II 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4720 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 2, 2022 

Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

6 30, 2023, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

5 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

6 $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

7 $40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minor8 ity Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the 

9 Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; 

10 President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of 

11 the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $5,000 

12 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Mi13 nority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in 

14 all, $195,000. 

15 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

16 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such 

17 Leader; in all, $30,000. 

18 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

19 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

20 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

21 $258,387,100, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

22 as follows: 

23 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

24 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,907,100. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

3 $832,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

5 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emer6 itus, $359,000. 

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

9 $6,196,000. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

12 $3,876,000. 

13 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

14 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

15 $17,900,000. 

16 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

17 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con18 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

19 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

20 $1,891,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,782,000. 

21 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

22 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

23 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

24 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

25 $940,000. 


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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,931,000 for each such 

4 committee; in all, $3,862,000. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $598,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $29,282,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $108,639,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

15 Secretary for the Minority, $2,126,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $77,088,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $7,781,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

24 Legal Counsel, $1,350,000. 


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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

2 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

3 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR4 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen6 ate, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

8 $7,500; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; 

9 in all, $30,000. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

13 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

14 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 

15 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

16 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

17 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $145,615,000, 

18 of which $14,561,500 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2025. 

20 U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

21 CONTROL

22 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

23 International Narcotics Control, $552,000. 


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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

3 Senate, $17,514,598, of which $13,254,193 shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2027, and of which 

5 $4,260,405 shall remain available until expended. 

6 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

7 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

8 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $165,144,000, of which 

9 $160,144,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2027, and of which $5,000,000 shall be for Senate hearing 

11 room audiovisual equipment, to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 SERGEANT AT ARMS FELLOWSHIPS FUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses authorized by the Sergeant at Arms 

16 Fellowships Fund established in section 102 of this Act, 

17 $6,277,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

18 That such amounts may be transferred to the Chief Ad19 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives in ac20 cordance with subsection (d) of such section 102, subject 

21 to notification provided to the Committee on Appropria22 tions: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 

23 Sergeant at Arms that funds transferred pursuant to the 

24 preceding proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro25 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Fund: 


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1 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi2 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

3 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

4 For miscellaneous items, $26,003,500 which shall re5 main available until September 30, 2025. 

6 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

7 ACCOUNT

8 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

9 Account, $506,000,000, of which $20,128,950 shall re10 main available until September 30, 2025, and of which 

11 $7,000,000 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of pro12 viding financial compensation to Senate interns. 

13 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

14 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

15 Senate, $300,000. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFI18 CIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

19 TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE20 DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT

21 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act under the 

23 heading ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT

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1 COUNT’’ shall be available for obligation only during the 

2 fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts are 

3 made available. Any unexpended balances under such al4 lowances remaining after the end of the period of avail5 ability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance 

6 with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading 

7 ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ under chapter XI of the 

8 Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 

9 4107) and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

10 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

11 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

13 MCCAIN-MANSFIELD AND SFC SEAN COOLEY AND SPC

14 CHRISTOPHER HORTON CONGRESSIONAL GOLD STAR

15 FAMILY FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAMS

16 SEC. 102. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

17 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate committees of the 

18 Senate’’ means the Committee on Appropriations 

19 and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

20 the Senate; 

21 (2) the term ‘‘Fellowships Programs’’ means 

22 the SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton 

23 Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program 

24 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Green and Gold Con25 gressional Aide Program’’) established under Senate 


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1 Resolution 442 (117th Congress), agreed to Novem2 ber 4, 2021, and the McCain-Mansfield Fellowship 

3 Program established under Senate Resolution 443 

4 (117th Congress), agreed to November 4, 2021, or 

5 any successor program to such programs; 

6 (3) the term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Sergeant at 

7 Arms Fellowships Fund established under subsection 

8 (b); and 

9 (4) the term ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’ means the 

10 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established under 

12 the heading ‘‘Contingent Expenses of the Senate’’ an ac13 count to be known as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms Fellowships 

14 Fund’’. 

15 (c) USE OF AMOUNTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund shall 

17 be available to the Sergeant at Arms for the costs 

18 of compensation of fellows under the Fellowships 

19 Programs and the administration of the Fellowships 

20 Programs, except as provided in paragraph (2). 

21 (2) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—Agency con22 tributions for the Fellowships Programs shall be 

23 paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Salaries, 

24 Officers and Employees’’ of the Senate. 


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1 (d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR JOINT OPER2 ATION.—If the Sergeant at Arms enters into an agreement 

3 with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep4 resentatives for the joint operation of 1 or more of the 

5 Fellowships Programs with the comparable programs of 

6 the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms may, 

7 as provided in advance in appropriations Acts, transfer 

8 amounts in the Fund to the Chief Administrative Officer 

9 of the House of Representatives for costs described in sub10 section (c)(1). 

11 (e) OVERSIGHT.—The Sergeant at Arms shall pro12 vide to the appropriate committees of the Senate— 

13 (1) a plan regarding the administration of the 

14 Fund by the Sergeant at Arms prior to obligation of 

15 any funds, to be updated and resubmitted following 

16 any changes to the plan; and 

17 (2) annual reports regarding the costs of the 

18 Fellowships Programs paid from the Fund. 

19 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for fiscal 

21 year 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as 

22 are necessary for the compensation of fellows under the 

23 Fellowships Programs during the fiscal year and for the 

24 administration of the Fellowships Programs. 


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1 (g) EXCLUSION FOR PURPOSES OF STAFFING LIMITS

2 ON THE OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS.—The pay3 ment of compensation to any individual serving in a fellow4 ship under the Fellowships Programs by the Sergeant at 

5 Arms shall not be included for purposes of any limitation 

6 on staffing levels of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms. 

7 JOINT ITEMS 

8 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

9 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

11 Committee, $4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

12 of the Senate. 

13 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

14 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

15 Taxation, $12,948,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad16 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

17 For other joint items, as follows: 

18 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

19 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex20 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

21 Physician and his assistants, including: 

22 (1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the 

23 Attending Physician; 

24 (2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the 

25 Senior Medical Officer; 


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1 (3) an allowance of $900 per month each to 

2 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

3 the Attending Physician; 

4 (4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assist5 ants and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 as6 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as7 sistants; and 

8 (5) $2,880,000 for reimbursement to the De9 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

10 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend11 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

12 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

13 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex14 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

15 purposes thereof, $4,181,000, to be disbursed by the 

16 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres21 sional Accessibility Services, $1,702,000, to be disbursed 

22 by the Secretary of the Senate. 


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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in4 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

5 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro6 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

7 benefits, $526,780,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

8 $64,912,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 

10 Chief of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee. 

11 GENERAL EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ13 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

14 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

15 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

16 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

17 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro18 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

19 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed20 eral Law Enforcement Training Centers, and not more 

21 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

22 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep23 resentation and reception expenses, $180,318,000, to be 

24 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or a duly au25 thorized designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 


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1 other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the 

2 Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

3 Centers for fiscal year 2023 shall be paid by the Secretary 

4 of Homeland Security from funds available to the Depart5 ment of Homeland Security. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN SERVICES

8 SEC. 110. (a) The Chief of the Capitol Police shall 

9 have authority to accept unpaid religious chaplain services, 

10 whereby volunteers from multiple faiths, authorized by 

11 their respective religious endorsing agency or organization, 

12 may advise, administer, and perform spiritual care and re13 ligious guidance for Capitol Police employees. 

14 (b) Chaplains shall not be required to perform any 

15 rite, ritual, or ceremony, and employees shall not be re16 quired to receive such rite, ritual, or ceremony, if doing 

17 so would compromise the conscience, moral principles, or 

18 religious beliefs of such chaplain or employees or the chap19 lain’s endorsing agency or organization. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

21 respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year. 


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1 CAPITOL POLICE OVERSEAS TRAVEL IN CONNECTION

2 WITH TRAVEL OF UNITED STATES SENATORS

3 SEC. 111. Section 12 of division G of the Consoli4 dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1975) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

8 by inserting ‘‘for official duty’’ after ‘‘United 

9 States’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (C) by striking paragraph (2); and 

13 (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

14 paragraph (2); 

15 (2) by striking subsection (c); 

16 (3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

17 (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and 

18 (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

19 striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

20 (c)’’. 

21 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 

22 RIGHTS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 

25 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 


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1 $7,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2024, and of which not more than 

3 $1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu4 tive Director in connection with official representation and 

5 reception expenses. 

6 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

9 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

10 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

11 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi12 cial representation and reception expenses, $64,637,000: 

13 Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 

14 $500,000 of the amount made available under this head15 ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 

16 models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 

17 estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 

18 employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 

19 (2) to increase the availability of models, economic as20 sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 

21 of Members of Congress, and the public. 

22 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

23 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

24 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

25 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 


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1 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con2 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup3 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

4 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

5 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

6 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris7 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur8 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

9 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

10 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap11 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper12 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $145,843,000: Pro13 vided, That none of the funds appropriated or made avail14 able under this heading in this Act or any other Act, in15 cluding previous Acts, may be used for a home to work 

16 vehicle for the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

17 CAPITOL BUILDING

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of the Capitol, $56,689,000, of which 

20 $6,099,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2027, and of which $18,885,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 CAPITOL GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

25 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 


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1 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

2 $16,365,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

3 until September 30, 2027. 

4 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

7 furnishings to be expended under the control and super8 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $156,596,000, of 

9 which $36,000,000 shall remain available until September 

10 30, 2027, and of which $38,100,000 shall remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat15 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

16 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

17 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

18 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga19 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

20 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

21 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

22 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su23 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

24 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

25 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 


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1 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

2 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

3 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

4 $133,251,000, of which $39,400,000 shall remain avail5 able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not more 

6 than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reim7 bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 

8 available for obligation during fiscal year 2023. 

9 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

10 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

11 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

12 buildings and grounds, $128,220,000, of which 

13 $92,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2027. 

15 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

17 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance18 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo19 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

20 the Capitol security operations, $412,252,000, of which 

21 $356,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2027: Provided, That of such amount, $60,000,000 shall 

23 be for design and construction of enhanced screening ves24 tibules at the north and south Capitol Building entrances: 


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1 Provided further, That of such amount, $277,000,000 

2 shall be for the Capitol Complex Security Program. 

3 BOTANIC GARDEN

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

6 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex7 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com9 mittee on the Library, $23,520,000, of which $8,200,000 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 

11 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

12 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

13 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

14 operation of the National Garden established under sec15 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

16 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar17 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

18 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

19 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

20 Capitol Visitor Center, $27,292,000. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

23 OVER BUDGET

24 SEC. 120. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 


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1 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

2 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

3 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap4 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

5 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern6 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

7 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

11 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

12 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo13 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 

14 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 

15 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 

16 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 

17 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li18 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 

19 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 

20 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 

21 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 

22 the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

23 $574,245,000, and, in addition, amounts credited to this 

24 appropriation during fiscal year 2023 under the Act of 

25 June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 


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1 150), shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

2 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

3 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

4 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga5 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur6 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

7 than $18,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 

8 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep9 resentation and reception expenses, including for the Over10 seas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

11 amount appropriated, $10,945,000 shall remain available 

12 until expended for the Teaching with Primary Sources 

13 program: Provided further, That of the total amount ap14 propriated, $1,458,000 shall remain available until ex15 pended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial 

16 Management System: Provided further, That of the total 

17 amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available 

18 until expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote 

19 the program and facilitate a greater number of donations 

20 to eligible entities across the United States: Provided fur21 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $3,976,000 

22 shall remain available until expended for the Veterans 

23 History Project to continue digitization efforts of already 

24 collected materials, reach a greater number of veterans to 


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1 record their stories, and promote public access to the 

2 Project. 

3 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

6 $100,674,000, of which not more than $39,702,000, to 

7 remain available until expended, shall be derived from col8 lections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

9 2023 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United 

10 States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not 

11 obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

12 under such section in excess of the amount authorized for 

13 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

14 further, That not more than $7,210,000 shall be derived 

15 from collections during fiscal year 2023 under sections 

16 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro17 vided further, That the total amount available for obliga18 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 

19 are less than $46,912,000: Provided further, That of the 

20 funds provided under this heading, not less than 

21 $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 

22 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2024: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 

24 the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance 

25 of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright 


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1 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train2 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop3 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 

4 than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the 

5 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep6 resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 

7 International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele8 gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 

9 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

10 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

11 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

12 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

13 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 

14 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

15 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

16 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

17 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

18 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

22 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno23 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

24 $132,600,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

25 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 


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1 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

2 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

3 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

4 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

5 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

6 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

7 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

8 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

9 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con10 fidential CRS product includes any written product con11 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

12 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

13 Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 

14 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

15 and does not include material prepared in response to 

16 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re17 search. 

18 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND

19 PRINT DISABLED

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

22 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 

23 135a), $58,657,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

24 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 


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1 provide newspapers to blind and print disabled residents 

2 at no cost to the individual. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

5 SEC. 130. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2023, 

6 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

7 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

8 $308,554,000. 

9 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub10 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

11 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

12 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

13 branch. 

14 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

15 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For authorized publishing of congressional informa18 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

19 any format; publishing of Government publications au20 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

21 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica22 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

23 to the recipient, $82,992,000: Provided, That this appro24 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per25 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 


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1 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au2 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

3 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

4 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro5 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

6 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita7 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

8 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

9 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

10 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

11 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

12 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe13 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

14 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un15 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

16 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

17 further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex18 pired discretionary funds made available under this head19 ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 

20 and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT

21 PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING

22 FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 

23 the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 

24 the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 

25 carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 


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1 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur3 ther, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 

4 title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 

5 used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on 

6 only a monthly and session basis. 

7 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

8 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses of the public information programs of 

12 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

13 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

14 publications in any format, and their distribution to the 

15 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

16 and designated depository and international exchange li17 braries as authorized by law, $35,257,000: Provided, That 

18 amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 

19 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi20 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica21 tions for the preceding two fiscal years to depository and 

22 other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobli23 gated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 

24 funds made available under this heading in this Act for 

25 this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, 


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1 funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OF2 FICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later 

3 than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 

4 year for which such funds are available for the purposes 

5 for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out 

6 the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate. 

9 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

10 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

11 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

12 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $11,605,000, to re13 main available until expended, for information technology 

14 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov15 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

16 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

17 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

18 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

19 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

20 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

21 purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

22 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

23 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

24 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc25 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 


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1 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro2 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

3 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

4 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

5 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

6 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

7 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

8 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

9 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

10 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

11 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

12 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

13 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

14 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur15 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper16 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

17 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

18 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

19 ‘‘PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPER20 INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ may not be used for con21 tracted security services at Government Publishing Of22 fice’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 


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1 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Government Account4 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex5 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

6 the United States in connection with official representa7 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

8 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

9 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

10 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

11 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

12 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

13 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

14 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay15 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

16 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

17 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen18 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for19 eign countries, $785,831,802: Provided, That, in addition, 

20 $55,865,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

21 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

22 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur23 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad24 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

25 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 


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1 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

2 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

3 of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 

4 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

5 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

6 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

7 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi8 nanced. 

9 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL 

10 LEADERSHIP FUND 

11 For a payment to the Congressional Office for Inter12 national Leadership Fund for financing activities of the 

13 Congressional Office for International Leadership under 

14 section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

15 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $6,000,000: Provided, That funds 

16 made available to support Russian participants shall only 

17 be used for those engaging in free market development, 

18 humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall 

19 not be used for officials of the central government of Rus20 sia. 

21 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

22 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

23 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub24 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

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1 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

2 $430,000. 

3 TITLE II 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

6 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

7 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

8 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

9 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa10 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

11 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

12 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

13 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

14 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

15 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

16 2023 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

17 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

18 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

19 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

20 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

21 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

22 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab23 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des24 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re25 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 


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1 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi2 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep3 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

4 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

5 with respect thereto. 

6 CONSULTING SERVICES

7 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

8 under this Act for any consulting service through procure9 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex11 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

12 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

13 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

14 under existing law. 

15 COSTS OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL MANAGERS

16 COUNCIL

17 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex18 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

19 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

20 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

21 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

22 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

23 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla24 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

25 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 


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1 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

2 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in4 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

5 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro6 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

7 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

8 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

9 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

10 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 

11 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

12 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con13 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

14 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

15 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 

16 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

17 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

18 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

19 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

20 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in21 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo22 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re23 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

24 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

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1 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

2 PROCUREMENT

3 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac5 quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 

6 Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or 

7 moderate impact information system, as defined for secu8 rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 

9 and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

10 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat11 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys12 tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring 

13 the equipment or system has— 

14 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor15 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

16 to inform acquisition decisions for high or moderate 

17 impact information systems within the Federal Gov18 ernment; 

19 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre20 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

21 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

22 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

23 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

24 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

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1 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

2 such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in 

3 a high or moderate impact system, including any 

4 risk associated with such system being produced, 

5 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

6 identified by the United States Government as pos7 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

8 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

9 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 

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

11 or the Russian Federation. 

12 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

14 high or moderate impact information system reviewed and 

15 assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as16 sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

17 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

18 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

19 strategy for any identified risks; 

20 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

21 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui22 sition of such telecommunications equipment for in23 clusion in a high or moderate impact system is in 

24 the vital national security interest of the United 

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1 (3) reported that determination to the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa3 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

4 telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a 

5 high or moderate impact system intended for acqui6 sition and a detailed description of the mitigation 

7 strategies identified in paragraph (1), provided that 

8 such report may include a classified annex as nec9 essary. 

10 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

11 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

13 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

14 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

15 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

16 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

17 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi18 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 

19 or other official government activities. 

20 PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION

21 SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 

22 that contract with a food service provider or providers 

23 shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 

24 or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 

25 groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 


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1 waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 

2 items, and increase recycling and composting opportuni3 ties. 

4 CAPITOL COMPLEX HEALTH AND SAFETY

5 SEC. 211. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

6 under this Act under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE AT7 TENDING PHYSICIAN’’, there is hereby appropriated to the 

8 Office of the Attending Physician $5,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended, for response to COVID–19, in10 cluding testing, subject to the same terms and conditions 

11 as the amounts appropriated under such heading. 

12 LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR

13 MEMBERS

14 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 

16 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 

17 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

18 of Congress) during fiscal year 2023. 

19 AUTHORITY TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

20 DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM

21 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, an entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise 

23 made available under this Act to pay the compensation 

24 of an officer or employee without regard to the officer’s 

25 or employee’s immigration status if the officer or employee 


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1 has been issued an employment authorization document 

2 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro3 gram of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established 

4 pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of 

5 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial 

6 Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

7 United States as Children’’, dated June 15, 2012. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 2023’’. 

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