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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4685 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government 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 fi5 nancial services and general government for the fiscal year 

6 ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes, 

7 namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

7 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve9 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 

10 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec11 essary for the performance of official business; executive 

12 direction program activities; international affairs and eco13 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac14 tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 

15 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli16 cies and programs activities, $255,000,000: Provided, 

17 That of the amount appropriated under this heading— 

18 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep19 tion and representation expenses; 

20 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 

21 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

22 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

23 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

24 Secretary’s certificate; and 


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1 (3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2024, for— 

3 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

4 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

5 (B) information technology modernization 

6 requirements; 

7 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra8 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

9 (D) the development and implementation 

10 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 

11 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 

12 entering into cooperative agreements; 

13 (E) operations and maintenance of facili14 ties; and 

15 (F) international operations. 

16 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED

17 STATES FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 

20 Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 

22 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de23 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ24 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 

25 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 


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1 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur2 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 

3 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 

4 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 

5 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any 

6 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro7 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 

8 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset9 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 

10 appropriated under this heading from the general fund 

11 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 

12 during fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a total appro13 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

14 $0. 

15 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

18 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys19 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter20 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

21 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 

22 drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 

23 $212,059,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 

24 available for addressing human rights violations and cor25 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 


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1 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 

2 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 

3 under this heading, up to $12,000,000 shall remain avail4 able until September 30, 2024. 

5 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

6 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 

7 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 

8 $88,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2025: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 

10 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas11 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur12 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 

13 heading $7,000,000 shall be available for administrative 

14 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 

15 provide oversight of the investments made under this 

16 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple17 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 

18 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 

19 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

20 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

23 processing equipment, software, and services and for re24 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart25 ment of the Treasury, $8,000,000, to remain available 


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1 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That these funds 

2 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec3 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of4 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

5 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

6 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur7 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head8 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev9 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 

10 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, $43,878,000, including hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 

17 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con18 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

19 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

20 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2024, shall be for audits and investigations 

22 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 

23 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re24 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 

25 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 


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1 shall be available for official reception and representation 

2 expenses. 

3 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

7 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In8 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur9 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

10 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 

11 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 

12 for Tax Administration; $179,409,000, of which 

13 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2024; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 

15 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 

16 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 

17 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

18 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra19 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 

20 for official reception and representation expenses. 

21 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

22 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

25 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 


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1 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

2 Law 110–343), $9,000,000. 

3 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En6 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve7 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

8 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

9 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in10 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula11 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

12 $45,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

13 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

14 with or without reimbursement, $189,000,000, of which 

15 not to exceed $94,600,000 shall remain available until 

16 September 30, 2024. 

17 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

20 of the Fiscal Service, $372,485,000; of which not to ex21 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2025, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 

23 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 

24 and representation expenses. 


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1 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 

2 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

3 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

4 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 

5 380. 

6 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

9 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

10 passenger motor vehicles, $148,863,000; of which not to 

11 exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 

12 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 

13 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de14 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 

15 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 

16 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 

17 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 

18 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 

19 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 

20 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the costs 

22 associated with enforcement of and education regarding 

23 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad24 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) and Internal Rev25 enue Code provisions related to promoting fair competition 


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1 and leveling the playing field in the beverage alcohol in2 dustry. 

3 UNITED STATES MINT

4 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

5 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

6 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

7 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

8 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis9 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper10 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

11 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in12 curred during fiscal year 2023 under such section 5136 

13 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in14 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

15 $50,000,000. 

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

17 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

19 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

20 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 

21 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

22 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

23 to the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount ap24 propriated under this heading— 


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1 (1) not less than $196,000,000, notwith2 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 

3 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg4 ing Community Development Financial Institutions 

5 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 

6 2024, for financial assistance and technical assist7 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

8 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 

9 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 

10 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out11 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 

12 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be 

13 used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 

14 $10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec15 tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

16 4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as17 sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 

18 to community development financial institutions to 

19 expand investments that benefit individuals with dis20 abilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for 

21 the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con22 junction with the Corporation for National and 

23 Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: 

24 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

25 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 


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1 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

3 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga4 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

5 exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the 

6 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 

7 those made to community development financial in8 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ9 uals with disabilities and those made to community 

10 development financial institutions that serve popu11 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 

12 CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 

13 awards to organizations that invest and lend in high14 poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 

15 this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means 

16 any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 

17 percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data 

18 series available from the American Community Sur19 vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 

20 Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 

21 percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De22 cennial Census data for any territory or possession 

23 of the United States; 

24 (2) not less than $25,000,000, notwithstanding 

25 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 


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1 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2024, for 

2 financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 

3 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

4 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com5 munities and provided primarily through qualified 

6 community development lender organizations with 

7 experience and expertise in community development 

8 banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

9 American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza10 tions, and other suitable providers; 

11 (3) not less than $35,000,000 is available until 

12 September 30, 2024, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

13 program; 

14 (4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding 

15 subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 

16 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 

17 until September 30, 2024, for a Healthy Food Fi18 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 

19 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com20 munity development financial institutions for the 

21 purpose of offering affordable financing and tech22 nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 

23 food options in distressed communities; 

24 (5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until 

25 September 30, 2024, to provide grants for loan loss 


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1 reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 

2 small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 

3 Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, 

4 That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public 

5 Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 

6 and technical assistance; 

7 (6) up to $35,000,000 is available for adminis8 trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 

9 Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 

10 Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for 

11 the development of tools to better assess and inform 

12 CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 

13 impacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative 

14 expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and 

15 (7) during fiscal year 2023, none of the funds 

16 available under this heading are available for the 

17 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

18 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 

19 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 

20 Community Development and Regulatory Improve21 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 

22 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 

23 under such section 114A shall not exceed 

24 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 

25 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 


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1 2023: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 

2 under this heading, except those provided for the 

3 Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 10 percent 

4 shall be used for awards that support investments 

5 that serve populations living in persistent poverty 

6 counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of 

7 this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘per8 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county, includ9 ing county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has 

10 had 20 percent or more of its population living in 

11 poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 

12 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016– 

13 2020 5-year data series available from the American 

14 Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or 

15 any other territory or possession of the United 

16 States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu17 lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 

18 measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas 

19 Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu20 reau of the Census. 

21 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

22 TAXPAYER SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv24 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist25 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 


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1 advocacy services, associated support costs, and other 

2 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 

3 as may be determined by the Commissioner, 

4 $3,443,768,000, of which not to exceed $100,000,000 

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, of which 

6 not less than $11,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling 

7 for the Elderly Program, of which not less than 

8 $26,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer 

9 clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics of up 

10 to $200,000, of which not less than $30,000,000, to re11 main available until September 30, 2024, shall be avail12 able for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 

13 Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation as14 sistance, and of which not less than $235,000,000 shall 

15 be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advo16 cate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made avail17 able for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than 

18 $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft and refund fraud 

19 casework. 

20 ENFORCEMENT

21 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

22 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

23 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con24 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

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1 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi2 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), associated support costs, and 

3 to provide other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

4 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 

5 $6,162,313,000; of which not to exceed $250,000,000 

6 shall remain available until September 30, 2024; of which 

7 not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency 

8 Crime and Drug Enforcement program; and of which not 

9 to exceed $21,000,000 shall be for investigative technology 

10 for the Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 

11 amount made available for investigative technology for the 

12 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 

13 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di14 vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading. 

15 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

16 For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev17 enue Service, including its headquarters, the hire of pas18 senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations 

19 of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and 

20 other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 

21 rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 

22 $3,678,470,000, of which not to exceed $275,000,000 

23 shall remain available until September 30, 2025; of which 

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1 pair and renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed 

2 $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2025, for research; and of which not to exceed $20,000 

4 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

5 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 

6 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

7 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp9 troller General of the United States detailing major infor10 mation technology investments in the Internal Revenue 

11 Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan portfolio, 

12 including detailed, plain language summaries on the status 

13 of plans, costs, and results; prior results and actual ex14 penditures of the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and 

15 costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies 

16 associated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost or 

17 schedule variances; and total expenditures by fiscal year: 

18 Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall 

19 include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 2024, a 

20 summary of cost and schedule performance information 

21 for its major information technology systems. 

22 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

23 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv24 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

25 $310,027,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2025, and shall be for the capital asset acquisition of in2 formation technology systems, including management and 

3 related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including re4 lated Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contrac5 tual costs associated with operations authorized by 5 

6 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 

7 the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 

8 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 

10 Comptroller General of the United States detailing major 

11 information technology investments in the Internal Rev12 enue Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan 

13 portfolio, including detailed, plain language summaries on 

14 the status of plans, costs, and results; prior results and 

15 actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcoming 

16 deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitiga17 tion strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for 

18 any cost or schedule variances; and total expenditures by 

19 fiscal year. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

21 SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of the appropria24 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

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1 ceed 6 percent of any other appropriation made available 

2 in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans3 ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria4 tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap5 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen6 ate. 

7 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main8 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

9 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

10 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im11 partial application of tax law. 

12 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti13 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe14 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro15 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

16 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 

17 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

18 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi19 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

20 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

21 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 

22 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

23 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

24 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 


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1 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

2 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

3 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

4 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 

5 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 

6 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

7 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic8 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

9 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under 

10 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 

11 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

12 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con13 stitution of the United States. 

14 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 

16 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

17 beliefs. 

18 SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 

19 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex20 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce21 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

22 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

23 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re24 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

25 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 


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1 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

2 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana3 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

4 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

6 expended— 

7 (1) to make a payment to any employee under 

8 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

9 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

10 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 

11 unless such program or process takes into account the 

12 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 

13 former employee. 

14 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 

16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

17 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

18 SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec19 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 

20 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec21 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au22 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 

23 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 

24 to positions in the competitive service to process back25 logged tax returns and return information. 


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1 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 

2 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 

3 Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas4 senger carrier transportation and protection between the 

5 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 

6 of employment. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

8 TREASURY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 

11 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al12 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

13 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

14 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

15 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

16 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

17 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

18 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

19 of health and medical services to employees and their de20 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author21 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

22 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria23 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De24 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

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1 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En2 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and 

3 ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be 

4 transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 

5 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 

7 no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 

8 any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

9 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria10 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

11 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen12 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad13 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

14 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

15 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro16 priation by more than 2 percent. 

17 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

19 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

20 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

21 SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans22 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala23 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec24 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 

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1 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 

2 Collection Fund. 

3 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

5 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu6 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

9 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

10 Affairs. 

11 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

13 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav14 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

15 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func16 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

17 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

18 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com19 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent21 atives and the Senate. 

22 SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

23 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De24 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re25 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 


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1 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

2 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

3 2023 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

4 Act for Fiscal Year 2023. 

5 SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail6 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus7 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

8 representation expenses. 

9 SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

10 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro11 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

12 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an13 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

14 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest15 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

16 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart17 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac18 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas19 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

20 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur21 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

22 project that has not been fully completed. 

23 SEC. 123. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

24 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

2 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran3 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

4 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 

5 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

6 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip7 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran8 chise Fund. 

9 SEC. 124. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 

10 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 

11 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

12 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

14 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

16 Affairs. 

17 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

18 include— 

19 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

20 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

21 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

22 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 

23 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

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1 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva2 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis3 cal year; and 

4 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec5 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

6 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified 

7 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 

8 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

9 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

10 subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 125. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 

12 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 

13 Pandemic Recovery, $12,000,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec15 tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

16 Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–136). 

17 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

18 made available to the Secretary of the Treasury (referred 

19 to in this section as ‘‘Secretary’’) for administrative ex20 penses pursuant to sections 4003(f) and 4112(b) of the 

21 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub22 lic Law 116–136) and section 7301(b)(5) of the American 

23 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), up to 

24 $80,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary, for the 

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1 any administrative expenses of the Department of the 

2 Treasury determined by the Secretary to be necessary to 

3 implement section 501 of division N of the Consolidated 

4 Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), sections 

5 3201 or 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

6 (Public Law 117–2), or title VI of the Social Security Act 

7 (42 24 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), in addition to amounts other8 wise available for such purposes. 

9 SEC. 127. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available in this Act for the Department of the 

11 Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor12 mation technology system modernization and working cap13 ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 

14 of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for the Fiscal Year 2018, for the purposes speci16 fied in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the prior noti17 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 

19 amounts transferred to the IT WCF under this section 

20 shall remain available for obligation through September 

21 30, 2026. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

23 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 THE WHITE HOUSE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 

12 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 

13 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 

14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 

17 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $71,500,000. 

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

22 at the White House, $15,400,000, to be expended and ac23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

8 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 

9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap13 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

14 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 

15 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res16 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

17 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 

18 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

19 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

20 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 

21 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 

22 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

23 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

24 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

25 for the classification of any such expense as political or 


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1 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

2 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res3 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub4 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

5 Code. 

6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

8 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

9 U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

11 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,326,000. 

17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

18 SECURITY COUNCIL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

21 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

22 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,750,000, of 

23 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official 

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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 $111,825,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for continued moderniza8 tion of information resources within the Executive Office 

9 of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided 

10 under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available 

11 for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub12 sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to 

13 students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis14 charged from active duty who are performing voluntary 

15 services in the Executive Office of the President under sec16 tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable 

17 authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 

18 available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 

19 further, That such payments shall not be considered com20 pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may 

21 be paid in advance. 

22 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

25 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 


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1 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 

2 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

3 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 

4 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 

5 title 31, United States Code, $127,600,000, of which not 

6 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa7 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

9 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri10 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

11 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree12 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

13 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

14 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

15 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit16 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

17 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap18 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

19 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

20 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

21 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 

22 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 

24 provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or 

25 indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for 


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1 evaluating or determining if water resource project or 

2 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 

3 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 

4 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 

5 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro6 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 

7 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 

8 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 

9 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur10 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

11 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap12 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi13 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

14 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

15 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 

16 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 

17 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as18 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 

19 the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 

20 later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of 

21 the United States Government for fiscal year 2024, the 

22 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

23 make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each 

24 agency that submits budget justification materials (as de25 fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 


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1 and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min2 imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 

3 budget justification materials of the agency were sub4 mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 

5 the budget justification materials are published on the 

6 website of the agency. 

7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT

8 COORDINATOR

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec10 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 

11 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 

12 Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), 

13 including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

14 $1,902,000. 

15 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 

18 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil19 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza20 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 

21 $21,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail22 able for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

4 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

5 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 

7 official reception and representation expenses; and for par8 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 

9 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 

10 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim11 bursement, $20,500,000: Provided, That the Office is au12 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 

13 real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 

14 limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 

15 work of the Office. 

16 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

17 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

20 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

21 Areas Program, $300,000,000, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2024, for drug control activities consistent 

23 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

24 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 

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1 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

2 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

3 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans4 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

5 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

6 Control Policy, of which up to $5,800,000 may be used 

7 for auditing services and associated activities and 

8 $3,500,000 shall be for a new Grants Management System 

9 for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro10 vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 

11 to fiscal year 2021 may be used for any other approved 

12 activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re13 quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des14 ignated as of September 30, 2022, shall be funded at not 

15 less than the fiscal year 2022 base level, unless the Direc16 tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 

18 changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior19 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 

20 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 

21 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro22 priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2023 fund23 ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enact24 ment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of 

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1 mined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not 

2 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 

3 further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

4 funds so transferred from this appropriation are not nec5 essary for the purposes provided herein and upon notifica6 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be 

8 transferred back to this appropriation. 

9 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

12 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 

13 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 

14 amended, $135,370,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, which shall be available as follows: $107,000,000 

16 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not 

17 more than $12,540,000 is for administrative expenses, 

18 and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di19 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

20 by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for 

21 drug court training and technical assistance; $15,500,000 

22 for anti-doping activities; up to $3,420,000 for the United 

23 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen24 cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 

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1 Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made avail2 able under this heading may be transferred to other Fed3 eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities: 

4 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Na5 tional Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days 

6 prior to obligating funds under this heading for United 

7 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen8 cy, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan 

10 and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds. 

11 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

12 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

13 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

14 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

15 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

16 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2024. 

18 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte21 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

22 technology in the Federal Government, $10,000,000, to 

23 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc24 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 


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1 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 

2 projects to meet these purposes. 

3 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

6 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

7 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

8 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex9 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex10 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

11 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 

12 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

13 OPERATING EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

16 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

17 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi18 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

19 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 

20 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re21 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

2 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

3 THE PRESIDENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi7 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

8 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 

9 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of10 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi11 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

12 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

13 such other officer as the President may designate in writ14 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap17 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

18 with and available for the same time and for the same 

19 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro20 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

21 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro22 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

23 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi24 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

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1 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2023, any Executive 

2 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 

3 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 

4 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg5 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 

6 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

7 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

8 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im9 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

10 Government; 

11 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

12 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

13 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 

14 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 

15 year 2023; and 

16 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov17 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 

18 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 

19 2023. 

20 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo21 randum is issued during fiscal year 2023 due to a national 

22 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

23 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

24 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 

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1 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi2 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 

3 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 

4 of $100,000,000. 

5 SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

6 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man7 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 

8 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 

9 compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 

10 SEC. 204. In fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year 

11 thereafter—(1) the Office of Management and Budget 

12 shall operate and maintain the automated system required 

13 to be implemented by section 204 of the Financial Services 

14 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 (divi15 sion E of Public Law 117–103) and shall continue to post 

16 each document apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to 

17 section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, including 

18 any associated footnotes, in a format that qualifies each 

19 such document as an open Government data asset (as that 

20 term is defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

21 Code); and (2) the requirements specified in subsection 

22 (c), the first and second provisos of subsection (d)(1), and 

23 subsection (d)(2) of such section 204 shall continue to 

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1 SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 

2 National Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

3 $10,482,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 

4 and for the projects specified in the table that appears 

5 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive 

6 Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 

7 President’’ in the explanatory statement accompanying 

8 this Act: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

9 by this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

11 the President Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

7 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

8 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

9 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

10 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

11 as the Chief Justice may approve, $109,000,000, of which 

12 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

13 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

14 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

15 justice and associate justices of the court. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im19 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

6 $35,994,000. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

9 judge and judges of the court. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author14 ized by law, $21,260,000. 

15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

16 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

17 judge and judges of the court. 

18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

19 JUDICIAL SERVICES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi23 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 

24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author2 ized by law, $5,905,055,000 (including the purchase of 

3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

4 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 

5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 

6 related to new space alteration and construction projects. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

10 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus11 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

12 service. 

13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $10,280,000, to be appro17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

18 Fund. 

19 DEFENDER SERVICES

20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

21 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor22 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 

23 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim24 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 

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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

2 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 

3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

4 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa5 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

7 actions for the protection of their employment, as author8 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim9 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

10 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 

11 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse12 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

13 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 

14 general administrative expenses, $1,410,334,000, to re15 main available until expended. 

16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

18 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis19 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa20 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $40,000,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 


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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

2 5332. 

3 COURT SECURITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

8 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 

9 States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 

10 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 

11 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

12 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 

13 States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 

14 inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 

15 perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 

16 Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 

17 authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 

18 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

19 $771,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

20 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

21 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

22 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

23 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

24 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

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1 eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head2 ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 

3 to facilitate security and emergency management services 

4 among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 

5 Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra6 tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments 

7 and the public; and, notwithstanding sections 331, 

8 566(e)(1), and 566(i) of title 28, United States Code, for 

9 identifying and pursuing the voluntary redaction and re10 duction of personally identifiable information on the inter11 net of judges and other familial relatives who live at the 

12 judge’s domicile. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

14 COURTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

17 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ18 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas19 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

20 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else21 where, $104,376,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au22 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen4 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $31,379,000; 

5 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep6 tember 30, 2024, to provide education and training to 

7 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

8 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa9 tion expenses. 

10 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

13 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

14 Code, $21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au15 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

19 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

20 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

21 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi23 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro24 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

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1 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

2 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis3 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

4 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

5 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

6 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

7 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

8 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

9 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

11 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

12 shall be available for official reception and representation 

13 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

14 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

15 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

16 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

17 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

18 SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 

19 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec20 utive’’ each place it appears. 

21 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 

22 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

23 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

24 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

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1 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 

2 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De3 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

4 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build5 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di6 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

7 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

8 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

9 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve10 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

11 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 

12 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis13 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘31 years and 6 

14 months’’ and inserting ‘‘32 years and 6 months’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis17 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘28 years and 6 

18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’. 

19 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 

20 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis21 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria22 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

23 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

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1 ‘‘29 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 

2 6 months’’. 

3 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart4 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

5 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 

6 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘20 years’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘21 years’’; 

8 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen9 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘19 years 

10 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years and 6 

11 months’’; and 

12 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west13 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘18 

14 years’’ and inserting ‘‘19 years’’. 

15 SEC. 307. Section 677 of title 28, United States 

16 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) The Counselor, with the approval of the Chief 

18 Justice, shall establish a retention and recruitment pro19 gram that is consistent with section 908 of the Emergency 

20 Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926) for Supreme 

21 Court Police officers and other critical employees who 

22 agree in writing to remain employed with the Supreme 

23 Court for a period of service of not less than two years.’’. 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

3 FEDERAL FUNDS

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

6 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

7 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

8 Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be11 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

13 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu14 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

17 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

18 eligible students and such other factors as may be author19 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov20 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi21 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

23 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal24 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

3 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup4 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show8 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur9 pose therefor. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de13 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ14 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

17 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

18 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re19 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv20 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 

21 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 

22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 COURTS

3 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum4 bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi5 cles, $294,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis6 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,150,000, of which 

7 not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen8 tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 

9 Columbia, $142,112,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 

10 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

11 the District of Columbia Court System, $90,263,000, of 

12 which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 

13 representation expenses; and $46,475,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2024, for capital improve15 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro16 vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 

17 shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 

18 Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess19 ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 

20 appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co21 lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 

22 processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re23 tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail24 able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated 

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1 District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 

2 sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding 

3 any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

4 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage5 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

6 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

7 of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 

8 after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap9 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen10 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 

11 more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

12 heading among the items and entities funded under this 

13 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 

14 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 

15 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 

16 the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 

17 title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 

18 of Columbia Courts. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

21 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

22 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

23 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen24 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

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1 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

2 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

3 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

4 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech5 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

6 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

7 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

8 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay9 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

10 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

11 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du12 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 

13 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro14 vided under this heading shall be administered by the 

15 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis16 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap18 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

19 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

20 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen21 cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 

22 from prior year appropriations made available under this 

23 heading, $22,000,000, are hereby rescinded not later than 

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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF2 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

3 OF COLUMBIA

4 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

5 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

6 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au7 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self8 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $281,516,000, of 

9 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 

10 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

11 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

12 to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 

13 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

14 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 

15 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head16 ing, $204,579,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com17 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in18 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 

19 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re20 lated to such persons, of which $7,798,000 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2025, for costs associated 

22 with the relocation under replacement leases for head23 quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro24 vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 

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1 Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2025, for costs associated with reloca3 tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, 

4 field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

6 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

7 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex8 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal9 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur10 ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for 

11 programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 

12 complete their terms of supervision. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

14 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

15 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

16 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 

17 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

18 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

19 1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

21 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage22 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

23 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

24 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 

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1 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

2 Service a program substantially similar to the program set 

3 forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay5 ment made under the program to any individual may not 

6 exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) 

7 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That for 

8 the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 

9 from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 

10 accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage11 ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 

12 Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 

13 agency of the United States Government: Provided further, 

14 That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 

15 may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable 

16 services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 

17 property and services to the same extent and under the 

18 same conditions as an executive agency under sections 

19 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

21 COORDINATING COUNCIL

22 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co23 ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 

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1 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis2 trict of Columbia. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

4 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2024, to the Commission on Judicial Dis6 abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi7 nation Commission, $300,000. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

9 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro10 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 

11 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

12 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

13 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 

14 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

15 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

16 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

17 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 

18 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu19 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre20 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro21 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall 

22 be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 

23 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 

24 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act: Provided 

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1 heading may be used for an opportunity scholarship for 

2 a student to attend a school which does not certify to the 

3 Secretary of Education that the student will be provided 

4 with the same protections under the Federal laws which 

5 are enforced by the Office for Civil Rights of the Depart6 ment of Education which are provided to a student of a 

7 public elementary or secondary school in the District of 

8 Columbia. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

10 NATIONAL GUARD

11 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

12 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex13 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis14 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

15 Access Program. 

16 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

17 HIV/AIDS

18 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

19 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in20 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac21 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co22 lumbia, $4,000,000. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

4 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

6 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

7 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

8 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

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1 TITLE V 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con6 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

7 et seq., $3,465,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2024, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re9 ception and representation expenses. 

10 BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

11 EDUCATION FOUNDATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For payment to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 

14 Excellence in Education Fund, established by section 1408 

15 of Public Law 99–661 (20 U.S.C. 4707), for necessary 

16 expenses to carry out activities pursuant to the Barry 

17 Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act 

18 of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in24 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

25 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 


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1 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $336,000,000, 

2 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

3 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 

4 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

5 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu6 latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which 

8 not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Of9 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith10 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro11 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 

12 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 

13 entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 

14 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 

15 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re16 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 

17 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro18 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 

19 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es20 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 

21 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

22 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

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1 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

2 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv3 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

4 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi5 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

6 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex7 penses, $153,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended, to carry out the program, includ9 ing administrative costs, required by section 204 of the 

10 Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide 

11 Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division Q 

12 of Public Law 117–103). 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT

14 SAFETY COMMISSION

15 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2023, none of the 

16 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final17 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 

18 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 

19 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 

20 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 

21 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con22 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 

23 Administration and the Department of Defense, 

24 completes a study to determine— 


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1 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta2 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro3 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc4 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi5 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll6 overs in the off-road environment, including the 

7 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 

8 compliance with such requirements; 

9 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 

10 would be prevented if the proposed require11 ments were adopted; 

12 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 

13 the proposal to provide information on a point14 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist15 ance on a progressive scale; and 

16 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 

17 by the United States military if the proposed 

18 requirements were adopted; and 

19 (2) a report containing the results of the study 

20 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 

21 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

22 and Transportation of the Senate; 

23 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com24 merce of the House of Representatives; 


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1 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the Senate; and 

3 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

4 the House of Representatives. 

5 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer8 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $22,000,000, 

9 of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na10 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 

11 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 

12 Act of 2002. 

13 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS

14 Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 

15 America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 

16 $400,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com17 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 

18 States for activities to improve the administration of elec19 tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech20 nology and make election security improvements, as au21 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro22 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 

23 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 

24 deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections 

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1 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

2 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 

3 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen4 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 

5 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 

6 Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to 

7 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 

8 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec9 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided 

10 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission 

12 shall make the payments to States under this heading: 

13 Provided further, That States shall submit quarterly finan14 cial reports and annual progress reports. 

15 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica18 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni19 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

20 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

21 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi22 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

23 5 U.S.C. 3109, $390,192,000, to remain available until 

24 expended: Provided, That $390,192,000 of offsetting col25 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 


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1 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

2 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

3 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

4 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

5 collections are received during fiscal year 2023 so as to 

6 result in a final fiscal year 2023 appropriation estimated 

7 at $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 

8 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid9 ding system that may be retained and made available for 

10 obligation shall not exceed $132,231,000 for fiscal year 

11 2023: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 

12 under this heading, not less than $12,131,000 shall be for 

13 the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen14 eral. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

16 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

17 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 

18 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘December 31, 2022’’ each place it appears and 

20 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

21 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

22 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

23 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 

24 universal service support payments to implement the Feb25 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 


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1 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec2 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup3 port payments. 

4 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

5 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

8 General Act of 1978, $47,500,000, to be derived from the 

9 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

10 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

11 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

15 $78,225,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail16 able for reception and representation expenses. 

17 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

20 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga21 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

22 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

23 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult24 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi25 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 


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1 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

2 Columbia and elsewhere, $28,768,000: Provided, That 

3 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

4 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub5 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

6 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

7 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

8 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re9 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

10 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 

11 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

12 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

13 conferences. 

14 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING

15 COUNCIL

16 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

17 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 

18 Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

19 4370m–8(d), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com24 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au25 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 


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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

2 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa3 tion expenses, $430,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

5 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 

6 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

7 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notifi9 cation filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im10 provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of 

11 the year of collection (and estimated to be $190,000,000 

12 in fiscal year 2023), shall be retained and used for nec13 essary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 

14 available until expended: Provided further, That, notwith15 standing any other provision of law, fees collected to im16 plement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, pro17 mulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud 

18 and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), re19 gardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be 

20 $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2023), shall be credited to this 

21 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

22 in this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex23 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro24 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

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

2 from the general fund estimated at not more than 

3 $220,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

4 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

5 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

6 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 

7 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

8 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

9 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

10 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec13 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec14 essary expenses of real property management and related 

15 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

16 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

17 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

18 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen19 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

20 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al21 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci22 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

23 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 

24 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe25 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 


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1 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur2 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

3 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con4 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre5 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

6 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip7 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter8 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

9 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag10 gregate amount of $10,318,478,000, of which— 

11 (1) $946,423,000 shall remain available until 

12 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

13 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

14 and construction services) and remediation, as fol15 lows: 

16 District of Columbia: 

17 DHS Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, 

18 $379,938,000; 

19 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

20 Lease Purchase Option, $21,000,000; 

21 Southeast Federal Center Remediation, 

22 $7,085,000; 

23 National Capital Region: 

24 Federal Bureau of Investigation Head25 quarters Consolidation, $500,000,000; 


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1 Tennessee: 

2 Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, 

3 $38,400,000: 

4 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 

5 on construction, acquisition, and remediation 

6 projects may be exceeded to the extent that savings 

7 are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 

8 10 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted 

9 prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 

10 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 the House of Representatives and the Senate of a 

12 greater amount; 

13 (2) $733,994,000 shall remain available until 

14 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso15 ciated design and construction services, of which— 

16 (A) $249,578,000 is for Major Repairs and 

17 Alterations as follows: 

18 Multiple Locations: 

19 National Conveying Systems, 

20 $63,198,000; 

21 National Capital Region: 

22 Fire Alarm Systems, 

23 $81,125,000; 

24 California: 


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1 San Francisco, Federal Building, 

2 $15,687,000; 

3 New York: 

4 Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom 

5 House, $68,497,000; 

6 Oklahoma: 

7 Oklahoma City, William J. Hollo8 way, Jr. U.S. Courthouse and Post 

9 Office, $3,093,000; 

10 Vermont: 

11 St. Albans, Federal Building, 

12 U.S. Post Office and Custom House, 

13 $17,978,000; 

14 (B) $398,797,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

15 Alterations; and 

16 (C) $85,619,000 is for Special Emphasis 

17 Programs as follows: 

18 Consolidation Activities, $20,000,000; 

19 Fire Protection and Life Safety, 

20 $20,000,000; 

21 Judiciary Capital Security Program, 

22 $20,000,000; 

23 Seismic Mitigation Program, 

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1 Energy and Water Retrofit and Con2 servation Program, $10,000,000; and 

3 Climate and Resilience Program, 

4 $10,000,000: 

5 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

6 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re7 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 

8 be limited to the amount identified for each project, 

9 except each project in this or any previous Act may 

10 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 

11 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 

14 Provided further, That additional projects for which 

15 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund16 ed under this category only if advance approval is 

17 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro19 vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 

20 any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

21 used to fund costs associated with implementing se22 curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 

23 the minimum standards for security in accordance 

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1 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 

2 the difference between the funds appropriated and 

3 expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 

4 under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 

5 be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or 

6 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

7 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 

8 in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al9 terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 

10 Government arising from any projects under the 

11 heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 

12 authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

13 (3) $5,645,680,000 for rental of space to re14 main available until expended; and 

15 (4) $2,992,381,000 for building operations to 

16 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

17 total amount of funds made available from this 

18 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 

19 not be available for expenses of any construction, re20 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 

21 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 

22 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

23 be expended for each project for required expenses 

24 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro25 vided further, That funds available in the Federal 


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1 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re2 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

5 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 

6 services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 

7 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 

8 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 

9 or other property not in Government ownership or 

10 control as may be appropriate to enable the United 

11 States Secret Service to perform its protective func12 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 

13 from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 

14 That revenues and collections and any other sums 

15 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2023, ex16 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 

17 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 

18 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed19 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 

20 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex21 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

22 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

23 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

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1 management of real and personal property assets and cer2 tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup3 port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 

4 vehicles, information technology management, and related 

5 technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 

6 U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by 

7 statute; $70,354,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2024. 

9 OPERATING EXPENSES

10 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro11 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

12 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis13 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and 

14 management; the hire of zero-emission passenger motor 

15 vehicles and supporting charging or fueling infrastructure; 

16 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

17 $54,478,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official 

18 reception and representation expenses. 

19 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

20 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro21 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 

22 Board of Contract Appeals, $10,100,000, of which 

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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

4 $72,450,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 

5 shall be available for information technology enhance6 ments related to implementing cloud services, improving 

7 security measures, and providing modern technology case 

8 management solutions: Provided further, That not to ex9 ceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for informa10 tion and detection of fraud against the Government, in11 cluding payment for recovery of stolen Government prop12 erty: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 

13 available for awards to employees of other Federal agen14 cies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and ini15 tiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General 

16 effectiveness. 

17 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

18 PRESIDENTS

19 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

20 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

21 $5,200,000. 

22 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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1 erwise provided for, in support of interagency projects that 

2 enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 

3 conduct activities electronically, through the development 

4 and implementation of innovative uses of information 

5 technology; $57,750,000, to be deposited into the Federal 

6 Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous 

7 amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry 

8 out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro9 vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim10 bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 

11 be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed12 eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 

13 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac14 tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to ex15 ceed $200,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, 

16 revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 

17 Fund during fiscal year 2023 in excess of such amount 

18 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 

19 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 

20 Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 

21 herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 

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1 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

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

3 Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note), 

4 $4,200,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

6 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv7 ices Administration, $4,200,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis9 trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide 

10 support services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 

15 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

16 motor vehicles. 

17 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

18 made available for fiscal year 2023 for Federal Buildings 

19 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

20 only to the extent necessary to meet program require21 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap22 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

24 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

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1 a fiscal year 2024 request for United States Courthouse 

2 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

3 standards for construction as established and approved by 

4 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con5 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage6 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

7 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

8 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 

9 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 

10 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

11 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

12 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

13 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

14 other service usually provided through the Federal Build15 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

16 square foot assessment for space and services as deter17 mined by the General Services Administration in consider18 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

19 (Public Law 92–313). 

20 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 

21 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail22 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

23 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

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1 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 

4 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub6 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

7 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con8 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin9 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

10 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

11 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

12 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter13 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

14 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro15 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

16 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

19 the resolution. 

20 SEC. 526. With respect to E–Government projects 

21 funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services 

22 Fund’’, the Administrator of General Services shall submit 

23 a spending plan and explanation for each project to be 

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1 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 

2 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 

4 or any prior Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

5 Headquarters Consolidation project may be used to plan 

6 or design any facility that does not meet the requirements 

7 of a new, fully-consolidated headquarters building in the 

8 National Capital Region at one of the three sites listed 

9 in the General Services Administration Fiscal Year 2017 

10 PNCR–FBI–NCR 17 prospectus for a new fully-consoli11 dated Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, and 

12 that does not meet Interagency Security Committee Level 

13 V security standards as described in the General Services 

14 Administration Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR–FBI–NCR 17 

15 prospectus. 

16 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

19 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub20 lic Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended. 


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1 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

5 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza6 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

7 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

8 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author9 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

10 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

11 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

12 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa13 tion expenses, $48,116,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2024, and in addition not to exceed 

15 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 

16 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap17 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 

18 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

19 Systems Protection Board. 

20 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

21 FOUNDATION

22 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

25 Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 


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1 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 

2 seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi3 ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 

4 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available 

5 to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of 

6 Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 

7 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current 

8 and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec9 tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 

10 available until expended for audits and investigations of 

11 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 

12 consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

13 U.S.C. App.), as amended, and for annual independent fi14 nancial audits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

15 Udall Foundation pursuant to the Accountability of Tax 

16 Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided fur17 ther, That previous amounts transferred to the Office of 

18 Inspector General of the Department of the Interior may 

19 be transferred to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

20 Udall Foundation for annual independent financial audits 

21 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

22 (Public Law 107–289). 

23 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

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1 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

2 $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin6 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis7 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

8 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re9 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

10 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

11 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al13 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

14 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

15 $420,226,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail16 able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the 

17 Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 

18 manage, and store Government records, of which up to 

19 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to imple20 ment the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act 

21 of 2018 (Public Law 115–426), and of which $1,000,000 

22 shall be for necessary expenses of the Public Interest De23 classification Board in carrying out the provisions of the 

24 Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (title VII of 

25 Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3355 et seq.). 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 

5 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 

6 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

7 vehicles, $5,216,000. 

8 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar11 chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment 

12 for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 

13 holdings, $22,224,000, to remain available until expended, 

14 of which no less than $7,250,000 is for upgrades to the 

15 Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia and of 

16 which $6,000,000 is for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential 

17 Museum in Starkville, Mississippi. 

18 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

19 COMMISSION

20 GRANTS PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

22 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

23 U.S.C. 2504, $8,350,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND

2 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 531. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 

4 Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 

5 Program’’, $22,441,000, which shall be for initiatives in 

6 the amounts and for the projects specified in the table that 

7 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 

8 National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the ex9 planatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, 

10 That none of the funds made available by this section may 

11 be transferred for any other purpose. 

12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

14 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

15 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 

16 and 9910, $3,000,000 shall be available until September 

17 30, 2024, for technical assistance to low-income des18 ignated credit unions: Provided, That credit unions des19 ignated solely as minority depository institutions shall be 

20 eligible to apply for and receive such technical assistance. 

21 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

25 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 


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1 and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop 

2 Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, including serv3 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference 

4 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of 

5 passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for 

6 official reception and representation expenses, 

7 $20,116,000. 

8 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

12 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re13 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv14 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

15 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 

16 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con17 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses; and pay20 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ21 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 

22 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 

23 $173,181,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 

24 available under this heading, $19,373,000 shall remain 

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1 ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi2 gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 

3 otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided fur4 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 

5 heading, $1,381,748 may be made available for strength6 ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work7 force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement 

8 Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ9 ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 

10 workforce and information technology in support of acqui11 sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 

12 to improve acquisition management; and in addition 

13 $183,450,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans14 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 

15 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

16 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro17 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro18 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 

19 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 

20 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 

21 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 

22 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex23 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 

24 pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 

25 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 


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1 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel2 lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo3 ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2023, accept dona4 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 

5 further, That such donations, including those from prior 

6 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate7 rials to provide information about the White House Fel8 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 

9 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala10 ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 

11 That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 

12 under this heading may be transferred to an information 

13 technology working capital fund established for purposes 

14 authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 

15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

16 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 

17 further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 

18 approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 

20 in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 

21 Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 

22 under such transfer authority from any organizational cat23 egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or24 ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 

25 required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 


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1 amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 

2 for obligation through September 30, 2026. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

8 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

9 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

10 $5,408,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,487,000 

11 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro12 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage13 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans14 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

15 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

16 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author17 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

18 and elsewhere. 

19 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 

23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit24 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of CoVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jul 29, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4685.IS S4685

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1 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi2 cles, $31,904,000. 

3 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib6 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

7 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

8 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $10,633,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2024. 

10 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re13 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 

14 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,785,000, 

15 to remain available until expended. 

16 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex19 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

20 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

21 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

22 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa23 tion expenses, $2,149,000,000, to remain available until 

24 expended; of which not less than $18,979,000 shall be for 

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1 $275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 

2 for the International Organization of Securities Commis3 sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail4 able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 

5 by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 

6 regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 

7 staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 

8 such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis9 trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 

10 foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex11 penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 

12 (3) related lodging or subsistence. 

13 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 

14 replication, and related costs associated with a replace15 ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia 

16 headquarters facilities, not to exceed $57,405,000, to re17 main available until expended; and for move, replication, 

18 and related costs associated with a replacement lease for 

19 the Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities, 

20 not to exceed $3,365,000, to remain available until ex21 pended. 

22 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 

23 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

24 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2023, all amounts appropriated 

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1 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2023: Pro2 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 

3 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 

4 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 

5 Provided further, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of 

6 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 

7 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 

8 $57,405,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail9 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs 

10 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for 

11 the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili12 ties; and not to exceed $3,365,000 of such offsetting col13 lections shall be available until expended for move, replica14 tion, and related costs under this heading associated with 

15 a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Francisco 

16 Regional Office facilities: Provided further, That the total 

17 amount appropriated under this heading from the general 

18 fund for fiscal year 2023 shall be reduced as such offset19 ting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal 

20 year 2023 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

21 at not more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount 

22 of the appropriation for move, replication, and related 

23 costs associated with a replacement lease for the Commis24 sion’s District of Columbia headquarters facilities or if any 

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1 lated costs associated with a replacement lease for the 

2 Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities is 

3 subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, such 

4 amount that was derived from the general fund shall be 

5 returned to the general fund, and such amounts that were 

6 derived from fees or assessments collected for such pur7 pose shall be paid to each national securities exchange and 

8 national securities association, respectively, in proportion 

9 to any fees or assessments paid by such national securities 

10 exchange or national securities association under section 

11 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

12 78ee) in fiscal year 2023. 

13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

18 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

19 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv20 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

21 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

22 $31,682,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

23 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

24 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

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1 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

2 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con3 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

4 Forces of the United States. 

5 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

9 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

10 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex11 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex12 penses, $308,297,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 

13 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

14 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis15 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub16 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

17 and certain loan program activities, including fees author18 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

19 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

20 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

21 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

22 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro23 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

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1 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

2 fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

3 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

4 System, to be available until September 30, 2024: Pro5 vided further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for the 

6 Veteran’s Small Business certification program as author7 ized by sections 36 and 36A of the Small Business Act, 

8 to be available until September 30, 2024. 

9 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en11 trepreneurial and small business development, 

12 $311,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2024: Provided, That $138,000,000 shall be available to 

14 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2023 or fiscal 

15 year 2024 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi16 ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for 

17 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

18 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

19 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

20 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

21 $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

22 carry out export programs that assist small business con23 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 

24 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $23,805,000. 

5 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

7 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

8 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi9 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,939,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in15 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

17 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

19 2023 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 

20 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com21 mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 

22 section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 

23 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre24 gate, $15,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fis25 cal year 2023 commitments for general business loans auVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jul 29, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4685.IS S4685

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1 thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 

2 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

3 $35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

4 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 

5 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

6 year 2023 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

7 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 

8 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: Provided 

9 further, That during fiscal year 2023, guarantees of trust 

10 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi11 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

12 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 

13 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $165,300,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

15 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

16 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

19 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 

20 Business Act, $179,000,000, to be available until ex21 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

22 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

23 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro24 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

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1 which $169,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

2 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

3 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

4 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 

5 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 

6 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 

7 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex8 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 

9 heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de10 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

11 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro12 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 

13 this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 

14 disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 

15 budget. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria20 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

21 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans22 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro23 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

24 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

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1 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail2 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

3 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

4 SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria5 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad6 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

7 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans8 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys9 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 

10 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 

11 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 

13 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent15 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 

16 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 

17 for obligation through September 30, 2026. 

18 SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi19 ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

20 $121,044,000, which shall be for initiatives related to 

21 small business development and entrepreneurship, includ22 ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities, 

23 in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table 

24 that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi25 sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory 


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1 statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That, not2 withstanding sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, 

3 Code of Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the 

4 Small Business Administration may permit awards to sub5 recipients for initiatives funded under this section: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds made available by 

7 this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 

8 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

9 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

10 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

11 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub12 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

13 States Code, $50,253,000: Provided, That mail for over14 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

15 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

16 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro17 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

18 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

19 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

20 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

21 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

22 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa23 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

24 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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1 small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 

2 That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall con3 tinue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Spe4 cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized 

5 under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

6 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

12 General Act of 1978, $271,000,000, to be derived by 

13 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

14 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account15 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

16 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

19 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 

20 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa21 tion expenses, $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re22 main available until expended: Provided, That the amount 

23 made available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be transferred 

24 and added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C. 

25 7473, to remain available until expended, for the operation 


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1 and maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Pro2 vided further, That travel expenses of the judges shall be 

3 paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 


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1 TITLE VI 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

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

4 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

5 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

6 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

7 funded in this Act. 

8 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

9 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

10 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria11 tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 

12 in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 

13 expressly so provided herein. 

14 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

15 under this Act for any consulting service through procure16 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

17 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

18 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

19 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex20 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

21 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in23 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

24 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro25 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 


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1 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

3 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac4 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

5 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol6 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

7 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

8 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

9 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

10 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

11 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

13 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

14 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap15 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

17 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre18 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund19 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex20 penditure in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any ac21 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

22 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

23 available for obligation or expenditure through a re24 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

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1 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

2 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con3 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac4 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

5 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

6 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac7 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

8 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi9 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

10 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un11 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 

14 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 

15 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 

16 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur18 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 

20 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 

22 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans23 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 

24 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 

25 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 


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1 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 

2 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 

3 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust4 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

5 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 

6 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 

7 level by object class and program, project, and activity as 

8 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 

9 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which10 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 

11 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 

12 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 

13 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 

14 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 

15 interest. 

16 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

18 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from 

19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

20 for fiscal year 2023 in this Act, shall remain available 

21 through September 30, 2024, for each such account for 

22 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

23 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

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1 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re2 programming guidelines. 

3 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi5 dent to request— 

6 (1) any official background investigation report 

7 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves8 tigation; or 

9 (2) a determination with respect to the treat10 ment of an organization as described in section 

11 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

12 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

13 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

14 Internal Revenue Service. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

16 (1) in the case of an official background inves17 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

18 written consent for such request not more than 6 

19 months prior to the date of such request and during 

20 the same presidential administration; or 

21 (2) if such request is required due to extraor22 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

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1 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

2 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

4 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

5 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of6 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

7 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

8 expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made 

9 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

10 to court approval. 

11 SEC. 613. In order to promote Government access to 

12 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur13 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

14 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu15 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

16 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa17 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

18 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

19 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

20 SEC. 614. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu22 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac23 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

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1 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

2 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func3 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em4 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

5 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

6 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

7 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

8 person or entity is an organization described in section 

9 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex10 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

11 SEC. 615. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

13 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

14 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet15 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

16 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of17 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

18 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

19 with the current lessor. 

20 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

21 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

22 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

23 respect to such agency. 

24 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

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1 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen2 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

3 Service. 

4 SEC. 616. (a) There are appropriated for the fol5 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

6 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

7 102). 

8 (2) Payments to— 

9 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

10 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

11 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

12 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

13 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

14 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

15 178(l)). 

16 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

17 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

18 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

19 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

20 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

21 Stat. 849); and 

22 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene23 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

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1 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

2 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

3 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

4 8348). 

5 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

6 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

7 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

8 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex11 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

12 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con13 tained in this Act. 

14 SEC. 617. (a) The head of each executive branch 

15 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In16 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par17 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 

18 related to information technology. 

19 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

20 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa21 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con22 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 

23 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 

24 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 

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1 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 

2 Officer of the agency and budget officials. 

3 SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

5 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

6 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

8 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv9 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con10 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec11 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

12 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

13 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

14 Constitution of the United States. 

15 SEC. 620. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

16 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

17 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail18 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec19 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen20 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 

21 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma22 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

23 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex24 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

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1 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu2 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In3 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

4 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro5 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen6 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

7 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

8 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal10 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

11 SEC. 621. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

13 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 

14 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 

15 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 

16 that is inconsistent with subsection (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec17 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

18 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 

19 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel20 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter21 native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 

22 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 

23 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni24 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com25 mences. 


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1 SEC. 622. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

3 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

7 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

8 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi9 ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 

10 activity. 

11 SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

13 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

14 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

15 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

16 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

17 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government18 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

19 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 

20 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 

21 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

22 SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds made available under 

23 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac24 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 

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1 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 

2 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 

3 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 

6 determination. 

7 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 

8 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 

9 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 

10 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 

11 United States unless the agency or entity determines that 

12 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 

13 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in15 cludes the basis of that determination. 

16 SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 

18 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 

19 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

20 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

21 SEC. 626. In addition to any amounts appropriated 

22 or otherwise made available for expenses related to en23 hancements to www.oversight.gov, $850,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, shall be provided for an addi25 tional amount for such purpose to the Inspectors General 


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1 Council Fund established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) 

2 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.): 

3 Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any 

4 amounts or any authority available to the Council of the 

5 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under sec6 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

7 App.). 

8 SEC. 627. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 

10 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man11 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 

12 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 

13 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

15 SEC. 628. Federal agencies funded under this Act 

16 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 

17 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 

18 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub19 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex20 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 

21 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 

22 available to the agency for advertising or other commu23 nications regarding the programs and activities of the 

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1 SEC. 629. When issuing statements, press releases, 

2 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu3 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

4 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

5 funds included in this Act, shall clearly state— 

6 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro7 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

8 money; 

9 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

10 project or program; and 

11 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

12 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

13 by non-governmental sources. 

14 SEC. 630. Not later than 45 days after the last day 

15 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub16 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

17 and the House of Representatives a quarterly budget re18 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 

19 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 

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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

6 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

7 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2023 shall obligate 

8 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen9 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

10 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en11 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

12 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

13 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

14 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

15 agency, or instrumentality. 

16 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

17 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

18 in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United 

19 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve20 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve21 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve22 hicles), is hereby fixed at $24,934 except station wagons 

23 for which the maximum shall be $25,996: Provided, That 

24 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 

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1 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

2 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

3 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

4 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra5 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

6 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

7 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

8 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con9 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim10 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

11 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter12 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 

13 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

14 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart15 ments and independent establishments for the current fis16 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex17 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

18 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

19 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

20 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

21 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con22 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

23 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern24 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma25 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 


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1 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti2 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

3 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit4 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

5 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

6 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant7 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

8 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

9 then a citizen when eligible; (4) is a person who owes alle10 giance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is au11 thorized to be employed in the United States pursuant to 

12 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program estab13 lished under the memorandum of the Secretary of Home14 land Security dated June 15, 2012: Provided, That for 

15 purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such per16 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re17 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 

18 are being complied with: Provided further, That for pur19 poses of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be 

20 submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as 

21 necessary: Provided further, That any person making a 

22 false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon convic23 tion, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned 

24 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That 

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1 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro2 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or 

3 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 

4 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro5 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per6 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of 

7 the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, 

8 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad9 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

10 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 

11 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

12 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

13 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 

14 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart15 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

16 to an agreement with another country. 

17 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart18 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec19 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex20 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

21 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

22 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build23 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

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1 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

2 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

3 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

4 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re5 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

6 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

7 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre8 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex9 pended for the following purposes: 

10 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

11 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

12 Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 

13 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

14 the Executive order. 

15 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man16 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

17 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

18 management and pollution prevention programs. 

19 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

20 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

21 Federal agency. 

22 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

23 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

24 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

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1 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

2 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

3 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

4 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

5 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

6 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

7 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex8 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

9 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

10 correspondingly reduced. 

11 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

12 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

13 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

14 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

15 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

16 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

17 financial support from more than one agency or instru18 mentality. 

19 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

20 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

21 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

22 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

23 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

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1 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

2 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

3 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

4 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

5 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

6 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

7 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

8 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

9 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec12 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of13 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

14 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

15 directly controlled by the individual. 

16 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec17 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

18 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

19 the interagency funding of national security and emer20 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

21 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti22 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

23 2012). 

24 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

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1 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

2 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

3 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol4 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com5 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

7 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

8 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

9 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer10 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi12 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

13 the individual to the White House. 

14 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

15 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de16 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

17 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

18 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

19 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

20 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

21 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

22 Government, who— 

23 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat24 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em25 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 


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1 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

2 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

3 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

4 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

5 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

6 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

7 whether such communication or contact is at the ini8 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re9 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

10 committee, or subcommittee; or 

11 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

12 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

13 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

14 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis15 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti16 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em17 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

18 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

19 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

20 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

21 communication or contact of such other officer or 

22 employee with any Member, committee, or sub23 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

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1 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

3 any employee training that— 

4 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl5 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

6 performance of official duties; 

7 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev8 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

9 some participants; 

10 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

11 of the content and methods to be used in the train12 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

13 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

14 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

15 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em16 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

17 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

18 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par19 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

20 workplace. 

21 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

22 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

23 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

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1 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu2 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

3 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

4 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

5 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla6 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

7 to the Congress itself. 

8 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

9 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed10 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

11 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

12 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

13 competent jurisdiction. 

14 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

15 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

16 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail17 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

18 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate. 

21 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

23 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa24 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

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1 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

2 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

3 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

4 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

5 under section 102 of such title and the United 

6 States Postal Service. 

7 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu8 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

9 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

10 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

11 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

12 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

13 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

14 in the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec16 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

17 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

18 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

19 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

20 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

21 costs. 

22 SEC. 721. (a) Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and 

23 section 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart24 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

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1 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of2 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

3 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

4 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

5 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis6 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

7 and other multiagency financial, information technology, 

8 procurement, and other management innovations, initia9 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

10 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

11 Office of Management and Budget. 

12 (b)(1) The total funds transferred or reimbursed pur13 suant to this section shall not exceed $100,000,000 to sup14 port cross-cutting program implementation, including 

15 those required by statute to be applicable to multiple agen16 cies or government-wide and for other activities related to 

17 Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 

18 U.S.C. 1120. 

19 (2) None of the funds authorized or transferred pur20 suant to paragraph (1) may be expended until the Direc21 tor of the Office of Management and Budget consults with 

22 and openly solicits recommendations from member agen23 cies of the appropriate executive councils provided in law 

24 (including, but not limited to, the President’s Management 

25 Council for overall management improvement initiatives, 


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1 the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial manage2 ment initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council 

3 for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human 

4 Capital Officers Council for human capital initiatives, the 

5 Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initia6 tives, the Performance Improvement Council for perform7 ance improvement initiatives, the Chief Data Officers 

8 Council for data management and information sharing ini9 tiatives, and the Evaluation Officers Council for evalua10 tion and evidence-building initiatives). 

11 (3) The Director of the Office of Management and 

12 Budget may, for purposes of sound management and exe13 cution of the funds in this section, use, but not exceed, 

14 $5,000,000 of the funds transferred or reimbursed pursu15 ant to this section to provide administrative support for 

16 the execution of actions and activities authorized in sub17 section (a). 

18 (4) The funds transferred to or for reimbursement 

19 of ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide 

20 Policy’’ for purposes of this section during fiscal year 

21 2023 shall remain available for obligation through Sep22 tember 30, 2024. 

23 (c)(1) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

24 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budg25 et, in consultation with the Administrator of the General 


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1 Services Administration, shall submit to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern4 mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Over5 sight and Reform of the House of Representatives a de6 tailed spend plan for the funds transferred or reimbursed 

7 pursuant to subsection (b). 

8 (2) The spend plan required in paragraph (1) shall, 

9 at a minimum, include— 

10 (A) the amounts currently in the funds author11 ized under this section and the estimate of amounts 

12 to be transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2023; 

13 (B) a detailed breakdown of the purposes for all 

14 funds estimated to be transferred or reimbursed pur15 suant to this section, including a brief description, 

16 by category, of how the amounts of each fund will 

17 contribute to the purposes described subsection 

18 (b)(1); 

19 (C) where applicable, a description of the funds 

20 intended for use by or for the benefit of each execu21 tive council; and 

22 (D) where applicable, a description of the funds 

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1 (d) No transfers or reimbursements may be made 

2 pursuant to this section until 15 days following notifica3 tion of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the 

5 Office of Management and Budget. 

6 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

8 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

9 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

10 the location. 

11 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec12 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

13 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

14 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

15 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

16 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

17 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

18 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

19 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re20 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

21 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

23 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com24 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 

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1 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

2 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

3 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

4 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

5 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 

6 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

7 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 

8 funds. 

9 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

10 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

11 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

12 be used by any Federal agency— 

13 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

14 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

15 personally identifiable information relating to an in16 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern17 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

18 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

19 party (including another government agency) to col20 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de21 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

22 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

23 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

2 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

4 identify particular persons; 

5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden6 tifiable information; 

7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

9 applicable law; or 

10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

11 that is a system security action taken by the oper12 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

13 to providing the Internet site services or to pro14 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

15 Internet site. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

17 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac18 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

19 provided in law. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina21 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ22 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

23 condition, management practices and policies and 

24 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

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1 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

2 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

3 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

4 except where the contract also includes a provision for con5 traceptive coverage. 

6 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

7 with— 

8 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

9 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

10 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

11 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

12 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

13 religious beliefs. 

14 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

15 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub16 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

17 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

18 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

19 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

20 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re21 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

22 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur23 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

24 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

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1 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

2 oversight authorities. 

3 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de5 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

6 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

7 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov8 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

9 ownership pilot program. 

10 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

12 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

13 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

14 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im15 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per16 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

17 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg18 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

19 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

20 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

21 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

23 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig24 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

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1 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

3 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author4 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

5 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

6 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 

7 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

8 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

9 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

10 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis11 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

12 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre13 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

14 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

15 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

17 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

18 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

19 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap20 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

21 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con22 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

23 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

25 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 


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1 (b) WAIVERS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

3 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern4 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

5 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re6 quired in the interest of national security. 

7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

8 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

9 such issuance to Congress. 

10 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

11 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

13 pursuant to such contract. 

14 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2023, for each employee 

15 who— 

16 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

17 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

18 (2) retires under any other provision of sub19 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

20 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa21 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

22 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

23 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver24 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

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1 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 

2 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis3 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

4 5, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this 

6 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

7 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern8 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem9 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com10 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

11 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

12 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

13 SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

15 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

16 2023, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

17 prevailing rate employee described in section 

18 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

19 (A) during the period from the date of expira20 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec21 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef22 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust23 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2023, in an 

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1 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

2 in accordance with such section; and 

3 (B) during the period consisting of the remain4 der of fiscal year 2023, in an amount that exceeds, 

5 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

6 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 

7 sum of— 

8 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

9 in fiscal year 2022 under section 5303 of title 

10 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

11 under the General Schedule; and 

12 (ii) the difference between the overall aver13 age percentage of the locality-based com14 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

15 2023 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

16 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av17 erage percentage of such payments which was 

18 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

19 section. 

20 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

21 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

22 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

23 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

24 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 

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1 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli2 cable to such employee. 

3 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay4 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

5 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

6 30, 2022, shall be determined under regulations pre7 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

8 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

9 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 

10 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

11 30, 2022, except to the extent determined by the Office 

12 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur13 pose of this subsection. 

14 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 

15 for service performed after September 30, 2022. 

16 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

17 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre18 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em19 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu20 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

21 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

22 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub23 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

24 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

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1 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

2 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 

3 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

4 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub5 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 

6 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali7 fied employees. 

8 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

9 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

10 take place in fiscal year 2023 under sections 5344 and 

11 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

12 (1) not less than the percentage received by em13 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

14 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

15 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

16 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ17 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

18 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

19 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

20 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

21 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

22 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

23 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

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1 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap2 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

3 2022. 

4 SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de5 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

6 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

7 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

8 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

9 costs and contracting procedures related to each con10 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com11 mission, or office during fiscal year 2023 for which the 

12 cost to the United States Government was more than 

13 $100,000. 

14 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con15 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica16 ble period— 

17 (1) a description of its purpose; 

18 (2) the number of participants attending; 

19 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

20 United States Government, including— 

21 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

22 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

23 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

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1 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

2 to determine which costs relate to the con3 ference; and 

4 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

5 used including— 

6 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

7 competitive basis; and 

8 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

9 conducted by the departmental component or 

10 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

11 conference. 

12 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 

13 head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 

14 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 

15 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

16 date, location, and number of employees attending a con17 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

18 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

19 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2023 for which the 

20 cost to the United States Government was more than 

21 $20,000. 

22 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro23 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

24 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con25 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 


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1 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

2 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

3 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

4 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

5 the grant or contract. 

6 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

7 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con8 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

9 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

10 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

11 memorandum. 

12 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this 

13 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

14 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac15 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

16 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

17 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

18 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi19 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

21 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

22 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

23 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 

24 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

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1 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

3 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

4 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

5 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of6 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

7 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

8 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth9 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

10 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

11 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 

12 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

13 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib14 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac15 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

16 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent17 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re18 ceive such information. 

19 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con20 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

21 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart22 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

23 information. 

24 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

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1 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern2 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree3 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

4 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

5 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

6 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

7 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi8 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

9 reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 

10 Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 

11 mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au12 thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 

13 health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 

14 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc15 tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or16 ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 

17 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith18 standing the preceding provision of this section, a non19 disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 

20 by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 

21 or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 

22 officer of the United States Government, may contain pro23 visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 

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1 close any classified information received in the course of 

2 such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 

3 United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 

4 shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 

5 to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 

6 agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 

7 to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

8 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

9 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

10 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

11 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

12 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

13 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en14 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 

15 substantially similar language to that required in sub16 section (a). 

17 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

19 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

20 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

21 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil22 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad23 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

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1 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

2 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

3 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

4 and has made a determination that this further action is 

5 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

6 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

8 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

9 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

10 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

11 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

12 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic13 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

14 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter15 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro16 tect the interests of the Government. 

17 SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2023, on the date 

18 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac19 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

20 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent22 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv23 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

24 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

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1 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 

2 made available on the Bureau’s public website. 

3 SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate ad4 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 

5 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 

6 year 2023 shall be 4.6 percent above the rate payable to 

7 the Vice President on December 31, 2022, as limited 

8 under section 747 of division E of the Consolidated Appro9 priations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103). 

10 (b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under 

11 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 

12 provision of law, the payable rate for an employee serving 

13 in an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for 

14 which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive 

15 Schedule rate, shall be increased by 4.6 percent (relative 

16 to the preexisting rate actually payable) at the time the 

17 official rate is adjusted in January 2023. Such an em18 ployee may receive no other pay increase during calendar 

19 year 2023, except as provided in subsection (i). 

20 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv21 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi22 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 

23 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em24 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 

25 (d)(1) This subsection applies to— 


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1 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu2 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 

3 official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 

4 or 

5 (B) a limited term appointee or limited emer6 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

7 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

8 rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 

9 level IV of the Executive Schedule. 

10 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

11 5, United States Code, an employee described in para12 graph (1) who is serving at the time official rates of the 

13 Executive Schedule are adjusted may receive a single in14 crease in the employee’s pay rate of no more than 4.6 per15 cent during calendar year 2023, subject to the normally 

16 applicable pay rules and pay limitations in effect on De17 cember 31, 2022, after those pay limitations are increased 

18 by 4.6 percent (after applicable rounding). Such an em19 ployee may receive no other pay increase during calendar 

20 year 2023, except as provided in subsection (i). 

21 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

22 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality23 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 

24 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 

25 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 


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1 under a political appointment, and who is serving at the 

2 time official rates of the Executive Schedule are adjusted, 

3 may receive a single increase in the employee’s pay rate 

4 of no more than 4.6 percent during calendar year 2023, 

5 subject to the normally applicable pay rules and pay limi6 tations in effect on December 31, 2022, after those pay 

7 limitations are increased by 4.6 percent (after applicable 

8 rounding). Such an employee may receive no other pay 

9 increase during calendar year 2023, except as provided in 

10 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 

11 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 

12 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 

13 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

14 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap16 plied to them. 

17 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre18 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint19 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

20 under applicable law. 

21 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who 

22 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

23 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 

24 for such time as that election is in effect. 


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1 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who 

2 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 

3 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 

4 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 

5 election is in effect. 

6 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

7 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in8 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov9 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du10 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 

11 the level or range for the position held immediately before 

12 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 

13 rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on 

14 December 31, 2022, after those rates and pay limitations 

15 are increased by 4.6 percent (after applicable rounding). 

16 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

17 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

18 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

19 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

20 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2022, after 

21 those rates and pay limitations are increased by 4.6 per22 cent (after applicable rounding). 

23 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 

24 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2023 

25 but ends in calendar year 2024, the bar on the employee’s 


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1 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 

2 of that pay period. 

3 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 

4 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 

5 pay is restricted under this section. 

6 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 

7 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 

8 1, 2023. 

9 SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound10 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 

11 the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 

12 shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 

13 and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 

14 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 

17 report is transmitted to the Congress. 

18 SEC. 748. (a) During the current fiscal year— 

19 (1) with respect to budget authority proposed to 

20 be rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed 

21 to be deferred in a special message transmitted 

22 under section 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional 

23 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, such 

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1 (A) shall be made available for obligation 

2 in sufficient time to be prudently obligated as 

3 required under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such 

4 Act; and 

5 (B) may not be deferred or otherwise with6 held from obligation during the 90-day period 

7 before the expiration of the period of avail8 ability of such budget authority, including, if 

9 applicable, the 90-day period before the expira10 tion of an initial period of availability for which 

11 such budget authority was provided; and 

12 (2) with respect to an apportionment of an ap13 propriation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of 

14 title 31, United States Code, an appropriation (as 

15 that term is defined in section 1511 of title 31, 

16 United States Code) shall be apportioned— 

17 (A) to make available all amounts for obli18 gation in sufficient time to be prudently obli19 gated; and 

20 (B) to make available all amounts for obli21 gation, without precondition (including foot22 notes) that shall be met prior to obligation, not 

23 later than 90 days before the expiration of the 

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1 tion of an initial period of availability for which 

2 such appropriation was provided. 

3 (b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author4 ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or 

5 any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law 

6 other than an appropriations Act. 

7 (c)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli8 ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro10 priate congressional committees of the House of Rep11 resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor12 mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with 

13 this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 

14 (2) The President or the head of the relevant depart15 ment or agency of the United States shall provide informa16 tion, documentation, and views to the Comptroller Gen17 eral, as is determined by the Comptroller General to be 

18 necessary to determine such compliance, not later than 20 

19 days after the date on which the request from the Comp20 troller General is received, or if the Comptroller General 

21 determines that a shorter or longer period is appropriate 

22 based on the specific circumstances, within such shorter 

23 or longer period. 

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1 troller General shall also have access to interview the offi2 cers, employees, contractors, and other agents and rep3 resentatives of a department, agency, or office of the 

4 United States at any reasonable time as the Comptroller 

5 General may request. 

6 (d)(1) In the event of a violation of this section, or 

7 in the case that the Government Accountability Office 

8 issues a legal decision concluding that a department, agen9 cy, or office of the United States violated this section, the 

10 President or the head of the relevant department or agen11 cy as the case may be, shall report immediately to the Con12 gress all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: 

13 Provided, That a copy of each report shall also be trans14 mitted to the Comptroller General and the relevant inspec15 tor general on the same date the report is transmitted to 

16 the Congress. 

17 (2) Any such report shall include a summary of the 

18 facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 

19 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 

20 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 

21 on which the violation occurred, the position of any indi22 viduals responsible for the violation, and a statement of 

23 any actions taken to prevent recurrence of the same type 

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1 cluding that a department, agency, or office of the United 

2 States violated this section and the relevant department, 

3 agency, or office does not agree that a violation has oc4 curred, the report provided to Congress, the Comptroller 

5 General, and relevant inspector general will explain such 

6 department, agency, or office’s position. 

7 SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec8 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 

9 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 

11 appropriate congressional committees if— 

12 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re13 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 

14 title 31, United States Code; 

15 (2) an approved apportionment received by the 

16 department or agency conditions the availability of 

17 an appropriation on further action; or 

18 (3) an approved apportionment received by the 

19 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli20 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 

21 program, project, or activity by such department or 

22 agency. 

23 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 

24 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa25 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 


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1 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 

2 account. 

3 SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 

4 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 

5 year 2023 that are specified in the disclosure table sub6 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 

7 Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of 

8 the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the 

9 report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 

10 Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award 

11 with respect to such funds for purposes of the require12 ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and 

13 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen14 eral of the United States. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 

16 amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require17 ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de18 scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 

19 Comptroller General. 

20 SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 

22 made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 

23 agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter24 agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 

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1 Medical Research and Development Command, the Con2 gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 

3 National Institutes of Health research programs. 

4 SEC. 752. Section 3302 of title 5, United States 

5 Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The President’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘Each officer’’ and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(b) Each officer’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(c)(1) The authority of the President to prescribe 

12 rules governing the competitive service under this section 

13 shall not include the authority to except from the competi14 tive service positions of a confidential, policy-determining, 

15 policy-making, or policy-advocating character that are not 

16 positions normally subject to change as a result of a Presi17 dential transition. 

18 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘positions normally 

19 subject to change as a result of a Presidential transition’ 

20 means— 

21 ‘‘(A) any position that is a political position, as 

22 defined under section 4(a) of the Edward ‘Ted’ 

23 Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transi24 tions Improvements Act of 2015 (5 U.S.C. 3101 

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1 ‘‘(B) any position in which the incumbent 

2 serves at the pleasure of the President or the head 

3 of an agency. 

4 ‘‘(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre5 scribe regulations for the exercise of any authority under 

6 this section.’’. 

7 SEC. 753. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

9 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

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1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

3 COLUMBIA 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under 

6 this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal 

7 and District government agencies, that remain available 

8 for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023, or pro9 vided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 

10 States derived by the collection of fees available to the 

11 agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga12 tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram13 ming of funds which— 

14 (1) creates new programs; 

15 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi16 bility center; 

17 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi18 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

19 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

20 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

21 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

22 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre23 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

24 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

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1 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which2 ever is less; or 

3 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

4 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi5 bility center, unless prior approval is received from 

6 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Senate. 

8 SEC. 802. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

9 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

10 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

11 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

12 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

13 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep14 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

15 SEC. 803. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

16 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

17 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

18 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

19 SEC. 804. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

20 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob21 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

22 year 2023 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

23 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 in 

24 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

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1 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

3 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 

4 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

5 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out6 lined in section 801 of this Act. 

7 SEC. 805. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2024, during a 

8 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

9 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

10 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

11 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

12 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub13 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum14 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 

15 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

16 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 

17 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 

18 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024 

19 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co20 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 

21 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern22 ment for fiscal year 2024 for purposes of section 446 of 

23 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 

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1 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

2 to be available— 

3 (1) during any period in which a District of Co4 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2024 is 

5 in effect; or 

6 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

7 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

8 2024. 

9 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro10 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

11 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

12 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

13 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

14 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

15 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2024 

16 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

17 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

18 during any period of fiscal year 2024 if any other provi19 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria20 tions)— 

21 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail22 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

23 to continue for such period; or 

24 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

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1 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac2 tivity to continue for such period. 

3 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

4 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

5 mandated by other law. 

6 SEC. 806. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 

7 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 

8 (sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 

9 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 

10 Bridge Project. 

11 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 

12 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 

13 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 

14 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 

15 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 

16 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 

17 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 

18 access crossings over the Potomac River. 

19 SEC. 807. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col20 lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702, D.C. Official 

21 Code), is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 

23 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 

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1 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

2 at the end; 

3 (4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub4 paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 

5 after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub8 paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 

9 the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu10 dent who receives more than $10,000 for the 

11 award year; and’’; and 

12 (5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as 

13 so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 

15 SEC. 808. Not later than 45 days after the last day 

16 of each quarter, each Federal and District government 

17 agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub18 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re20 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 

21 quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 

22 this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 

23 SEC. 809. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

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1 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

2 of this title or of title IV. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

4 General Government Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 

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