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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4664 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2023, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Mrs. SHAHEEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 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 2023, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses for international trade activi6 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, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 

10 abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 

11 agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 

12 United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 

13 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 

14 for dependent members of immediate families of employees 

15 stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over16 seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter17 national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 

18 without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 

19 Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 

20 aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 

21 periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 

22 repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem23 porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 

24 payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 

25 first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 


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1 Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 

2 exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 

3 abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 

4 use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to ex5 ceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without 

6 regard to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining 

7 insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

8 $625,000,000, of which $80,000,000 shall remain avail9 able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 

10 $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 

11 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith12 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro13 vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head14 ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti15 dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli16 ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 

17 first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 

18 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

19 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car20 rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 

21 Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 

22 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in23 clude payment for assessments for services provided as 

24 part of these activities. 


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1 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

2 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

4 national security activities of the Department of Com5 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

6 export administration field activities both domestically and 

7 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

8 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em9 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

10 contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 

11 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

12 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

13 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi14 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa15 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 

16 of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 

17 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 

18 Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 

19 seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

20 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

21 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi22 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi23 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi24 tation otherwise established by law, $199,636,000, of 

25 which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 


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1 Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec2 tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu3 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

4 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac5 tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu6 tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro7 vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 

8 in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 

9 information to the public with respect to the export admin10 istration and national security activities of the Depart11 ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 

12 the United States and other governments. 

13 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

15 For grants for economic development assistance as 

16 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

17 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for 

18 grants authorized by sections 27 and 28 of the Stevenson19 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

20 3722 and 3723), as amended, $380,000,000 to remain 

21 available until expended, of which $50,000,000 shall be 

22 for grants under such section 27 and $10,000,000 shall 

23 be for grants under such section 28: Provided, That of 

24 the amounts provided under this heading, $20,000,000 

25 shall be for grants to support local labor markets and local 


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1 communities experiencing high prime-age employment 

2 gaps: Provided further, That any deviation from the 

3 amounts designated for specific activities in the explana4 tory statement accompanying this Act, or any use of 

5 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

6 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

7 forth in section 505 of this Act. 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of administering the eco10 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

11 law, $70,018,000: Provided, That funds provided under 

12 this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 

13 pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 

14 of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 

15 and 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 

16 Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722 and 3723), as amended; and 

17 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

18 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

19 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De21 velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 

22 minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 

23 $70,000,000, of which not more than $23,100,000 shall 

24 be available for overhead expenses, including salaries and 


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1 expenses, rent, utilities, and information technology serv2 ices. 

3 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco6 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

7 of Commerce, $128,000,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2024. 

9 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

10 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

11 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana12 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

13 by law, $330,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro14 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

15 and marketing activities. 

16 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana19 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 

20 censuses and programs provided for by law, 

21 $1,155,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2024: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 

23 funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar24 keting activities: Provided further, That within the 

25 amounts appropriated, $3,556,000 shall be transferred to 


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1 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as2 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re3 lated to the Bureau of the Census. 

4 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 

8 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad9 ministration (NTIA), $65,000,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, notwith11 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

12 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec13 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv14 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

15 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec17 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off18 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

19 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

20 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

21 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

22 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

23 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

24 Government agencies shall remain available until ex25 pended. 


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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

3 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov4 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro5 priated are available for the administration of all open 

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

11 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in12 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec13 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

14 of the USPTO, $4,253,404,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

16 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec17 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

18 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

19 2023, so as to result in a fiscal year 2023 appropriation 

20 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

21 That during fiscal year 2023, should the total amount of 

22 such offsetting collections be less than $4,253,404,000, 

23 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 

24 That any amount received in excess of $4,253,404,000 in 

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1 mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex2 pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 

3 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro4 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

5 for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 

6 and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram7 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail8 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

9 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur10 ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 

11 the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 

12 States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex13 penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 

14 President submitted for fiscal year 2024 under section 

15 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 

16 amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex17 penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 

18 result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu19 lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as20 sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei21 ther fiscal year 2023 or fiscal year 2024: Provided further, 

22 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 

23 $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2023 for 

24 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

25 further, That in fiscal year 2023 from the amounts made 


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1 available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 

2 amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 

3 percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 

4 employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 

5 Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec6 tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 

7 Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 

8 of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 

9 chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 

10 otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 

11 for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 

12 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

13 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

14 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

15 Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 

16 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

17 Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 

18 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 

19 accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 

20 the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 

21 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 

22 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im23 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli24 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

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1 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 

2 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend3 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

4 (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 

5 amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to 

6 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as7 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re8 lated to the USPTO. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

10 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

13 Standards and Technology (NIST), $974,946,000, to re14 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

15 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

16 Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 

17 this heading, $47,457,000 shall be used for the projects, 

18 and in the amounts, specified in the table immediately fol19 lowing the paragraph ‘‘NIST External Projects’’ in the 

20 explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided 

21 further, That the amounts made available for the projects 

22 referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred 

23 for any other purpose: Provided further, That not to ex24 ceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and representa25 tion expenses: Provided further, That NIST may provide 


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1 local transportation for summer undergraduate research 

2 fellowship program participants. 

3 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

4 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

5 services, $270,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, of which $200,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

7 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

8 $70,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro9 gram. 

10 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

11 For construction of new research facilities, including 

12 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

13 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro14 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech15 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

16 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

17 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $451,393,000, to remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That of the amounts appro19 priated under this heading, $201,726,000 shall be used 

20 for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 

21 immediately following the paragraph ‘‘NIST Extramural 

22 Construction’’ in the explanatory statement accompanying 

23 this Act: Provided further, That up to one percent of 

24 amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 

25 preceding proviso may be used for the administrative costs 


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1 of such projects: Provided further, That the Director of 

2 the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall 

3 submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria4 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate for 

5 any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and 

6 such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming 

7 under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 

8 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

9 procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 

10 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget jus11 tification materials for fiscal year 2024 that the Secretary 

12 submits to Congress in support of the Department of 

13 Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 

14 President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

15 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand16 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

17 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si18 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in19 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

20 such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 


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1 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

6 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

7 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

8 vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries manage9 ment, notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, 

10 contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations 

11 for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to coop12 erative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

13 $4,589,855,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2024: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 

15 National Ocean Service for the management of national 

16 marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala17 ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith18 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro19 vided further, That in addition, $343,901,000 shall be de20 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De21 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer22 ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi23 ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 

24 Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Ob25 servers and Training; Fisheries Management Programs 


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1 and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 

2 Provided further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be 

3 for payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working 

4 Capital Fund’’: Provided further, That of the 

5 $4,956,506,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

6 this heading, $4,589,855,000 is appropriated from the 

7 general fund, $343,901,000 is provided by transfer, and 

8 $22,750,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli9 gations: Provided further, That of the amounts appro10 priated under this heading, $61,934,000 shall be used for 

11 the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 

12 immediately following the paragraph ‘‘NOAA Special 

13 Projects’’ in the explanatory statement accompanying this 

14 Act: Provided further, That the amounts made available 

15 for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may 

16 not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, 

17 That any deviation from the amounts designated for spe18 cific activities in the explanatory statement accompanying 

19 this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro20 vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 

21 to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro22 vided further, That, of the amounts appropriated under 

23 this heading, $750,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

24 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

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1 tional Weather Service operations: Provided further, That 

2 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

3 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

4 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

5 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend6 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

7 may be necessary. 

8 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

11 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

12 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

13 $1,874,329,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2025, except that funds provided for acquisition and con15 struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili16 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

17 of the $1,887,329,000 provided for in direct obligations 

18 under this heading, $1,874,329,000 is appropriated from 

19 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov20 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

21 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi22 ties in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

23 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

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1 ther, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in 

2 budget justification materials for fiscal year 2024 that the 

3 Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart4 ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 

5 of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

6 States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 

7 Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or 

8 construction project having a total of more than 

9 $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification 

10 shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements 

11 for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal 

12 years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appro13 priated, $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of 

14 Inspector General’’ account for activities associated with 

15 carrying out investigations and audits related to satellite 

16 and vessel procurement, acquisition and construction. 

17 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

18 For necessary expenses associated with the restora19 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, 

21 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

22 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 

23 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder24 ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

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1 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

2 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

3 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu4 lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 

5 rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 

6 Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 

7 guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 

8 Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 

9 on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 

10 available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 

11 funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 

12 requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 

13 of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

14 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

15 For necessary expenses of administering the fishery 

16 disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson17 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Pub18 lic Law 94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act 

19 (title III of Public Law 99–659), $300,000. 

20 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

21 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

22 Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 

23 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

24 until expended. 


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1 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

3 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2023, obligations of direct 

4 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 

5 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi6 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

7 Act of 1936. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

11 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

12 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa13 tion, $95,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the De14 partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 

15 a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act 

16 to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart17 ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 

18 unless the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully 

19 reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 

20 for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 

21 under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 

22 available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 

23 prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 

24 of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this 


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1 heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 

2 that threaten life or property. 

3 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

4 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod5 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 

6 NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND

7 For necessary expenses for technology modernization 

8 projects and cybersecurity risk mitigation of the Depart9 ment of Commerce, $50,000,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2025: Provided, That amounts made avail11 able under this heading are in addition to such other funds 

12 as may be available for such purposes: Provided further, 

13 That any unobligated balances of expired discretionary 

14 funds transferred to the Department of Commerce Non15 recurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 111 

16 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may be obli17 gated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

19 least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

23 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $49,771,000: Pro24 vided, That notwithstanding section 6413 of the Middle 

25 Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public 


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1 Law 112–96), an additional $2,000,000, to remain avail2 able until expended, shall be derived from the Public Safe3 ty Trust Fund for activities associated with carrying out 

4 investigations and audits related to the First Responder 

5 Network Authority (FirstNet). 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

9 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart10 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

11 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 

12 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

13 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 

14 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

15 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

16 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

17 public interest. 

18 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria19 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

20 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

22 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

24 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 


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1 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria2 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De3 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be4 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

5 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans6 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

7 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec8 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga9 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce10 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

11 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap12 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

13 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

14 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

15 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

16 of Commerce. 

17 SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 

18 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

19 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 

20 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 

21 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 

22 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2023: Provided, That 

23 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

24 $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 

25 On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the 


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1 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se2 ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 

3 for the Space Weather Follow On Program is 

4 $692,800,000. 

5 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in7 cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 

8 and security services) necessary to support the operation, 

9 maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 

10 firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 

11 Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 

12 authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover 

13 Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte14 nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele15 gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 

16 Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis17 trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non18 reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 

19 for services provided under this section or the authority 

20 under which the use or occupancy of the space is author21 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria22 tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 

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

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1 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac2 tivity over its networks. 

3 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

4 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

5 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim6 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip7 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

8 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 

9 local government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or 

10 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

11 any foreign government or international organization, for 

12 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

13 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos14 pheric Administration. 

15 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv16 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

17 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

18 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

19 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

20 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus21 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig22 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

23 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re24 producing, and delivering such report or document. 


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1 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na2 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

3 the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 

4 into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 

5 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per6 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex7 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

8 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern9 ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any 

10 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

11 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

12 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na13 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper14 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail15 able until September 30, 2024, for such purposes: Pro16 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 

17 corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 

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

19 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga20 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco21 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 

22 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 

23 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 

24 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 

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1 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 

2 higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 

3 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

4 which such amounts have been made available. 

5 SEC. 111. Amounts provided by this Act for the Hol6 lings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the 

7 heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech8 nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub9 ject to cost share requirements under 15 U.S.C. 

10 278k(e)(2): Provided, That the authority made available 

11 pursuant to this section shall be elective, in whole or in 

12 part, for any Manufacturing Extension Partnership Cen13 ter that also receives funding from a State that is condi14 tioned upon the application of a Federal cost sharing re15 quirement. 

16 SEC. 112. The Secretary of Commerce, or the des17 ignee of the Secretary, may waive— 

18 (1) in whole or in part, the matching require19 ments under sections 306 and 306A, and the cost 

20 sharing requirements under section 315, of the 

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

22 1455, 1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the request 

23 of the grant applicant, for amounts made available 

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

2 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’; and 

3 (2) up to 50 percent of the matching require4 ments under sections 306 and 306A, and the cost 

5 sharing requirements under section 315, of the 

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

7 1455, 1455a, and 1461) as necessary at the request 

8 of the grant applicant, for amounts made available 

9 under this Act under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Ac10 quisition and Construction’’ under the heading ‘‘Na11 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com13 merce Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

6 Department of Justice, $145,000,000, of which 

7 $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2024, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security 

9 and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech14 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

15 departmental direction, $275,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

17 transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 

18 available to the Department of Justice for information 

19 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter20 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur21 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

22 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

23 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

24 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

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1 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

2 procedures set forth in that section. 

3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of im6 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im7 migration Review, $950,000,000, of which $4,000,000 

8 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

9 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

10 Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not less than 

11 $30,000,000 shall be available for services and activities 

12 provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, 

13 That not to exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made 

14 available under this heading shall remain available until 

15 September 30, 2027. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General, $139,856,000, including not to exceed $10,000 

19 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char20 acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re21 main available until September 30, 2024. 

22 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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1 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi2 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis3 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap4 pointed. 

5 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

9 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ10 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi11 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

12 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

13 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti14 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 

15 the District of Columbia, $1,100,000,000, of which not 

16 to exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 

17 information technology projects, including cybersecurity 

18 and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 

19 until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 

20 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 

21 $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 

22 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex23 ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 

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1 to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Divi2 sion for official reception and representation expenses: 

3 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 

4 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 

5 emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti6 gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 

7 may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 

8 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 

9 for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, 

10 as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 

11 Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre12 ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

13 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli14 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce15 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of 

16 the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

17 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

18 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro19 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

20 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per21 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro22 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

23 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 

24 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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1 appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil 

2 Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 

3 the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 

4 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also 

5 be used to carry out any authorized purposes of the Civil 

6 Rights Division: Provided further, That amounts 

7 repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be used to 

8 increase the number of permanent positions. 

9 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De10 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

11 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

12 $31,738,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 

13 Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 

14 expended. 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

16 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti17 trust and kindred laws, $225,000,000, to remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

20 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve21 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

22 of collection (and estimated to be $190,000,000 in fiscal 

23 year 2023), shall be retained and used for necessary ex24 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

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1 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

2 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2023, 

3 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation 

4 from the general fund estimated at $35,000,000. 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

6 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

7 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop8 erative agreements, $2,565,000,000: Provided, That of the 

9 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be 

10 available for official reception and representation ex11 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 

12 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

13 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par14 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

15 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

17 Program, as authorized, $260,277,000, to remain avail18 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 

20 collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 

21 amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 

22 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi23 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

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1 title 28, United States Code (as limited by section 

2 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re3 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria4 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

5 further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the 

6 Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 

7 2023, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi8 tors, exceed $260,277,000, those excess amounts shall be 

9 available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 

10 in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

11 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 

12 be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 

13 2023, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi14 tors, (estimated at $269,000,000) and (2) to the extent 

15 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de16 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 

17 offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 

18 otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

19 2023 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

21 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

23 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

24 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

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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 this 

17 Act. 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

19 SERVICE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

22 Service, $25,024,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec23 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

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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 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

12 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 Mar19 shals Service, $1,730,000,000, 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. 

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1 oner holding and related support, $19,260,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

4 For necessary expenses related to United States pris5 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

6 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 

7 Code, $2,150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid9 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce10 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

11 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

12 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

13 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 

14 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

18 the National Security Division, $128,000,000, of which 

19 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys20 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

21 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter22 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir23 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 

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1 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 

2 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir3 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

4 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram5 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail6 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

7 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

8 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

9 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

10 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves11 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

12 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

13 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or14 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter15 governmental agreements with State and local law en16 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros17 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

18 crime and drug trafficking, $550,458,000, of which 

19 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

21 under this heading may be used under authorities avail22 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria23 tion. 


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1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In4 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

5 crimes against the United States, $10,741,900,000, of 

6 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 

8 shall be available for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip12 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

13 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili14 ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

15 law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally 

16 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

17 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

18 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

19 $662,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad23 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un24 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

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1 penses for conducting drug education and training pro2 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici3 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

4 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

5 $2,565,116,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

6 remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 

7 shall be available for official reception and representation 

8 expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of 

9 Public Law 106–310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to 

10 reimburse States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 

11 Governments, other public entities, and multi-jurisdic12 tional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred 

13 to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 

14 with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conver15 sion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 

16 laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and 

17 fentanyl-related substances which may present a danger 

18 to public health or the environment. 

19 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

20 EXPLOSIVES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

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1 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

2 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as3 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

4 or without reimbursement, $1,650,000,000, of which not 

5 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

7 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

8 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 

9 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

11 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica12 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

13 section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided 

14 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

15 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

16 from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 

17 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

18 funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 

19 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu20 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

21 other agencies or Departments. 

22 CONSTRUCTION

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1 struction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites 

2 by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conver3 sion, modification and extension of federally owned build4 ings; and preliminary planning and design of projects; 

5 $75,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

10 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

11 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

12 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

13 related issues to foreign governments, $8,100,000,000: 

14 Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for 

15 the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 

16 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391): Provided further, That 

17 the Attorney General may transfer to the Department of 

18 Health and Human Services such amounts as may be nec19 essary for direct expenditures by that Department for 

20 medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correc21 tional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of 

22 the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter 

23 into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary 

24 claims processor to determine the amounts payable to per25 sons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish 


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1 health services to individuals committed to the custody of 

2 the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not to 

3 exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 

4 representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex5 ceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

6 necessary operations: Provided further, That, of the 

7 amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 

8 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

9 make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim10 bursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided fur11 ther, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 

12 accept donated property and services relating to the oper13 ation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit en14 tity which has operated such program in the past, notwith15 standing the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes 

16 services under contracts to the Federal Prison System re17 lating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway 

18 houses, or other custodial facilities. 

19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

20 For 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 and 

23 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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1 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ2 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

3 force account, $179,300,000, to remain available until ex4 pended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners 

5 may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 

6 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

7 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here8 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

9 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

10 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit11 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

12 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 

13 be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 

14 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

16 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

18 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

19 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

20 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com21 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

22 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys23 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

24 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account25 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 


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1 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

2 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui3 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

4 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

5 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

6 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

7 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

8 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

9 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

12 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio13 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

14 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 

15 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Indian Civil Rights Act of 

16 1968 (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights 

17 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

18 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 

19 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

20 647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

21 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

22 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and 

23 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et 

24 seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vi25 olence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) 


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1 (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De2 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

3 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Violence Against 

4 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113– 

5 4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of Traf6 ficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 

7 Act’’); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 

8 115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reau9 thorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117– 

10 103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for related victims services, 

11 $732,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to 

13 exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this head14 ing may be used for expenses related to evaluation, train15 ing, and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the 

16 amount provided— 

17 (1) $230,000,000 is for grants to combat vio18 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

19 1968 Act; 

20 (2) $53,000,000 is for transitional housing as21 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat22 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

23 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

24 (3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of 

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1 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 

2 women and related issues addressed by grant pro3 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

4 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

5 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

6 Justice Programs; 

7 (4) $20,000,000 is for a grant program to pro8 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

9 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

10 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

11 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

12 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as13 sistance to middle and high school students through 

14 education and other services related to such violence, 

15 of which $4,000,000 is to engage men and youth in 

16 preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

17 assault, and stalking: Provided, That unobligated 

18 balances available for the programs authorized by 

19 sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 

20 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, 

21 shall be available for this program: Provided further, 

22 That 10 percent of the total amount available for 

23 this grant program shall be available for grants 

24 under the program authorized by section 2015 of the 

25 1968 Act: Provided further, That the definitions and 


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1 grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

2 shall apply to this program; 

3 (5) $65,500,000 is for grants to improve the 

4 criminal justice response as authorized by part U of 

5 the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide 

6 reduction initiative, up to $4,000,000 is for a do7 mestic violence lethality reduction initiative, 

8 $5,000,000 is for an initiative to promote effective 

9 policing and prosecution responses to domestic vio10 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

11 including evaluation of the effectiveness of funded 

12 interventions, and $3,000,000 is for an initiative to 

13 enhance prosecution and investigation of online 

14 abuse and harassment: Provided, That subsections 

15 2101(c) and (d) of the 1968 Act shall not apply to 

16 these initiatives; 

17 (6) $100,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

18 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

19 1994 Act; 

20 (7) $58,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

21 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

22 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

23 (8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

24 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

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


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1 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Uni2 versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal 

3 colleges and universities; 

4 (9) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic5 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

6 (10) $10,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

7 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

8 in later life, as authorized by section 40801 of the 

9 1994 Act; 

10 (11) $25,000,000 is for grants to support fami11 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

12 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

13 balances available for the programs authorized by 

14 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

15 the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 

16 Act, shall be available for this program; 

17 (12) $16,000,000 is for education and training 

18 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

19 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

20 2000 Act; 

21 (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 

22 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

23 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

24 the 1994 Act; 


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

2 violence against Indian women, including as author3 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

4 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval5 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of6 fice of Justice Programs; 

7 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

8 that provides training and technical assistance on 

9 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

10 and Alaska Native women; 

11 (16) $15,000,000 is for programs to assist 

12 Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 

13 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 

14 the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 

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

16 shall apply to grants made; 

17 (17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 

18 under the 2015 Act; 

19 (18) $15,000,000 is for a pilot program on re20 storative practices, including evaluations of those 

21 practices, as authorized by section 109 of the 2022 

22 Act; 

23 (19) $4,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 

24 Line to provide remote services to Deaf victims of 

25 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 


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1 and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and 

2 grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

3 shall apply to this service line; 

4 (20) $10,000,000 is for culturally specific serv5 ices for victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 

6 2005 Act; 

7 (21) $5,000,000 is for is for grants for out8 reach and services to underserved populations, as 

9 authorized by section 120 of the 2005 Act; 

10 (22) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support 

11 cross-designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Spe12 cial Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, 

13 That the definitions and grant conditions in section 

14 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative; 

15 (23) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide 

16 financial assistance to victims, including evaluation 

17 of the effectiveness of funded projects: Provided, 

18 That the definitions and grant conditions in section 

19 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative; 

20 (24) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 

21 under section 205 of the 2022 Act; 

22 (25) $5,000,000 is for grants to States that 

23 have in place a law that provides to sexual assault 

24 survivors the rights under section 3772 of title 18, 

25 United States Code; and 


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1 (26) $2,000,000 is for a pilot program to im2 prove victim services on college campuses. 

3 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

4 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

7 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 

8 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

9 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 

10 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

11 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 

12 (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

13 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

14 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21) (‘‘the PROTECT Act’’); the 

15 Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the 

16 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Re17 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 

18 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Pub19 lic Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public 

20 Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public 

21 Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe22 ty Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 

23 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 

24 Law 110–401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se25 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 


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1 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

2 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the NICS Improvement Amend3 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence 

4 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

5 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

6 and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); the 

7 First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and other 

8 programs, $88,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which— 

10 (1) $45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

11 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

12 C of title I of the 1968 Act; and 

13 (2) $43,000,000 is for research, development, 

14 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au15 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

16 subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act, and for activi17 ties authorized by or consistent with the First Step 

18 Act of 2018, of which $1,200,000 is for a study on 

19 certain school-based crimes and $1,000,000 is for a 

20 study on law enforcement and community agency re21 sponses to opioid overdoses. 

22 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

25 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 


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1 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

2 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968 

4 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 

5 405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 

6 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro7 tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

8 164); the Violence Against Women and Department of 

9 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

10 162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

11 and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the 

12 Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vio13 lence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); the 

14 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

15 Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se16 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 

17 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

18 Law 108–79); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public 

19 Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organiza20 tion for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 

21 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 

22 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime 

23 Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 

24 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence Against Women Re25 authorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 


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1 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 

2 2016 (Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for 

3 All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); 

4 Kevin and Avonte’s Law (division Q of Public Law 115– 

5 141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the Keep Young Ath6 letes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of division S of Public 

7 Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the 

8 STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title V of division S 

9 of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP School Violence 

10 Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division S 

11 of Public Law 115–141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods 

12 Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 

13 115–185); the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 

14 Act (Public Law 115–271); the Second Chance Reauthor15 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); the Matthew 

16 Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention 

17 Act (Public Law 111–84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 

18 (Public Law 115–401); the Missing Persons and Unidenti19 fied Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the 

20 Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Vio21 lence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 

22 (division W of Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); 

23 and other programs, $2,394,500,000, to remain available 

24 until expended as follows— 


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1 (1) $815,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo2 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

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

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

6 the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this 

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

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

9 Wilson III memorial initiative on Preventing Vi10 olence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring 

11 Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR); 

12 (B) $5,000,000 is for the operation, main13 tenance, and expansion of the National Missing 

14 and Unidentified Persons System; 

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

16 for State and local law enforcement to provide 

17 officer training on responding to individuals 

18 with mental illness or disabilities; 

19 (D) $5,000,000 is for a student loan re20 payment assistance program pursuant to sec21 tion 952 of Public Law 110–315; 

22 (E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape preven23 tion and prosecution grants to States and units 

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1 thorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 

2 2003 (Public Law 108–79); 

3 (F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri4 cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 

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

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

7 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

8 Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

9 185); 

10 (H) $15,000,000 is for the Capital Litiga11 tion Improvement Grant Program, as author12 ized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405, 

13 and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 

14 (I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on 

15 restorative justice; 

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

17 Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au18 thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 

19 (Public Law 115–401); 

20 (K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to 

21 replicate family-based alternative sentencing 

22 pilot programs; 

23 (L) $2,000,000 is for a grant program to 

24 support child advocacy training in post-sec25 ondary education; 


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

2 initiative, including assistance for law enforce3 ment; 

4 (N) $7,500,000 is for grants authorized 

5 under the Missing Persons and Unidentified 

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

7 (O) $4,000,000 is for a drug data research 

8 center to combat opioid abuse; 

9 (P) $3,000,000 is for grants to accredited 

10 institutions of higher education to support fo11 rensic ballistics programs; 

12 (Q) $5,000,000 is for the purposes author13 ized under section 1506 of the 2022 Act; 

14 (R) $5,000,000 is for a program to im15 prove virtual training for law enforcement; and 

16 (S) $102,430,000 is for discretionary 

17 grants to improve the functioning of the crimi18 nal justice system, to prevent or combat juve19 nile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime 

20 (other than compensation), which shall be used 

21 for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 

22 under the heading, ‘‘Byrne Discretionary 

23 Grants’’, in the explanatory statement accom24 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts 

25 may not be transferred for any other purpose; 


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1 (2) $100,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

2 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

3 241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

4 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction 

5 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

6 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

7 detainees housed in State and local detention facili8 ties; 

9 (3) $100,000,000 for victim services programs 

10 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

11 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au12 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

13 authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

14 (4) $13,000,000 for a grant program to prevent 

15 and address economic, high technology, white collar, 

16 and Internet crime, including as authorized by sec17 tion 401 of Public Law 110–403, of which not less 

18 than $2,500,000 is for intellectual property enforce19 ment grants including as authorized by section 401, 

20 and $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases 

21 on Internet of Things device capabilities and to build 

22 and execute training modules for law enforcement; 

23 (5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

24 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

25 and related activities; 


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1 (6) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bullet2 proof Vest Partnership Grant Program, as author3 ized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Pro4 vided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred directly 

5 to the National Institute of Standards and Tech6 nology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards for 

7 research, testing, and evaluation programs; 

8 (7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

9 Public Website; 

10 (8) $125,000,000 for grants to States to up11 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

12 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys13 tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 

14 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im15 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

16 110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 

17 (9) $35,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

18 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

19 I of the 1968 Act; 

20 (10) $173,000,000 for DNA-related and foren21 sic programs and activities, of which— 

22 (A) $132,000,000 is for section 2 of the 

23 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 

24 (Public Law 106–546),the Debbie Smith DNA 

25 Backlog Grant Program: Provided, That not 


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1 less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 per2 cent, of the funds made available under this 

3 subparagraph shall be for subsection (a)(9) of 

4 such section; 

5 (B) $20,000,000 for other local, State, and 

6 Federal forensic activities; 

7 (C) $15,000,000 is for section 412 of Pub8 lic Law 108–405, the Kirk Bloodsworth Post 

9 Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program; and 

10 (D) $6,000,000 is for section 304 of Pub11 lic Law 108–405, the Sexual Assault Nurse Ex12 aminer Training Program Grants; 

13 (11) $75,000,000 for community-based grant 

14 programs to improve the response to sexual assault, 

15 including assistance for investigation and prosecu16 tion of related cold cases; 

17 (12) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed spe18 cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 

19 of the 1990 Act; 

20 (13) $65,000,000 for assistance to Indian 

21 Tribes; 

22 (14) $125,000,000 for offender reentry pro23 grams and research, as authorized by the Second 

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

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

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

3 which not to exceed— 

4 (A) $8,000,000 is for a program to im5 prove State, local, and Tribal probation or pa6 role supervision efforts and strategies; 

7 (B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcer8 ated parents demonstration programs to en9 hance and maintain parental and family rela10 tionships for incarcerated parents as a reentry 

11 or recidivism reduction strategy; 

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

13 sites employing the Project HOPE Opportunity 

14 Probation with Enforcement model imple15 menting swift and certain sanctions in proba16 tion, of which no less than $500,000 shall be 

17 used for a project that provides training, tech18 nical assistance, and best practices; and 

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

20 for crisis stabilization and community reentry, 

21 as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 

22 Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 

23 116–281): 

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1 ance-based awards for Pay for Success projects, of 

2 which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success 

3 programs implementing the Permanent Supportive 

4 Housing Model and reentry housing; 

5 (15) $455,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

6 abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by 

7 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

8 address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis9 orders consistent with underlying program authori10 ties, of which— 

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

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

13 of the 1968 Act; 

14 (B) $45,000,000 is for mental health 

15 courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro16 gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 

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

18 Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re19 authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 

20 (Public Law 110–416); 

21 (C) $45,000,000 is for grants for Residen22 tial Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris23 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

24 1968 Act; 


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1 (D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treat2 ment courts program; 

3 (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon4 itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 

5 chemical products; and 

6 (F) $200,000,000 is for a comprehensive 

7 opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 

8 program; 

9 (16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant pro10 gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe 

11 Act; 

12 (17) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered 

13 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes au14 thorized under the STOP School Violence Act; 

15 (18) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local 

16 law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 

17 with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of18 fenses involving civil rights, authorized by the Em19 mett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthoriza20 tion Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); 

21 (19) $15,000,000 for grants to State, local, and 

22 Tribal law enforcement agencies to conduct edu23 cational outreach and training on hate crimes and to 

24 investigate and prosecute hate crimes, as authorized 

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1 Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 

2 111–84); 

3 (20) $10,000,000 for grants to support commu4 nity-based approaches to advancing justice and rec5 onciliation, facilitating dialogue between all parties, 

6 building local capacity, de-escalating community ten7 sions, and preventing hate crimes through conflict 

8 resolution and community empowerment and edu9 cation; 

10 (21) $10,000,000 for programs authorized 

11 under the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 

12 30507); 

13 (22) $35,000,000 for a competitive matching 

14 grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras 

15 for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement; 

16 (23) $40,000,000 for a justice reinvestment ini17 tiative, for activities related to criminal justice re18 form and recidivism reduction; and 

19 (24) $50,000,000 for a community violence 

20 intervention and prevention initiative: 

21 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

22 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

23 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

24 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

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1 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 

2 spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 

3 Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 

4 explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com5 petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2023, including 

6 changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 

7 weightings, and the application review process. 

8 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

9 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

10 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

11 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 

12 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

13 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De14 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

15 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 

16 Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT 

17 Act (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act 

18 of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the 

19 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

20 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the 

21 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

22 401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 

23 of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice 

24 for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 

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1 lic Law 115–267); the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 

2 2018 (Public Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act 

3 of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473) 

4 (‘‘the 1984 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Re5 covery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); and other juve6 nile justice programs, $471,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended as follows— 

8 (1) $90,000,000 for programs authorized by 

9 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 

10 technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi11 zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 

12 That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

13 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

14 grant program to support emergency planning 

15 among State, local, and Tribal juvenile justice resi16 dential facilities; 

17 (2) $110,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

18 (3) $78,500,000 for delinquency prevention, of 

19 which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 

20 1974 Act— 

21 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to pre22 vent trafficking of girls; 

23 (B) $20,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 

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

2 providing information and resources on children 

3 of incarcerated parents; 

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

5 grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice 

6 system; 

7 (E) $16,000,000 shall be for an initiative 

8 relating to youth affected by opioids, stimu9 lants, and substance use disorder; 

10 (F) $15,000,000 shall be for an initiative 

11 relating to children exposed to violence; and 

12 (G) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to pro13 tect vulnerable and at-risk youth; 

14 (4) $50,000,000 for programs authorized by 

15 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

16 (5) $110,000,000 for missing and exploited 

17 children programs, including as authorized by sec18 tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except 

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

20 Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall 

21 not apply for purposes of this Act); 

22 (6) $5,000,000 for child abuse training pro23 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

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1 (7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juve2 nile indigent defense; and 

3 (8) $25,000,000 for an initiative relating to al4 ternatives to youth incarceration: 

5 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

6 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi7 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author8 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

9 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) 

10 and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: 

11 Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

12 apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec13 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and 

14 exploited children programs. 

15 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

18 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

19 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in20 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail21 able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au22 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu23 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

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1 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

2 require additional funding for such disability and edu3 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

4 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail5 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

6 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

7 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro8 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

9 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

10 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

11 set forth in that section. 

12 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

13 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con16 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

17 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

18 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 

19 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

20 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American 

21 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 

22 37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 

23 Act (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); the 

24 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 

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1 In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC 

2 Act’’), $583,711,000, to remain available until expended: 

3 Provided, That any balances made available through prior 

4 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 

5 with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount provided under this heading— 

7 (1) $307,000,000 is for grants under section 

8 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

9 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

10 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not11 withstanding subsection (I) of such section: Pro12 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

13 title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re14 hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex15 ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 

16 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

17 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 

18 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

19 $40,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforce20 ment, including hiring, equipment, training, anti21 methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activi22 ties: Provided further, That of the amounts appro23 priated under this paragraph $48,000,000 is for re24 gional information sharing activities, as authorized 

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1 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua2 tion, and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 

3 of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the 

4 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less 

5 than $6,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 

6 Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap7 propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 

8 training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac9 tivities, and other support services as authorized 

10 under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: Pro11 vided further, That of the amounts appropriated 

12 under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collabo13 rative reform model of technical assistance in fur14 therance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act 

15 (34 U.S.C. 10381); 

16 (2) $11,000,000 is for activities authorized by 

17 the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 

18 (3) $20,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

19 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

20 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth21 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei22 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

23 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

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1 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet2 amine traffickers; 

3 (4) $40,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

4 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

5 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her6 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

7 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

8 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re9 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis10 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

11 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

12 collaboration; 

13 (5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 

14 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 

15 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 

16 STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 

17 Public Law 115–141); 

18 (6) $60,000,000 is for community policing de19 velopment activities in furtherance of section 1701 

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

21 (7) $92,711,000 is for a law enforcement tech22 nologies and interoperable communications program, 

23 and related law enforcement and public safety equip24 ment, which shall be used for the projects, and in 

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1 Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment’’, in 

2 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act: 

3 Provided, That such amounts may not be trans4 ferred for any other purpose: Provided further, That 

5 grants funded by such amounts shall not be subject 

6 to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 

7 10383). 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

11 available in this title for official reception and representa12 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

13 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

14 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re15 ception and representation expenses. 

16 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

17 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 

18 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 

19 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro20 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu21 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

22 shall be null and void. 

23 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 

24 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 

25 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 


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1 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re2 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris3 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in4 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

5 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin6 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil7 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

8 Prisons. 

9 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De11 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be12 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex13 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

14 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

15 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

16 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

17 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com18 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro19 vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol20 lowing— 

21 (1) paragraph (1)(S) under the heading ‘‘State 

22 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 

23 (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘Commu24 nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 


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1 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 

2 this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 

3 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

4 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

5 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

6 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

7 than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 

8 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

9 such a prisoner. 

10 SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

11 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele12 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec13 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

14 purposes. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main16 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

17 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

18 programs. 

19 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 

20 this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 

21 enhanced information technology program having total es22 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un23 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re24 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

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1 information technology program has appropriate program 

2 management controls and contractor oversight mecha3 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

4 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

5 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

6 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi7 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

8 in this Act and in the explanatory statement accom9 panying this Act, and to any use of deobligated balances 

10 of funds provided under this title in previous years. 

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

12 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 

13 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

14 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc15 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

16 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

17 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

18 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 

20 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

21 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

22 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

23 from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 

24 United States Code. 


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

2 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

3 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 

4 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head5 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

6 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus7 tice Programs’’— 

8 (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to 

9 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim10 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

11 provide training and technical assistance; and 

12 (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 

13 grant or reimbursement programs under such head14 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

15 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis16 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

17 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

18 and merged with funds provided to the National In19 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis20 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

21 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza22 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 

23 This section shall not apply to paragraph (1)(S) under the 

24 heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’. 


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

2 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard3 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap4 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 

5 for fiscal years 2020 through 2023 for the following pro6 grams, waive the following requirements: 

7 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

8 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

9 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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

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

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

13 (2) For grants to protect inmates and safe14 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 

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

16 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

17 such Act. 

18 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 

20 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

21 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail22 able by this or any other Act. 

23 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 

24 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back25 ground check system established under section 103 of the 


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1 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 

2 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

3 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi4 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus5 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un6 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con7 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

8 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De9 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

10 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 

11 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

12 year 2023, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 

13 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan14 cial management system. 

15 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal16 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

17 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

18 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 

19 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2023, and 

20 any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 

21 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec22 tion 505 of this Act. 

23 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli24 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

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1 tion during fiscal year 2023, and any use, obligation, 

2 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 

3 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made avail5 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 

6 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 

7 authorized under such authorities as have been enacted 

8 for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts 

9 in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year. 

10 SEC. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic13 tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 

14 Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re15 ports shall contain at least the same level of information 

16 and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

18 and the Senate in fiscal year 2022. 

19 SEC. 219. Section 3201 of Public Law 101–647, as 

20 amended (28 U.S.C. 509 note), is hereby amended: (1) 

21 by striking ‘‘or the Immigration and Naturalization Serv22 ice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal Prison System, the Bu23 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or the 

24 United States Marshals Service’’; and (2) by striking 

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1 SEC. 220. Not later than one year after the date of 

2 the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall sub3 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate, and the Committees 

5 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of 

6 the Senate, a report assessing compliance by the Depart7 ment of Justice with section 4712 of title 42, United 

8 States Code, and section 3.908–9 of the Federal Acquisi9 tion Regulation. This report shall further describe the im10 plementation status, and all actions taken in response to, 

11 recommendations related to whistleblower protection from 

12 the Government Accountability Office and the Department 

13 of Justice Office of Inspector General. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

15 Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 SCIENCE 

3 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

5 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, $7,700,000. 

13 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

14 For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun15 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 other 

21 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 ADMINISTRATION

2 SCIENCE

3 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, $8,045,700,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2024. 

16 AERONAUTICS

17 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 

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1 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

2 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

3 administrative aircraft, $971,500,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2024. 

5 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

6 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; and 

16 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 

17 mission and administrative aircraft, $1,263,850,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 

19 That $110,000,000 shall be for the development, produc20 tion, and demonstration of a nuclear thermal propulsion 

21 system, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be for 

22 reactor development, not less than $45,000,000 shall be 

23 for fuel materials development, and not less than 

24 $20,000,000 shall be for non-nuclear systems development 

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1 than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Na2 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

3 a plan for the design of a flight demonstration. 

4 EXPLORATION

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

7 development activities, including research, development, 

8 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

9 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con10 trol, and communications activities; program manage11 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

12 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

13 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur14 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

15 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

16 administrative aircraft, $7,547,750,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not less 

18 than $1,338,700,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

19 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

20 $2,600,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 

21 (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 

22 less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele23 ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta24 neously to be used to the maximum extent practicable, in25 cluding for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: 


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1 Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, 

2 not less than $600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B 

3 development including the Exploration Upper Stage and 

4 associated systems including related facilitization, to sup5 port an SLS Block 1B mission available to launch in 2025 

6 in addition to the planned Block 1 missions for Artemis 

7 1 through Artemis 3: Provided further, That $799,150,000 

8 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems and associated 

9 Block 1B activities, including up to $281,350,000 for a 

10 second mobile launch platform: Provided further, That the 

11 National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall pro12 vide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

13 of Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the 

14 annual budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for an 

15 integrated system that includes the SLS, the Orion Multi16 Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that 

17 will ensure a crewed launch as early as possible, as well 

18 as a system-based funding profile for a sustained launch 

19 cadence that contemplates the use of an SLS Block 1B 

20 cargo variant with an 8.4 meter fairing and associated 

21 ground systems: Provided further, That $2,600,300,000 

22 shall be for exploration research and development. 

23 SPACE OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

25 in the conduct and support of space operations research 


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1 and development activities, including research, develop2 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space3 craft control, and communications activities, including op4 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re5 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

6 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow7 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

8 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 

9 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 

10 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad11 ministrative aircraft, $4,293,500,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2024. 

13 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

14 MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

17 education research and development activities, including 

18 research, development, operations, support, and services; 

19 program management; personnel and related costs, includ20 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec21 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

22 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

23 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

24 of mission and administrative aircraft, $150,100,000, to 

25 remain available until September 30, 2024, of which 


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1 $26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 

2 Stimulate Competitive Research and $57,000,000 shall be 

3 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro4 gram. 

5 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 

8 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

9 research and development activities, including research, 

10 development, operations, support, and services; mainte11 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

12 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

13 program management; personnel and related costs, includ14 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec15 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

16 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

17 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen18 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte19 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air20 craft, $3,228,700,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That if available balances in 

22 the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 

23 Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse24 ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 

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1 Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2 1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart3 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel4 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

5 1995 (Public Law 103–327) up to $1,000,000 shall be 

6 available from amounts made available under this heading 

7 to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That 

8 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

9 $27,246,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

10 amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘NASA 

11 Special Projects’’ in the explanatory statement accom12 panying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 

13 made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 

14 proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose. 

15 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

16 RESTORATION

17 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

18 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi19 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad20 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

21 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

22 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli23 ance and restoration, $424,300,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2028: Provided, That proceeds from 

25 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 


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1 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 

2 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

3 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail4 able for obligation for fiscal year 2023 in an amount not 

5 to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 

6 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

7 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col8 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

9 Code. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

13 $48,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2024. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

18 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

19 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

20 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

21 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero22 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

23 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap24 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

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1 fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ2 mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac3 tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 

4 percent and any funds transferred to or within ‘‘Explo5 ration’’ for Exploration Ground Systems shall not increase 

6 Exploration Ground Systems by more than $100,000,000. 

7 Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 

8 for the same purposes and the same time period as the 

9 appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursu10 ant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming 

11 of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 

12 available for obligation except in compliance with the pro13 cedures set forth in that section. 

14 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro15 vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra16 tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 

17 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023 

18 may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 

19 such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro20 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

21 such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 

22 shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 

23 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

24 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com25 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 


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1 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro2 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’’, 


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1 ‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and 

2 ‘‘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 Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 

7 Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, up to $342,000,000 

8 may be transferred to ‘‘Space Operations’’ for Orion Pro9 duction and Operations only for items associated with 

10 Artemis 4 and subsequent missions. The authority pro11 vided by this paragraph is in addition to the authority pro12 vided by the second paragraph under this heading. Any 

13 transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a 

14 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

15 shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 

16 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

17 Section 30102(b) of title 51, United States Code, is 

18 amended by: 

19 (1) Redesignating existing paragraph (3) to (4); and 

20 (2) Inserting, after paragraph (2), the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) MOD22 ERNIZATION.—The fund shall also be available for 

23 the purpose of funding IT Modernization activities, 

24 as described in section 1077(b)(3)(A)–(E) of Public 

25 Law 115–91, on a non-reimbursable basis.’’. 


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1 Not to exceed $18,162,000 made available for the 

2 current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 

3 Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap4 ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis5 tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex6 pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 

7 of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 

8 and shall remain available until expended. 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 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

14 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

16 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 

17 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 

18 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

19 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

20 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air21 craft; and authorized travel; $8,321,907,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2024, of which not to exceed 

23 $640,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

24 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse25 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 


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1 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

2 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

3 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

4 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

5 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

6 to this appropriation. 

7 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc10 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

11 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu12 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

13 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 

14 $187,230,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 STEM EDUCATION

16 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math17 ematics, and engineering education and human resources 

18 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

19 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ20 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

21 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con22 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

23 $1,327,180,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2024. 


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1 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

2 For agency operations and award management nec3 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

4 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 

5 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

7 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

8 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

9 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

10 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

11 $473,200,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

12 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

13 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

14 heading in fiscal year 2023 for maintenance and operation 

15 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

16 the next fiscal year. 

17 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

18 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala19 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

20 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

21 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec22 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car23 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

24 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

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1 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

2 and representation expenses. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

6 1978, $23,393,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2024. 

8 NSF NONRECURRING EXPENSES FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 

11 United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘National 

12 Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the 

13 Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of expired 

14 discretionary funds appropriated for this or any suc15 ceeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury 

16 to the National Science Foundation by this or any other 

17 Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth 

18 fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds 

19 are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into 

20 the Fund: Provided further, That amounts deposited in the 

21 Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition 

22 to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, 

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1 ation of the Foundation or its funded research facilities, 

2 subject to approval by the Office of Management and 

3 Budget: Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may 

4 be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti6 fied at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of 

7 funds. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

11 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

12 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be13 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

14 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans15 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

16 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

17 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

18 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

19 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

20 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 

22 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans23 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 

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1 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 

2 than $2,500,000. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria4 tions Act, 2023’’. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION 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 $13,850,000: 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, $1,500,000 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, the 

7 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 $460,000,000: 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

7 SALARIES 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

15 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

16 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

17 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

18 Act of 1974, $539,000,000, of which $495,800,000 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; $25,500,000 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 

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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

14 CORPORATION

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 this 

20 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 2022 and 

24 2023, respectively: Provided, That for the purposes of ap25 plications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 


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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

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com11 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, $61,540,000, 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: Provided further, That of the 


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1 total amount made available under this heading, 

2 $5,000,000 shall not be available until the United States 

3 Trade Representative has certified to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

5 Senate, in writing, that a process pursuant to which 

6 United States entities and associations of those entities 

7 may request the exclusion of articles from duties imposed 

8 pursuant to the investigation initiated under section 301 

9 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) on August 

10 18, 2017, and with respect to which notice was published 

11 in the Federal Register on August 24, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 

12 40213), has been established. 

13 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For activities of the United States Trade Representa16 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

17 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 

18 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

19 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 

20 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

21 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

22 Act. 


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1 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

4 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

5 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 

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

7 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

8 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

9 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

10 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

11 United States Government. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

7 not authorized by the Congress. 

8 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

10 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

11 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

14 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

15 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

16 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

17 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

18 issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica20 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

21 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica22 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

23 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af24 fected thereby. 


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

2 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

3 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli4 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided from 

5 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

6 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

7 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

8 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini9 tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 

10 a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per11 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

12 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of13 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro14 grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

15 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em16 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac17 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

18 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

19 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

20 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

21 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

22 change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap23 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

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

2 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

3 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

4 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

5 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

6 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re7 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

8 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen9 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

10 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula11 tions. 

12 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au13 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

14 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

15 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

16 States, its territories or possessions. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

18 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

19 Item (1)(f)(3). 

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

21 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na22 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta25 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 


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1 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com2 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

3 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

4 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

5 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

6 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

7 obligation. 

8 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

9 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

10 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

11 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

12 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

13 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

14 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys15 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re16 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

17 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

18 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre19 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re20 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

21 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

22 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be23 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

24 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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1 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

2 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

3 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

4 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

5 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

6 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

7 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

8 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

9 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

10 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

11 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

12 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

13 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

14 products of the same type. 

15 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab17 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

18 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex19 cess of $1,750,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

20 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 

22 available from the Fund for obligation, 5 percent shall be 

23 available to the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, 

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1 Act, to Indian Tribes to improve services for victims of 

2 crime. 

3 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

4 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. 

9 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

10 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 Depart15 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 

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1 (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 make 

5 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— 

9 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

10 title 5, United States Code; and 

11 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi12 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

13 commit 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 


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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 oth8 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 infor19 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

20 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

21 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

22 moderate-impact information systems within the 

23 Federal Government; 

24 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre25 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 


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1 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

2 appropriate agencies; and 

3 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap4 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

5 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

6 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

7 risk associated with such system being produced, 

8 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

9 identified by the United States Government as pos10 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

11 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

12 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 

13 of 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, the 

21 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

22 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

23 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

24 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

25 the national interest of the United States; and 


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1 (3) reported that determination to the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa3 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen4 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. 

9 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi11 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

12 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

13 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

14 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

15 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

16 (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 this 

19 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 

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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 pro4 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 made 

18 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 made 

2 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 2023 until the enactment of the 

7 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. 

8 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other9 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 (RESCISSIONS)

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

3 year appropriations available to the Department of Jus4 tice, the following funds are hereby permanently re5 scinded, not later than September 30, 2023, from the fol6 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

7 (1) ‘‘Federal Prison System, Buildings and Fa8 cilities’’, $520,000,000; 

9 (2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi10 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

11 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro12 grams’’, $15,000,000; 

13 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi14 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $75,000,000; and 

15 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi16 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

17 $15,000,000. 

18 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De19 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby per20 manently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2023, 

21 from the following account in the specified amounts: 

22 ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000. 

23 (c) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 


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1 1, 2023, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

2 pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 

3 (d) The amounts rescinded in subsection (a) shall not 

4 be from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

5 as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant 

6 to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

7 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

10 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

11 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

12 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend14 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart15 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

16 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

17 States unless— 

18 (1) such conference is a law enforcement train19 ing or operational conference for law enforcement 

20 personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

21 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 

22 outside the United States; or 

23 (2) such conference is a scientific conference 

24 and the department or agency head determines that 

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1 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 

3 days of that determination and the basis for that de4 termination. 

5 SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 

6 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in7 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro8 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

9 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform10 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

11 following: 

12 (1) Details on future action the department, 

13 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

14 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

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

16 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

17 in expired grant accounts. 

18 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex19 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

20 Treasury of the United States. 

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

22 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

23 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

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1 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

2 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

3 SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made 

4 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

5 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En6 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

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

8 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

9 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 

10 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 

11 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 

12 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 

13 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat14 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com15 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

16 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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

18 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

19 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

20 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

21 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 

22 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves23 tigation, have certified— 

24 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

25 technology, data, or other information with national 


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1 security or economic security implications to China 

2 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

3 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

4 officials who have been determined by the United 

5 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

6 human rights. 

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

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

10 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

11 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

12 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici13 pants, and its location and timing. 

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

15 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

16 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

17 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

18 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

19 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

20 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

21 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 

22 law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

23 SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus24 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

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1 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

2 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

3 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

4 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

5 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 

6 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 

7 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

14 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

15 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per16 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

17 contract. 

18 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit20 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

21 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

22 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

23 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under 

24 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 

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1 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

2 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken3 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi4 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

5 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

6 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

7 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da8 kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash9 ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 

10 respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

11 of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 

12 Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 

13 from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 

14 distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari15 juana. 

16 SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na17 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na18 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

21 by any employee of such Department or agency, including 

22 the purpose of such travel. 

23 SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

24 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

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1 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 

2 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

3 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 

4 be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 

5 Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per6 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 

7 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 

8 the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area 

9 Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial cen10 sus, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty 

11 Estimates, or any Territory or possession of the United 

12 States. 

13 SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

16 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

18 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

19 United States in connection with requiring an export li20 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac21 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

22 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

23 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

24 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

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1 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

2 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

3 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex4 port license— 

5 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

6 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

7 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

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

9 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub10 section (a); and 

11 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

12 of— 

13 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo14 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

15 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

16 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

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

18 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

19 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

20 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu21 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

22 (C) articles for export from Canada to an23 other foreign destination. 

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1 manent or temporary export without a license of any un2 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

3 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem4 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

5 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

6 Canadian citizen. 

7 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

8 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter9 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

10 the Government of Canada has implemented or main11 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

12 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

13 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter14 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an15 other nation. The President shall terminate the require16 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require17 ments have ceased. 

18 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

20 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

21 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

22 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

23 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

24 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

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1 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori2 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

3 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per5 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

6 importation of any model of shotgun if— 

7 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

8 the proposed importation are met; and 

9 (2) no application for the importation of such 

10 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

11 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu12 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

13 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

14 sporting purposes. 

15 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

17 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

18 ratification for the Treaty. 

19 SEC. 538. Funds made available to the Department 

20 of Commerce and under the heading ‘‘Department of Jus21 tice—Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and Ex22 penses’’ in this Act and any remaining unobligated bal23 ances of funds made available to the Department of Com24 merce and under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice— 

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1 in prior year Acts, other than amounts designated by the 

2 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

3 to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall 

5 be available to provide payments pursuant to section 

6 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further Consoli7 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): 

8 Provided, That payments made pursuant to the matter 

9 preceding this proviso may not exceed $2,000,000 for the 

10 Department of Commerce and $5,000,000 for the Federal 

11 Bureau of Investigation. 

12 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act to the Department of Justice may be used to inves14 tigate or prosecute any individual that (i) crosses state 

15 lines to access abortion services or (ii) provides assistance 

16 to another individual to obtain abortion services. 

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

18 funds as of September 30, 2023, from amounts made 

19 available to ‘‘Office of the United States Trade Represent20 ative—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title IX of the United 

21 States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act 

22 (Public Law 116–113), are hereby rescinded, and an 

23 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

24 the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is here25 by appropriated on September 30, 2023, for an additional 


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1 amount for fiscal year 2023, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2024, and shall be available for the same pur3 poses, in addition to other funds as may be available for 

4 such purposes, and under the same authorities for which 

5 the funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–113, 

6 except that all references to ‘‘2023’’ under such heading 

7 in Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer instead 

8 to ‘‘2024’’. 

9 (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 

10 of September 30, 2023, from amounts made available to 

11 ‘‘Office of the United States Trade Representative— 

12 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund’’ in title IX of the United 

13 States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act 

14 (Public Law 116–113), are hereby rescinded, and an 

15 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

16 the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is here17 by appropriated on September 30, 2023, for an additional 

18 amount for fiscal year 2023, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2024, and shall be available for the same pur20 poses, in addition to other funds as may be available for 

21 such purposes, and under the same authorities for which 

22 the funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–113, 

23 except that the reference to ‘‘2023’’ under such heading 

24 in Public Law 116–113 shall be deemed to refer instead 

25 to ‘‘2024’’. 


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1 (c) The amounts rescinded pursuant to this section 

2 that were previously designated by the Congress as an 

3 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Con6 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

7 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the con8 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 

9 section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as en10 grossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 

11 (d) Each amount provided by this section is des12 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re13 quirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 

14 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

15 budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 

16 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep17 resentatives on June 8, 2022. 

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

19 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 

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