 following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not
16 later than September 30, 2024, from the following ac17 counts in the specified amounts—
1819(1) ‘‘Federal Prison System, Buildings and Facilities’’, $19,000,000;

20(2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-

21

ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence

22

Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-23

grams’’, $5,000,000;•S 2321 RS

1241(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-

2ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $100,000,000;

3

and

4

(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-

5

ties,

6

$15,000,000.

7(d) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-

Community

Oriented

Policing

Services’’,

8 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby per9 manently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024,
10 from the following accounts in the specified amounts—
11
12
13

(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $122,572,000;
and(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’,

14$500,000,000.

15(e) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall

16 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
17 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than
18 September 1, 2024, specifying the amount of each rescis19 sion made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d).
20(f) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), (c)21 and (d) shall not be from amounts that were designated
22 by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require23 ment pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget
24 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
25 Act of 1985.

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1251(g) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections

2 (c) and (d) shall not be from—3(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q)4of paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘State and5

Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice6

Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As-

7

sistance’’ in title II of division B of Public Law

8

117–103 and Public Law 117–328; or

9(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7)10under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-

11

ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv-

12

ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro-13

grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117–14

103 and Public Law 117–328.

15

SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this16 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline
17 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through18 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
19

SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this20 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend21 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart22 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States,
23 at any single conference occurring outside the United
24 States unless—•S 2321 RS

1261(1) such conference is a law enforcement train-2

ing or operational conference for law enforcement

3

personnel and the majority of Federal employees in

4attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed

5

outside the United States; or

6(2) such conference is a scientific conference

7

and the department or agency head determines that8such attendance is in the national interest and noti-

9

fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House

10

of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15

11

days of that determination and the basis for that de-12

termination.

13

SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management

14 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in15 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro16 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in
17 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform18 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the
19 following:
20(1) Details on future action the department,

21

agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve

22

undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts.

23(2) The method that the department, agency, or

24

instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances

25

in expired grant accounts.

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1271(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-2

pired grant accounts that may be returned to the3Treasury of the United States.

4(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on

5

the total number of expired grant accounts with

6

undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal

7year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality

8

and the total finances that have not been obligated9

to a specific project remaining in the accounts.

10

SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made11 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs
12 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En13 ergy Management Program’’ designation.
14

SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by

15 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and
16 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and
17 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council
18 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement,
19 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract
20 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat21 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com22 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by
23 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.

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1281(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may

2 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors
3 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA.
4(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and5 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or
6 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves7 tigation, have certified—8(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of

9technology, data, or other information with national

10

security or economic security implications to China

11

or a Chinese-owned company; and12(2) will not involve knowing interactions with13

officials who have been determined by the United

14

States to have direct involvement with violations of

15

human rights.

16(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall

17 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
18 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal
19 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to
20 the activity in question and shall include a description of
21 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici22 pants, and its location and timing.
23

SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in

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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing,
2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
3(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of

4 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local
5 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out
6 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other7 law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
8

SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-

9 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
10 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil
11 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
12 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services
13 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices
14 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States
15 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and16 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans,
17 signed by the respective department or agency head, to
18 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after
20 the date of enactment of this Act.
21

SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
23 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or
24 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been
25 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per-

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1 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a2 contract.
3

SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this4 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit5 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural
6 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of
7 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.
8

SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under

9 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with10 respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
11 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
12 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken13 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi14 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
15 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
16 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
17 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da18 kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash19 ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with
20 respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
21 of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin
22 Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them
23 from implementing their own laws that authorize the use,
24 distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari25 juana.

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1

SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na-

2 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na3 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report
4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China
6 by any employee of such Department or agency, including
7 the purpose of such travel.
8SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act,

9 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided,
10 respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the
11 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and12 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler
13 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall
14 be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties:
15 Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per16 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had
17 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over18 the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area
19 Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial cen20 sus, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty
21 Estimates, or any Territory or possession of the United
22 States.
23

SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

24 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may•S 2321 RS

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1 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in2 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative
3 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the
4 United States in connection with requiring an export li5 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac6 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category
7 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations
8 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR),
9 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value
10 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided
11 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are
12 met by the exporting party for such articles.
13(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-

14 port license—
15(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any

16

Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter

17

required by law, or from being otherwise eligible

18

under the laws of the United States to possess, ship,

19

transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-20

section (a); and2122(2) does not permit the export without a licenseof—23(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-

24

nents and parts for such firearms, other than•S 2321 RS133
1

for end use by the Federal Government, or a2

Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada;

3(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or

4complete breech mechanisms for any firearm

5

listed in Category I, other than for end use by

6

the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-

7nicipal Government of Canada; or

8910(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign destination.
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-

11 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per12 manent or temporary export without a license of any un13 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for
14 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem15 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for
16 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a
17 Canadian citizen.
18(d) The President may require export licenses under

19 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter20 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that
21 the Government of Canada has implemented or main22 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified
23 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such
24 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter25 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-•S 2321 RS

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1 other nation. The President shall terminate the require2 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require3 ments have ceased.
4

SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the
6 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act
7 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such
8 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation
9 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny
10 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C.
11 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section
12 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori13 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition.
14

SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this15 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per16 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the
17 importation of any model of shotgun if—
1819(1) all other requirements of law with respect tothe proposed importation are met; and20(2) no application for the importation of such

21

model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had

22been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu-23

ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not24particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to25

sporting purposes.

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1SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this2 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms
3 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of
4 ratification for the Treaty.
5

SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or other-

6 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used
7 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to
8 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions
9 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—
1011(1) is not a United States citizen or a memberof the Armed Forces of the United States; and

12(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009,13

at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo

14

Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.

15

SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-

16 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used
17 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United
18 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi19 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de20 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec21 tive control of the Department of Defense.
22(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply

23 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval
24 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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1361(c) An individual described in this subsection is any

2 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United
3 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who—
4(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a5member of the Armed Forces of the United States;

6

and

7

(2) is—89(A) in the custody or under the effective
control of the Department of Defense; or

10(B) otherwise under detention at United

11

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

12

SEC. 540. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of

13 funds as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made14 available to ‘‘Office of the United States Trade Represent15 ative—Salaries and Expenses’’ in section 540 of division
16 B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public
17 Law 117–328) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of
18 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
19 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro20 priated on September 30, 2024, for an additional amount
21 for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until September
22 30, 2026, and shall be available for the same purposes,
23 in addition to other funds as may be available for such
24 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the
25 funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–113, ex-•S 2321 RS

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1 cept that all references to ‘‘2023’’ under such heading in
2 Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer instead to3 ‘‘2026’’: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant
4 to this subsection that were previously designated by the
5 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec6 tion 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the7 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
8 and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as
9 engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8,
10 2022, are designated by the Congress as an emergency
11 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
13 1985: Provided further, That the amount of additional new
14 budget authority made available pursuant to this sub15 section is designated by the Congress as being for an
16 emergency

requirement

pursuanttosection

17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
18 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as

20 of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available to21 ‘‘Office of the United States Trade Representative—
22 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund’’ in section 540 of divi23 sion B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
24 (Public Law 117–328) are hereby rescinded, and an
25 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to•S 2321 RS

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1 the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is here2 by appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an additional
3 amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2026, and shall be available for the same pur5 poses, in addition to other funds as may be available for6 such purposes, and under the same authorities for which
7 the funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–113,
8 except that the reference to ‘‘2023’’ under such heading
9 in Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer instead
10 to ‘‘2026’’: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursu11 ant to this subsection that were previously designated by
12 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
13 section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress),
14 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
15 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress),
16 as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8,
17 2022, are designated by the Congress as an emergency
18 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
20 1985: Provided further, That the amount of additional new
21 budget authority made available pursuant to this sub22 section is designated by the Congress as being for an
23 emergency

requirement

pursuanttosection

24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
25 Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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1

SEC. 541. Funds made available to the Department

2 of Commerce and the Department of Justice in this Act
3 and any remaining unobligated balances of funds made4 available to the Department of Commerce and the Depart5 ment of Justice in prior year Acts, other than amounts
6 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re7 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the
8 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
9 Control Act of 1985, shall be available to provide pay10 ments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division
11 J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
12 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, That payments made13 pursuant to the matter preceding this proviso may not ex14 ceed $5,000,000 for the Department of Commerce and15 $10,000,000 for the Department of Justice.
16

SEC. 542. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this17 Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts
18 made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to
19 Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for
20 fiscal year 2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
21 section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of
22 Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in
23 such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac24 counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the
25 projects and activities specified, in the table titled ‘‘De-•S 2321 RS

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1 partment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of
2 Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal
3 Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this Act.
4(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di-

5 rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate
6 amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen7 tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America
8 Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pur9 suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di10 vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified,
11 in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi12 ties specified in the table titled ‘‘National Science Founda13 tion Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’
14 in the report accompanying this Act.
15(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-

16 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal
17 year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of
18 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is
19 in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for
20 part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce
21 and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided,
22 That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso
23 shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot24 ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro25 grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund,•S 2321 RS

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1 which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more
2 than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of
3 this section.
4(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular

5 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria6 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and7 subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this
8 Act—
9(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate

10funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for

11

section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection

12(a)(1) of this section; and13(2) the Director of the National Science Foun-

14

dation may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS

15

for America Workforce and Education Fund by sub-16

section (a)(2) of this section.

17(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of

18 the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Com19 merce and the Director of the National Science Founda20 tion, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees
21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
22 Senate proposed allocations by account and by program,
23 project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for
24 amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and sec-

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1 tion 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year
2 2025.
3(e) The Department of Commerce and the National

4 Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the
5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal7 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for
8 America Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub9 section (a)(1) of this section and the status of balances
10 of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for Amer11 ica Workforce and Education Fund for amounts allocated
12 pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all
13 uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.
14

SEC. 543. Each amount designated in this Act by the

15 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or18 rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently
19 so designates all such amounts and transmits such des20 ignations to the Congress.
21

SEC. 544. Notwithstanding title II of division J of

22 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
23 117–58), up to 0.7 percent of amounts made available to
24 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad25 ministration by such Act shall be available for salaries and•S 2321 RS

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1 expenses, administration, and oversight of programs ad2 ministered by such Administration that received appro3 priations by such Act, in addition to amounts previously
4 made available for such purpose: Provided, That all such
5 amounts shall be available across such programs and shall
6 be available for salaries and expenses, administration, and7 oversight of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot
8 Program (as authorized by section 902 of division N of
9 Public Law 116–260) and of the Broadband Connectivity
10 Infrastructure Program (as authorized by section 905(d)11 of division N of Public Law 116–260), regardless of the
12 heading under which such amounts were appropriated:
13 Provided further, That such amounts may be transferred
14 between the appropriate accounts to carry out this section,
15 in addition to authorities included elsewhere in such Act:
16 Provided further, That this section shall not reduce the
17 total allocation for any State under Program Notices of
18 Available Amounts dated June 30, 2023: Provided further,
19 That amounts transferred pursuant to this section may
20 be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations
21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti22 fied at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of
23 funds: Provided further, That amounts repurposed or
24 transferred pursuant to this section that were previously
25 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement•S 2321 RS144
1 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are
2 designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec3 tion 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
4 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
5 and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget en6 forcement in the House of Representatives.
7

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice,

8 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’.

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

Calendar No. 132

S. 2321[Report No. 118–62]

A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments ofCommerce and Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes.
JULY 13, 2023
Read twice and placed on the calendar