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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1061 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 1061

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         March 6, 2024.
    Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution the House shall be 
considered to have taken from the Speaker's table the bill, H.R. 4366, with the 
Senate amendment thereto, and to have concurred in the Senate amendment with the 
following amendment:
    In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, 
insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.
   DIVISION A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of Defense
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
       DIVISION B--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Farm Production and Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions
     DIVISION C--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Corps of Engineers--Civil
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
   DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
DIVISION F--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions--This Act
                       DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS

Title I--Health and Human Services
Title II--Amending Compacts of Free Association
Title III--Extensions and Other Matters
Title IV--Budgetary Effects

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' 
contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the 
provisions of that division.

SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

    The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the Senate section 
of the Congressional Record on or about March 5, 2024, and submitted by the 
chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, shall have the same 
effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A 
through F of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee 
of conference.

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024.

SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or repurposed, 
rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so 
designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.

   DIVISION A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                            APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                     TITLE I

                              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                           Military Construction, Army

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or 
permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property 
for the Army as currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army 
Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 
this appropriation, and for construction and operation of facilities in support 
of the functions of the Commander in Chief, $2,022,775,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed 
$398,145,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, architect and 
engineer services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Army determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, $522,220,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ``Military Construction, Army'' in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                  Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or 
permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, and real property for 
the Navy and Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including personnel in 
the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other personal services necessary 
for the purposes of this appropriation, $5,531,369,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed 
$711,505,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $335,563,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                        Military Construction, Air Force

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or 
permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property 
for the Air Force as currently authorized by law, $2,741,424,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
exceed $567,874,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and 
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of 
the Air Force determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, $193,610,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ``Military Construction, Air Force'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                       Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or 
permanent public works, installations, facilities, and real property for 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), as currently authorized by law, $3,161,782,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That such amounts of this 
appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
military construction or family housing as the Secretary may designate, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred:  Provided further, 
That, of the amount, not to exceed $347,545,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, $36,100,000 shall 
be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                   Military Construction, Army National Guard

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of 
facilities for the training and administration of the Army National Guard, and 
contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $620,647,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $79,221,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 
National Guard determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, $270,461,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                    Military Construction, Air National Guard

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of 
facilities for the training and administration of the Air National Guard, and 
contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $295,526,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $68,454,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Air 
National Guard determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, $123,804,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                       Military Construction, Army Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of 
facilities for the training and administration of the Army Reserve as authorized 
by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $151,076,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  
Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $27,389,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, $44,000,000 shall 
be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                       Military Construction, Navy Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of 
facilities for the training and administration of the reserve components of the 
Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $51,291,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $6,495,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor.

                    Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of 
facilities for the training and administration of the Air Force Reserve as 
authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $331,572,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $14,646,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                       North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                           Security Investment Program

    For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisition and construction of 
military facilities and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective defense of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by section 2806 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $293,434,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                   Department of Defense Base Closure Account

    For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account, established 
by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $489,174,000, to remain available until expended.

                        Family Housing Construction, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, including 
acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 
authorized by law, $304,895,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.

                 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation and maintenance, 
including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest 
charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $395,485,000.

               Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, 
extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $277,142,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

    For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for operation 
and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal 
and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$373,854,000.

                     Family Housing Construction, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, including 
acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 
authorized by law, $237,097,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.

               Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation and 
maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and 
interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $324,386,000.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of the 
Department of Defense (other than the military departments) for operation and 
maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, $50,785,000.

                              Department of Defense

                         Family Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, $6,611,000, 
to remain available until expended, for family housing initiatives undertaken 
pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing alternative 
means of acquiring and improving military family housing and supporting 
facilities.

                              Department of Defense

                 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement 
Fund, $496,000, to remain available until expended, for unaccompanied housing 
initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, 
providing alternative means of acquiring and improving military unaccompanied 
housing and supporting facilities.

                            Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be expended 
for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost 
estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, except 
Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense 
setting forth the reasons therefor.
    Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for construction shall be 
available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 103.  Funds made available in this title for construction may be used 
for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, for the construction of access roads as authorized by section 
210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized therein are 
certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title may be used to 
begin construction of new bases in the United States for which specific 
appropriations have not been made.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be used for 
purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of the value as 
determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command, except: (1) where there is a determination of value by a Federal court; 
(2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be used to: 
(1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or (3) install utilities for 
any family housing, except housing for which funds have been made available in 
annual Acts making appropriations for military construction.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title for minor 
construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one base or 
installation to another, without prior notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title may be used for 
the procurement of steel for any construction project or activity for which 
American steel producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds available to the Department of Defense for 
military construction or family housing during the current fiscal year may be 
used to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation.
    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title may be used to 
initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title may be obligated 
for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the Government to exceed 
$500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless 
such contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States firms in 
joint venture with host nation firms.
    Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this title for military 
construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and 
on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to 
award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign 
contractor:  Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract 
awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States 
contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign 
contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to contract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a 
Marshallese contractor.
    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate committees 
of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees on Appropriations, of plans 
and scope of any proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 30 
days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either 
temporary or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
    Sec. 114.  Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for construction 
in prior years shall be available for construction authorized for each such 
military department by the authorizations enacted into law during the current 
session of Congress.
    Sec. 115.  For military construction or family housing projects that are 
being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed for obligation, expired 
or lapsed funds may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, 
inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent 
claims, if any.
    Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds made 
available to a military department or defense agency for the construction of 
military projects may be obligated for a military construction project or 
contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any time before 
the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds for such 
project were made available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 
obligated from funds available for military construction projects; and (2) do 
not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus any amount by which 
the cost of such project is increased pursuant to law.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 117.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a 
notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 
of title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 
Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family 
Housing'' accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or 
(2) the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military unaccompanied housing in 
``Military Construction'' accounts, to be merged with and to be available for 
the same purposes and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund:  Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by 
the Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 
169 of title 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 
acquiring and improving military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, 
and supporting facilities.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 118.  In addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from the Department of Defense 
Base Closure Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) 
to pay for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred 
under 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the fund to 
which transferred.
    Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available 
in this title for operation and maintenance of family housing shall be the 
exclusive source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters:  Provided, That not more than 
$35,000 per unit may be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any 
general or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 
for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 and 
2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall be 
submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs associated with 
environmental remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission:  Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance expenditures for each 
individual general or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
    Sec. 120.  Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement Account 
established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, United States Code, 
are appropriated and shall be available until expended for the purposes 
specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pursuant to 
subsection (i)(3) of such section.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 121.  During the 5-year period after appropriations available in this 
Act to the Department of Defense for military construction and family housing 
operation and maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, upon a 
determination that such appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation 
of obligations or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appropriations, 
unobligated balances of such appropriations may be transferred into the 
appropriation ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'', to be 
merged with and to be available for the same time period and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 122.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in an account 
funded under the headings in this title may be transferred among projects and 
activities within the account in accordance with the reprogramming guidelines 
for military construction and family housing construction contained in 
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, 
Chapter 7, of April 2021, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this title may be obligated 
or expended for planning and design and construction of projects at Arlington 
National Cemetery.
    Sec. 124.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts 
specified, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $8,214,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $182,150,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $166,300,000;
            ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $62,400,000;
            ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', $66,815,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', $5,200,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $23,000,000:
  Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction and 
cost to complete projects identified in the respective military department's 
unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2024 submitted to Congress:  Provided 
further, That such projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation and 
expenditure of funds to carry out construction:  Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section.
    Sec. 125.  All amounts appropriated to the ``Department of Defense--Military 
Construction, Army'', ``Department of Defense--Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps'', ``Department of Defense--Military Construction, Air Force'', and 
``Department of Defense--Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' accounts pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense Authorization Act 
specified for fiscal year 2024 in the funding table in section 4601 of that Act 
shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for the full scope of 
authorized projects.
    Sec. 126.  Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, funds made available in 
this Act or any available unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts 
may be obligated before October 1, 2025 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019 
military construction projects for which project authorization has not lapsed or 
for which authorization is extended for fiscal year 2024 by a National Defense 
Authorization Act:  Provided, That no amounts may be obligated pursuant to this 
section from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 127.  For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense 
committees'' means the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 128.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts 
specified for planning and design and unspecified minor construction, for 
improving military installation resilience, to remain available until September 
30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $7,500,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $7,500,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 129.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts 
specified for planning and design and unspecified minor construction for 
construction improvements to Department of Defense laboratory facilities, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $10,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $10,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $10,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 130.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air 
Force'', $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, for 
expenses incurred as a result of natural disasters:  Provided, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
section.
    Sec. 131.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts 
specified for planning and design for child development centers, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $15,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 132.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts 
specified for planning and design, for barracks, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $15,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 133.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air 
Force'', $16,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, for cost 
increases identified subsequent to the fiscal year 2024 budget request for 
authorized major construction projects:  Provided, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, or their designee, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 134.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts 
specified for unspecified minor construction for demolition, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', $15,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the military department concerned may not obligate or expend 
any funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this section.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 135.  Of the proceeds credited to the Department of Defense Family 
Housing Improvement Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(D) of section 2883 of 
title 10, United States Code, pursuant to a Department of Navy investment, the 
Secretary of Defense shall transfer $19,000,000 to the Secretary of the Navy 
under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of such section for use by the Secretary 
of the Navy as provided in paragraph (1) of such subsection until expended.
    Sec. 136.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Defense-
Wide'', $37,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided,  
That such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction projects 
specified in a National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024 in the 
funding table in section 4601 of that Act:  Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, or their 
designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 137.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air 
National Guard'', $83,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, for 
planning and design and authorized major construction projects at future foreign 
military training sites:  Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 138.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry 
out the closure or realignment of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.

                                    TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                        Veterans Benefits Administration

                            compensation and pensions

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a 
pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by section 107 and 
chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, 
and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated 
Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, 
adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other 
benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 
51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $15,072,388,000, which shall 
be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2023, to remain available until expended; and, in 
addition, $182,310,515,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $22,109,000 of 
the amount made available for fiscal year 2025 under this heading shall be 
reimbursed to ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', 
and ``Information Technology Systems'' for necessary expenses in implementing 
the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the 
funding source for which is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and 
Pensions'' appropriation:  Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on 
an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ``Medical Care 
Collections Fund'' to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 
nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized.

                              readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 
53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $374,852,000, which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2023, to remain available until expended; and, in 
addition, $13,399,805,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation 
program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide 
under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to 
this account.

                       veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and veterans 
mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United 
States Code, $12,701,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2023, to 
remain available until expended; and, in addition, $135,119,422, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2024, to remain available until expended.

                      veterans housing benefit program fund

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 
37 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That, during fiscal year 
2024, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross 
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, $316,742,419.

                 vocational rehabilitation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $78,337, as authorized by chapter 31 of title 
38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $2,026,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct 
loan program, $460,698, which may be paid to the appropriation for ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

              native american veteran housing loan program account

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized 
by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, $2,718,546.

          general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

    For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of 
overseas employee mail, $3,899,000,000:  Provided, That expenses for services 
and assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 
3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent 
feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; 
or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this 
account:  Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this 
heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025.

                         Veterans Health Administration

                                medical services

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and 
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of 
the Department, and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering 
services, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired 
under title 38, United States Code, assistance and support services for 
caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan 
repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 
Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 
note), monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, United States 
Code, and administrative expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 
521A of title 38, United States Code, and hospital care and medical services 
authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $71,000,000,000, 
plus reimbursements, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2024, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That of the 
$74,004,000,000 that became available on October 1, 2023, previously 
appropriated under this heading in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $3,034,205,000 is hereby rescinded:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision of medical 
treatment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or 
have special needs:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the 
provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 
through 6:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with 
privately written prescriptions based on requirements established by the 
Secretary:  Provided further, That the implementation of the program described 
in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical 
supplies and equipment are available for the acquisition of prosthetics designed 
specifically for female veterans:  Provided further, That nothing in section 
2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, may be construed as limiting amounts 
that may be made available under this heading for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in 
this or prior Acts.

                             medical community care

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals pursuant to 
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, 
$20,382,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall become available on October 1, 
2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, of 
the amount made available on October 1, 2024, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That of the 
$33,000,000,000 that became available on October 1, 2023, previously 
appropriated under this heading in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $2,657,977,000 is hereby rescinded.

                         medical support and compliance

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, 
nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as 
authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of capital policy 
activities; and administrative and legal expenses of the Department for 
collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized under 
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care 
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $11,800,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
which shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, of the amount made available on 
October 1, 2024, under this heading, $350,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That of the $12,300,000,000 that became 
available on October 1, 2023, previously appropriated under this heading in 
division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), 
$1,550,000,000 is hereby rescinded.

                               medical facilities

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, 
nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary facilities of the 
Veterans Health Administration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property acquisition and disposition, 
construction, and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the 
use of the Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities 
not charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing 
facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of 
temporary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; and for 
laundry services; $149,485,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2023; and, 
in addition, $9,400,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall become available 
on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2024, under this 
heading, $500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026.

                         medical and prosthetic research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic 
research and development as authorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States 
Code, $943,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 
30, 2025:  Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that 
sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading are available for prosthetic 
research specifically for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research.

                        National Cemetery Administration

    For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for 
operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or improvement of facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration, $480,000,000, of which not 
to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                           Departmental Administration

                             general administration

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not 
otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses in support of 
Department-wide capital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, or 
allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard services, $475,000,000, 
of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025:  Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be transferred to 
``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

                            board of veterans appeals

    For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, 
$287,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                         information technology systems

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information systems and 
operational information systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the 
capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including 
management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including 
contractual costs associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $6,401,000,000, plus reimbursements:  Provided, That 
$1,606,977,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 3 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
$4,668,373,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed 5 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which 
$75,288,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, for the purpose of 
facility activations related to projects funded by the ``Construction, Major 
Projects'', ``Construction, Minor Projects'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``National 
Cemetery Administration'', ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'', and ``General Administration'' accounts:  Provided further, 
That $125,650,000 shall be for information technology systems development, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, and 
information technology systems development may be transferred among the three 
subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued:  Provided further, That amounts made available for 
the ``Information Technology Systems'' account for development may be 
transferred among projects or to newly defined projects:  Provided further, That 
no project may be increased or decreased by more than $3,000,000 of cost prior 
to submitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a 
period of 30 days has elapsed:  Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for information technology systems development shall be for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act).

                        veterans electronic health record

    For activities related to implementation, preparation, development, 
interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health 
Record system, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and salaries and expenses of 
employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,334,142,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress quarterly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and 
deployment implementation by facility, including any changes from the deployment 
plan or schedule:  Provided further, That the funds provided in this account 
shall only be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be 
administered by that Office:  Provided further, That 25 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading shall not be available until July 1, 2024, and 
are contingent upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs--
            (1) providing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
        Congress a report, no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act on 
        the status of issues that caused the delayed deployment of the new 
        electronic health record to additional sites that was announced on April 
        21, 2023;
            (2) providing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
        Congress a report on the reset process as of June 1, 2024, including an 
        outline of the measurable operational metrics that will be used to 
        determine when it is appropriate to re-start deployments, progress on 
        achieving those metrics, progress toward clinical and product 
        standardization, and the current performance at all Department of 
        Veterans Affairs facilities using the new electronic health record on or 
        before September 2023 compared to pre-deployment baselines for metrics 
        impacted by the deployment of the new electronic health record; and
            (3) certifying in writing no later than 30 days prior to July 1, 
        2024, whether the system is stable, ready, and optimized for further 
        deployment at VA sites, and if not, an estimate of the timeline required 
        to begin further deployments.

                           office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to include 
information technology, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $296,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                          construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, 
including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise 
provided for, including planning, architectural and engineering services, 
construction management services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs 
associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, 
and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 
amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, or 
where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project 
appropriation, $961,218,560, of which $453,314,560 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, and of which $507,904,000 shall remain available until 
expended, of which $110,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement 
projects and seismic program management activities, including for projects that 
would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical 
Facilities or National Cemetery Administration accounts:  Provided, That except 
for advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may or may 
not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset management related 
activities, including portfolio development and management activities, and 
planning, cost estimating, and design for major medical facility projects and 
major medical facility leases and investment strategy studies funded through the 
advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded through the 
design fund, staffing expenses, and funds provided for the purchase, security, 
and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Administration and the 
Veterans Health Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used for any project that 
has not been notified to Congress through the budgetary process or that has not 
been approved by the Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the 
explanatory statement accompanying such Act and presented to the President at 
the time of enrollment:  Provided further, That funds provided for the Veterans 
Health Administration through the land acquisition line item shall be only for 
projects included on the five year development plan notified to Congress through 
the budgetary process:  Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary 
shall be available to reimburse the ``General Administration'' account for 
payment of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction and Facilities 
Management employees to support the full range of capital infrastructure 
services provided, including minor construction and leasing services:  Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2024, for 
each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction 
documents contract by September 30, 2024; and (2) by the awarding of a 
construction contract by September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report on any approved major 
construction project for which obligations are not incurred within the time 
limitations established above:  Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, amounts made 
available under this heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic 
program management activities shall be available for the completion of both new 
and existing seismic projects of the Department.

                          construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, 
including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 
which may lead to capital investments, architectural and engineering services, 
maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, or 
for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of 
title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the estimated 
cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in section 
8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, $692,000,000, of which 
$612,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, and of which 
$80,000,000 shall remain available until expended, along with unobligated 
balances of previous ``Construction, Minor Projects'' appropriations which are 
hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is equal to or 
less than the amount set forth in such section:  Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are 
necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or 
catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 
further loss by such causes.

            grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and 
domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, 
nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to 
veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States 
Code, $171,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

    For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in establishing, 
expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized by section 2408 of 
title 38, United States Code, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                            Administrative Provisions

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2024 for ``Compensation and 
Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and ``Veterans Insurance and 
Indemnities'' may be transferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned 
appropriations:  Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue 
an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
fiscal year 2024, in this or any other Act, under the ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'' accounts may be transferred among the accounts:  Provided, That any 
transfers among the ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', and 
``Medical Support and Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may take place 
subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the 
transfer:  Provided further, That any transfers among the ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', and ``Medical Support and Compliance'' accounts in 
excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, 
may take place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued:  Provided further, That any transfers to or from the 
``Medical Facilities'' account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and an approval is issued.
    Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for salaries and expenses 
shall be available for services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or 
both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 
through 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the appropriations for 
``Construction, Major Projects'', and ``Construction, Minor Projects'') shall be 
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new 
hospital or home.
    Sec. 205.  No appropriations in this title shall be available for 
hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled to 
such hospitalization or examination under the laws providing such benefits to 
veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 
of title 5, United States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the 
cost of such hospitalization or examination is made to the ``Medical Services'' 
account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for ``Compensation and 
Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and ``Veterans Insurance and 
Indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations 
required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts 
within the last quarter of fiscal year 2023.
    Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be available to pay 
prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts 
resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be 
payable only from ``Compensation and Pensions''.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 
2024, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National Service Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans' 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, 
and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 
38, United States Code, reimburse the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' accounts for 
the cost of administration of the insurance programs financed through those 
accounts:  Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus 
earnings accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 2024 that 
are available for dividends in that program after claims have been paid and 
actuarially determined reserves have been set aside:  Provided further, That if 
the cost of administration of such an insurance program exceeds the amount of 
surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2024 which is 
properly allocable to the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included in that insurance 
program.
    Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to reimburse an 
account for expenses incurred by that account during a prior fiscal year for 
providing enhanced-use lease services shall be available until expended.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for salaries and other 
administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Office of 
Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution 
function within the Office of Human Resources and Administration for all 
services provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not to exceed 
$145,408,000 for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion, 
$6,960,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, 
and $7,772,000 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution function within the Office 
of Human Resources and Administration:  Provided, That payments may be made in 
advance for services to be furnished based on estimated costs:  Provided 
further, That amounts received shall be credited to the ``General 
Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' accounts for use by the 
office that provided the service:  Provided further, That the amounts made 
available for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion under 
this section may be used for implementation of section 402 of division U of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) and the amendments 
made by such section 402.
    Sec. 211.  No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available 
for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services provided to any person 
under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-connected 
disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has 
disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement information for 
purposes of section 1729 of such title:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United States, the 
reasonable charges for such care or services from any person who does not make 
such disclosure as required:  Provided further, That any amounts so recovered 
for care or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 
Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds or revenues 
derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including disposal) may be 
deposited into the ``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor 
Projects'' accounts and be used for construction (including site acquisition and 
disposition), alterations, and improvements of any medical facility under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as 
realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects''.
    Sec. 213.  Amounts made available under ``Medical Services'' are available--
            (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; 
        and
            (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other expenses 
        incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries receiving care in 
        the Department.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 214.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Medical Care Collections 
Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical Community Care'' accounts 
to remain available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 215.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into agreements with 
Federally Qualified Health Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian Tribes and 
Tribal organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 
the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health 
and dental care, to veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require 
participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and 
regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term ``rural Alaska'' shall 
mean those lands which are not within the boundaries of the municipality of 
Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 216.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 of title 38, United States 
Code, may be transferred to the ``Construction, Major Projects'' and 
``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts, to remain available until expended 
for the purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 217.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter:  Provided, That, at a minimum, the 
report shall include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled 
``Quarterly reporting'', under the heading ``General Administration'' in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114-223.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 218.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical Services'', ``Medical 
Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', 
``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', ``Board of 
Veterans Appeals'', ``General Administration'', and ``National Cemetery 
Administration'' accounts for fiscal year 2024 may be transferred to or from the 
``Information Technology Systems'' account:  Provided, That such transfers may 
not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total amount made 
available by this Act for the ``Information Technology Systems'' account:  
Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 219.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for fiscal year 2024 for ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', 
``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``Construction, 
Minor Projects'', and ``Information Technology Systems'', up to $430,532,000, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense--
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established 
by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That additional funds 
may be transferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
Provided further, That section 220 of title II of division J of Public Law 117-
328 is repealed.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 220.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
which become available on October 1, 2024, for ``Medical Services'', ``Medical 
Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', up to $456,547,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the 
Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2571) and 
may be used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 
4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 221.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Medical Care Collections 
Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare 
provided at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be 
available: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 
1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for operations of the facilities designated as 
combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-
417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 
Stat. 2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of Defense--Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund shall remain available 
until expended.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 222.  Of the amounts available in this title for ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD-VA Health 
Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 
authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 223.  None of the funds available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace the current system by 
which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment.
    Sec. 224.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in a major 
construction project that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the 
programmed amount of the project, whichever is less:  Provided, That such 
notification shall occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the programmed 
amount:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of 
such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such savings.
    Sec. 225.  None of the funds made available for ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' may be used for a project in excess of the scope specified for that 
project in the original justification data provided to the Congress as part of 
the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives 
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 226.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office:  Provided, 
That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction contained in the 
section entitled ``Disability claims backlog'', under the heading ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' in the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 114-223:  Provided further, That the report 
shall also include information on the number of appeals pending at the Veterans 
Benefits Administration as well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 
basis.
    Sec. 227.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide written 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 15 
days prior to organizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to another.
    Sec. 228.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly 
basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
notification of any single national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $1,000,000.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 229.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination that such 
action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may 
transfer to the ``Medical Services'' account any discretionary appropriations 
made available for fiscal year 2024 in this title (except appropriations made to 
the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' account) or 
any discretionary unobligated balances within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 2024, that were provided 
in advance by appropriations Acts:  Provided, That transfers shall be made only 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget:  Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law:  Provided further, That no amounts may be 
transferred from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That such 
authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on 
emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by 
Congress:  Provided further, That, upon determination that all or part of the 
funds transferred from an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be 
transferred back to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 
purposes as originally appropriated:  Provided further, That before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and receive approval of that request.

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 230.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
fiscal year 2024, under the ``Board of Veterans Appeals'' and the ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' accounts may be 
transferred between such accounts:  Provided, That before a transfer may take 
place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
receive approval of that request.
    Sec. 231.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not reprogram funds among 
major construction projects or programs if such instance of reprogramming will 
exceed $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the toll-
free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code--
            (1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline immediate 
        assistance from a trained professional; and
            (2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association of 
        Suicidology.
    (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce 
or otherwise carry out any Executive action that prohibits the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 
position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs with respect to such a position relating to the hotline 
specified in subsection (a).
    (2) In this subsection--
            (A) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code; and
            (B) the term ``Executive action'' includes--
                    (i) any Executive order, Presidential memorandum, or other 
                action by the President; and
                    (ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive.
    (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on the 
effectiveness of the hotline specified in subsection (a) during the 5-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide 
data and data collected from such hotline.
    (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) shall--
            (A) determine the number of veterans who contact the hotline 
        specified in subsection (a) and who receive follow up services from the 
        hotline or mental health services from the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs thereafter;
            (B) determine the number of veterans who contact the hotline who are 
        not referred to, or do not continue receiving, mental health care who 
        commit suicide; and
            (C) determine the number of veterans described in subparagraph (A) 
        who commit or attempt suicide.
    Sec. 233.  Effective during the period beginning on October 1, 2018, and 
ending on January 1, 2025, none of the funds made available to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in 
contravention of the ``Veterans Health Administration Clinical Preventive 
Services Guidance Statement on the Veterans Health Administration's Screening 
for Breast Cancer Guidance'' published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the 
Veterans Health Administration National Center for Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention.
    Sec. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for the ``Medical Services'' account may be used to provide--
            (1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted reproductive 
        technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a covered veteran; or
            (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``service-connected'' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``covered veteran'' means a veteran, as such term is 
        defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code, who has a 
        service-connected disability that results in the inability of the 
        veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment.
            (3) The term ``assisted reproductive technology'' means benefits 
        relating to reproductive assistance provided to a member of the Armed 
        Forces who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 
        section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, as described in 
        the memorandum on the subject of ``Policy for Assisted Reproductive 
        Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 
        II or III) Active Duty Service Members'' issued by the Assistant 
        Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 
        guidance issued to implement such policy, including any limitations on 
        the amount of such benefits available to such a member except that--
                    (A) the time periods regarding embryo cryopreservation and 
                storage set forth in part III(G) and in part IV(H) of such 
                memorandum shall not apply; and
                    (B) such term includes embryo cryopreservation and storage 
                without limitation on the duration of such cryopreservation and 
                storage.
            (4) The term ``adoption reimbursement'' means reimbursement for the 
        adoption-related expenses for an adoption that is finalized after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act under the same terms as apply under 
        the adoption reimbursement program of the Department of Defense, as 
        authorized in Department of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the 
        reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in such instruction.
    (c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of 
this section are subject to the requirements for funds contained in section 508 
of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141).
    Sec. 235.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act or any other Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in 
a manner that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 
119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 236.  Section 842 of Public Law 109-115 shall not apply to conversion 
of an activity or function of the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans 
Benefits Administration, or National Cemetery Administration to contractor 
performance by a business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or 
more Indian Tribes as defined in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States 
Code, or one or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in section 
637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code.
    Sec. 237. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall discontinue collecting 
and using Social Security account numbers to authenticate individuals in all 
information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs for all individuals 
not later than September 30, 2024.
    (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may collect and use a Social Security 
account number to identify an individual, in accordance with section 552a of 
title 5, United States Code, in an information system of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of such number is necessary to:
            (1) obtain or provide information the Secretary requires from an 
        information system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary;
            (2) comply with a law, regulation, or court order;
            (3) perform anti-fraud activities; or
            (4) identify a specific individual where no adequate substitute is 
        available.
    (c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall supersede section 237 of 
division J of Public Law 117-328.
    Sec. 238.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each 
of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 for ``Medical Services'', section 239 of division A 
of Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 239.  None of the funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations 
Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs may be 
used to transfer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund 
to any other account within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 240.  Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
each of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 for ``Medical Services'', funds 
may be used in each year to carry out and expand the child care program 
authorized by section 205 of Public Law 111-163, notwithstanding subsection (e) 
of such section.
    Sec. 241.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this title may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an 
agreement related to resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 
restrict in any way the individual from speaking to members of Congress or their 
staff on any topic not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or 
required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national 
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.
    Sec. 242.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each 
of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 258 of division A of Public Law 114-223 
shall apply.
    Sec. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials available to the department 
or agency over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the 
access of the Inspector General to such records, documents, or other materials, 
under any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers to 
such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access.
    (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General access to all records, documents, and other materials in a 
timely manner.
    (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the 
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure by any 
department or agency covered by this section to comply with this requirement.
    Sec. 244.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in a 
manner that would increase wait times for veterans who seek care at medical 
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 245.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act to the Veterans Health Administration may be used in fiscal year 2024 
to convert any program which received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 2023 
to a general purpose funded program unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
submits written notification of any such proposal to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to any such 
action and an approval is issued by the Committees.
    Sec. 246.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each 
of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 248 of division A of Public Law 114-223 
shall apply.
    Sec. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to conduct research commencing on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act, that uses any canine, feline, or non-human primate unless 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approves such research specifically and in 
writing pursuant to subsection (b).
    (b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve the conduct of research 
commencing on or after the date of enactment of this Act, using canines, 
felines, or non-human primates if the Secretary certifies that--
            (A) the scientific objectives of the research can only be met by 
        using such canines, felines, or non-human primates and cannot be met 
        using other animal models, in vitro models, computational models, human 
        clinical studies, or other research alternatives;
            (B) such scientific objectives are necessary to advance research 
        benefiting veterans and are directly related to an illness or injury 
        that is combat-related as defined by 10 U.S.C. 1413(e);
            (C) the research is consistent with the revised Department of 
        Veterans Affairs canine research policy document dated December 15, 
        2017, including any subsequent revisions to such document; and
            (D) ethical considerations regarding minimizing the harm experienced 
        by canines, felines, or non-human primates are included in evaluating 
        the scientific necessity of the research.
    (2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under this subsection.
    (c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant to subsection (b), 
not later than 30 days before the commencement of such research, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report describing--
            (1) the nature of the research to be conducted using canines, 
        felines, or non-human primates;
            (2) the date on which the Secretary approved the research;
            (3) the USDA pain category on the approved use;
            (4) the justification for the determination of the Secretary that 
        the scientific objectives of such research could only be met using 
        canines, felines, or non-human primates, and methods used to make such 
        determination;
            (5) the frequency and duration of such research; and
            (6) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, and 
        efficacy of the research, and animal welfare.
    (d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to such Committees a report 
describing--
            (1) any research being conducted by the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs using canines, felines, or non-human primates as of the date of 
        the submittal of the report;
            (2) the circumstances under which such research was conducted using 
        canines, felines, or non-human primates;
            (3) the justification for using canines, felines, or non-human 
        primates to conduct such research;
            (4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, and 
        efficacy of such research; and
            (5) the development and adoption of alternatives to canines, 
        felines, or non-human primate research.
    (e) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Department of Veterans Affairs must submit to voluntary 
U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections of canine, feline, and non-human 
primate research facilities.
    (f) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to such Committees a report 
describing --
            (1) any violations of the Animal Welfare Act, the Public Health 
        Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, or other 
        Department of Veterans Affairs policies related to oversight of animal 
        research found during that quarter in VA research facilities;
            (2) immediate corrective actions taken; and
            (3) specific actions taken to prevent their recurrence.
    (g) The Department shall implement a plan under which the Secretary will 
eliminate the research conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates 
by not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available in this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans 
to full-time employment equivalents within any program of rehabilitation 
conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, does not exceed 125 
veterans to one full-time employment equivalent.
    (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the programs of rehabilitation 
conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including--
            (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each such 
        program; and
            (2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary considers 
        necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for each such program.
    Sec. 249.  Amounts made available for the ``Veterans Health Administration, 
Medical Community Care'' account in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2024 
and 2025 may be used for expenses that would otherwise be payable from the 
Veterans Choice Fund established by section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, 
and Accountability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note).
    Sec. 250.  Obligations and expenditures applicable to the ``Medical 
Services'' account in fiscal years 2017 through 2019 for aid to state homes (as 
authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code) shall remain in the 
``Medical Community Care'' account for such fiscal years.
    Sec. 251.  Of the amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any other Act, under the ``Veterans 
Health Administration--Medical Services'', ``Veterans Health Administration--
Medical Community Care'', ``Veterans Health Administration--Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and ``Veterans Health Administration--Medical Facilities'' 
accounts, $990,446,000 shall be made available for gender-specific care and 
programmatic efforts to deliver care for women veterans.
    Sec. 252.  Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal year 2024 in the 
``Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund'' established in section 243 of 
division J of Public Law 114-113, and in addition to any funds otherwise made 
available for such purposes in this, prior, or subsequent fiscal years, 
$646,000,000 shall be available for constructing, altering, extending, and 
improving medical facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, including 
all supporting activities and required contingencies, during the period of 
availability of the Fund:  Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the 
funds provided in this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must provide a 
plan for the execution of the funds appropriated in this section to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.
    Sec. 253.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the status of section 8006 of 
the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (Public Law 117-2):  Provided, That, at a 
minimum, the report shall include an update on obligations by program, project 
or activity and a plan for expending the remaining funds.
    Sec. 254.  Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds made available through the Fiscal Responsibility Act 
of 2023 (Public Law 118-5) for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund for fiscal 
year 2024:  Provided,  That the budget resource categories supporting the 
Veterans Health Administration shall be reported by the subcategories ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and 
``Medical and Prosthetic Research'':  Provided further, That not later than 30 
days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit a 
quarterly report on the status of the funds, including, at a minimum, an update 
on obligations by program, project or activity.
    Sec. 255.  Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and administered by a 
corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, 
between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out an 
order placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1535 of 
title 31, United States Code, that are available for obligation pursuant to 
section 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain available for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred by such corporation during the 
period of performance of such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs determines that such amounts need to remain available for such 
liquidation.

                              (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 256.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ``Departmental Administration--Veterans Electronic Health Record'' in 
division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), 
$460,005,000 is hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 257.  None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to close 
Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an 
environmental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at existing 
Veterans Health Administration medical facilities as part of a planned 
realignment of services until the Secretary provides to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report including an analysis of how 
any such planned realignment of services will impact access to care for veterans 
living in rural or highly rural areas, including travel distances and 
transportation costs to access a Department medical facility and availability of 
local specialty and primary care.
    Sec. 258.  Unobligated balances available under the headings ``Construction, 
Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' may be obligated by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 2(e)(1) of the 
Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide 
additional funds or to fund an escalation clause under such section of such Act: 
 Provided, That before such unobligated balances are obligated pursuant to this 
section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to obligate such 
unobligated balances and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a 
response, a period of 30 days has elapsed:  Provided further, That the request 
to obligate such unobligated balances must provide Congress notice that the 
entity described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114-294, as amended, has 
exhausted available cost containment approaches as set forth in the agreement 
under section 2(c) of such Public Law.

                             (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 259.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ``Veterans Health Administration'' from prior appropriations Acts, 
including any funds transferred from the Medical Care Collections Fund to 
accounts under such heading, $1,951,750,000 is hereby rescinded:  Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were provided under the heading 
``Medical and Prosthetic Research'' or amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a plan for rescinding 
amounts required by this section no later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act.

                             (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 260.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, the following 
funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts specified:
            ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', 
        $30,000,000;
            ``General Administration'', $5,000,000;
            ``Board of Veterans Appeals'', $15,000,000;
            ``Information Technology Systems'', $15,000,000; and
            ``Construction, Major Projects'', $80,218,560:
  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    Sec. 261.  Amounts provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs under the 
heading ``Departmental Administration--Construction, Major Projects'' in title 
II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116-94) that were transferred to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 
pursuant to an interagency agreement for the major construction project in 
Alameda, CA, and that remain unobligated at the Corps, shall be immediately 
transferred back to the Department of Veterans Affairs and permanently 
rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the 
amount rescinded shall be appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 
2028, for the same purposes and under the same authorities for which such 
amounts were originally provided under such heading in such Act, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                                    TITLE III

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                      American Battle Monuments Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American Battle 
Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or interest in land in 
foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its territories and 
possessions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 
(one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law 
of such countries, $158,630,000, to remain available until expended.

                      foreign currency fluctuations account

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American Battle 
Monuments Commission, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until 
expended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United States 
Code.

               United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 
38, United States Code, $47,200,000:  Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance as described and in 
accordance with the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 
heading in Public Law 102-229.

                          Department of Defense--Civil

                            Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and improvement of 
Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
including the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a 
one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $99,880,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2026. In addition, such sums as may be 
necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from 
the ``Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies'' 
account.

                                  construction

    For necessary expenses for planning and design and construction at Arlington 
National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
$88,600,000, to remain available until expended, for planning and design and 
construction associated with the Southern Expansion project at Arlington 
National Cemetery.

                          Armed Forces Retirement Home

                                   trust fund

    For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to operate and 
maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, District of Columbia, and 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds 
available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $77,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $8,940,000 shall remain available 
until expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, Mississippi:  Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading from funds available in the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home Trust Fund, $25,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of 
the Treasury to the Trust Fund.

                            Administrative Provision

    Sec. 301.  Amounts deposited into the special account established under 10 
U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and shall be available until expended to support 
activities at the Army National Military Cemeteries.

                                    TITLE IV

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided herein.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any 
program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the Federal entity or 
official to which the funds are made available that the program, project, or 
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, 
the protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 403.  All departments and agencies funded under this Act are 
encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and funding, 
to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities.
    Sec. 404.  Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications required 
by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate.
    Sec. 405.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred 
to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 406.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for a 
project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner of the United States House of Representatives.
    Sec. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, 
subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web site of that agency 
any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, 
upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the 
national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national security; 
        or
            (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such 
report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of 
Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity 
carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 409.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by an 
agency of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an employee of 
the agency in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 410.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
execute a contract for goods or services, including construction services, where 
the contractor has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989.
    Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in 
contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United States Code.
    Sec. 412. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, 
renovate, or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of 
facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual who, as of 
June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control of the 
                Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
                Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Sec. 413.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 5502 of title 38, United States 
Code, in any case arising out of the administration by the Secretary of laws and 
benefits under such title, to report a person who is deemed mentally 
incapacitated, mentally incompetent, or to be experiencing an extended loss of 
consciousness as a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective under 
subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, 
without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority 
of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or 
others.
    This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

 DIVISION B--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
                    RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                     TITLE I

                              AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                       Processing, Research, and Marketing

                             Office of the Secretary

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $58,292,000 of which 
not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the 
Secretary; not to exceed $1,896,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Tribal Relations, of which $1,000,000 shall be to continue a Tribal Public 
Health Resource Center at a land grant university with existing indigenous 
public health expertise to expand current partnerships and collaborative efforts 
with indigenous groups, including but not limited to, tribal organizations and 
institutions such as tribal colleges, tribal technical colleges, tribal 
community colleges and tribal universities, to improve the delivery of 
culturally appropriate public health services and functions in American Indian 
communities focusing on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed $7,500,000 
shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $25,206,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
of which $23,500,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the 
Department and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, 
and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and 
necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department:  Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office; not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and 
Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, 
including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 
executive branch; and not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Communications:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided further, 
That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent:  Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made 
available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the amount 
made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall be 
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses 
incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558:  Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs 
shall be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this 
Act to maintain personnel at the agency level:  Provided further, That no funds 
made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
USDA agency:  Provided further, That during any 30 day notification period 
referenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take 
no action to begin implementation of the action that is subject to section 716 
of this Act or make any public announcement of such action in any form.

                              Executive Operations

                          office of the chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, $30,500,000, of 
which $10,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative agreements for policy 
research under 7 U.S.C. 3155:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for an interdisciplinary center based at 
a land grant university focused on agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest 
region which will provide private entities, policymakers, and the public with 
timely insights and targeted economic solutions:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115-334.

                         office of hearings and appeals

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $16,703,000.

                      office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, 
$14,967,000.

                     Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
$91,000,000, of which not less than $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity 
requirements of the department.

                      Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
$6,867,000.

               Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights, $1,466,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Civil Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

                             Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $37,000,000.

                      Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313, 
including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the 
Administrator of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 
U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Department which are included in 
this Act, and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department and 
its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for 
release to the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, 
and for related costs, $22,603,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Hazardous Materials Management

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That appropriations 
and funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management 
may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all 
requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

                   Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, and Protection, 
$20,800,000.

                           Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, including 
employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 
U.S.C. App.), $111,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons 
pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
452; 5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 
confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be 
expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-98).

                          Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, $60,537,000.

                                Office of Ethics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,500,000.

      Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, 
Education, and Economics, $1,884,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Economics mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $500,000 shall be made available for the Office of the Chief 
Scientist.

                            Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, $90,612,000.

                    National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, 
$187,513,000, of which up to $46,850,000 shall be available until expended for 
the Census of Agriculture:  Provided, That amounts made available for the Census 
of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject 
to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f).

                          Agricultural Research Service

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for 
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
exceed $100,000 and with prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land exchanges where the 
lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,788,063,000:  
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 
only:  Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 
constructing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses 
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, 
and except for four buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed 
$5,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 
year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building or $500,000, whichever is greater:  Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for entering into lease agreements 
at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research 
facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service 
and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, 
operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the 
expiration or termination of the lease agreement:  Provided further, That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to 
modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:  
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:  Provided further, 
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):  Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements 
at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research 
facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural 
Research Service and a condition of the easements shall be that upon completion 
the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of 
funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
interest of the United States:  Provided further, That funds may be received 
from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research project 
of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

                            buildings and facilities

    For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry 
out the agricultural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 
not otherwise provided, $57,164,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act).

                   National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                        research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry 
and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, $1,075,950,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education 
Activities'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for 
research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, 
Hispanic serving institutions education grants, capacity building for non-land-
grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, 
veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship 
and institution challenge grants, grants management systems, tribal colleges 
education equity grants, and scholarships at 1890 institutions shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That each institution eligible to 
receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:  
Provided further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally to 
each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:  Provided further, That funds for 
providing grants for food and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 
institutions shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222:  Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of 
the amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture 
and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the 
Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary 
in carrying out that authority.

                   native american institutions endowment fund

    For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 
103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.

                              extension activities

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, 
$561,700,000 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension 
Activities'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for 
extension services at 1994 institutions and for facility improvements at 1890 
institutions shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative 
extension receive no less than $1,000,000:  Provided further, That funds for 
cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 
U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471 shall be 
available for retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents.

                              integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension grants programs, 
including necessary administrative expenses, $41,100,000, which shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged 
against any Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 
Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

       Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing 
and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office.

                   Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,162,026,000, of which up 
to $14,276,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act); of which $500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for invasive catfish control; of which 
$250,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available for the control 
of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest 
animals and birds (``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet 
emergency conditions; of which $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program, including for cost share purposes or 
for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $40,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; 
of which $35,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
agricultural quarantine and inspection services; of which $3,500,000 shall be 
for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as 
amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $65,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be used to support avian health; of which $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 
which $215,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for specialty 
crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
shall be for one-time control and management and associated activities directly 
related to the multiple-agency response to citrus greening; of which, 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 
rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $21,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which $44,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and 
response; of which $59,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
tree and wood pests; of which $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for 
indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the wildlife damage management program for aviation safety:  Provided, That 
of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services methods 
development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That of amounts available under this heading for the screwworm program, 
$4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out the science program 
and transition activities for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located 
in Manhattan, Kansas:  Provided further, That no funds shall be used to 
formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 
percent:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of aircraft:  Provided 
further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 
agricultural production industry of the United States, the Secretary may 
transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or 
corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be 
available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious 
or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 
emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts:  Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of 
leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building.
    In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect fees to cover the 
total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or services requested by 
States, other political subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are structured such 
that any entity's liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, 
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
services.

                            buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, environmental 
support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Agricultural Marketing Service

                               marketing services

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, $222,887,000, 
of which $6,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 12306 of 
Public Law 113-79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117-103:  Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $12,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, of 
which $11,250,000 shall be for dairy business innovation initiatives established 
in Public Law 116-6 and the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equal 
distribution of funds between these three regional innovation initiatives:  
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as 
established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost 
of activities relating to the development or maintenance of grain standards 
under the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

                      limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during 
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:  Provided, That if crop 
size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

        funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                         (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 
612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, 
and other related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 
U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not 
more than $21,501,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements 
and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).

                       payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of 
markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,000,000.

             limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

    Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during 
the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:  Provided, That if 
grain export activities require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 
percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

                  Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, 
$1,117,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
Food Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 
one administrative support staff for the Office.

                       Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products 
Inspection Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 
U.S.C. 1766), $1,190,009,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 
authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f):  Provided, That funds provided for the Public Health 
Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall be 
employed during fiscal year 2024 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections 
and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq.):  Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall 
continue implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110-246 as further 
clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79:  
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.

                                    TITLE II

                    FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

       Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm 
Production and Conservation, $1,527,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office.

                Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conservation Business 
Center, $244,183,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of 
section 773 of Public Law 117-328:  Provided, That $60,228,000 of amounts 
appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be 
transferred to and merged with this account.

                               Farm Service Agency

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,209,307,000, of which 
not less than $15,000,000 shall be for the hiring of new employees to fill 
vacancies and anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices and 
farm loan officers and shall be available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That the agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 
year 2024 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that 
identifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) current 
performance against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current 
performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current 
performance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of 
current and planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an 
assessment of whether the investment continues to meet business needs as 
intended as well as alternatives to the investment:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but 
not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for 
all programs administered by the Agency:  Provided further, That other funds 
made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made available to county offices, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
preceding proviso, any funds made available to county offices in the current 
fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency deems to exceed or 
not meet the amount needed for the county offices may be transferred to or from 
the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm 
Service Agency county offices:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to permanently relocate 
county based employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 
employees without prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                             state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 
1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $6,500,000:  Provided, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture may determine that United States territories and Federally 
recognized Indian tribes are ``States'' for the purposes of Subtitle A of such 
Act.

                   grassroots source water protection program

    For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection 
activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839bb-2), $7,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                             dairy indemnity program

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to dairy 
farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy indemnity program, 
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the 
dairy indemnity program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public 
Law 106-387, 114 Stat. 1549A-12).

                geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

    For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimbursement payments to 
geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,500,000, to remain 
available until expended.

               agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm 
ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, 
emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans 
(7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly 
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available from funds in the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 
farm ownership loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
$2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,633,000,000 
for direct operating loans; emergency loans, $37,667,000; Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 
relending program, $61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000:  
Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil 
for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, including the cost 
of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as follows: $3,507,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until 
expended; and $27,598,000 for direct farm operating loans, $1,483,000 for 
unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating loans, $19,368,000 for the relending 
program, $1,577,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans, and $258,000 for 
boll weevil eradication program loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $326,053,000:  Provided, That of this amount, 
$305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program 
Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct loans and 
guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs:  Provided, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer.

                             Risk Management Agency

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $65,637,000:  
Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading in this 
Act shall be available for compliance and integrity activities required under 
section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such 
purpose:  Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i).

                     Natural Resources Conservation Service

                             conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 
27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of conservation plans and 
establishment of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation 
and land drainage and such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials 
centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant 
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and 
erection or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary buildings; and 
operation and maintenance of aircraft, $914,899,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $19,144,913 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and public 
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and 
improvements to other buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed 
$250,000:  Provided further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 
7 U.S.C. 2250a:  Provided further, That of the total amount available under this 
heading, $7,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry out the Urban 
Agriculture and Innovative Production Program under section 222 of subtitle A of 
title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6923), as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115-334.

                    watershed and flood prevention operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not 
limited to surveys and investigations, engineering operations, works of 
improvement, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009) and in 
accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the 
Department, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$20,350,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That for funds 
provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size 
of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres 
in which such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for activities 
undertaken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and 
land treatment measures):  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $14,650,000 shall be allocated to multi-benefit irrigation 
modernization projects and activities that increase fish or wildlife habitat, 
reduce drought impact, improve water quality or instream flow, or provide off-
channel renewable energy production.

                        watershed rehabilitation program

    Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act, $1,000,000 is provided.

                                  CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to make 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 
104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                     Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until 
expended.

                        Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                      reimbursement for net realized losses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the 
Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not 
previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a-11):  Provided, That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 
U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign 
Agricultural Service for information resource management activities of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit 
Corporation business:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior to 
the obligation or commitment of any emergency funds from the Commodity Credit 
Corporation:  Provided further, That such written notification shall include a 
detailed spend plan for the anticipated uses of such funds and an expected 
timeline for program execution if such obligation or commitment exceeds 
$100,000,000.

                           hazardous waste management

                            (limitation on expenses)

    For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not 
expend more than $15,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup expenses, and 
operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of section 
107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6961).

                                    TITLE III

                           RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

               Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural 
Development, $1,620,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 
agency in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

                                Rural Development

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of Rural Development programs, including activities with 
institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $351,087,000:  Provided, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, up to $1,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the Rural Partners Network 
activities of the Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred to other 
agencies of the Department for such purpose, consistent with the missions and 
authorities of such agencies:  Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, no less than $75,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be used for information technology expenses:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
support Rural Development programs:  Provided further, That in addition to any 
other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such 
section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to this account 
and will remain available until expended for such purposes.

                              Rural Housing Service

                  rural housing insurance fund program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed 
loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from 
funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $880,000,000 shall be for 
section 502 direct loans; $5,000,000 shall be for a Single Family Housing 
Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes; and $25,000,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2025 shall be for section 502 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
$60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for section 538 
guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 
family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing 
land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
follows: section 502 loans, $84,480,000 shall be for direct loans; Single Family 
Housing Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes, $2,288,000; 
section 504 housing repair loans, $4,338,000; section 523 self-help housing land 
development loans, $637,000; section 524 site development loans, $477,000; and 
repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$20,988,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That to support the 
loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this 
heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost 
of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 
1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be 
subsidized:  Provided further, That applicants in communities that have a 
current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 
502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less 
than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individuals whose homes 
will be built pursuant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 
grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2024:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide 
incentives to nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to 
facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing 
properties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities that 
commit to keep such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a 
period of time as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, 
but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities and public 
housing authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own resources to 
include proceeds from low income housing tax credit syndication, own 
contributions, grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated 
with owner's oversight of asset referred to as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to 
$7,500 per property.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, $34,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a demonstration 
program for the preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 
516 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-
family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 
purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income 
residents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; 
deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and 
other financial assistance including advances, payments and incentives 
(including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) 
required by the Secretary:  Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the 
preservation and revitalization agreement, obtain a restrictive use agreement 
consistent with the terms of the restructuring.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 
1486), $12,722,000, to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation 
for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                            rental assistance program

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant to the 
authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements 
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,608,000,000, 
and in addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 
of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out 
the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:  Provided, 
That amounts made available under this heading shall be available for renewal of 
rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 1,000 units where the Secretary 
determines that a maturing loan for a project cannot reasonably be restructured 
with another USDA loan or modification and the project was operating with rental 
assistance under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing properties 
with existing rental assistance agreements notwithstanding any provision of 
section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of at least 10 years but not 
more than 20 years:  Provided further, That any agreement to enter into a rental 
assistance contract under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing 
property shall obligate the owner to continue to maintain the project as decent, 
safe, and sanitary housing and to operate the development in accordance with the 
Housing Act of 1949, except that rents shall be based on current Fair Market 
Rents as established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant 
to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to determine the maximum 
initial rent and adjusted annually by the Operating Cost Adjustment Factor 
pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, unless the Agency determines that the 
project's budget-based needs require a higher rent, in which case the Agency may 
approve a budget-based rent level:  Provided further, That rental assistance 
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 
funded for a one year period:  Provided further, That upon request by an owner 
under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental 
assistance agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has 
expired, subject to annual appropriations:  Provided further, That any 
unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be 
transferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or 
rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance 
activities authorized under title V of the Act:  Provided further, That rental 
assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for 
a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of 
the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance 
has remained unused for a period of twelve consecutive months, if such project 
has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental 
assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance:  Provided 
further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing project 
financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act:  Provided further, That except as 
provided in the eighth proviso under this heading and notwithstanding any other 
provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided 
under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a project that the 
Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured 
funds for current needs.

                          rural housing voucher account

    For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the 
Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, 
$48,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available for rural housing vouchers to 
any low-income household (including those not receiving rental assistance) 
residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid 
or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005:  Provided further, That the 
amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable market rent 
for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit:  Provided 
further, That funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers 
administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development:  Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 
the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds 
made available under this heading, for administrative expenses for activities 
funded under this heading.

                       mutual and self-help housing grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         rural housing assistance grants

    For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   rural community facilities program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and 
$650,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including the cost 
of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, for rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That $5,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural 
Community Development Initiative:  Provided further, That such funds shall be 
used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-
based housing and community development organizations, low-income rural 
communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake 
projects to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas:  Provided further, That such funds shall be 
made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary 
organizations proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance:  Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall 
provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:  Provided further, That 
any unobligated balances from prior year appropriations under this heading for 
the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 
deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs for 
direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading in this fiscal year:  
Provided further, That no amounts may be made available pursuant to the 
preceding proviso from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that were 
specified in the tables titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statements for division A of Public Law 
117-103 and division A of Public Law 117-328 as described in section 4 in the 
matter preceding each such division A:  Provided further, That $8,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for community 
facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of 
such Act:  Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available 
under this heading:  Provided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 
funds made available under this heading, for administrative expenses for 
activities funded under this heading.

                       Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                         rural business program account

    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business 
development programs authorized by section 310B and described in subsections 
(a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $66,615,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be made available for one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic 
development and $8,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority 
(7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
15101 et seq.), the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et 
seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any 
Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 
percent may be used for administrative expenses:  Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 shall be made 
available for one or more qualified state technology council to promote private-
sector economic development in the bio-sciences:  Provided further, That 
$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business 
grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development:  
Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 
heading.

                   intermediary relending program fund account

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the Intermediary 
Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $10,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, $3,035,000, as authorized by the Intermediary 
Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2024, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be available through June 30, 2024, for 
Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public Law 
100-460):  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
Salaries and Expenses''.

                rural economic development loans program account

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 
313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural 
economic development and job creation projects, $50,000,000.
    The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the Rural 
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and 
job creation projects shall not exceed $10,000,000.

                      rural cooperative development grants

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,600,000, of 
which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the appropriate 
technology transfer for rural areas program:  Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups 
and a majority of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are 
comprised of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and 
of which $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for value-
added agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by section 
210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized 
pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 107-171.

                   rural microentrepreneur assistance program

    For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by section 379E of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000.
    For the cost of loans and grants, $5,000,000 under the same terms and 
conditions as authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s).

                        rural energy for america program

    For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under the same terms and 
conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000.

                        healthy food financing initiative

    For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with section 243 of 
subtitle D of title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 
1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 
for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 
to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and 
to revitalize low-income communities, $500,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974.

                             Rural Utilities Service

                 rural water and waste disposal program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: $860,000,000 for direct 
loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including the cost 
of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and 
described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $595,972,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which up to $117,484,737 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural 
utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act:  Provided, That 
not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: 
 Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to funding authorized by 
section 306A(i)(1) of such Act:  Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants including 
water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the 
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):  Provided further, 
That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 
of Public Law 105-83:  Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 
formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and technical 
assistance programs:  Provided further, That not to exceed $35,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants 
for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, 
unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 
shall be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State 
regional technical assistance organization, with experience in working with 
small communities on water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of 
such grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or 
less, in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, and 
management of water and waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 
shall be for a qualified national Native American organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $21,817,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a 
circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water systems:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be for solid waste management grants:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,695,000 of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate for water and 
waste direct one percent loans for distressed communities:  Provided further, 
That if the Secretary determines that any portion of the amount made available 
for one percent loans is not needed for such loans, the Secretary may use such 
amounts for grants authorized by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act:  Provided further, That if any funds made available for 
the direct loan subsidy costs remain unobligated after July 31, 2024, such 
unobligated balances may be used for grant programs funded under this heading:  
Provided further, That $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High 
Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):  Provided further, That 
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
not applicable to the funds made available under this heading.

       rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                          (including transfer of funds)

    The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as authorized by sections 
4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
904, 935, 936, 940c-1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaranteed rural 
electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of 
money direct loans made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth 
of one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 
$4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A of that 
Act, $900,000,000; and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans made 
pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, $550,000,000:  Provided, That up to 
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, design, 
engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether 
new or existing) that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems.
    For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305(d)(2) of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, $5,720,000.
    In addition, $3,578,000 to remain available until expended, to carry out 
section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8107a):  Provided, That the energy efficiency measures supported by the funding 
in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable way to the reduction of 
greenhouse gases.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

             distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

    For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $49,574,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which up to $9,573,570 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized 
by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  Provided 
further, That funding provided under this heading for grants under section 379G 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to 
entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as 
established by this section.
    For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot program 
established by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115-141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $100,385,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which up to $10,385,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided, That the Secretary may award grants described in section 601(a) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the 
purposes of carrying out such pilot program:  Provided further, That the cost of 
direct loans shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974:  Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be served 
by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in a 
rural area without sufficient access to broadband:  Provided further, That for 
purposes of such pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabits per second downstream and 
three megabits per second upstream:  Provided further, That to the extent 
possible, projects receiving funds provided under the pilot program must build 
out service to at least one hundred megabits per second downstream, and twenty 
megabits per second upstream:  Provided further, That an entity to which a loan 
or grant is made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or grant to 
overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service area by any entity that 
has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service unless such 
service is not provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum service 
threshold:  Provided further, That not more than four percent of the funds made 
available in this paragraph can be used for administrative costs to carry out 
the pilot program and up to three percent of funds made available in this 
paragraph may be available for technical assistance and pre-development planning 
activities to support the most rural communities:  Provided further, That the 
Rural Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods that 
would implement this paragraph:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area 
assessment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural Electrification 
Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc).
    In addition, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
Community Connect Grant Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb-3.

                                    TITLE IV

                             DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, 
Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $1,127,000:  Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
administrative support staff for the Office.

                           Food and Nutrition Service

                            child nutrition programs

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 
$33,266,226,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025, of which such 
sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246), as amended by this Act, shall be 
merged with and available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
herein:  Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.):  Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies and evaluations and shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out section 
18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)):  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant 
amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2024 shall 
not exceed $500,000:  Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State agencies 
for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the 
equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, 
improve food safety, and to help support the establishment, maintenance, or 
expansion of the school breakfast program:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount available, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out 
activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of section 21 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(a)(2) and 
(e)(2)):  Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ``2010 through 2024'' and inserting ``2010 through 2025'':  Provided 
further, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``For 
fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2024'':  Provided further, 
That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``For fiscal 
year 2023'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2024''.

  special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (wic)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental nutrition 
program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786), $7,030,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 
breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 
shall be used for infrastructure:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use funds made available under this heading to increase the amount of a cash-
value voucher for women and children participants to an amount recommended by 
the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for 
inflation:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this account 
shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with 
the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 
17 of such Act:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 
available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal 
Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act:  
Provided further, That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 
moratorium and subject to terms and conditions established by the Secretary, the 
Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a 
State agency.

                    supplemental nutrition assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,382,521,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026, shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program 
operations:  Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be 
used to provide nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally 
Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations:  Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be used 
to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115-334 relating to demonstration 
projects for tribal organizations:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 4208 
of Public Law 115-334:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by 
law:  Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available through September 30, 2025:  Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), 
section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated or expended in 
contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1183A):  Provided further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, 
or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such 
activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

                          commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the Commodity 
Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and 
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as 
authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as 
authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $480,070,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2025:  Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2024 to 
support the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall 
remain available through September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs associated 
with the distribution of commodities.

                        nutrition programs administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for 
carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, $177,348,000:  Provided, 
That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of 
section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 
110-246.

                                     TITLE V

                     FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and 
Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $932,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office.

                          office of codex alimentarius

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, $4,922,000, 
including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                          Foreign Agricultural Service

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to 
exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $227,330,000, of 
which no more than 6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
for overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed staff:  
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 
appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 
private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the 
agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign 
assistance programs of the United States Agency for International Development:  
Provided further, That funds made available for middle-income country training 
programs, funds made available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation 
by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until expended.

                         food for peace title ii grants

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and 
unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for 
Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, $1,619,107,000, to remain 
available until expended.

   mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition program 
                                     grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $240,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities 
for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein:  Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but not less than $24,000,000, 
shall remain available until expended to purchase agricultural commodities as 
described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(a)(2)).

  commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation's 
Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which 
shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses''.

                                    TITLE VI

                RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                     Department of Health and Human Services

                          food and drug administration

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, including hire 
and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and 
related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the 
Food and Drug Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 
amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out the 
activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 
Law 114-255); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for 
solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and 
notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $6,721,782,000:  Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,422,104,000 shall be derived 
from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until expended; $362,381,000 shall 
be derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $613,538,000 
shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-
42, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$31,109,000 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $33,500,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $25,000,000 shall be derived from generic 
new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be 
derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That in addition to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user 
fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, 
animal drug user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the 
respective fiscal year 2024 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug, 
biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug 
assessments for fiscal year 2024, including any such fees collected prior to 
fiscal year 2024 but credited for fiscal year 2024, shall be subject to the 
fiscal year 2024 limitations:  Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 
payment during fiscal year 2024 of user fees specified under this heading and 
authorized for fiscal year 2025, prior to the due date for such fees, and that 
amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2025 for which the Secretary 
accepts payment in fiscal year 2024 shall not be included in amounts under this 
heading:  Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 
establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:  
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,185,989,000 
shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and 
field examinations of imported seafood; (2) $2,334,704,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall be for 
pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain available 
until expended; (3) $570,632,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (4) $284,285,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 
Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(5) $770,697,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$77,505,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$684,324,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $215,701,000 shall be for 
Rent and Related activities, of which $55,061,000 is for White Oak 
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 
Administration for rent; (9) $230,423,000 shall be for payments to the General 
Services Administration for rent; and (10) $367,522,000 shall be for other 
activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the 
Office of Food Policy and Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the 
Chief Scientist, and central services for these offices:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
Commissioner:  Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for 
the administration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available under this 
heading for other activities and shall not exceed $2,000,000:  Provided further, 
That of the amounts that are made available under this heading for ``other 
activities'', and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Department of Health and 
Human Services--Office of Inspector General'' for oversight of the programs and 
operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration:  
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress.
    In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, export 
certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, 
prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority review voucher user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter 
monograph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-72 shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended.

                            buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by the Food 
and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                        fda innovation account, cures act

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described under section 
1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for 
such purposes under the heading ``Salaries and Expenses'', $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That amounts appropriated in this 
paragraph are appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 
1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs to the appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human Services 
Food and Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses'' solely for the purposes 
provided in such Act:  Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not 
necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the 
account:  Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law.

                              INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                      Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 
for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than 
$80,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which not 
less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General:  Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, 
amounts provided under this heading are available for the liquidation of 
obligations equal to current year payments on leases entered into prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That for the purpose of 
recording and liquidating any lease obligations that should have been recorded 
and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and 
consistent with the preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and 
recorded in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been established for 
the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid 
obligations.

                           Farm Credit Administration

                      limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $94,300,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit 
institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as 
authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:  Provided, That this limitation shall not apply 
to expenses associated with receiverships:  Provided further, That the agency 
may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That 
the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 
U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may exempt, an amount 
in its sole discretion, from the application of the limitation provided in that 
clause of export loans described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner 
other than described in subclause (II) of the clause.

                                    TITLE VII

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

    Sec. 701.  The Secretary may use any appropriations made available to the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, 
in addition to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the total 
number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 does not exceed the number of 
vehicles owned or leased in fiscal year 2018:  Provided, That, prior to 
purchasing additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such 
vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, 
and for the protection of life, property, and public safety:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not increase the Department of Agriculture's fleet above 
the 2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and receives approval 
from, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 30 days 
of the notification.
    Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds 
appropriated by this Act or any other available unobligated discretionary 
balances that are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to the 
Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment and 
for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of Department financial, and 
administrative information technology services, and other support systems 
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information 
technology services, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit 
to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency administrator:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant 
to this section shall be available for obligation without written notification 
to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 
made available to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the Department's National 
Finance Center without written notification to and prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 
716 of this Act:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, 
or make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or 
functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief 
Information Officer, co-located with or from the National Finance Center prior 
to written notification to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of section 
716 of this Act:  Provided further, That the National Finance Center Information 
Technology Services Division personnel and data center management 
responsibilities, and control of any functions, missions, and systems for 
current and future human resources management and integrated personnel and 
payroll systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Financial Officer and 
the Chief Information Officer shall remain in the National Finance Center and 
under the management responsibility and administrative control of the National 
Finance Center:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing and new 
Departments and other government agencies National Finance Center shared 
services including, but not limited to, payroll, financial management, and human 
capital shared services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
technology upgrades:  Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the 
Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to the 
amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided by the 
National Finance Center and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the 
Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or 
acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the improvement, 
delivery, and implementation of financial, administrative, and information 
technology services, and other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay 
any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center:  Provided 
further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation 
unless the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That 
the limitations on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the 
Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 
significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or to 
evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
operations of the National Finance Center.
    Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided herein.
    Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay negotiated 
indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar arrangements between 
the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess 
of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such 
cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the 
two parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are 
computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of 
direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current fiscal year shall 
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program 
account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, 
and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
    Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the Department of Agriculture 
by this Act may be used to acquire new information technology systems or 
significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment Review Board:  
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States 
Code, none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for 
information technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other 
agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 
Information Officer:  Provided further, That the Chief Information Officer may 
authorize an agency to obligate funds without written approval from the Chief 
Information Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured against the performance plan 
requirements described in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113-
235.
    Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain 
available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year.
    Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former Rural 
Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or 
guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-
profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such 
Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) of such Act in the 
same manner as a borrower under such Act.
    Sec. 709.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not more than 
$20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made available for 
salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025, for information technology expenses.
    Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded 
by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 711.  In the case of each program established or amended by the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) or by a successor to that Act, 
other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for 
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is authorized or 
required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation--
            (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
        administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associated with 
        the implementation of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
        the total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in section 
        11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
            (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be considered 
        to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of applying the 
        limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
        contained in such section.
    Sec. 712.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than $2,900,000 
shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory 
committees, panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and 
panels used to evaluate competitively awarded grants.
    Sec. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity 
carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 714.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of Public Law 
110-246 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6; in this section referred to as ``section 14222''), 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a 
program under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this 
section referred to as ``section 32'') in excess of $1,574,028,000 (exclusive of 
carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as follows: Child Nutrition 
Programs Entitlement Commodities--$485,000,000; State Option Contracts--
$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities--$1,660,000; Administration of 
section 32 Commodity Purchases--$37,178,000:  Provided, That, of the total funds 
made available in the matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on 
October 1, 2024, such unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2025 
and shall remain available until expended for any of the purposes of section 32, 
except that any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of 
section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the expenditures to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least two weeks 
in advance:  Provided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act to be used for the 
purposes of clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry 
out clause (3) of section 32.
    Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act shall be 
used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare or submit 
appropriations language as part of the President's budget submission to the 
Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees 
on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year 
due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the budget unless such budget submission identifies which 
additional spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals 
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference 
for the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as 
authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, 
through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department of 
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-
106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or 
        activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;
            (4) relocates an office or employees;
            (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
            (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of 
such funds or the use of such authority.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, 
        or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by 
        Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel 
        which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
        projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or 
transfer of such funds or the use of such authority.
    (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall 
notify in writing and receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress before implementing any program or activity not carried 
out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by 
this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
    (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for--
            (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, including 
        information technology systems, that involves increasing or decreasing 
        funds in the current fiscal year for the individual investment in excess 
        of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is less;
            (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant positions or 
        agency activities or functions to establish a center, office, branch, or 
        similar entity with five or more personnel; or
            (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not described in 
        the budget request;
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of using 
the funds for these purposes.
    (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any activities 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives from the 
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic 
mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this section.
    Sec. 717.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time 
fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that does not 
exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan.
    Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to 
transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses to 
questions that are a result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health 
and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee.
    Sec. 719.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the funds 
provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any 
prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 
States unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio 
of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency.
    Sec. 720.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be detailed or 
assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any other Act to any 
other agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year 
unless the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment.
    Sec. 721.  Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug 
Administration, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and 
the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 
project, and activity for all the funds made available under this Act including 
appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    Sec. 722.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take any other action with 
respect to, allowing or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product subject to 
section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such 
distribution.
    Sec. 723.  For the purposes of determining eligibility or level of program 
assistance for Rural Housing Service programs the Secretary shall not include 
incarcerated prison populations.
    Sec. 724.  For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget 
authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans and loan guarantees 
by not more than 25 percent:  Provided, That prior to the Secretary implementing 
such an increase, the Secretary notifies, in writing, the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance.
    Sec. 725.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be available for obligation 
without written notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided, That the refunds or 
rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only for the 
acquisition of property, plant and equipment, including equipment for the 
improvement, delivery, and implementation of Departmental financial management, 
information technology, and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology services, including cloud 
adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
Agriculture.
    Sec. 726.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce the ``variety'' requirements of the final rule 
entitled ``Enhancing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program (SNAP)'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal 
Register on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of 
Agriculture amends the definition of the term ``variety'' as defined in section 
278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and ``variety'' as 
applied in the definition of the term ``staple food'' as defined in section 
271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items 
that qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category so that the 
total number of such items in each staple food category exceeds the number of 
such items in each staple food category included in the final rule as published 
on December 15, 2016:  Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such 
regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regarding 
acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program retailers that were in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79).
    Sec. 727.  In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same 
authority with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible 
lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) of 
section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) with respect to loans guaranteed 
under such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans.
    Sec. 728.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act shall be available for the United States Department of Agriculture to 
propose, finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new user 
fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 729.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for the Broadband Treasury Rate Loan program, authorized in section 
601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb), $7,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any provision of law that regulates the 
calculation and payment of overtime and holiday pay for FSIS inspectors, the 
Secretary may charge establishments subject to the inspection requirements of 
the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 
U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for the cost of inspection services provided outside of an 
establishment's approved inspection shifts, and for inspection services provided 
on Federal holidays:  Provided, That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 135 Stat. 242):  Provided 
further, That sums received by the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in 
addition to other available funds, remain available until expended to the 
Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose of funding all costs 
associated with FSIS inspections.
    Sec. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
            (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following factors 
        in the country or region being audited, as applicable--
                    (A) veterinary control and oversight;
                    (B) disease history and vaccination practices;
                    (C) livestock demographics and traceability;
                    (D) epidemiological separation from potential sources of 
                infection;
                    (E) surveillance practices;
                    (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and
                    (G) emergency preparedness and response; and
            (2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of any audits 
        or reviews conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
    (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States 
obligations under its international trade agreements.
    Sec. 732.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for the rural housing voucher program authorized by section 542 of the 
Housing Act of 1949, (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), as amended, $35,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 733.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available under the heading ``Rural Cooperative Development Grants'' for 
Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b), as amended, $7,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal year for 
the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be 
used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a 
public water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products used 
in the project are produced in the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and 
fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 
concrete, and construction materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which 
the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') 
or the designee of the Secretary finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public 
        interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in 
        sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory 
        quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United 
        States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 
        percent.
    (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for a waiver under 
this section, the Secretary or the designee shall make available to the public 
on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the 
Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and shall allow for informal 
public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based 
on the request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 
accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the 
official public Internet Web site of the Department.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States 
obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated in 
this Act for ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program 
Account'' for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for 
management and oversight of the requirements of this section.
    (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project for which the 
engineering plans and specifications include use of iron and steel products 
otherwise prohibited by such subsection if the plans and specifications have 
received required approvals from State agencies prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ``United States'' and ``State'' 
shall include each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each 
Federally recognized Indian Tribe.
    Sec. 735.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any 
way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any 
legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to 
communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 736.  Of the total amounts made available by this Act for direct loans 
and grants under the following headings: ``Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account''; ``Rural Housing Service--Mutual and Self-Help 
Housing Grants''; ``Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing Assistance Grants''; 
``Rural Housing Service--Rural Community Facilities Program Account''; ``Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Business Program Account''; ``Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Economic Development Loans Program 
Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Cooperative Development 
Grants''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Microentrepreneur 
Assistance Program''; ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account''; ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Electrification and 
Telecommunications Loans Program Account''; and ``Rural Utilities Service--
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'', to the maximum extent 
feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in 
persistent poverty counties under this section, including, notwithstanding any 
other provision regarding population limits, any county seat of such a 
persistent poverty county that has a population that does not exceed the 
authorized population limit by more than 10 percent:  Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty counties'' means any 
county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 
the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 
2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-year average, or any territory or 
possession of the United States:  Provided further, That with respect to 
specific activities for which program levels have been made available by this 
Act that are not supported by budget authority, the requirements of this section 
shall be applied to such program level.
    Sec. 737.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of a submission for an 
exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 
351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in 
which a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable 
genetic modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to have not been 
received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect.
    Sec. 738.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to enforce the final rule promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration 
entitled ``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of 
Produce for Human Consumption'', and published on November 27, 2015, with 
respect to the regulation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 
grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
    Sec. 739.  For school years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, none of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce the matter following 
the first comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the substitution of 
vegetables for fruits under the school breakfast program established under 
section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
    Sec. 740.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used--
            (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
        (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
        or section 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or
            (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or use of 
        hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance 
        with section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 
        Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside the State in which 
        the hemp is grown or cultivated.
    Sec. 741.  The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the matching funds 
requirement under section 412(g) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
    Sec. 742.  The Secretary, as part of the report on foreign landholding 
required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (Public Law 
95-460), shall report to Congress on foreign investments in agricultural land in 
the United States, including the impact foreign ownership has on family farms, 
rural communities, and the domestic food supply:  Provided, That within 2 years 
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a streamlined 
process for electronic submission and retention of disclosures made under the 
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, including an internet database 
that contains disaggregated data from each disclosure submitted:  Provided 
further,That all prior year disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural 
land in the United States are published in the database:  Provided further, That 
the plan includes a process to ensure the protection of personally identifiable 
information and that all disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural land 
on the USDA website be disaggregated by: (1) in any case in which such foreign 
person is an individual, the citizenship of such foreign person; and (2) in any 
case in which such foreign person is not an individual or a government, the 
nature of the legal entity holding the interest, the country in which such 
foreign person is created or organized, and the principal place of business of 
such foreign person.
    Sec. 743.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary to provide grants to 
qualified non-profit organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, to RHS multi-
family housing borrowers to facilitate the acquisition of RHS multi-family 
housing properties in areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of 
affordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public housing 
authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS 
multi-family housing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary.
    Sec. 744.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available under the heading ``Rural Housing Assistance Grants'' for housing 
repair grants authorized by section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1474), as amended, $28,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 745. (a) After the effective date of any final rule the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) publishes in connection with its proposed rule to update 
these requirements (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on September 29, 2022), 
manufacturers may also continue to comply with the previous requirements 
promulgated by the FDA for the implied nutrient content claim ``healthy'' 
through the ``compliance date'' FDA provides in the final rule.
    (b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as ``healthy'' during the 
compliance period FDA provides in that final rule shall not be directly or 
indirectly subject to any state-law requirements that are not identical to 
either (i) the Federal requirements for the implied nutrition content claim 
``healthy'' that were in effect as of the date FDA issues the final rule, or 
(ii) the updated Federal requirements that FDA promulgates in the final rule, 
assuming the updated requirements go into effect during the regulatory 
compliance period.
    Sec. 746.  Funds made available under title II of the Food for Peace Act (7 
U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide assistance to recipient nations 
if adequate monitoring and controls, as determined by the Administrator, are in 
place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by the intended 
beneficiaries in areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for 
unauthorized or inappropriate purposes.
    Sec. 747.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
procure raw or processed poultry products or seafood imported into the United 
States from the People's Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 
the Child and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 13 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
    Sec. 748.  For school year 2024-2025, only a school food authority that had 
a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account as of June 30, 
2023, shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with 
section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1760(p)).
    Sec. 749.  Any funds made available by this or any other Act that the 
Secretary withholds pursuant to section 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall be 
available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment research:  Provided, That 
the Secretary may transfer such funds among appropriations of the Department of 
Agriculture for purposes of making such grants.
    Sec. 750.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Department of Agriculture may be used to move any staff office or any agency 
from the mission area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to any other 
mission area or office within the Department in the absence of the enactment of 
specific legislation affirming such move.
    Sec. 751.  The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, may use funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act 
for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the Watershed 
Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such 
programs pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.
    Sec. 752.  In administering the pilot program established by section 779 of 
division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), 
the Secretary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining entities eligible 
to receive assistance, consider those communities which are ``Areas Rural in 
Character'':  Provided, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made 
available under the heading ``Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 
Program'' for the purposes of the pilot program established by section 779 of 
Public Law 115-141 may be used for this purpose.
    Sec. 753.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act and 
notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural lands, as 
determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
    Sec. 754.  Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug Administration 
under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 30, 2024, and 
following the review required under Executive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 
note; relating to regulatory planning and review), issue advice revising the 
advice provided in the notice of availability entitled ``Advice About Eating 
Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration; 
Revised Fish Advice; Availability'' (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a 
manner that is consistent with nutrition science recognized by the Food and Drug 
Administration on the net effects of seafood consumption.
    Sec. 755.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is hereby 
appropriated $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Meat and 
Poultry Processing Expansion Program established pursuant to section 1001(b)(4) 
of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) to award grants to 
processors of invasive, wild-caught catfish.
    Sec. 756.  The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area Partnership 
(REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2024, an amount of funds made available in title 
III under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual 
and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community 
Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural Development 
Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under 
such headings in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 
such headings for REAP Zones, excluding the funding provided through any 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending.
    Sec. 757.  In this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm Credit 
Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act.
    Sec. 758. (a) For an additional amount for the Office of the Secretary, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture 
to carry out no more than 10 pilot projects, under the terms and conditions 
determined by the Secretary for a period not to exceed 2 years, that award 
grants to an Indian tribe; a tribal organization approved by an Indian tribe; a 
tribal educational agency; a consortium of Indian tribes; or a partnership 
between an Indian tribe and either a State educational agency, a local 
educational agency, a tribal educational agency, or the Bureau of Indian 
Education to operate and implement the school lunch program as authorized by the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769), the summer food 
service program as established under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act, the child and adult care food program as established 
by section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, or the school 
breakfast program established by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773) in either a Bureau-funded school (as defined in section 1141 of the 
Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)); a school (as defined in section 
12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 (d)) 
on or near an Indian reservation; or an early child care and education facility: 
 Provided, That to carry out this pilot program each grant awarded shall be no 
less than $10,000 and no more than $100,000 for each school year and shall not 
increase state administrative costs or the amount of benefits provided in any 
program:  Provided further, That the term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given 
the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pilot project grant 
recipient shall be reimbursed for meals served under the school lunch program, 
the summer food service program, and the child and adult care food program as if 
the recipient were a State under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act; and under the school breakfast program as if the recipient were a State 
educational agency.
    (c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the pilot program, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the outcomes of the pilot 
program.
    Sec. 759.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or 
promote any new guidelines or regulations applicable to food manufacturers for 
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA considers the available new science in 
developing the Compliance Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 
55.320 Listeria monocytogenes--regarding Lm in low-risk foods, meaning foods 
that do not support the growth of Lm.
    Sec. 760.  Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c) is 
amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ``two years'' and inserting ``five 
years''.
    Sec. 761.  Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490d) is 
amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``two years'' and inserting ``five 
years''.
    Sec. 762.  Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 
(12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at paragraph (10) by inserting after ``Secretary of 
Housing Urban Development'' the following: ``and the Secretary of Agriculture''.
    Sec. 763.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration to develop, issue, 
promote or advance any final guidelines or new regulations applicable to food 
manufacturers for long-term population-wide sodium reduction actions until an 
assessment is completed on the impact of the short-term sodium reduction 
targets.
    Sec. 764.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for a Bison Production and Marketing Grant Program 
that the Agricultural Marketing Service shall develop and maintain:  Provided, 
That this program shall be similar, as determined by the Secretary, to the Sheep 
Production and Marketing Grant Program the Department of Agriculture currently 
maintains pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and shall prioritize grants to national non-profits and 
federally chartered Tribal organizations that have expertise in bison production 
or marketing.
    Sec. 765.  Notwithstanding the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, the Committee provides an additional $700,000 
to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to cover voluntary meat 
inspection fees for the slaughtering or processing of bison/buffalo at Native 
American owned establishments or establishments operating on tribal lands.
    Sec. 766.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for the Rural Water Operation Program under the heading ``Natural 
Resources Conservation Service--Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations'', 
$28,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 767.  If services performed by APHIS employees are determined by the 
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to be in 
response to an animal disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, either 
directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted from the aggregate of basic 
pay and premium pay calculated under section 5547 of title 5, United States 
Code, and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium 
pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis:  Provided, That this section 
shall take effect as if enacted on January 1, 2023.
    Sec. 768.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel--
            (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
        Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
            (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal Agriculture 
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104-
        127); or
            (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code of 
        Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
    Sec. 769.  Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or regarding USDA Proposed 
Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 
2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584-AE88) shall allow and provide 
meal reimbursement for (or ``low fat or fat free'') flavored milk in National 
School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for grades Kindergarten 
through 12th grade and in Child and Adult Care Food Program for participants 6 
years of age and older, and for any other program complying with the meal 
pattern requirements covered in such final rule.
    Sec. 770.  Sodium limits in effect for School Year 2023-2024 in child 
nutrition meal patterns shall remain effective through School Year 2026-2027, 
after which sodium limits that may be included in any rulemaking, notice or 
guidance of or regarding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions 
to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 
0584-AE88), shall not be more restrictive than the Target 2 sodium levels 
published in the final rule entitled ``Nutrition Standards in the National 
School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs'' published by the Department of 
Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg 4087).
    Sec. 771.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out section 2103 of Public Law 115-334:  Provided, That 
the Secretary shall prioritize the wetland compliance needs of areas with 
significant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, and conservation 
compliance requests.
    Sec. 772.  There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the emergency and 
transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program established under 
section 12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 20127).
    Sec. 773.  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 
(NASEM) were tasked with providing findings and recommendations on alcohol 
consumption for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for 
Americans as required by Section 772 of Division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328):  Provided, That the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the 
findings and recommendations of the NASEM report in the development of the 2025 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans and further, both Secretaries shall ensure that 
the alcohol consumption recommendations in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for 
Americans shall be based on the preponderance of scientific and medical 
knowledge consistent with section 5341 of title 7 of United States Code.
    Sec. 774.  The first proviso under the heading ``Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account'' in title I of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) is amended by inserting ``or to repair or replace 
essential community facilities damaged by a disaster that occurred in calendar 
year 2023'' after ``calendar year 2022'':  Provided, That amounts repurposed 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget are 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 775.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for the Rural Energy for American program authorized by section 9007 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, (7 U.S.C. 8107), 
$10,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 776.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available in Section 2304 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117-2), $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 777.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available under Division A, Title IV, under the heading ``Nutrition Programs 
Administration'' for relocation expenses and the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvement pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31), $8,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 778.  Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal year 2024 in the 
``Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' established in section 742 of division A of 
Public Law 113-235, and in addition to any funds otherwise made available for 
such purposes in this, prior, or subsequent fiscal years, the following shall be 
available during the period of availability of the Fund for the specified 
purposes and in the specified amounts--
            (1) for grants for rural community facilities programs as authorized 
        by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
        Farm and Rural Development Act, $505,023,927 for the purposes, and in 
        the amounts specified in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act), and under the same authorities and conditions as 
        amounts made available by this Act in the second paragraph under the 
        heading ``Rural Community Facilities Program Account''; and
            (2) for expenses during fiscal year 2024, not otherwise recoverable, 
        and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under 
        the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for commodities supplied in 
        connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
        $68,476,073, under the same authorities and conditions as amounts made 
        available by this Act under the heading ``Food for Peace Title II 
        Grants'':
  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 779.  Section 2250b of title 7, United States Code, is hereby amended 
in the second proviso by striking ``capital acquisition'' and after 
``infrastructure'' inserting ``and information technology services.''
    Sec. 780.  Section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 940c-2(a)), shall be applied for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
thereafter until the specified funding has been expended as if the following 
were inserted after the final period: ``In addition, the Secretary shall use 
$9,465,000 of the funds available to carry out this section in fiscal year 2024 
for an additional amount for the same purpose and under the same terms and 
conditions as the Rural Business Development Grants authorized by section 310B 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)).''.
    Sec. 781.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the acceptable market 
name of any engineered animal approved prior to the effective date of the 
National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall 
include the words ``genetically engineered'' prior to the existing acceptable 
market name.
    Sec. 782.  For an additional amount for the Office of the Secretary, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue the Institute for 
Rural Partnerships as established in section 778 of Public Law 117-103:  
Provided, That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall continue to dedicate 
resources to researching the causes and conditions of challenges facing rural 
areas, and develop community partnerships to address such challenges:  Provided 
further, That administrative or other fees shall not exceed one percent:  
Provided further, That such partnership shall coordinate and publish an annual 
report.
    Sec. 783.  There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to carry out the duties of 
the working group established under section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6; 133 Stat. 89).
    Sec. 784.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for conservation activities under the heading ``Natural Resources 
Conservation Service--Conservation Operations'', $30,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    Sec. 785.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for the ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and 
Education Activities'', $37,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 786.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for section 306E(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act to provide subgrants to eligible individuals for the 
construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually owned household 
decentralized wastewater systems.
    Sec. 787.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall be included as a member of the 
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on a case by case 
basis pursuant to the authorities in section 721(k)(2)(J) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect to each covered 
transaction (as defined in section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural land, agriculture 
biotechnology, or the agriculture industry (including agricultural 
transportation, agricultural storage, and agricultural processing), as 
determined by the CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 
Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, notify the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States of 
any agricultural land transaction that the Secretary of Agriculture has reason 
to believe, based on information from or in cooperation with the Intelligence 
Community, is a covered transaction (A) that may pose a risk to the national 
security of the United States, with particular emphasis on covered transactions 
of an interest in agricultural land by foreign governments or entities of 
concern, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 19221(a), including the People's Republic of 
China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and 
the Islamic Republic of Iran; and (B) with respect to which a person is required 
to submit a report to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 2(a) of the 
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)):  
Provided, That there is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such purpose, to 
carry out this section.
    Sec. 788.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available in the ``Working Capital Fund'', $78,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 789.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for the ``Community Connect Grant Program'', $30,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    Sec. 790.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available under the heading ``Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 
Program'', other than amounts made available for the Community Connect Grant 
Program, $18,891,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 791.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available for veterinary diagnostics under the heading ``Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses account'', $5,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    Sec. 792.  The agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture may 
reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), out of the funds provided in 
this Act, for costs incurred by OGC in providing services to such agencies or 
offices under time-limited agreements entered into with such agencies and 
offices:  Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law.
    Sec. 793. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2024''.
    (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 
1635 note; Public Law 106-78) is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
``2024''.
    This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

DIVISION C--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                      2024

                                     TITLE I

                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                       International Trade Administration

                          operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department 
of Commerce provided for by law, to carry out activities associated with 
facilitating, attracting, and retaining business investment in the United 
States, to carry out activities associated with title VI of division BB of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), and for engaging in 
trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and 
cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 
firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; 
full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees 
stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and 
transportation of employees of the International Trade Administration between 
two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 
Code; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for 
services; recognizing contributions to export expansion pursuant to Executive 
Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and 
expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of 
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort 
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 
exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per 
vehicle; not to exceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without regard 
to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on official motor 
vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $623,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $50,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That 
$12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the 
International Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That, of amounts provided under this 
heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and 
countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities:  Provided further, 
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for 
the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for 
assessments for services provided as part of these activities:  Provided 
further, That, of amounts provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the purpose of carrying out a 
pilot fellowship program of the United States Commercial Service under which the 
Secretary of Commerce may make competitive grants to appropriate institutions of 
higher education or students to increase the level of knowledge and awareness 
of, and interest in employment with, that Service among minority students:  
Provided further, That any grants awarded under such program shall be made 
pursuant to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, which shall require 
as a condition of the initial receipt of grant funds, a commitment by 
prospective grantees to accept full-time employment in the Global Markets unit 
of the International Trade Administration upon the completion of participation 
in the program.

                         Bureau of Industry and Security

                          operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for export administration and national security 
activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs associated with the 
performance of export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of 
employees stationed overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and 
aliens by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 
Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for 
official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers 
under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public 
Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized by 
section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law 
enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without 
regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $191,000,000, of 
which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading for activities under the ``revised 
nonsecurity category'', as defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as 
amended, $20,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That the provisions of 
the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) 
shall apply in carrying out these activities:  Provided further, That payments 
and contributions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such 
activities, and for providing information to the public with respect to the 
export administration and national security activities of the Department of 
Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and other 
governments.

                       Economic Development Administration

                    economic development assistance programs

    For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and 
for grants authorized by sections 27, 28, and 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, and 3723), as amended, 
$400,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which $50,000,000 shall be 
for grants under section 27, $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 28, 
and $2,500,000 shall be for grants under section 30:  Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $30,000,000 is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985:  Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated for 
specific activities in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be 
subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act.

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance 
programs as provided for by law, $68,000,000:  Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I 
of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; 
sections 27 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722-3723), as amended; and the Community Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1977.

                      Minority Business Development Agency

                          minority business development

    For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development Agency in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprises, as 
authorized by law, $68,250,000.

                        Economic and Statistical Analysis

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and statistical 
analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, $125,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                              Bureau of the Census

                          current surveys and programs

    For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and 
publishing statistics, provided for by law, $328,500,000:  Provided, That, from 
amounts provided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
marketing activities.

                         periodic censuses and programs

    For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and 
publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
$1,054,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, 
from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
marketing activities.

           National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $57,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs 
incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such 
spectrum services, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting 
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from other 
Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, 
engineering, and related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this paragraph, 
and such funds received from other Government agencies shall remain available 
until expended.

         public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

    For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and unobligated 
balances of funds previously appropriated are available for the administration 
of all open grants until their expiration.

                     facilities management and construction

    For necessary expenses for the design, construction, alteration, 
improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings and facilities managed by the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                    United States Patent and Trademark Office

                              salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, 
$4,195,799,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any 
law are received during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2024, should the total amount of such offsetting collections 
be less than $4,195,799,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly:  Provided 
further, That any amount received in excess of $4,195,799,000 in fiscal year 
2024 and deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding 
proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, 
That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be 
transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' account:  Provided further, That the budget of the President 
submitted for fiscal year 2025 under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall include within amounts provided under this heading for necessary 
expenses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to result from an increase 
promulgated through rule or regulation in offsetting collections of fees and 
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in either fiscal 
year 2024 or fiscal year 2025:  Provided further, That from amounts provided 
herein, not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That in 
fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made available for ``Salaries and Expenses'' 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 
percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees under section 
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as 
defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees 
subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value 
of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's 
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health 
benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall 
be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for 
the authorized purposes of those accounts:  Provided further, That any 
differences between the present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 
series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific 
use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial statements, 
where applicable:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are available 
for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as 
amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112-
29):  Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall 
be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities 
associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the USPTO.

                 National Institute of Standards and Technology

                 scientific and technical research and services

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), $1,080,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund'':  Provided, 
That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $222,841,000 shall be made 
available for the NIST--STRS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That the amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 
preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That NIST may provide local 
transportation for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 
participants.

                         industrial technology services

    For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, $212,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for the 
Manufacturing USA Program.

                       construction of research facilities

    For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and 
engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, 
not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), $168,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$80,242,000 shall be made available for the NIST--Construction projects, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That up to one percent of amounts 
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may be used 
for the administrative costs of such projects:  Provided further, That the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit a 
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding 
proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget justification 
materials for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support 
of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 
each National Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having 
a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the 
budget justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

                 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                      operations, research, and facilities

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including maintenance, operation, 
and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries 
management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, contracts, or 
other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting 
activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$4,548,485,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That 
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of 
national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and 
expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, United States Code:  Provided further, That in addition, $369,522,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery 
Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries'', which shall only be 
used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 
Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Training; 
Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries 
Grants:  Provided further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for payment 
to the ``Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund'':  Provided further, That 
of the $4,946,007,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$4,548,485,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $369,522,000 is provided 
by transfer, and $28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year 
obligations:  Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $139,499,000 shall be made available for the NOAA--CZM and NOAA--ORF 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That the amounts made available 
for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose:  Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any 
use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous 
years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:  
Provided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for 
payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under 
the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be 
necessary.

                    procurement, acquisition and construction

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, including 
alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, $1,719,866,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
except that funds provided for acquisition and construction of vessels and 
aircraft, and construction of facilities shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the amounts made available in the matter preceding this 
proviso, $100,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That in addition, 
$44,000,000 shall be derived by transfer for the purposes provided under this 
heading from the unobligated balances in the Fund established in section 111(a) 
of division B of Public Law 116-93:  Provided further, That no amounts may be 
transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts made available in 
section 101(e)(1) of title I of division A of Public Law 118-5:  Provided 
further, That of the $1,776,866,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading, $1,719,866,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $13,000,000 
is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations, and $44,000,000 is 
provided by transfer:  Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any 
use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous 
years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget 
justification materials for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary submits to 
Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) 
an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
procurement, acquisition or construction project having a total of more than 
$5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification shall include an estimate 
of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years.

                         pacific coastal salmon recovery

    For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon 
populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may 
issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and 
Alaska, and to the federally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 
Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon and 
steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are 
identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations 
necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence 
fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, 
based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce:  Provided 
further, That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other merit 
principles and shall not be available for marketing activities:  Provided 
further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 
requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 
of the Federal funds.

                          fisheries disaster assistance

    For necessary expenses of administering the fishery disaster assistance 
programs authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (Public Law 94-265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of 
Public Law 99-659), $300,000.

                          fishermen's contingency fund

    For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, not to 
exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to 
remain available until expended.

                        fisheries finance program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during 
fiscal year 2024, obligations of direct loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for 
Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for traditional 
direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.

                         recreational quota entity fund

    For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the Driftnet Modernization 
and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of division S of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328)), the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect fees pursuant to such section, 
which shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, for 
the purposes specified in subsection (b) of such section, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes.

                             Departmental Management

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of Commerce 
provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and 
representation, $94,500,000:  Provided, That no employee of the Department of 
Commerce may be detailed or assigned from a bureau or office funded by this Act 
or any other Act to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Department 
of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's 
employing bureau or office is fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of 
the employee for the entire period of assignment using funds provided under this 
heading:  Provided further, That amounts made available to the Department of 
Commerce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 
of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this heading, except in the 
case of extraordinary circumstances that threaten life or property.

                          renovation and modernization

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

                           office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
$48,000,000.

                   General Provisions--Department of Commerce

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101.  During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and 
funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act shall be 
available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise 
authorized only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary 
of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.
    Sec. 102.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations made available to 
the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be 
available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 103.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any 
capital asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically 
provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 
of Commerce.
    Sec. 104.  The requirements set forth by section 105 of the Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
55), as amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 113-6, are 
hereby adopted by reference and made applicable with respect to fiscal year 
2024:  Provided, That the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System 
is $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Program is 
$6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational 
Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle 
cost for the Space Weather Follow On Program is $692,800,000.
    Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Commerce may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, 
telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the operation, 
maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are 
authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or 
other authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, 
DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has 
been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services 
pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a 
reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for 
services provided under this section or the authority under which the use or 
occupancy of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the 
appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such services.
    Sec. 106.  Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a grant 
recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright infringement, or any other 
unlawful activity over its networks.
    Sec. 107.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, with reimbursement and 
subject to the limits of available appropriations, the land, services, 
equipment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local government, Indian 
Tribal government, Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision 
thereof, or of any foreign government or international organization, for 
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Sec. 108.  The National Technical Information Service shall not charge any 
customer for a copy of any report or document generated by the Legislative 
Branch unless the Service has provided information to the customer on how an 
electronic copy of such report or document may be accessed and downloaded for 
free online. Should a customer still require the Service to provide a printed or 
digital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to 
recovering the Service's cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such 
report or document.
    Sec. 109.  To carry out the responsibilities of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: 
(1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non-
reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided 
by; and (3) receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis from: 
a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal 
government, Territory, or possession or any subdivisions thereof:  Provided, 
That funds received for permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'' and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for such purposes:  Provided further, 
That all funds within this section and their corresponding uses are subject to 
section 505 of this Act.
    Sec. 110.  Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appropriations Act 
that remain available for obligation, for necessary expenses of the programs of 
the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, 
including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
the Bureau of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 
agreements with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or local 
governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid and promote 
statistical, research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for 
which such amounts have been made available.
    Sec. 111.  The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the Secretary, may 
waive up to 50 percent of the cost sharing requirements under section 315, of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at the 
request of the grant applicant, for amounts made available under this Act under 
the heading ``Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' under the heading 
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''.
    Sec. 112.  Any unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
transferred to the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as 
authorized by section 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116-93, may be 
obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the 
planned use of funds.
    Sec. 113.  The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere is 
authorized to designate one or more Cooperative Aviation Centers for the 
purposes of recruiting aviators for the NOAA commissioned officer corps from 
institutions that provide a four-year baccalaureate program of professional 
flight and piloting instruction that is accredited by the Aviation Accreditation 
Board International:  Provided, That Cooperative Aviation Centers shall be 
located in a geographic area that experiences a wide variation in climate-
related activity, such as frequent high winds, convective activity (including 
tornadoes), periods of low visibility, heat, and snow and ice episodes, to 
provide opportunities for pilots to demonstrate skill in all weather conditions 
compatible with future encounters during their service in the commissioned 
officer corps of the Administration.
    Sec. 114.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration may accept payments from a non-Federal party during fiscal year 
2024 for the purpose of altering or replacing fencing, and related activities, 
for the Administration's port facility in Ketchikan, Alaska. Amounts accepted 
under this section may be credited to the appropriation account otherwise 
available for such purpose and shall remain available until expended.
    Sec. 115.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, in consultation with the employees of the National Weather 
Service and non-governmental experts in personnel management, may establish an 
alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, including permanent change 
of station allowance, notwithstanding the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the 
regulations prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

                                    TITLE II

                              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

               Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the operations, management, and accountability of 
the Department of Justice, $142,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for 
security and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That any reference to the Department of 
Justice's ``General Administration'' appropriations heading (including 
references that include its subheadings) which appears in any rule, regulation, 
provision, law, or other official document, shall hereafter be deemed a 
reference to the Department of Justice's ``Justice Operations, Management, and 
Accountability'' appropriations heading.

                     justice information sharing technology

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, including 
planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, $30,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds available to the 
Department of Justice for information technology, to remain available until 
expended, for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives:  Provided 
further, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to 
any other transfer authority contained in this Act:  Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                     Executive Office for Immigration Review

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-related 
activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, $844,000,000, of 
which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ``Immigration Examinations Fee'' 
account, and of which not less than $28,000,000 shall be available for services 
and activities provided by the Legal Orientation Program:  Provided, That not to 
exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made available under this heading shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028, for build-out and modifications of 
courtroom space.

                           Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $139,000,000, 
including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
character:  Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                         United States Parole Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as authorized, 
$14,000,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
the expiration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may 
continue to act until a successor has been appointed.

                                Legal Activities

                 salaries and expenses, general legal activities

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of 
Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 for 
expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction of, and to 
be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; the 
administration of pardon and clemency petitions; and rent of private or 
Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, $1,090,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and information 
technology projects, including cybersecurity and hardening of critical networks, 
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount provided 
for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $900,000 shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $8,900 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,900 shall be available to the 
Criminal Division for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by 
the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for 
litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer 
such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'' from 
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as 
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 
and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under section 8 of 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of 
Personnel Management for such salaries and expenses:  Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided under this heading for the election monitoring program, 
$3,390,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That any 
funds provided under this heading in prior year appropriations Acts that remain 
available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 
the election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
(52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry out any authorized purposes of the 
Civil Rights Division:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed by the 
preceding proviso may not be used to increase the number of permanent positions.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of Justice 
associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 
of 1986, $22,700,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.

                    salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, 
$233,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:  
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$233,000,000 to be derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the 
funds credited to this account as offsetting collections during the current 
fiscal year shall become available for obligation in any fiscal year except as 
provided in the preceding two provisos or as provided in a subsequent 
appropriations Act.

                 salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

    For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, 
including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $2,611,000,000:  
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, 
That not to exceed $40,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 
task force on human trafficking.

                        united states trustee system fund

    For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as authorized, 
$245,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 
collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and amounts herein 
appropriated shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay 
refunds due depositors:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting 
collections pursuant to section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited 
by section 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That to the extent that fees deposited into 
the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 2024, net of 
amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $245,000,000, those 
excess amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are 
received during fiscal year 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due 
depositors, (estimated at $230,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 
general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts deposited in the Fund as 
discretionary offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 
otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $15,000,000.

           salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $2,504,000.

                         fees and expenses of witnesses

    For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the 
procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, 
including advances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction 
of buildings for protected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for 
the purchase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase, installation, 
maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure 
automated information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations 
of protected witnesses:  Provided, That amounts made available under this 
heading may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.

               salaries and expenses, community relations service

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, $24,000,000:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by 
the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for 
conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of the Community 
Relations Service, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the 
Community Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to 
such circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                             assets forfeiture fund

    For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 
524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the 
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                         United States Marshals Service

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,692,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $163,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                                  construction

    For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized by the 
United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related support, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                           federal prisoner detention

    For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the custody of 
the United States Marshals Service as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, 
United States Code, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $250,000,000 is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985:  Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered 
``funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement assistance'' pursuant 
to section 4013(b) of title 18, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
United States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice 
Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.

                           National Security Division

                              salaries and expenses

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National Security 
Division, $128,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for information 
technology systems shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for the 
activities of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer 
such amounts to this heading from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to 
such circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                           Interagency Law Enforcement

                  organized crime drug enforcement task forces

    For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug trafficking 
organizations, transnational organized crime, and money laundering organizations 
not otherwise provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with State 
and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution 
of individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, 
$547,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may 
be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed from this 
appropriation.

                         Federal Bureau of Investigation

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for detection, 
investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States, 
$10,643,713,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $279,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                                  construction

    For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, and 
information technology requirements, related to construction or acquisition of 
buildings, facilities, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
conversion, modification, and extension of federally owned buildings; 
preliminary planning and design of projects; and operation and maintenance of 
secure work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Drug Enforcement Administration

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including not 
to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character 
pursuant to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses for 
conducting drug education and training programs, including travel and related 
expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution of items of 
token value that promote the goals of such programs, $2,567,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to 
exceed $90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$328,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of 
Public Law 106-310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of 
local government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public entities, and multi-
jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred to clean up 
and safely dispose of substances associated with clandestine methamphetamine 
laboratories, conversion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 
laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related 
substances which may present a danger to public health or the environment.

               Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or 
without reimbursement, including training in connection with the training and 
acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and for 
provision of laboratory assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $1,625,000,000, of which not to exceed $35,650 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as provided by 
section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications 
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That such funds shall be available to 
investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from 
Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Departments.

                              Federal Prison System

                              salaries and expenses

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the administration, 
operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, and 
for the provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related 
issues to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000:  Provided, That not less than 
$409,483,000 shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First 
Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), of which not less than 2 percent shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Research, Evaluation and 
Statistics'' for the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations of 
programs and activities related to the First Step Act of 2018:  Provided 
further, That the Attorney General may transfer to the Department of Health and 
Human Services such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional 
institutions:  Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, 
where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal 
intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, 
on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to individuals 
committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for necessary operations:  Provided further, 
That, of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in advance 
for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses:  Provided 
further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may accept donated 
property and services relating to the operation of the prison card program from 
a not-for-profit entity which has operated such program in the past, 
notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services 
under contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-
release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading for programs and 
activities related to the First Step Act may not be transferred, or otherwise 
made available, to or for administration by the Department of Labor.

                            buildings and facilities

    For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new facilities; 
purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such 
facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary expenses 
incident thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, remodeling, 
and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and 
correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by 
contract or force account, $179,762,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $30,000,000 shall be available only for costs related to construction of 
new facilities:  Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 
work performed under this appropriation.

                     federal prison industries, incorporated

    The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available, 
and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in 
the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation.

 limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, incorporated

    Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison Industries, 
Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative expenses, and for 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be 
computed on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the 
corporation's current prescribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be 
exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such 
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in 
connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the 
corporation or in which it has an interest.

                   State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                        Office on Violence Against Women

           violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for the 
prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as authorized by the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) 
(``the 1968 Act''); title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known as 
the ``Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968'') (Public Law 90-284) (``the Indian Civil 
Rights Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to 
end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et 
seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the 2000 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108-405) (``the 2004 Act''); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 
2005 Act''); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 
113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114-22) (``the 2015 Act''); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act 
(Public Law 115-392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 
2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 Act''); and for related 
victims services, $713,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$80,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from amounts available for obligation 
in this Act from the Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II 
of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such 
Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise made available under this 
heading:  Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 
percent of funds made available under this heading may be used for expenses 
related to evaluation, training, and technical assistance:  Provided further, 
That of the amount provided--
            (1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against women, as 
        authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, and any applicable increases for 
        the amount of such grants, as authorized by section 5903 of the James M. 
        Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023:  
        Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under such 
        section 5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2024 grants funded by 
        amounts provided in this paragraph;
            (2) $50,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants for 
        victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual 
        assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act;
            (3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and the 
        Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation, and statistics of 
        violence against women and related issues addressed by grant programs of 
        the Office on Violence Against Women, which shall be transferred to 
        ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by the Office 
        of Justice Programs;
            (4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services to 
        advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic violence, dating 
        violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth 
        exposed to such violence; and assistance to middle and high school 
        students through education and other services related to such violence, 
        of which $3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in preventing domestic 
        violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking:  Provided, That 
        unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by sections 
        41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment 
        by the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program:  Provided further, 
        That 10 percent of the total amount available for this grant program 
        shall be available for grants under the program authorized by section 
        2015 of the 1968 Act:  Provided further, That the definitions and grant 
        conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
            (5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the criminal justice 
        response as authorized by part U of title I of the 1968 Act, of which up 
        to $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initiative; up to $4,000,000 
        is for a domestic violence lethality reduction initiative; and up to 
        $8,000,000 is for an initiative to promote effective policing and 
        prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
        assault, and stalking, including evaluation of the effectiveness of 
        funded interventions (``Policing and Prosecution Initiative'');
            (6) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, as 
        authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
            (7) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child abuse 
        enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 
        1994 Act;
            (8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes against women 
        on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 Act, of which 
        $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and 
        Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal colleges and 
        universities;
            (9) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as authorized 
        by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
            (10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to end 
        violence against and abuse of women in later life, as authorized by 
        section 40801 of the 1994 Act;
            (11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families in the justice 
        system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act:  Provided, That 
        unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by section 
        1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of the 1994 Act, prior to their 
        amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program;
            (12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to end violence 
        against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized by section 
        1402 of the 2000 Act;
            (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on Workplace 
        Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as authorized by 
        section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
            (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence against 
        Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act:  
        Provided, That such funds may be transferred to ``Research, Evaluation 
        and Statistics'' for administration by the Office of Justice Programs;
            (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides training 
        and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of 
        American Indian and Alaska Native women;
            (16) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal Governments in 
        exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by 
        section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act:  Provided, That the grant 
        conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to grants 
        made;
            (17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the 2015 Act;
            (18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program as authorized by section 
        41801 of the 1994 Act:  Provided, That the definitions and grant 
        conditions in section 109 of the 2022 Act shall apply to this program;
            (19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services for victims, as 
        authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act;
            (20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-designation of 
        tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorneys:  
        Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of 
        the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative;
            (21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative to support victims of domestic 
        violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including 
        through the provision of technical assistance, as authorized by section 
        206 of the 2022 Act:  Provided, That the definitions and grant 
        conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 
        initiative;
            (22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to provide 
        remote services to Deaf victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
        sexual assault, and stalking:  Provided, That the definitions and grant 
        conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this service 
        line;
            (23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services to 
        underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of the 2005 Act;
            (24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial assistance 
        to victims, including evaluation of the effectiveness of funded 
        projects:  Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in 
        section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative;
            (25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered training for 
        law enforcement, and related research and evaluation activities, as 
        authorized by section 41701 of the 1994 Act;
            (26) $10,000,000 is for grants to support access to sexual assault 
        nurse examinations, as authorized by section 304 of title III of the 
        2004 Act:  Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of the 
        1994 Act shall apply to this program; and
            (27) $5,500,000 is for local law enforcement grants for prevention, 
        enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against individuals, as 
        authorized by section 1401 of the 2022 Act, and for a National Resource 
        Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, as authorized by section 1402 
        of the 2022 Act:  Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 
        of the 1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph.

                           Office of Justice Programs

                       research, evaluation and statistics

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(``the 1968 Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act 
(34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the 
Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21) (``the PROTECT 
Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101-647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT 
Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle C of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the 
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-198); the First 
Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); and other programs, $65,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which--
            (1) $35,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs and 
        other activities as authorized by part C of title I of the 1968 Act; and
            (2) $30,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation 
        programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title I of the 
        1968 Act and subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act, and for activities 
        authorized by or consistent with the First Step Act of 2018, of which 
        $1,500,000 is for research on multidisciplinary teams, and not less than 
        $1,500,000 is for Research and Development in Forensic Science for 
        Criminal Justice Purposes grants.

                   state and local law enforcement assistance

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) (``the 1968 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109-164) (``the TVPRA of 2005''); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) 
(``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and 
Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the Victims of 
Trafficking Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-
180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108-79) (``PREA''); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the 
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the 
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and 
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the 
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-198) 
(``CARA''); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
324); Kevin and Avonte's Law (division Q of Public Law 115-141) (``Kevin and 
Avonte's Law''); the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of division 
S of Public Law 115-141) (``the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act''); the STOP School 
Violence Act of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the STOP 
School Violence Act''); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division S of 
Public Law 115-141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-185); the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act 
(Public Law 115-271); the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act 
(Public Law 111-84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-401); the 
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-277); the 
Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Violence Against Women Act 
Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 
Act''); and other programs, $2,475,061,000, to remain available until expended 
as follows--
            (1) $924,061,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 
        Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 
        1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto 
        Rico under section 505(g), of title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply 
        for purposes of this Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1--
                    (A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial 
                initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and 
                Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR);
                    (B) $3,000,000 is for the operation, maintenance, and 
                expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons 
                System;
                    (C) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for State and local 
                law enforcement to provide officer training on responding to 
                individuals with mental illness or disabilities, including for 
                purposes described in the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 
                Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-325);
                    (D) $3,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assistance 
                program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110-315;
                    (E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and 
                prosecution grants to States and units of local government, and 
                other programs, as authorized by PREA;
                    (F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert Program 
                (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by Kevin and Avonte's 
                Law;
                    (G) $19,000,000 is for grants authorized under the Project 
                Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 
                115-185);
                    (H) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation Improvement 
                Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108-
                405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review;
                    (I) $3,000,000 is for the program specified in paragraph 
                (1)(I) under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
                Assistance'' in division B of Public Law 117-328;
                    (J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti Alert 
                Communications Network as authorized under the Ashanti Alert Act 
                of 2018 (Public Law 115-401);
                    (K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate and 
                support family-based alternative sentencing programs;
                    (L) $1,000,000 is for a grant program to support child 
                advocacy training in post-secondary education;
                    (M) $7,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative, 
                including assistance for law enforcement;
                    (N) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized under the Missing 
                Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-
                277);
                    (O) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited institutions of 
                higher education to support forensic ballistics programs;
                    (P) $3,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under section 
                1506 of the 2022 Act;
                    (Q) $125,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement 
                activities associated with the presidential nominating 
                conventions in addition to amounts provided for such purposes in 
                section 222 of this Act; and
                    (R) $350,028,000 is for discretionary grants to improve the 
                functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat 
                juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than 
                compensation), which shall be made available for the OJP--Byrne 
                projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
                ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
                included for this division in the explanatory statement 
                described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
                this consolidated Act):  Provided, That such amounts may not be 
                transferred for any other purpose;
            (2) $234,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as 
        authorized by section 241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)):  Provided, That no jurisdiction shall request 
        compensation for any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal 
        immigration and other detainees housed in State and local detention 
        facilities;
            (3) $88,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of 
        trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of the Victims of 
        Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 2005, or programs authorized under 
        Public Law 113-4;
            (4) $12,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address economic, 
        high technology, white collar, and Internet crime, including as 
        authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110-403, of which not less than 
        $2,500,000 is for intellectual property enforcement grants including as 
        authorized by section 401, and $2,000,000 is for grants to develop 
        databases on Internet of Things device capabilities and to build and 
        execute training modules for law enforcement;
            (5) $19,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as 
        authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
            (6) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership 
        Grant Program, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: 
         Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred directly to the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Law Enforcement 
        Standards for research, testing, and evaluation programs;
            (7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public Website;
            (8) $88,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal and mental 
        health records for the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
        System, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for grants made under 
        the authorities of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
        Law 110-180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018;
            (9) $34,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement 
        Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
            (10) $153,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and 
        activities, of which--
                    (A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under 
                section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
                (Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant 
                Program):  Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 
                available under this paragraph may be used for the purposes 
                described in the DNA Training and Education for Law Enforcement, 
                Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers program (Public Law 
                108-405, section 303);
                    (B) $15,000,000 for other local, State, and Federal forensic 
                activities;
                    (C) $14,000,000 is for the purposes described in the Kirk 
                Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program (Public 
                Law 108-405, section 412); and
                    (D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program 
                grants, including as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 
                108-405;
            (11) $51,500,000 for community-based grant programs to improve the 
        response to sexual assault and apply enhanced approaches and techniques 
        to reduce violent crime, including assistance for investigation and 
        prosecution of related cold cases;
            (12) $14,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, 
        as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
            (13) $50,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes;
            (14) $117,000,000 for offender reentry programs and research, as 
        authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199) and by 
        the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), 
        without regard to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of such 
        Act, of which not to exceed--
                    (A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and 
                Tribal probation or parole supervision efforts and strategies;
                    (B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated parents 
                demonstration programs to enhance and maintain parental and 
                family relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or 
                recidivism reduction strategy;
                    (C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication sites employing 
                the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with Enforcement model 
                implementing swift and certain sanctions in probation, of which 
                no less than $500,000 shall be used for a project that provides 
                training, technical assistance, and best practices; and
                    (D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis 
                stabilization and community reentry, as authorized by the Crisis 
                Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-
                281):
          Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in this 
        paragraph may be used for performance-based awards for Pay for Success 
        projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success 
        programs implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing Model and reentry 
        housing;
            (15) $420,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction activities, 
        including as authorized by CARA, and for the following programs, which 
        shall address opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorders consistent 
        with underlying program authorities, of which--
                    (A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 
                1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
                    (B) $40,000,000 is for mental health courts and adult and 
                juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V 
                and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender 
                Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 
                Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416);
                    (C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residential Substance 
                Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of 
                title I of the 1968 Act;
                    (D) $32,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts program;
                    (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor prescription 
                drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and
                    (F) $189,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid, stimulant, 
                and substance use disorder program;
            (16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized by the 
        Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;
            (17) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by the Bureau of 
        Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under the STOP School 
        Violence Act;
            (18) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local law enforcement 
        agencies for the expenses associated with the investigation and 
        prosecution of criminal offenses involving civil rights, as authorized 
        by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 
        2016 (Public Law 114-325);
            (19) $17,000,000 for grants to State, local, and Tribal law 
        enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and training on 
        hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate crimes, as authorized 
        by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes 
        Prevention Act (Public Law 111-84);
            (20) $9,000,000 for grants specified in paragraph (20) under the 
        heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in division B of 
        Public Law 117-328;
            (21) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-Heyer NO 
        HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507);
            (22) $114,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-community 
        relations, of which $32,000,000 is for a competitive matching grant 
        program for purchases of body-worn cameras for State, local, and Tribal 
        law enforcement; $32,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative, 
        for activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism 
        reduction; and $50,000,000 is for a community violence intervention and 
        prevention initiative; and
            (23) $3,000,000 is for emergency law enforcement assistance for 
        events occurring during or after fiscal year 2024, as authorized by 
        section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101):
  Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds made 
available under this heading to increase the number of law enforcement officers, 
the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 
enforcement officers who perform non-administrative public sector safety 
service:  Provided further, That in the spending plan submitted pursuant to 
section 528 of this Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 
explicitly identify all changes in the administration of competitive grant 
programs for fiscal year 2024, including changes to applicant eligibility, 
priority areas or weightings, and the application review process:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, the amount 
specified in paragraph (1)(Q) is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                            juvenile justice programs

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 
1974 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 
Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Missing Children's 
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public Law 108-21); 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) 
(``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) 
(``the 2013 Act''); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114-324); the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-267); 
the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-385); the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the 1984 
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
198); and other juvenile justice programs, $375,000,000, to remain available 
until expended as follows--
            (1) $65,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of the 1974 
        Act, and for training and technical assistance to assist small, 
        nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants process:  Provided, That 
        of the amounts provided under this paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a 
        competitive demonstration grant program to support emergency planning 
        among State, local, and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
            (2) $104,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
            (3) $55,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which, pursuant to 
        sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act--
                    (A) $4,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent trafficking of 
                girls;
                    (B) $16,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;
                    (C) $4,500,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing on 
                girls in the juvenile justice system;
                    (D) $10,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating to youth 
                affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance use disorder; and
                    (E) $9,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating to 
                children exposed to violence;
            (4) $41,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child 
        Abuse Act of 1990;
            (5) $103,000,000 for missing and exploited children programs, 
        including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act 
        (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 
        2008 (Public Law 110-401) shall not apply for purposes of this Act);
            (6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial 
        personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 
        Act; and
            (7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent defense:
  Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for 
research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs 
or activities authorized:  Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 
amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be used for 
training and technical assistance:  Provided further, That the two preceding 
provisos shall not apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to 
sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children 
programs.

                         public safety officer benefits

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are 
necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to remain available 
until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of 
such Act and for educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for such disability and education 
payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ``Public Safety 
Officer Benefits'' from available appropriations for the Department of Justice 
as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided further, That 
any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section.

                      Community Oriented Policing Services

                  community oriented policing services programs

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the 
American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-37); the Law 
Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public Law 115-113) (``the LEMHW 
Act''); the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271); the 
Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-32) 
(``the STOIC Act''); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 
(Public Law 117-325), $664,516,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That any balances made available through prior year deobligations 
shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act:  Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading--
            (1) $256,168,839 is for grants under section 1701 of title I of the 
        1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring of additional 
        career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title 
        notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section:  Provided, That, 
        notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), 
        funding for hiring or rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not 
        exceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Community Oriented 
        Policing Services grants a waiver from this limitation:  Provided 
        further, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
        $34,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforcement, including hiring, 
        equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid 
        activities:  Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
        this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional information sharing 
        activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which 
        shall be transferred to and merged with ``Research, Evaluation, and 
        Statistics'' for administration by the Office of Justice Programs:  
        Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
        no less than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access Program:  
        Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
        $10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, mental health program 
        activities, and other support services as authorized under the LEMHW Act 
        and the STOIC Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
        under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative reform model 
        of technical assistance in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 
        1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
            (2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE Act of 
        2016 (Public Law 114-199);
            (3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law enforcement 
        agencies in States with high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished 
        methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures:  Provided, 
        That funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be utilized for 
        investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, 
        including precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine 
        traffickers;
            (4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 
        enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary treatment 
        admissions for heroin and other opioids:  Provided, That these funds 
        shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or investigate 
        illicit activities, including activities related to the distribution of 
        heroin or unlawful distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful 
        heroin and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
        collaboration;
            (5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be administered by the 
        Community Oriented Policing Services Office for purposes authorized 
        under the STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of Public Law 
        115-141);
            (6) $25,000,000 is for community policing development activities in 
        furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 
        10381);
            (7) $247,347,161 is for a law enforcement technologies and 
        interoperable communications program, and related law enforcement and 
        public safety equipment, which shall be made available for the COPS Tech 
        projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community 
        Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this 
        division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That 
        such amounts may not be transferred for any other purpose:   Provided 
        further, That grants funded by such amounts shall not be subject to 
        section 1703 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383); and
            (8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by the Law Enforcement 
        De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-325).

                    General Provisions--Department of Justice

                         (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 201.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this title for 
official reception and representation expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be 
available to the Attorney General for official reception and representation 
expenses.
    Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest:  Provided, 
That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.
    Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to 
require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any 
abortion.
    Sec. 204.  Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the obligation of 
the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a 
female inmate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:  Provided, 
That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 
intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the 
Bureau of Prisons.
    Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section:  Provided further, That this section shall not apply to 
the following--
            (1) paragraph 1(R) under the heading ``State and Local Law 
        Enforcement Assistance''; and
            (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ``Community Oriented Policing 
        Services Programs''.
    Sec. 206.  None of the funds made available under this title may be used by 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals Service for the 
purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction 
for crime under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high 
security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
    Sec. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by 
Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to rent or purchase 
audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes.
    (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or purchase of 
audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate training, religious, or 
educational programs.
    Sec. 208.  None of the funds made available under this title shall be 
obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information technology program 
having total estimated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the 
Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
the information technology program has appropriate program management controls 
and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible 
with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.
    Sec. 209.  The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in section 
505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts designated for 
specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and to 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous 
years.
    Sec. 210.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to plan 
for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private competition 
under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any successor 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work performed by employees 
of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.
    Sec. 211.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be 
available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United States Attorney 
assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his 
designee that exempt that United States Attorney from the residency requirements 
of section 545 of title 28, United States Code.
    Sec. 212.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in addition to any 
amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized to be made available) by 
law, with respect to funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'', ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice Programs''--
            (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office of Justice 
        Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be used by such Office 
        to provide training and technical assistance; and
            (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or 
        reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts 
        appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or statistical 
        programs administered by the National Institute of Justice and the 
        Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged with 
        funds provided to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of 
        Justice Statistics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 
        statistical purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such 
        grant or reimbursement programs.
    This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(R) under the heading ``State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.
    Sec. 213.  Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General has 
determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may, with respect to 
funds appropriated in this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal 
years 2021 through 2024 for the following programs, waive the following 
requirements:
            (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry 
        demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
        Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), the 
        requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such part (34 U.S.C. 
        10631(g)(1)).
            (2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities as 
        authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 
        U.S.C. 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of such Act.
    Sec. 214.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 20109(a) of 
subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by this or 
any other Act.
    Sec. 215.  None of the funds made available under this Act, other than for 
the national instant criminal background check system established under section 
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used 
by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable 
firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or 
suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law 
enforcement personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the 
firearm at all times.
    Sec. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the Department of Justice 
Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 
28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2024, 
except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for implementation of a unified 
Department of Justice financial management system.
    (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances transferred to the 
capital account of the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation, transfer, 
or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act.
    (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances available 
under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation, transfer or 
allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act.
    Sec. 217.  Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act for the 
Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in Performance Partnership 
Pilots authorized under such authorities as have been enacted for Performance 
Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts in prior fiscal years and the current 
fiscal year.
    Sec. 218.  The Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly reports 
on the Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent Fund, and 
the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly reports shall contain at least the 
same level of information and detail for each Fund as was provided to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
fiscal year 2023.
    Sec. 219.  None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to 
conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, live tissue training, unless the 
Attorney General issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 
training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated by alternatives.
    Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Department of Justice to target or investigate parents who peacefully protest at 
school board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in unlawful activity.
    Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
investigate or prosecute religious institutions on the basis of their religious 
beliefs.
    Sec. 222.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts in the fund established 
by section 9006(a) of title 26, United States Code, $25,000,000 shall be paid to 
the ``Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, for an additional amount for 
grants for law enforcement activities associated with the presidential 
nominating conventions, under the same authorities and conditions as amounts 
made available in paragraph (1)(Q) under the heading ``Office of Justice 
Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in this Act.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

                                    TITLE III

                                     SCIENCE

                     Office of Science and Technology Policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in 
carrying out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Policy, 
Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $7,965,000.

                             National Space Council

    For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in carrying out the 
purposes of title V of Public Law 100-685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $1,965,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Space Council may accept personnel support from 
Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal agencies, 
departments, and offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the National 
Space Council for purposes provided herein.

                  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                     science

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of science research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications 
activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $7,334,200,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025.

                                   aeronautics

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of aeronautics research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications 
activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $935,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025.

                                space technology

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of space technology research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and 
communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $1,100,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                                   exploration

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of exploration research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications 
activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $7,666,200,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$450,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 
5-year budget profile for an integrated system that includes the Space Launch 
System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that 
will ensure a crewed launch as early as possible.

                                space operations

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of space operations research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support and services; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities, including operations, 
production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $4,220,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025.

          science, technology, engineering, and mathematics engagement

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $143,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which $26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to Stimulate 
Competitive Research and $58,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant 
College and Fellowship Program.

                      safety, security and mission services

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and 
support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, space operations 
and education research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications 
activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $3,129,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025:  Provided, That if available balances in the ``Science, Space, and 
Technology Education Trust Fund'' are not sufficient to provide for the grant 
disbursements required under the third and fourth provisos under such heading in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-404) as amended by the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-327), up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available from amounts made available under this heading to make such grant 
disbursements:  Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $56,673,000 shall be made available for the SSMS projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That the amounts made available 
for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose.

            construction and environmental compliance and restoration

    For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and 
design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as 
authorized by law, and environmental compliance and restoration, $300,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2029:  Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $250,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, 
That proceeds from leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided in annual 
appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That such proceeds referred to in the 
preceding proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an 
amount not to exceed $30,000,000:  Provided further, That each annual budget 
request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and 
proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, 
United States Code.

                           office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out 
the Inspector General Act of 1978, $47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                            administrative provisions

                         (including transfers of funds)

    Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain available, 
without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is claimed or the offer is 
withdrawn.
    Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 20 
percent by any such transfers. Any funds transferred to ``Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration'' for construction activities shall not 
increase that account by more than 20 percent. Balances so transferred shall be 
merged with and available for the same purposes and the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.
    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration under previous appropriations Acts that 
remains available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024 may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall retain its 
original availability and shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration at the theme, program, project, and 
activity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount 
established in that spending plan that meets the notification requirements of 
section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is less, of the amounts 
made available in the current-year Construction and Environmental Compliance and 
Restoration (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR projects funded under 
previous years' CECR appropriations. Use of current-year funds under this 
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading ``Science, 
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement'' (``STEM Engagement''), up 
to $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an additional amount of 
up to $1,000,000 each from amounts made available in this Act under the headings 
``Science'', ``Aeronautics'', ``Space Technology'', ``Exploration'', and ``Space 
Operations'', projects and activities for engaging students in STEM and 
increasing STEM research capacities of universities, including Minority Serving 
Institutions.
    Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the current fiscal year in this 
Act within ``Safety, Security and Mission Services'' may be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
Balances so transferred shall be available until expended only for activities 
described in section 30102(b)(3) of title 51, United States Code, as amended by 
this Act, and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer pursuant to 
this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 
(Public Law 115-31) under the heading ``National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration--Space Operations'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through fiscal year 2027 for the 
liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
    Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115-141) under the heading ``National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration--Space Operations'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 2027 for the 
liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

                           National Science Foundation

                         research and related activities

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et 
seq.); services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for 
research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; 
$7,176,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $680,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for polar research and operations support, and 
for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science support 
and logistical and other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
program:  Provided further, That of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not 
less than $109,310,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Support:  Provided 
further, That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished 
by the National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.

              major research equipment and facilities construction

    For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, commissioning, and 
upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets 
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et 
seq.), including authorized travel, $234,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$234,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                                 stem education

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics, and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $1,172,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

                     agency operations and award management

    For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying out the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 
and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security 
for security guard services; $448,000,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 
is for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2024 for 
maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services to be provided 
during the next fiscal year.

                      office of the national science board

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out section 4 of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 
1880 et seq.), $5,090,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.

                           office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as authorized by 
the Inspector General Act of 1978, $24,410,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                            administrative provisions

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred 
between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at 
least 30 days in advance of any planned divestment through transfer, 
decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of any NSF-owned facilities or 
any NSF capital assets (including land, structures, and equipment) valued 
greater than $2,500,000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                                    TITLE IV

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                           Commission on Civil Rights

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $14,350,000:  Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph may be used to employ any individuals under 
Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to 
reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of 
the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days:  Provided further, That the 
Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly 
authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975a):  Provided further, That notwithstanding the preceding proviso, 
$2,000,000 shall be used to separately fund the Commission on the Social Status 
of Black Men and Boys.

                     Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as 
authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the 
Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) 
of 2008 (Public Law 110-233), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United 
States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to $31,500,000 for 
payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized services to the 
Commission, $455,000,000:  Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$2,250 from available funds:  Provided further, That the Commission may take no 
action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or 
reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in 
accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act:  
Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to 
carry out the work of the Commission.

                         International Trade Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $122,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                           Legal Services Corporation

                    payment to the legal services corporation

    For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of 
the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $560,000,000, of which $516,100,000 
is for basic field programs and required independent audits; $5,700,000 is for 
the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may 
be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for 
management and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self-help and 
information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and 
$2,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance:  Provided, That the Legal Services 
Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a 
rate no greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-
based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2996d(d)):  Provided further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation:  Provided 
further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States Government.

              administrative provision--legal services corporation

    None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation 
shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any 
of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such 
sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 
shall be deemed to refer instead to 2023 and 2024, respectively:  Provided, That 
for the purposes of applications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 
relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the governing body of an 
entity providing legal assistance shall be deemed to be satisfied if at least 33 
percent of such governing body is composed of attorneys otherwise meeting the 
criteria established by section 1007(c) of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and section 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104-134 shall not 
apply.

                            Marine Mammal Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by 
title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$4,500,000.

                Office of the United States Trade Representative

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the 
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $59,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                          trade enforcement trust fund

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For activities of the United States Trade Representative authorized by 
section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 
U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Trade 
Enforcement Trust Fund:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to subsection 
(d)(1) of such section shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of 
this Act.

                             State Justice Institute

                              salaries and expenses

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

                                     TITLE V

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used 
for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.
    Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided herein.
    Sec. 503.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any 
consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 504.  If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision 
to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act 
and the application of each provision to persons or circumstances other than 
those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
    Sec. 505.  None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or 
initiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) 
relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, 
or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project, or activity, or 
numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any general savings, 
including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change 
in existing programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; unless 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or 
shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, the person 
shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized purchases of 
promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall be used to purchase 
items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its 
territories or possessions.
    (2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given the term in OMB 
Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
    Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Science 
Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a quarterly report on the status of balances of appropriations at the 
account level. For unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed 
balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts 
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the balances were 
derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports 
shall separately identify amounts by the year of obligation.
    (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted within 30 days 
of the end of each quarter.
    (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a reporting 
requirement described in subsection (a) due to a limitation of a current 
accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting system and shall identify and 
describe in each quarterly report the extent to which such aspect is not 
fulfilled.
    Sec. 508.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this 
Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken in response to 
funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total 
budgetary resources available to such department or agency:  Provided, That the 
authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary 
to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included 
elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, 
That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall also apply to actions 
taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property.
    Sec. 509.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to 
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the 
reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of 
tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied 
equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.
    Sec. 510.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts deposited or 
available in the Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of 
Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in excess of 
$1,353,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal 
year:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act, of the 
amounts available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and remain 
available until expended for oversight and auditing purposes associated with 
this section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office for Victims of 
Crime for grants, consistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, 
to Indian Tribes to improve services for victims of crime.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in 
this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral 
beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance 
is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such 
students.
    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred 
to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, 
except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct 
audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or 
contracts for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports 
to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may include preliminary 
findings and a description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days 
after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such 
audit is completed.
    (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in subsection 
(a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, 
Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results of 
the audit available to the public on the Internet website maintained by the 
Department, Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The 
results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude--
            (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United States 
        Code; and
            (2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the public 
        access to which could be used to commit identity theft or for other 
        inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
    (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney 
General, the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, certifying 
that no funds derived from the grant or contract will be made available through 
a subcontract or in any other manner to another person who has a financial 
interest in the person awarded the grant or contract.
    (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section shall take 
effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government 
Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially 
similar to the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under the 
executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and 
entities.
    Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as 
defined for security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology's (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199, 
``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information 
Systems'' unless the agency has--
            (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information systems 
        against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
        moderate-impact information systems within the Federal Government;
            (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive awardee 
        against available and relevant threat information provided by the FBI 
        and other appropriate agencies; and
            (3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate Federal 
        entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or 
        sabotage associated with the acquisition of such system, including any 
        risk associated with such system being produced, manufactured, or 
        assembled by one or more entities identified by the United States 
        Government as posing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, those 
        that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of 
        China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
        Korea, or the Russian Federation.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact information system 
reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing 
entity described in subsection (a) has--
            (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and supply chain 
        risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any identified risks;
            (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, that the 
        acquisition of such system is in the national interest of the United 
        States; and
            (3) reported that determination to the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the agency Inspector 
        General.
    Sec. 515.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used in any 
way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by any official or 
contract employee of the United States Government.
    Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of--
            (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-Singapore Free 
        Trade Agreement;
            (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-Australia Free 
        Trade Agreement; or
            (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-Morocco Free 
        Trade Agreement.
    Sec. 517.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of any of the 
following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic 
Communications Privacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National 
Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws 
amended by these Acts.
    Sec. 518.  If at any time during any quarter, the program manager of a 
project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that 
the total program cost has increased by 10 percent or more, the program manager 
shall immediately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. 
The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and 
shall include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; a 
statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed to be 
taken to control future cost growth of the project; changes made in the 
performance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes have 
contributed to the increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new 
estimates of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating 
that the project's management structure is adequate to control total project or 
procurement costs.
    Sec. 519.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer 
of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related activities are 
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2024 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 520.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than 
$5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective 
contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract 
or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or 
grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years 
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to 
certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the 
liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an 
installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the 
Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject 
of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

                                  (rescissions)

    Sec. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of 
Commerce, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than 
September 30, 2024, from the following accounts in the specified amounts--
            (1) ``Economic Development Administration--Economic Development 
        Assistance Programs'', $35,000,000, only from prior year appropriations;
            (2) ``Census Working Capital Fund'', $10,000,000;
            (3) ``National Institute of Standards and Technology--Working 
        Capital Fund'', $10,000,000;
            (4) ``Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'', $12,440,000,000, only from 
        amounts appropriated by section 101(e) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 
        of 2023 (Public Law 118-5); and
            (5) ``Departmental Management--Working Capital Fund'', $10,000,000.
    (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available to 
the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, 
not later than September 30, 2024, from the following accounts in the specified 
amounts--
            (1) ``Federal Bureau of Investigation--Salaries and Expenses'', 
        $367,700,000;
            (2) ``Federal Prison System--Buildings and Facilities'', 
        $19,000,000;
            (3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office on Violence 
        Against Women--Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution 
        Programs'', $5,000,000;
            (4) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of Justice 
        Programs'', $120,000,000; and
            (5) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community Oriented 
        Policing Services'', $15,000,000.
    (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice, the 
following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 
2024, from the following accounts in the specified amounts--
            (1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $131,572,000; and
            (2) ``Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture Fund'', $500,000,000.
    (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no 
later than September 1, 2024, specifying the amount of each rescission made 
pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c).
    (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall not be from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief 
requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall not be 
from--
            (1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 
        the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of 
        Justice Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in title 
        II of division B of Public Law 117-103 or Public Law 117-328; or
            (2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading ``State 
        and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community Oriented Policing 
        Services--Community Oriented Policing Services Programs'' in title II of 
        division B of Public Law 117-103 or Public Law 117-328.
    Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of sections 301-
10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 523.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send 
or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a Federal 
department or agency, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
conference occurring outside the United States unless--
            (1) such conference is a law enforcement training or operational 
        conference for law enforcement personnel and the majority of Federal 
        employees in attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside 
        the United States; or
            (2) such conference is a scientific conference and the department or 
        agency head determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
        and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 days of that 
        determination and the basis for that determination.
    Sec. 524.  The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts and include in its annual performance plan and 
performance and accountability reports the following:
            (1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
        instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in expired 
        grant accounts.
            (2) The method that the department, agency, or instrumentality uses 
        to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts.
            (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts 
        that may be returned to the Treasury of the United States.
            (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total number of 
        expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on the first day of 
        each fiscal year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality and the 
        total finances that have not been obligated to a specific project 
        remaining in the accounts.
    Sec. 525.  To the extent practicable, funds made available in this Act 
should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star'' qualified or 
have the ``Federal Energy Management Program'' designation.
    Sec. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council (NSC) to develop, 
design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, 
order, or contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate 
bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such 
activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to effectuate 
the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities belonging to or utilized 
by NASA.
    (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to 
activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, have certified--
            (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, data, 
        or other information with national security or economic security 
        implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; and
            (2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who have 
        been determined by the United States to have direct involvement with 
        violations of human rights.
    (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity 
in question and shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its 
agenda, its major participants, and its location and timing.
    Sec. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity 
carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
    Sec. 528.  The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Commission on 
Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the International 
Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, 
the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the United States Trade 
Representative, the National Space Council, and the State Justice Institute 
shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 529.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay 
award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or for performance that does not meet the basic 
requirements of a contract.
    Sec. 530.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in 
contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research'') of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) by the Department of Justice or 
the Drug Enforcement Administration.
    Sec. 531.  None of the funds made available under this Act to the Department 
of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, 
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, 
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, 
and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, or Puerto 
Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing their own laws that authorize the 
use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.
    Sec. 532.  The Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate on any official travel to China by any employee of such Department or 
agency, including the purpose of such travel.
    Sec. 533.  Of the amounts made available by this Act, not less than 10 
percent of each total amount provided, respectively, for Public Works grants 
authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants 
authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 
counties:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ``persistent 
poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most 
recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or possession 
of the United States.
    Sec. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act or any other 
Act may be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or 
employee of the United States in connection with requiring an export license for 
the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or attachments for 
firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as 
it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in 
any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section 
are met by the exporting party for such articles.
    (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--
            (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's Export 
        Declaration or notification letter required by law, or from being 
        otherwise eligible under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
        transport, or export the articles enumerated in subsection (a); and
            (2) does not permit the export without a license of--
                    (A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts for 
                such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal Government, 
                or a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada;
                    (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete 
                breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, other 
                than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or 
                Municipal Government of Canada; or
                    (C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign 
                destination.
    (c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of Customs and 
postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export without a license of 
any unclassified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in 
Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin 
items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen.
    (d) The President may require export licenses under this section on a 
temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first in the 
Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained 
inadequate import controls for the articles specified in subsection (a), such 
that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place 
for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another 
nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license when reasons 
for the temporary requirements have ceased.
    Sec. 535.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds 
under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of 
the United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a 
permit to import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or 
ammunition.
    Sec. 536.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application 
for the importation of any model of shotgun if--
            (1) all other requirements of law with respect to the proposed 
        importation are met; and
            (2) no application for the importation of such model of shotgun, in 
        the same configuration, had been denied by the Attorney General prior to 
        January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly 
        suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
    Sec. 537.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or 
expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a 
resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
    Sec. 538.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in the 
transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or 
possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
            (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces 
        of the United States; and
            (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United States 
        Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.
    Sec. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility 
in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of 
facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual who, as of 
June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control of the 
                Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
                Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Sec. 540. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of September 
30, 2024, from amounts made available to ``Office of the United States Trade 
Representative--Salaries and Expenses'' in section 540(a) of division B of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) are hereby rescinded, 
and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 
2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, and shall be available for the same purposes, in addition to 
other funds as may be available for such purposes, and under the same 
authorities for which the funds were provided in Public Law 116-113, except that 
all references to ``2023'' under such heading in Public Law 116-113 shall be 
deemed to refer instead to ``2026''.
    (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of September 30, 2024, 
from amounts made available to ``Office of the United States Trade 
Representative--Trade Enforcement Trust Fund'' in section 540(b) of division B 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) are hereby 
rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the 
amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 
30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, and shall be available for the same purposes, in 
addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and under the 
same authorities for which the funds were provided in Public Law 116-113, except 
that the reference to ``2023'' under such heading in Public Law 116-113 shall be 
deemed to refer instead to ``2026''.
    (c) The amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), 
as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, are designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (d) Each amount provided by this section is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 541.  Funds made available to the Department of Commerce and the 
Department of Justice in this Act and any remaining unobligated balances of 
funds made available to the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice 
in prior year Acts, other than amounts designated by the Congress as being for 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts 
made available under the heading ``Department of Justice--Legal Activities--Fees 
and Expenses of Witnesses'', shall be available to provide payments pursuant to 
section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)):  Provided, That payments made 
pursuant to the matter preceding this proviso may not exceed $5,000,000 for the 
Department of Commerce and $10,000,000 for the Department of Justice.
    Sec. 542.  Notwithstanding title II of division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), up to 0.7 percent of amounts made 
available to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration by 
such Act shall be available for salaries and expenses, administration, and 
oversight of programs administered by such Administration that received 
appropriations by such Act, in addition to amounts previously made available for 
such purpose:  Provided, That all such amounts shall be available across such 
programs and shall be available for salaries and expenses, administration, and 
oversight of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (as authorized by 
section 902 of division N of Public Law 116-260) and of the Broadband 
Connectivity Infrastructure Program (as authorized by section 905(d) of division 
N of Public Law 116-260), regardless of the heading under which such amounts 
were appropriated:  Provided further, That such amounts may be transferred 
between the appropriate accounts to carry out this section, in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in such Act:  Provided further, That this section 
shall not reduce the total allocation for any State under Program Notices of 
Available Amounts dated June 30, 2023:  Provided further, That amounts 
transferred pursuant to this section may be obligated only after the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds:  Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 543.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to move 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training 
Center or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, Virginia, to 
another location.
    Sec. 544. (a) Section 507(d) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``excluding subparagraph (F)'' after ``(a)(8)''.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code before the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 545.  Section 107(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``total costs of the 
projects described in the application submitted'' and inserting in its place 
``total project cost. In general, this project match requirement may be 
satisfied by contributions or expenditures committed to improve victim support 
services that promote victim recovery and reintegration into society, provided 
that these contributions and expenditures are consistent with applicable grant 
requirements and approved project scope''.
    Sec. 546. (a)(1)(A) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Commerce shall allocate amounts made available from the Creating Helpful 
Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 
2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 
2022 (division A of Public Law 117-167), including the transfer authority in 
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the accounts specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities specified, in the table 
titled ``Department of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), and pursuant to the direction included in the classified annex 
accompanying this Act.
    (B) Not later than October 15, 2024, and notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate from the amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) 
for America Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-167), 
including the transfer authority in such paragraphs of that section of that Act, 
to the account specified, in the amount specified, and for the project and 
activity specified, in the table titled ``Department of Commerce Allocation of 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 
2025'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and pursuant to the direction 
included in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
    (C) Not later than October 15, 2025, and notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate from the amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) 
for America Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-167), 
including the transfer authority in such paragraphs of that section of that Act, 
to the accounts specified, in the amounts not to exceed that specified, and for 
the projects and activities specified, in the table titled ``Department of 
Commerce Allocation of National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: 
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and pursuant to 
the direction included in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
    (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall allocate amounts made available from the Creating 
Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Workforce and 
Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS 
Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-167), to the account specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities specified in the table 
titled ``National Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 
2024'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are 
made available for any fiscal year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act 
of 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is in effect an Act 
making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies:  Provided, 
That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to 
the allocation, apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing 
administration of programs allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 
which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for 
such purposes in subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, and subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 
Act--
            (1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate funds allocated to 
        Industrial Technology Services for section 9906 of Public Law 116-283 by 
        subsection (a)(1) of this section; and
            (2) the Director of the National Science Foundation may reallocate 
        funds allocated to the CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund by 
        subsection (a)(2) of this section.
    (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal 
year 2025, the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 
allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, with detailed 
justifications, for amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and section 
102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2025.
    (e) The Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation, as 
appropriate, shall each provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America Fund for amounts 
allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, and section 543(a)(1) 
of division B of Public Law 117-328, the status of balances of projects and 
activities funded by the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund for 
amounts allocated pursuant to section 543 (a)(2) of division B of Public Law 
117-328, and the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the 
CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B of Public 
Law 117-328, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.
    This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

  DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
                                    ACT, 2024

                                     TITLE I

                            CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                             DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                            Corps of Engineers--Civil

    The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for 
authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river and 
harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem 
restoration, and related efforts.

                                 investigations

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection and study 
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 
for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for 
restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when 
authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of 
projects prior to construction, $142,990,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, 
once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading, $11,413,000 is 
rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                                  construction

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications, of such projects (including those involving participation by 
States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for 
selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall 
not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); $1,854,688,000, 
to remain available until expended; of which $114,775,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of 
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities 
program; and of which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of the 
costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except 
as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  Provided, That of the 
unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $9,678,000 is rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That of the 
unobligated balances from amounts made available under this heading in division 
J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) for which 
spend plan allocations have not been announced as of the date of enactment of 
this Act, $1,434,500,000 shall be used, regardless of project purpose and in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, for projects 
specified in the table titled ``Corps of Engineers--Construction'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act), and, when combined with the amounts made available in 
the matter preceding the first proviso under this heading, shall not in total 
exceed the amount for any project as specified in such table:  Provided further, 
That projects receiving funds pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be subject 
to the terms and conditions of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit directly to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a work plan that 
includes the amount that each project specified in the table titled ``Corps of 
Engineers--Construction'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) will receive from 
amounts made available in the matter preceding the first proviso under this 
heading and from amounts repurposed pursuant to the third proviso under this 
heading:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work 
plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed under this 
heading that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, 
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House 
of Representatives.

                        mississippi river and tributaries

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and related 
efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 
as authorized by law, $368,037,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$6,057,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to 
cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland 
harbors:  Provided, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, 
once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading, $1,110,000 is rescinded: 
 Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.

                            operation and maintenance

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of existing 
river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem 
restoration, and related projects authorized by law; providing security for 
infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including administrative 
buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, 
municipality, or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of 
general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting northern and 
northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; 
and removing obstructions to navigation, $5,552,816,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $2,650,168,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operations and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for 
inland harbors; of which such sums as become available from the special account 
for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for resource protection, 
research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource 
protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; of which such 
sums as become available from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 
104-303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 
dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected; 
and of which $58,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the Treasury, 
shall be to carry out subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be designated as 
being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14003 of division B 
of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136):  
Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be 
allocated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth 
quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief of 
Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate 
during the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for 
emergency activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for 
the programs, projects, or activities:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That 
of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $30,000 is rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                               regulatory program

    For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation 
of navigable waters and wetlands, $221,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                 formerly utilized sites remedial action program

    For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the United 
States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation's early atomic energy 
program, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                      flood control and coastal emergencies

    For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other natural 
disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in 
response to such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                                    expenses

    For expenses necessary for the supervision and general administration of the 
civil works program in the headquarters of the Corps of Engineers and the 
offices of the Division Engineers; and for costs of management and operation of 
the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water 
Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil 
works program, $216,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 
purposes and only during the current fiscal year:  Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 
works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works 
executive direction and management activities of the division offices:  Provided 
further, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be 
used to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency operations, 
repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, hurricane, or other 
natural disaster.

          office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works

    For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works as 
authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount may 
be obligated or expended until the Assistant Secretary submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the report required under section 
101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the 
additional funding provided under each heading in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), to specific programs, projects, or activities:  Provided further, That not 
more than 90 percent of such amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for obligation until the Assistant Secretary provides in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress recommendations for 
the appropriate level of design during feasibility studies, the appropriate 
level of preconstruction engineering and design required before a construction 
new start, and how cost estimate classifications may best be adjusted for 
changing environments.

           water infrastructure finance and innovation program account

    For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, as 
authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 
$2,200,000, to remain available until expended, for safety projects to maintain, 
upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National Inventory of Dams with a 
primary owner type of state, local government, public utility, or private:  
Provided, That no project may be funded with amounts provided under this heading 
for a dam that is identified as jointly owned in the National Inventory of Dams 
and where one of those joint owners is the Federal Government:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall also 
be available for projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair levees and 
ancillary features with a primary owner type of state, municipal, county, 
private, or other non-Federal entity:  Provided further, That no project may be 
funded with amounts provided under this heading for a levee unless the Secretary 
has certified in advance, in writing, that the levee is not owned, in whole or 
in part, by the Federal Government:  Provided further, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including 
capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$440,000,000:  Provided further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee 
authority under this heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans 
for any project shall be in accordance with the criteria published in the 
Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso 
under the heading ``Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program 
Account'' in division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116-94):  Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading shall be available for any 
project unless the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan or loan 
guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the criteria referenced in 
the previous proviso:  Provided further, That any references to the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Administrator in the criteria 
referenced in the previous two provisos shall be deemed to be references to the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army, respectively, for purposes 
of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made available under this 
heading:  Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide, documentation and 
information relating to a project identified in a Letter of Interest submitted 
to the Secretary pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applications 
for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act 
Program, including with respect to a project that was initiated or completed 
before the date of enactment of this Act.
    In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 5029 and 
5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be 
deposited in this account, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                  GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this Act, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title I of 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2024, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that:
            (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
        activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
        of both Houses of Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity for a 
        different purpose, unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
        on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or activities 
        in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs (6) through (10), 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
        of both Houses of Congress;
            (6) Investigations.--For a base level over $100,000, reprogramming 
        of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, 
        study or activity is allowed:  Provided, That for a base level less than 
        $100,000, the reprogramming limit is $25,000:  Provided further, That up 
        to $25,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
        that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
        concomitant administrative expenses;
            (7) Construction.--For a base level over $2,000,000, reprogramming 
        of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per 
        project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided, That for a base level 
        less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $300,000:  Provided 
        further, That up to $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled 
        contractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate deficiency 
        judgments:  Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed 
        into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an 
        appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative 
        expenses;
            (8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming authority is 
        granted for the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies:  Provided, 
        That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the Committees on 
        Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of these emergency actions as 
        soon thereafter as practicable:  Provided further, That for a base level 
        over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a 
        limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed:  
        Provided further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, the 
        reprogramming limit is $150,000:  Provided further, That $150,000 may be 
        reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive 
        an appropriation;
            (9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--The reprogramming guidelines 
        in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, 
        Construction, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the Mississippi 
        River and Tributaries Account, respectively; and
            (10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--Reprogramming 
        of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving project is permitted.
    (b) De Minimus Reprogrammings.--In no case should a reprogramming for less 
than $50,000 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.
    (c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to 
any project or activity funded under the continuing authorities program.
    (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming 
and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year which shall include:
            (1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column to display 
        the President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 
        adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fiscal 
        year enacted level;
            (2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object 
        class and program, project and activity as detailed in the budget 
        appendix for the respective appropriations; and
            (3) An identification of items of special congressional interest.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall allocate funds made available in this Act 
solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).
    Sec. 103.  None of the funds made available in this title may be used to 
award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated 
for that program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, except that such 
amounts may include any funds that have been made available through 
reprogramming pursuant to section 101.
    Sec. 104.  The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and expend, up to 
$8,200,000 of funds provided in this title under the heading ``Operation and 
Maintenance'' to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for an open lake 
placement alternative for dredged material, after evaluating the least costly, 
environmentally acceptable manner for the disposal or management of dredged 
material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it is 
approved under a State water quality certification pursuant to section 401 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341):  Provided, That until 
an open lake placement alternative for dredged material is approved under a 
State water quality certification, the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland 
placement of such dredged material consistent with the requirements of section 
101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211).
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry 
out any water supply reallocation study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake 
Cumberland, Kentucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 
Stat. 636, ch. 595).
    Sec. 107.  Additional funding provided in this Act shall be allocated only 
to projects determined to be eligible by the Chief of Engineers.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any prior Act may 
be used to alter the eligibility requirements for assistance under section 5 of 
the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) in effect on November 14, 2022, 
without express authorization by Congress.
    Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other requirement, the remaining unobligated 
balances from amounts made available under the heading ``Corps of Engineers--
Civil--Construction'' in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117-58) for which spend plan allocations have not been announced 
as of the date of enactment of this Act (other than such balances otherwise 
repurposed by the third proviso under such heading in this title) may be made 
available for projects, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such 
purposes and regardless of project purpose, that have previously received funds 
under the heading ``Construction'' in title IV of division B of the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) subject to the terms and conditions of 
such title IV of division B as applicable and as specifically modified by 
section 111 of this Act, or in chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief 
Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113-2) subject to the terms 
and conditions of such chapter 4 of title X as applicable and as specifically 
modified by section 111 of this Act, and for which non-Federal interests have 
entered into binding agreements with the Secretary as of the date of enactment 
of this Act:  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 110.  The remaining unobligated balances from amounts provided under 
the heading ``Construction'' in title IV of the Disaster Relief Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117-43) for which spend plan 
allocations were announced prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
reallocated to the same project, including modifications thereto, and in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, that has 
previously received funds under such heading in title IV of division B of the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), subject to the terms and 
conditions of such title IV of division B of Public Law 115-123 as applicable 
and as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act:  Provided, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
    Sec. 111.  Studies or projects receiving funds under the following headings 
in the following Acts as of the date of enactment of this Act are not required 
to be completed with such funds and may receive funds from this Act or future 
Acts, and any additional funds for such studies and projects shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions applicable to the following headings in the 
following Acts--
            (1) ``Investigations'' or ``Construction'' in title IV of division B 
        of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123);
            (2) ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Construction'' in chapter 4 of 
        title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of 
        Public Law 113-2); and
            (3) ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Investigations'' in title III of 
        division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
        117-58).
    Sec. 112.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made 
available to ``Corps of Engineers--Civil'', the following funds shall be 
transferred from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts to 
``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Investigations'' and, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purposes, shall be used for studies that have 
previously received funds provided under the heading ``Investigations'' in title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) or 
under such heading in title III of division J of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) and for which non-Federal interests have 
entered into feasibility cost sharing agreements with the Secretary as of the 
date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) $371,293.38 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 
        109-148;
            (2) $562,613.89 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 3 of title I of division B of 
        Public Law 109-148 that were provided for the Mississippi River-Gulf 
        Outlet channel;
            (3) $38,873.32 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title II of Public Law 109-234 that 
        were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the North 
        Padre Island, Texas project, the Sacramento, California, Area project, 
        and the Hawaii Water Systems Technical Assistance Program;
            (4) $95.55 from the combined unobligated balances under the 
        ``Construction'' headings in chapter 3 of title IV and chapter 3 of 
        title V of Public Law 110-28;
            (5) $83,734.13 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title III of Public Law 110-252, 
        including amounts that were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and 
        Vicinity project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, and the Southeast 
        Louisiana Urban Drainage project;
            (6) $2,122.56 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 3 of title III of Public Law 
        110-252;
            (7) $10.72 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Mississippi River and Tributaries'' in chapter 3 of title III of 
        Public Law 110-252;
            (8) $274,678.03 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title I of division B of Public Law 
        110-329 that were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity 
        project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, and the Southeast Louisiana 
        Urban Drainage project;
            (9) $267,434.81 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 3 of title I of division B of 
        Public Law 110-329;
            (10) $0.02 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in title IV of Public Law 111-32;
            (11) $246,869.24 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 4 of title I of Public Law 111-
        212; and
            (12) $2,643,142.04 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in title I of Public Law 112-77:
  Provided, That studies receiving funding pursuant to this section shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions of the heading ``Investigations'' in title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) or 
such heading in title III of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), as applicable and as specifically modified by 
section 111 of this Act:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed or 
transferred pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or as being for disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.

                                    TITLE II

                           DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                              Central Utah Project

                     central utah project completion account

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project 
Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$4,650,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Commission:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$1,750,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for expenses necessary 
in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior:  
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, of the amount made available to the 
Commission under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,990,000 for administrative expenses.

                              Bureau of Reclamation

    The following appropriations shall be expended to execute authorized 
functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:

                           water and related resources

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For management, development, and restoration of water and related natural 
resources and for related activities, including the operation, maintenance, and 
rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling 
related Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, and 
cooperative and other agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,751,698,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,051,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper 
Colorado River Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be 
necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund:  Provided, That 
$500,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging Infrastructure Account 
established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009, as amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)):  Provided further, That such transfers, 
except for the transfer authorized by the preceding proviso, may be increased or 
decreased within the overall appropriation under this heading:  Provided 
further, That of the total appropriated, the amount for program activities that 
can be financed by the Reclamation Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement Receipts 
account established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114-322, or the Bureau of 
Reclamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived 
from that Fund or account:  Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes for which the funds 
were contributed:  Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a 
shall be credited to this account and are available until expended for the same 
purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading:  Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $5,500,000 shall be deposited in 
the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund established by section 110 of title I of 
division B of appendix D of Public Law 106-554:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706:  Provided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall be for 
grants and financial assistance for educational activities:  Provided further, 
That in accordance with section 4007 of Public Law 114-322 and as recommended by 
the Secretary in a letter dated July 25, 2023, funding provided for such purpose 
in fiscal year 2023 and prior fiscal years shall be made available to the Sites 
Reservoir Project.

                     central valley project restoration fund

    For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restoration, 
improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act, such sums as may be collected in fiscal year 2024 in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 
3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102-575, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments 
authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102-575:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for the 
acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already 
committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order.

                        california bay-delta restoration

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, Reliability, and 
Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with plans to be approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which such amounts as may be necessary to carry out such activities may be 
transferred to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to 
carry out authorized purposes:  Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be 
used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program management:  Provided 
further, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 
with clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving 
the goals and objectives of the Program.

                            policy and administration

    For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related functions in 
the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and offices in the six 
regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, $66,794,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be 
nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 
be used for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That no 
part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or 
functions budgeted as policy and administration expenses.

                            administrative provision

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase 
and replacement of not to exceed 30 motor vehicles, which are for replacement 
only.

                 GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for Water 
and Related Resources, or provided by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related 
Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2024, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that--
            (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which 
        funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval 
        is received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
        Congress;
            (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for which 
        funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior approval is received 
        from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
        Houses of Congress:
                    (A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity for 
                which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning of the 
                fiscal year; or
                    (B) $400,000 for any program, project or activity for which 
                less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the fiscal 
                year;
            (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 
        Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the Resources 
        Management and Development category to any program, project, or activity 
        in the other category, unless prior approval is received from the 
        Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; or
            (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations of the 
        Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds 
        for settled contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 
        accelerated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
        of both Houses of Congress.
    (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds within the 
Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``transfer'' means any movement 
of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.
    (d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the amounts made 
available in this title under the heading ``Bureau of Reclamation--Water and 
Related Resources'' shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities 
specified in the ``Final Bill'' columns in the ``Water and Related Resources'' 
table included under the heading ``Title II--Department of the Interior'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act).
    (e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress detailing all the 
funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of 
funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to determine the final point of discharge for the 
interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of 
the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the 
water quality standards of the State of California as approved by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
    (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the costs of 
the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by the Secretary of 
the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid 
pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the 
``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan'' described in the report entitled 
``Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley 
Drainage Program, February 1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States 
relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San 
Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such 
service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.
    Sec. 203.  Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking ``$820,000,000'' and inserting 
``$920,000,000''.
    Sec. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta 
Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 204 of division D of 
Public Law 117-103, shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' for ``2022'' each 
place it appears.
    (b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta 
Authorization Act) is amended by striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting 
``$30,000,000''.
    Sec. 205.  Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111-11 (Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009) shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' for ``2022''.
    Sec. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 
Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' 
for ``2022''.
    (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' for ``2022'' and 
by substituting ``$130,000,000'' for ``$120,000,000''.
    Sec. 207.  Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' for ``2023''.

                                    TITLE III

                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                                 ENERGY PROGRAMS

                     Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for 
energy efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $3,460,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $223,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program direction.

             Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for 
energy sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response activities 
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
such amount, $28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for 
program direction.

                                   Electricity

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for 
electricity activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $280,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $19,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction:  Provided further, That funds under 
this heading allocated for the purposes of section 9 of the Small Business Act, 
as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), including for Small Business Innovation Research and 
Small Business Technology Transfer activities, or for the purposes of section 
1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for 
Technology Commercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed without being 
subject to the restrictions in section 301 of this Act.

                                 Grid Deployment

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for 
grid deployment in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $6,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction.

                                 Nuclear Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for 
nuclear energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,685,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $90,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction:  Provided further, That for the 
purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, the 
only amount available shall be from the amount specified as including that 
purpose in the ``Final Bill'' column in the ``Department of Energy'' table 
included under the heading ``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act).

                       Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out fossil energy 
and carbon management research and development activities, under the authority 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, 
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations and research 
concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances 
without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 
1603), $865,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
amount $70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

                                 Energy Projects

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out community 
project funding activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $83,724,000, to remain available 
until expended, for projects specified in the table that appears under the 
heading ``Congressionally Directed Spending for Energy Projects'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act).

                     Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and 
oil shale reserve activities, $13,010,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds 
remaining from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil 
shale reserve activities.

                           Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant 
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
$213,390,000, to remain available until expended.

                              SPR Petroleum Account

    For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of petroleum products, 
and for other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), section 32204 of the 
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and section 
30204 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), $100,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                       Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast Home Heating Oil 
Reserve storage, operation, and management activities pursuant to the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,150,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                        Energy Information Administration

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the activities 
of the Energy Information Administration, $135,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                        Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-
defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $342,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant 
to subsection (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United States Code, and 
deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 309 of 
title III of division C of Public Law 116-94 are appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for mercury storage costs.

           Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out uranium 
enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, remedial actions, and 
other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $855,000,000, to be derived from 
the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain 
available until expended, of which $0 shall be available in accordance with 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                     Science

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for 
science activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 35 
passenger motor vehicles, $8,240,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $226,831,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2025, for program direction.

                             Nuclear Waste Disposal

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for nuclear waste disposal 
activities to carry out the purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 
Public Law 97-425, as amended, $12,040,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund.

                             Technology Transitions

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for carrying out the activities 
of technology transitions, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2025, for program direction.

                           Clean Energy Demonstrations

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for 
clean energy demonstrations in carrying out the purposes of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $27,500,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction.

                    Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the activities 
authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110-69), 
$460,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
amount, $40,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

              Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

    Such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to 
section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior 
Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974:  Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses of the 
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 
$70,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided further, That up to $70,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2024 
pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited 
as offsetting collections under this heading and used for necessary 
administrative expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That to the extent that fees collected in 
fiscal year 2024 exceed $70,000,000, those excess amounts shall be credited as 
offsetting collections under this heading and available in future fiscal years 
only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
(1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2024 (estimated at $70,000,000) 
and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can be 
derived from fees collected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, That the Department of Energy 
shall not subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in violation of 
section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed 
Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

             Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in carrying out 
the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, $13,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

                      Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in carrying out 
the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, $6,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                        Indian Energy Policy and Programs

    For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
$70,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $14,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2025, for program direction.

                           Departmental Administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $387,078,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, including the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$30,000, plus such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 
estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.):  Provided, That such increases 
in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount:  
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous 
revenues estimated to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 2024 may be retained and 
used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized by section 201 of 
Public Law 95-238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $286,500,000.

                         Office of the Inspector General

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General in carrying 
out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $86,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                        ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                    NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                               Weapons Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses 
necessary for atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$19,108,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
amount, $118,056,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

                        Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses 
necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,581,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                 Naval Reactors

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors activities to 
carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or 
otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and 
facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, $92,800,000 shall be transferred to ``Department of Energy--Energy 
Programs--Nuclear Energy'', for the Advanced Test Reactor:  Provided, That of 
such amount made available under this heading, $61,540,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025, for program direction.

                          Federal Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, $500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, including official reception and representation expenses not 
to exceed $17,000.

                   ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                          Defense Environmental Cleanup

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$7,285,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such 
amount, $326,893,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

         Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup 
activities for Department of Energy contributions for uranium enrichment 
decontamination and decommissioning activities, $285,000,000, to be deposited 
into the Defense Environmental Cleanup account, which shall be transferred to 
the ``Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund''.

                            Other Defense Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and 
acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses, necessary for 
atomic energy defense, other defense activities, and classified activities, in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $1,080,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
of such amount, $381,593,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for 
program direction.

                         POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                      Bonneville Power Administration Fund

    Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established 
pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000:  Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2024, no new direct loan obligations may be made.

          Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

    For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power transmission 
facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, including transmission 
wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $8,449,000, 
including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 
up to $8,449,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 
sale of power and related services shall be credited to this account as 
discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power 
Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $0:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$71,850,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures:  Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that 
they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).

          Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

    For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power transmission 
facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, for construction and 
acquisition of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and 
for administrative expenses, including official reception and representation 
expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power 
Administration, $52,326,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 
(16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $40,886,000 collected by the Southwestern Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the 
Southwestern Power Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received 
during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $11,440,000:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power 
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase 
power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making 
purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  Provided further, That for purposes 
of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally 
recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses).

  Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power 
                                 Administration

    For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 302(a)(1)(E) 
of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities 
including conservation and renewable resources programs as authorized, 
$313,289,000, including official reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended, of which 
$313,289,000 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $213,417,000 collected by the 
Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to 
remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual 
expenses of the Western Area Power Administration:  Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $99,872,000, of which $99,872,000 is 
derived from the Reclamation Fund:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $475,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be 
credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures:  Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that 
they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).

                Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

    For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric 
facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $3,425,000, to remain available until 
expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in 
section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255):  Provided, That 
notwithstanding the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$3,197,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of 
power and related services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the 
hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $228,000:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered 
in the same year that they are incurred:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2024, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up 
to $1,872,000 in funds contributed by United States power customers of the 
Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which 
contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appropriated 
for such purpose:  Provided further, That any such funds shall be available 
without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the 
Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, 
rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these 
Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, 
Commissioner, and the power customers.

                      Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to carry 
out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $520,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $520,000,000 of 
revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in 
fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in this 
account, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are 
received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made available by this 
title for the Department of Energy shall be used to initiate or resume any 
program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or similar arrangements (including Requests for Quotations, Requests for 
Information, and Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or 
activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by Congress.
    (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business days in 
advance, none of the funds made available in this title may be used to--
            (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling 
        $1,000,000 or more;
            (B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Transaction 
        Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a contract covered by 
        the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
            (C) provide nonoperational funding through a competition restricted 
        only to Department of Energy National Laboratories totaling $1,000,000 
        or more;
            (D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a Department of 
        Energy National Laboratory totaling $25,000,000 or more;
            (E) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, or 
        Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); 
        or
            (F) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, award, or 
        Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a 
report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling 
less than $1,000,000 provided during the previous quarter.
    (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report required by 
paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, the amount of the award, 
the fiscal year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, the account 
and program, project, or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the 
title of the award, and a brief description of the activity for which the award 
is made.
    (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any program, project, 
or activity that uses budget authority made available in this title under the 
heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs'', enter into a multiyear 
contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative 
agreement unless--
            (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded for the 
        full period of performance as anticipated at the time of award; or
            (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes a clause 
        conditioning the Federal Government's obligation on the availability of 
        future year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Committees 
        on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance.
    (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the amounts made 
available by this title shall be expended as authorized by law for the programs, 
projects, and activities specified in the ``Final Bill'' column in the 
``Department of Energy'' table included under the heading ``Title III--
Department of Energy'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (e) The amounts made available by this title may be reprogrammed for any 
program, project, or activity, and the Department shall notify, and obtain the 
prior approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause 
any program, project, or activity funding level to increase or decrease by more 
than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered 
by this Act.
    (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
        activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this Act; or
            (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific 
        program, project, or activity by this Act.
    (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement or restriction in 
this section that applies to the use of funds made available for the Department 
of Energy if compliance with such requirement or restriction would pose a 
substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national 
security.
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as 
practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a 
requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall 
include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that 
permitted such waiver.
    (h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities 
in this Act may be available to the same appropriation accounts for such 
activities established pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be 
accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.
    Sec. 302.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be used for 
the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard nuclear facilities 
under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of 
Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in compliance with nuclear 
safety requirements.
    Sec. 303.  None of the funds made available in this title may be used to 
approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under Department of Energy 
Order 413.3B, or any successive departmental guidance, for construction projects 
where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent 
cost estimate has been developed for the project for that critical decision.
    Sec. 304.  None of the funds made available in this title may be used to 
support a grant allocation award, discretionary grant award, or cooperative 
agreement that exceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project is 
carried out through internal independent project management procedures.
    Sec. 305.  No funds shall be transferred directly from ``Department of 
Energy--Power Marketing Administration--Colorado River Basins Power Marketing 
Fund, Western Area Power Administration'' to the general fund of the Treasury in 
the current fiscal year.
    Sec. 306.  Only $35,000,000 of the amounts made available in this Act under 
the heading ``Weapons Activities'' for W80-4 Alteration-SLCM, as specified in 
the ``Final Bill'' column in the ``Department of Energy'' table included under 
the heading ``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), shall be available for obligation until 15 days after the date on which 
the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration certifies in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that the 
Administrator is in compliance with the requirements of subsection (c) and 
subsection (d) of section 1642 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
    Sec. 307. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to the 
Department of Energy under each heading in title III of division J of Public Law 
117-58, an amount equal to the amount transferred from each such heading as of 
September 30, 2023, pursuant to section 303 of Public Law 117-58 shall be 
transferred not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act to 
the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Energy to oversee the 
funds made available to the Department of Energy in Public Law 117-58:  
Provided, That any amounts so transferred that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) 
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
    (b) As of the date of enactment of this Act, of the amounts made available 
to the Department of Energy under each of sections 50121, 50141, 50142, 50143, 
50144, 50145, 50151, 50152, 50153, and 50161 of Public Law 117-169, two-tenths 
of one percent of such amounts shall be transferred to the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Energy to oversee the funds made 
available to the Department of Energy in Public Law 117-169:  Provided, That 
amounts so transferred shall be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts 
under each such section.
    (c) Section 303 of Public Law 117-58 is amended by striking ``through 2026'' 
and inserting ``and 2023, and two-tenths of such amounts made available in each 
of fiscal years 2024 through 2026'':  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant 
to the amendments made by this subsection that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) 
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6247), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down 
and sell one million barrels of refined petroleum product from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024.
    (b) All proceeds from such sale shall be deposited into the general fund of 
the Treasury during fiscal year 2024.
    (c) Upon the completion of such sale, the Secretary shall carry out the 
closure of the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve.
    (d)(1) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any new regional petroleum 
product reserve unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum product 
reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budget submitted by the 
President pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and approved 
by the Congress in an appropriations Act.
    (2) The budget request or notification shall include--
            (A) the justification for the new reserve;
            (B) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and 
        maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;
            (C) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including the 
        conditions upon which the products may be released;
            (D) the location of the reserve; and
            (E) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.
    Sec. 309.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to draw 
down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any 
entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese 
Communist Party; or (2) except on condition that such petroleum products will 
not be exported to the People's Republic of China.
    Sec. 310. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
the Secretary of Energy to award any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or 
loan of $10,000,000 or greater to an entity of concern as defined in section 
10114 of division B of Public Law 117-167.
    (b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements under subsection (a) 
using a risk-based approach and analytical tools to aggregate, link, analyze, 
and maintain information reported by an entity seeking or receiving such funds 
made available by this Act.
    (c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 
obligations of the United States under applicable international agreements.
    (d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require the submission to the 
agency, by an entity seeking or receiving such funds made available by this Act, 
documentation necessary to implement the requirements under subsection (a).
    (e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the 
``Paperwork Reduction Act''), shall not apply to the implementation of the 
requirements under this section.
    (f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall coordinate to share 
relevant information necessary to implement the requirements under subsection 
(a).
    Sec. 311. (a) Of the unobligated amounts available under the heading 
``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear Energy'' in division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) for fiscal years 
2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 the following shall be available, in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available for these purposes:
            (1)(A) $500,000,000 for not more than two competitive awards for 
        commercial utility deployment projects for a grid scale Generation 3+ 
        small modular reactor design pursuant to section 959A of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005, of which $200,000,000 shall be available in fiscal 
        year 2024 and $300,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2025; and
            (B) up to $300,000,000 for the not more than two awards made under 
        subparagraph (A) shall be available in fiscal year 2026.
            (2) $100,000,000 for one or more competitive awards to support 
        design, licensing, supplier development, and site preparation of a grid-
        scale Generation 3+ reactor design under the Advanced Small Modular 
        Reactor RD&D program.
            (3)(A) $50,000,000 for university and college-based nuclear reactor 
        safety training as authorized by law, including section 31 of the Atomic 
        Energy Act of 1954, section 4 of the Nuclear Safety, Research, 
        Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980, and section 10745 of the 
        Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (division B of 
        Public Law 117-167); and
            (B) up to $50,000,000 for the training under subparagraph (A) shall 
        be available in fiscal year 2025.
    (b)  Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 312. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts previously 
appropriated under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear 
Energy'' in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58) that were made available for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, up to 
$2,720,000,000 shall be available, in addition to amounts otherwise available, 
for necessary expenses to carry out the Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 
(section 3131 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
(Public Law 118-31)):  Provided, That if insufficient unobligated balances are 
available from such fiscal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 amounts to fund a total 
amount for such purpose of up to $2,720,000,000, then up to $800,000,000 from 
amounts previously appropriated under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy 
Programs--Nuclear Energy'' in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) that are made available for fiscal year 2025 may be 
made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available, for such purpose to 
meet such total amount:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to 
this section may be transferred to ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--
American Energy Independence Fund'' in either fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 
2025:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may use the amounts 
repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made available pursuant to this section to 
enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other 
similar transactions with public agencies and private organizations and persons, 
as authorized by section 646(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7256(a)), for such periods of time and subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, without regard to section 161(u) 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(u)):  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts from the sale or transfer of LEU and 
HALEU or from any other transaction in connection with the amounts repurposed, 
transferred, or otherwise made available pursuant to this section shall 
hereafter be credited to the ``American Energy Independence Fund'' as 
discretionary offsetting collections and shall be available, for the same 
purposes as funds repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section, to the 
extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided 
further, That receipts may hereafter be collected from transactions entered into 
pursuant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(iii) of the Energy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 
16281(a)(2)(F)(iii)) and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts from any 
transaction entered into pursuant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii)) shall hereafter be credited to the 
``American Energy Independence Fund'' as discretionary offsetting collections 
and shall be available, for the same purposes as funds repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section, to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may use 
funds repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made available pursuant to this 
section for a commitment only if the full extent of the anticipated costs 
stemming from that commitment is recorded as an obligation at the time that the 
commitment is made and only to the extent that up-front obligation is recorded 
in full at that time:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement 
in the House of Representatives.
    (b) Amounts may not be repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section 
until a law is enacted or administrative action is taken to prohibit or limit 
importation of LEU and HALEU from the Russian Federation or by a Russian entity 
into the United States.
    (c) The Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (section 3131 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31)) is amended--
            (1) in subsections (f)(1)(B)(i) and (h)(4)(B)(i) to read as 
        follows--
                            ``(i) may not make commitments under this subsection 
                        (including cooperative agreements (used in accordance 
                        with section 6305 of title 31, United States Code), 
                        purchase agreements, guarantees, leases, service 
                        contracts, or any other type of commitment) for the 
                        purchase or other acquisition of HALEU or LEU unless 
                        funds are specifically provided for those purposes in 
                        advance in appropriations Acts enacted after the date of 
                        enactment of this Act; and''.
            (2) in subjection (j) to read as follows--
    ``(j) Reasonable Compensation.--In carrying out activities under this 
section, the Secretary shall ensure that any LEU and HALEU made available by the 
Secretary under 1 or more of the Programs is subject to reasonable compensation, 
taking into account the fair market value of the LEU or HALEU and the purposes 
of this section.''.
    Sec. 313. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the funds made available to 
the Department of Energy in this or any other Act, including prior Acts and Acts 
other than appropriations Acts, may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
any contractor detailed to a Congressional Committee or Member Office or to the 
Executive Branch for longer than a 24-month period, to perform a scope of work, 
or participate in any matter, with the intent to influence decisions or 
determinations regarding a Department of Energy National Laboratory, or 
participate in any matter that may have a direct and predictable effect on the 
contractor's employer or personal financial interest:  Provided, That with 
respect to contractors detailed to a Congressional Committee or Member Office or 
to the Executive Branch as of the date of enactment of this Act, the initial 24-
month period described in this subsection shall be deemed to have begun on the 
later of the date on which such contractor was detailed or the date that is 12 
months before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, the term ``contractor'' is defined to 
mean any contracted employee of a Department of Energy National Laboratory, as 
defined by section 2 (3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
    Sec. 314. (a) The fifty-first proviso under the heading ``Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy'' in title III of division J of Public Law 117-58 is 
amended by striking ``three percent'' each place it appears and inserting ``five 
percent''.
    (b) The eighth proviso under the heading ``Cybersecurity, Energy Security, 
and Emergency Response'' in title III of division J of Public Law 117-58 is 
amended by striking ``three percent'' each place it appears and inserting ``five 
percent''.
    (c) The tenth proviso under the heading ``Electricity'' in title III of 
division J of Public Law 117-58 is amended by striking ``three percent'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``five percent''.
    (d) The twenty-second proviso under the heading ``Fossil Energy and Carbon 
Management'' in title III of division J of Public Law 117-58 is amended by 
striking ``three percent'' each place it appears and inserting ``five percent''.
    (e) The twenty-sixth proviso under the heading ``Office of Clean Energy 
Demonstrations'' in title III of division J of Public Law 117-58 is amended by 
striking ``three percent'' each place it appears and inserting ``five percent''.
    (f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.

                                    TITLE IV

                              INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                         Appalachian Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, and for expenses 
necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian 
Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative 
expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in 
carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 
by Public Law 100-456, section 1441, $42,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                            Delta Regional Authority

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and to carry out its 
activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, 
notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $31,100,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                                Denali Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as necessary and 
other expenses, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwithstanding 
the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 
1998:  Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
307(c) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998, as amended, funds shall be 
available for construction projects for which the Denali Commission is the sole 
or primary funding source in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of total project 
cost for distressed communities, as defined by such section and by section 701 
of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-280), and for 
Indian Tribes, as defined by section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, 
and in an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding 
payment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, 
amounts under this heading shall be available for the payment of such a non-
Federal share for any project for which the Denali Commission is not the sole or 
primary funding source, provided that such project is consistent with the 
purposes of the Commission.

                       Northern Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional Commission in 
carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States 
Code, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 
15751(b) of title 40, United States Code.

                     Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission in 
carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States 
Code, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                      Southwest Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Regional Commission in 
carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States 
Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                              Great Lakes Authority

    For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Authority in carrying out 
activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                          Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out the purposes of 
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$928,317,580, including official representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
herein, not more than $10,350,720 may be made available for salaries, travel, 
and other support costs for the Office of the Commission, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 
inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at 
$794,341,580 in fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and used for necessary 
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $133,976,000.

                           office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $15,769,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That revenues from licensing 
fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at 
$12,655,000 in fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and be available until 
September 30, 2025, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $3,114,000:  Provided further, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this heading, $1,520,000 shall be for Inspector 
General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

                      Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, as 
authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 5051, $4,064,000, to be derived from 
the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

    Sec. 401.  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply with the July 5, 
2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commission Procedures when 
responding to Congressional requests for information, consistent with Department 
of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies.
    Sec. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, 
and the Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that 
would cause any program funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act.
    (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the notification 
requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such requirement would pose a 
substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national 
security.
    (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as 
soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to 
which a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice 
shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that 
permitted such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the Committees of 
such waiver and changes to funding levels to programs, projects, or activities.
    (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the amounts made 
available by this title for ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Salaries and 
Expenses'' shall be expended as directed in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that 
increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which 
funds are denied or restricted by this Act.
    (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which includes the following for each 
program, project, or activity, including any prior year appropriations--
            (1) total budget authority;
            (2) total unobligated balances; and
            (3) total unliquidated obligations.

                                     TITLE V

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 501.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any 
way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any 
legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to 
communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority 
provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, 
transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any 
authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or 
instrumentality.
    (b) None of the funds made available for any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government may be transferred to accounts 
funded in title III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any 
fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, 
agency, or instrumentality.
    (c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded in this Act 
utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 
transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to 
another department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months 
and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts transferred and 
the purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify 
existing notification requirements for each authority.
    Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity 
carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 504.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to admit any non-US citizen from Russia or China to any 
nuclear weapons production facility, as such term is defined in section 4002 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act, other than areas accessible to the general 
public, unless 30 days prior to facility admittance, the Department of Energy 
provides notification to the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of 
both Houses of Congress.
    This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

   DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                            APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                     TITLE I

                           DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                            Bureau of Land Management

                        management of lands and resources

    For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, development, 
disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of easements and 
other interests in lands, and performance of other functions, including 
maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and 
their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, 
including the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 
U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,294,916,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025; 
of which $55,000,000 for annual maintenance and deferred maintenance programs 
and $141,972,000 for the wild horse and burro program, as authorized by Public 
Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Processing 
Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the 
processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and related use of 
authorizations:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $1,000,000 may be made available for the purposes described in 
section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 115-31 (43 U.S.C. 
1748c(e)(1)(A)):  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $150,000 is for projects specified for Land Management 
Priorities in the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program, to 
remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and 
location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2024, so as to result 
in a final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,294,916,000, and 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental 
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site 
activities.

                        oregon and california grant lands

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of 
resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, 
reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-
grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 
lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $115,521,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current 
fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is 
hereby made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall 
be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 
2605).

                               range improvements

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and interests 
therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding 
any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior 
fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 
315m) and the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees and 
mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department 
of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses.

                   service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing 
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public 
lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land 
documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities 
in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged 
property, such amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
provision to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that 
section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not 
appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this Act 
by the Secretary of the Interior to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged 
by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized 
person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are 
used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action:  Provided further, That 
any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the 
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged 
public lands.

                            miscellaneous trust funds

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing laws, there 
is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of 
Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for 
administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of 
omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 
available until expended.

                            administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded under this 
Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and 
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, including with States. 
Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and 
dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of 
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has 
title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for 
information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the 
Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities 
authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $10,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
Public Law 90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-
sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for 
which the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, 
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 
standards:  Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount of money in 
support of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis.

                     United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                               resource management

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as 
authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, general 
administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to 
such resources, $1,520,273,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of 
which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representation 
expenses:  Provided, That not to exceed $22,000,000 shall be used for 
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, 
developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other 
steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section):  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $44,920,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, shall be for projects specified for Stewardship Priorities 
in the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That amounts 
in the preceding proviso may be transferred to the appropriate program, project, 
or activity under this heading and shall continue to only be available for the 
purposes and in such amounts as such funds were originally appropriated.

                                  construction

    For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings and 
other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, 
protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $19,280,000, to remain available until expended.

                cooperative endangered species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be 
derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.

                          national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
715s), $13,228,000.

                    north american wetlands conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                     neotropical migratory bird conservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     multinational species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and 
the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 
$20,500,000, to remain available until expended.

                        state and tribal wildlife grants

    For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the 
development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, $72,384,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$6,100,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject to 
the remaining provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That 
$7,284,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for 
States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected 
States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to 
the remaining provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, after deducting $13,384,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the 
District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to 
not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, 
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion the 
remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the 
ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total land area of all 
such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the 
population of such State bears to the total population of all such States:  
Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be 
adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 
than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount:  Provided further, 
That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation grants 
shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects:  Provided 
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived from 
Federal grant programs:  Provided further, That any amount apportioned in 2024 
to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
September 30, 2025, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 
2026, in the manner provided herein.

                            administrative provisions

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the operations of 
Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service shall be available for repair of damage to public roads within and 
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options for 
the purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are 
consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of 
aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service 
and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in 
connection with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources:  
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative 
cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for 
which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in 
cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That the Service may accept 
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and 
approval shall be deposited under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service--Resource Management'' and shall be available to the Secretary, without 
further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of such non-toxic 
shot type or coating applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 
shall remain available until expended.

                              National Park Service

                      operation of the national park system

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of 
areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service and for the 
general administration of the National Park Service, $2,888,424,000, of which 
$11,661,000 for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades 
restoration and $110,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects 
for constructed assets and $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for 
constructed assets and cultural resources and $10,000,000 for uses authorized by 
section 101122 of title 54, United States Code shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representative expenses:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95-348:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of African-
American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 115-102), 
$3,300,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be made available for 
the purposes specified by that Act:  Provided further, That sections 7(b) and 8 
of that Act shall be amended by striking ``July 1, 2024'' and inserting ``July 
1, 2025''.
    In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Public Law 116-9, an 
amount equal to the amount deposited in this fiscal year into the National Park 
Medical Services Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, to 
remain available until expended, shall be derived from such Fund.

                      national recreation and preservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, 
cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, environmental compliance and 
review, international park affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise 
provided for, $91,233,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of 
which $1,640,000 shall be for projects specified for Statutory and Contractual 
Aid in the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                           historic preservation fund

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic Preservation 
Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code), $188,666,000, 
to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $25,500,000 shall be for Save America's Treasures 
grants for preservation of nationally significant sites, structures and 
artifacts as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089):  Provided, That an individual Save America's 
Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds:  Provided further, That 
individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant:  Provided further, 
That all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the 
Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
 Provided further, That of the funds provided for the Historic Preservation 
Fund, $1,250,000 is for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of 
properties to the National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic 
Landmarks associated with communities currently under-represented, as determined 
by the Secretary; $24,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 
and stories of the African American Civil Rights movement; $5,000,000 is for 
competitive grants to preserve sites related to the struggle of all people to 
achieve equal rights in America; $11,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities; $12,500,000 is for competitive grants for the 
restoration of historic properties of national, State, and local significance 
listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, 
to be made without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 
101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; 
$7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to honor the semiquincentennial 
anniversary of the United States by restoring and preserving sites and 
structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places that commemorate 
the founding of the nation; and $19,766,000 is for projects specified for the 
Historic Preservation Fund in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided further, That such competitive grants shall be made without 
imposing the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United 
States Code to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of such 
title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, including Certified 
Local Governments, and non-profit organizations.

                                  construction

    For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical 
facilities, and related equipment, and compliance and planning for programs and 
areas administered by the National Park Service, $172,255,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2024 with a future phase 
indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a 
single procurement may be issued which includes the full scope of the project:  
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18:  Provided further, That 
National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation 
Fees may be made available for the cost of adjustments and changes within the 
original scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park Service 
Construction appropriation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with 
current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges authorized by this 
section.

                              centennial challenge

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 101701 of 
title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost share agreements, 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 
projects and programs:  Provided, That not less than 50 percent of the total 
cost of each project or program shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the 
form of donated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an 
irrevocable letter of credit.

                            administrative provisions

                  (including transfer and rescissions of funds)

    In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of title 54, 
United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be available 
for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any 
unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for 
Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of 
funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting 
unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 
not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the 
amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability.
    For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 
percent of the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such section, 
such retained amounts to remain available until expended.
    National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for purposes authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA 
administrative support costs.
    Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for fiscal year 2021 
or prior fiscal years under the heading ``National Park Service--Construction'', 
$18,500,000 is permanently rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading 
``National Park Service--Construction'' in division G of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $9,000,000 is permanently 
rescinded from amounts made available for equipment replacement under such 
heading, as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 of the 
matter preceding division A of such Act.

                         United States Geological Survey

                      surveys, investigations, and research

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to perform 
surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, 
biology, and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its 
territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 
1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and water resources; give 
engineering supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 
641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and 
materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 
98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and 
disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,455,434,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025; of which $95,334,000 shall remain available 
until expended for satellite operations; and of which $74,840,000 shall be 
available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 
projects that exceed $100,000 in cost:  Provided, That none of the funds 
provided for the ecosystem research activity shall be used to conduct new 
surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 
property owner:  Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 
States and municipalities:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,237,000 shall be for projects specified for Special 
Initiatives in the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred to the 
appropriate program, project, or activity under this heading and shall continue 
to only be available for the purposes and in such amounts as such funds were 
originally appropriated:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                            administrative provisions

    From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United States 
Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available for contracting 
for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or 
other specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that such 
procedures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations, 
observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States National 
Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of 
persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in 
the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts:  Provided, That 
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the 
use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements (including noncompetitive 
cooperative agreements with tribes) as defined in section 6302 of title 31, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or 
indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 
U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent 
graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 
81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work 
injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other 
purposes.

                        Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

                             ocean energy management

    For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, easements, 
rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 
and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving 
operations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as 
authorized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative 
agreements, $211,162,000, of which $155,162,000 is to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and of which $56,000,000 is to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts 
collected by the Secretary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation 
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 
effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted 
by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$155,162,000:  Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available 
for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

                  offshore safety and environmental enforcement

    For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to leases, 
easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, other 
minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as 
authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regulations as 
authorized by law and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $167,330,000, of 
which $136,450,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 2025, and of 
which $30,880,000 is to remain available until expended, including $2,880,000 
for offshore decommissioning activities:  Provided, That this total 
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of the 
Interior and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 
from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost 
recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 
including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative 
activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than $139,330,000.
    For an additional amount, $38,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
appropriation, which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
collected in fiscal year 2024, as provided in this Act:  Provided, That for 
fiscal year 2024, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees expended by 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund 
personnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 
development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 
including the review of applications for permits to drill.

                               oil spill research

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016; title IV, 
sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

              Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                            regulation and technology

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, $116,186,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $62,400,000 shall be available for 
State and tribal regulatory grants, and of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That appropriations 
for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the 
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
    In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits issued by 
the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95-87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), 
$40,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That fees assessed and 
collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, so as 
to result in a fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$116,186,000.

                         abandoned mine reclamation fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, $32,546,000, to be derived from 
receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department of the 
Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the 
delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to 
collect these debts:  Provided further, That funds made available under title IV 
of Public Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost 
of projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from 
abandoned mines:  Provided further, That such projects must be consistent with 
the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act:  
Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading may be used for the 
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $5,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
    In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until expended, for payments 
to States and federally recognized Indian tribes for reclamation of abandoned 
mine lands and other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
conditions described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That such 
additional amount shall be used for economic and community development in 
conjunction with the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)):  Provided 
further, That of such additional amount, $86,000,000 shall be distributed in 
equal amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest amount of 
unfunded needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
such section, $33,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three 
Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet 
such priorities, and $11,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized 
Indian tribes, without regard to their status as certified or uncertified under 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for 
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in accordance 
with the terms and conditions described in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) and 
shall be used for economic and community development in conjunction with the 
priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977:  Provided further, That such payments shall be made to States and 
federally recognized Indian tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That if payments have not been made by 
the date specified in the preceding proviso, the amount appropriated for 
salaries and expenses under the heading ``Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement'' shall be reduced by $100,000 per day until such payments have 
been made.

                                 Indian Affairs

                            Bureau of Indian Affairs

                          operation of indian programs

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as authorized 
by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.), $1,898,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, except 
as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $78,494,000 shall 
be for welfare assistance payments:  Provided, That in cases of designated 
Federal disasters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap for welfare 
payments from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to 
Indian communities affected by the disaster:  Provided further, That federally 
recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian 
tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance 
costs:  Provided further, That not to exceed $69,995,000 shall remain available 
until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, land acquisition, 
attorney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, hearings and 
appeals, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:  Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $841,000 shall be for projects specified 
for Special Initiatives (CDS) in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally 
recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2025, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2026 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder's trust 
fund account:  Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not so 
transferred shall expire on September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That in order 
to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to 
purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for personnel:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $7,096,000 of funds made available under 
this heading may, as needed, be transferred to ``Office of the Secretary--
Departmental Operations'' for trust, probate, and administrative functions:  
Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of 
funds from United States Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other 
funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facility 
Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1).

                            indian land consolidation

    For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land consolidation as 
authorized under the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-462), and the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108-374), $4,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That any 
provision of the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 
106-462) that requires or otherwise relates to application of a lien shall not 
apply to the acquisitions funded herein.

                             contract support costs

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs 
associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education 
for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for transfer to another budget account.

                           payments for tribal leases

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases pursuant to 
section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2025:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account.

                                  construction

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and 
interests in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction 
of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483; 
$133,780,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such amounts 
as may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project 
may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation:  Provided further, That any 
funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of November 2, 
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis:  
Provided further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Bureau of 
Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the appropriate share of 
construction costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust 
reform implementation:  Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund 
established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 
1749):  Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading are made 
available for the modernization of Federal field communication capabilities, in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose.

  indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to indians

    For payments and necessary administrative expenses for implementation of 
Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, and 101-
618, and for implementation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$976,000, to remain available until expended.

                     indian guaranteed loan program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $13,329,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $2,125,000 is for administrative 
expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974:  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $185,707,188.

                           Bureau of Indian Education

                     operation of indian education programs

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education programs, as 
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the 
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $1,131,617,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided 
herein:  Provided, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $833,592,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools 
and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 2024, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 
of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $95,822,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for school operations shall be 
available for administrative cost grants associated with grants approved prior 
to July 1, 2024:  Provided further, That in order to enhance the safety of 
Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other 
identifying articles of clothing for personnel.

                             education construction

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of buildings, 
utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation of Indian education 
programs, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; $234,725,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That in order to ensure timely completion of 
construction projects, the Secretary of the Interior may assume control of a 
project and all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100-297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, 
et seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, 
has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and commenced 
construction.

                            administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education may carry 
out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation 
with States and other organizations.
    Notwithstanding Public Law 87-279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, operation, and 
maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education for central office oversight 
and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except Executive Direction 
and Administrative Services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for 
contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the provisions of the Indian 
Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103-413).
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by this Act to 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education, this action 
shall not diminish the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, 
or the government-to-government relationship between the United States and that 
tribe, or that tribe's ability to access future appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau 
of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to 
public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support the 
operation of any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
    No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used to 
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure 
in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the 
Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the 
Secretary of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up 
to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed to 
support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more 
than one grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded 
schools with a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made 
available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be 
available, in accordance with the Bureau's funding formula, only to the schools 
in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school or school 
program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this 
Act may not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as 
that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is in existence on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before 
September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only if the 
charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the 
Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including buses and vans), 
the funds of the charter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, 
and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of the 
State in which the school is located if the charter school loses such funding. 
Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 
performing functions related to the charter school's operation and employees of 
a charter school shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113 of title I 
of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee 
received indirect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula 
based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301, the Secretary shall continue to 
distribute indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the 
section 5(f) distribution formula.
    Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish satellite 
locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, except 
that the Secretary may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to 
provide language and cultural immersion educational programs for non-public 
schools located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which 
exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently 
served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment 
with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded 
school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety 
standards, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits 
of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incurring 
extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to students 
such as those caused by busing students extended distances:  Provided, That no 
funds available under this Act may be used to fund operations, maintenance, 
rehabilitation, construction, or other facilities-related costs for such assets 
that are not owned by the Bureau:  Provided further, That the term ``satellite 
school'' means a school location physically separated from the existing Bureau 
school by more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing school in all 
other respects.
    Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within Operation of 
Indian Programs and Operation of Indian Education Programs may be used to 
execute requested adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated by an 
Indian tribe.

                      Bureau of Trust Funds Administration

                             federal trust programs

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $100,009,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $17,152,000 from this or any 
other Act, may be available for settlement support:  Provided, That funds for 
trust management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ``Operation of 
Indian Programs'' and Bureau of Indian Education, ``Operation of Indian 
Education Programs'' accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' account; and the Office of the Secretary, ``Departmental Operations'' 
account:  Provided further, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2024, as authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until 
expended by the contractor or grantee:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a 
quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and maintain 
a record of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account 
to be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account holder:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is available for the Secretary to 
make payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or 
deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: 
 Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
to and remain available in this account for this purpose:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts 
with a balance of less than $500 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-412) or any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of individuals whose 
whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of at least 5 years and shall 
not be required to generate periodic statements of performance for the 
individual accounts:  Provided further, That with respect to the preceding 
proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient records to 
determine the balance of the individual accounts, including any accrued interest 
and income, and such funds shall remain available to the individual account 
holders.

                              Departmental Offices

                             Office of the Secretary

                             departmental operations

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior and 
for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $147,418,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 
shall be available for workers compensation payments and unemployment 
compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
Bureau of Mines; and of which $14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 
valuation activities shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities may, as 
needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
``Operation of Indian Programs'' and Bureau of Indian Education ``Operation of 
Indian Education Programs'' accounts and the Bureau of Trust Funds 
Administration ``Federal Trust Programs'' account:  Provided further, That funds 
made available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2024, as 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee:  
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading in this Act may be 
transferred to and merged with ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--
Resource Management'' only to implement the functional transfer of the Office of 
Subsistence Management to the Office of the Secretary and maintain uninterrupted 
execution of ongoing subsistence management activities.

                            administrative provisions

    For fiscal year 2024, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by chapter 
69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained for administrative expenses 
of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program:  Provided, That the amounts provided 
under this Act specifically for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the 
only amounts available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated 
for any fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to 
make the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local 
government, then the payment to each local government shall be made 
proportionally:  Provided further, That the Secretary may make adjustments to 
payment to individual units of local government to correct for prior 
overpayments or underpayments:  Provided further, That no payment shall be made 
pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units of local government if the 
computed amount of the payment is less than $100.

                                 Insular Affairs

                            assistance to territories

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the jurisdiction 
of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions identified in section 
104(e) of Public Law 108-188, $120,107,000, of which: (1) $109,890,000 shall 
remain available until expended for territorial assistance, including general 
technical assistance, maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef 
initiative and natural resources activities, and brown tree snake control and 
research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 
expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of 
American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin 
Islands, as authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized 
by law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, as 
authorized by law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $10,217,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2025, for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Insular Affairs:  Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, including such 
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its 
discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code:  
Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern 
Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104-134:  Provided further, That the 
funds for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated 
to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital 
infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
by the Secretary based on the grantee's commitment to timely maintenance of its 
capital assets:  Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster 
assistance under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be 
used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                           compact of free association

    For grants and necessary expenses, $3,463,000, to remain available until 
expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free 
Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of 
Free Association for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99-658 and 
Public Law 108-188.

                            Administrative Provisions

                          (including transfer of funds)

    At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer 
discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under section 104(e) of Public 
Law 108-188 and Public Law 104-134, that are allocated for Guam, to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, 
plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for 
the cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act for construction and repair projects in Guam, and such 
funds shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That such loans or 
loan guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the area, credit 
elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible entities under 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act:  Provided further, That any funds transferred to 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available to make or guarantee loans under such authorities.

                             Office of the Solicitor

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $97,950,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

                           Office of Inspector General

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $67,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

                            Department-Wide Programs

                            wildland fire management

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression operations, 
fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels management 
activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
$1,113,471,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities:  
Provided, That such funds are also available for repayment of advances to other 
appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such 
purposes:  Provided further, That of the funds provided $214,450,000 is for 
fuels management activities:  Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$10,000,000 is for burned area rehabilitation:  Provided further, That persons 
hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 
without cost from funds available from this appropriation:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the 
Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
1856 et seq., protection of United States property, may be credited to the 
appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 
available without fiscal year limitation:  Provided further, That using the 
amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
fuels management activities, and for training and monitoring associated with 
such fuels management activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 
land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land:  Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal 
Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
the affected parties:  Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of 
the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of fuels 
management activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) 
local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps 
crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109-154), or related partnerships with 
State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) 
other entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined 
as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts:  
Provided further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent 
application of the authorities provided herein:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of 
carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 
Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter 
into leases of real property with local governments, at or below fair market 
value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such leased 
properties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant 
stations, and other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 
advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated with 
the lease:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for 
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 
between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects:  Provided further, That funds 
provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal 
emergency response actions:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for assistance to or through the Department of 
State in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, 
and assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 
related natural resource activities outside the United States and its 
territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and 
training, and cooperation with United States and international organizations:  
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading in this Act and 
unobligated balances made available under this heading in prior Acts, other than 
amounts designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any 
other funds made available for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the 
Federal wildland firefighter base salary increases provided under section 
40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, $383,657,000 shall be available for wildfire 
suppression operations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.

                  wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

                         (including transfers of funds)

    In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ``Department of the 
Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire 
suppression operations, $350,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is 
additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
Provided, That such amounts may be transferred to and merged with amounts made 
available under the headings ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--
Wildland Fire Management'' and ``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide 
Programs--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression operations in the 
fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred:  Provided further, That 
amounts may be transferred to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' accounts in the 
Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior only upon the 
notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under that heading in this 
and prior appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be 
transferred will be obligated within 30 days:  Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law:  Provided further, That, in determining 
whether all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under the heading 
``Wildland Fire Management'' in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the 
Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 
within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any funds transferred or 
permitted to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by 
law shall be excluded.

                        central hazardous materials fund

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of its 
component offices and bureaus for the response action, including associated 
activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $9,661,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                     energy community revitalization program

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to inventory, 
assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous substance releases, 
remediate lands pursuant to section 40704 of Public Law 117-58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), 
and carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15907), as amended, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That such amount shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes:  Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this 
heading are available for program management and oversight of these activities:  
Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the funds provided under this 
heading in this Act to any other account in the Department to carry out such 
purposes, and may expend such funds directly, or through grants:  Provided 
further, That these amounts are not available to fulfill Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) 
obligations agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, whether for payment 
of funds or for work to be performed.

               natural resource damage assessment and restoration

                     natural resource damage assessment fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration activities, and 
onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the Interior necessary to 
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,715,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                              working capital fund

    For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and business 
management system, data management, information technology improvements of 
general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of 
facilities and operations throughout the Department, $107,710,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital 
Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment 
without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Interior may assess reasonable charges to State, local, and tribal government 
employees for training services provided by the National Indian Program Training 
Center, other than training related to Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
equipment, or professional services of the National Indian Program Training 
Center to State, local and tribal government employees or persons or 
organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as 
defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing 
rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of 
the National Indian Program Training Center:  Provided further, That all funds 
received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this 
account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used by the Secretary 
for necessary expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements to 
support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue's collection and disbursement of 
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.

                            administrative provision

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources within 
the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by donation, purchase, 
or through available excess surplus property:  Provided, That existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to 
offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft.

                       office of natural resources revenue

    For necessary expenses for management of the collection and disbursement of 
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for grants and 
cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $167,937,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025; of which $69,751,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the purpose of mineral revenue management activities:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for 
refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the 
Secretary of the Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts 
owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous 
payments.

                 General Provisions, Department of the Interior

                         (including transfers of funds)

                   emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau

    Sec. 101.  Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or 
repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes:  
Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds 
specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
shall have been exhausted:  Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to 
this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 
requested as promptly as possible.

                  emergency transfer authority--department-wide

    Sec. 102.  The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts 
included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or 
emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to 
potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable 
causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills 
or releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the prevention, 
suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the 
authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for 
emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall 
transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption 
of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the 
regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act:  Provided, That appropriations 
made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, 
or other equipment in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, 
with such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at 
the time of receipt thereof:  Provided further, That for wildland fire 
operations, no funds shall be made available under this authority until the 
Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire suppression'' 
shall be exhausted within 30 days:  Provided further, That all funds used 
pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 
which must be requested as promptly as possible:  Provided further, That such 
replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts 
from which emergency funds were transferred.

                             authorized use of funds

    Sec. 103.  Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this 
title shall be available for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, in total 
amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, 
including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; 
payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when 
authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, 
when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members.

                authorized use of funds, indian trust management

    Sec. 104.  Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Bureau of Trust Funds 
Administration and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made 
under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for settlement 
support activities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act 
for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under 
this section, including the amount expended or transferred and how the funds 
will be used.

                redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs

    Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, 
including tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No tribe 
shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2024. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping 
service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent 
limitation does not apply.

                      Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands

    Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein, including 
the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New 
York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining 
facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to 
Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative 
activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees 
(and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is 
authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts, 
or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may determine reasonable.

                     outer continental shelf inspection fees

    Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 
``Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement'' account, from the designated 
operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c).
    (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above the 
waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the fiscal 
year. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be--
            (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 
        equipment or gathering lines;
            (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination 
        of active or inactive wells; and
            (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any 
        combination of active or inactive wells.
    (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections completed 
in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be--
            (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 500 
        feet or more; and
            (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 
        less than 500 feet.
    (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via non-rig units as 
outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all 
inspections completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be--
            (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water 
        depths of 2,500 feet or more;
            (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water 
        depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and
            (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water 
        depths of less than 500 feet.
    (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (b) 
quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall 
bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the 
month in which the inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 
billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) with 
payment required by the end of the following quarter.

      contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities

    Sec. 108.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit 
organizations and other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 
contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United 
States Code (except that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 
horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such 
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
at the discretion of the Secretary.

                            mass marking of salmonids

    Sec. 109.  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in carrying 
out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, 
implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, 
that are released from federally operated or federally financed hatcheries 
including but not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead 
species. Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by 
commercial and recreational fishers.

                  contracts and agreements with indian affairs

    Sec. 110.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 
2024, in carrying out work involving cooperation with State, local, and tribal 
governments or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record 
obligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, except that 
total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary 
resources available at the end of the fiscal year.

             department of the interior experienced services program

    Sec. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal 
grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit 
organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs 
authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and 
consistent with such provisions of law.
    (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not--
            (1) result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by 
        the Department, including partial displacement through reduction of non-
        overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits;
            (2) result in the use of an individual under the Department of the 
        Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in 
        which a Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same or 
        substantially equivalent job within the Department; or
            (3) affect existing contracts for services.

                               obligation of funds

    Sec. 112.  Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department of the 
Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                             separation of accounts

    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement an orderly 
transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau 
of Indian Education, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the 
reprogramming guidelines described in this Act.

                        payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)

    Sec. 114.  Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be applied by 
substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

             disclosure of departure or alternate procedure approval

    Sec. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case in which the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate procedure or equipment, 
in regards to a plan or permit, under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 
550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau shall post a 
description of such departure or alternate procedure or equipment use approval 
on such bureau's publicly available website not more than 15 business days after 
such issuance.
    (b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business information.

                               long bridge project

    Sec. 116. (a) Authorization of Conveyance.--On request by the State of 
Virginia or the District of Columbia for the purpose of the construction of rail 
and other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project, the Secretary of 
the Interior may convey to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any portion of the 
approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land depicted as ``Permanent 
Impact to NPS Land'' on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is identified by the 
State or the District of Columbia.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--Such conveyance of the National Park Service land 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to any terms and conditions that the 
Secretary may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used for the 
purposes specified in this section, the lands or interests therein shall revert 
to the National Park Service after they have been restored or remediated to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary.
    (c) Corrections.--The Secretary and the State or the District of Columbia, 
as applicable, by mutual agreement, may--
            (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park Service 
        land to be conveyed to the State or the District of Columbia under 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in subsection 
        (a).
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Long bridge project.--The term ``Long Bridge Project'' means the 
        rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 
        Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to L'Enfant (LE) 
        Interlocking in Washington, DC, which includes a bicycle and pedestrian 
        bridge.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.

                             interagency motor pool

    Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Federal regulation, 
federally recognized Indian tribes or authorized tribal organizations that 
receive Tribally-Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100-297 may 
obtain interagency motor vehicles and related services for performance of any 
activities carried out under such grants to the same extent as if they were 
contracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

                             appraiser pay authority

    Sec. 118.  For fiscal year 2024, funds made available in this or any other 
Act or otherwise made available to the Department of the Interior for the 
Appraisal and Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay for employees of the 
Department of the Interior in the Appraiser (GS-1171) job series at grades 11 
through 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal reviews 
conducted in support of the Department's realty programs at rates no greater 
than 15 percent above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and 
such higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of 
section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.

                                   sage-grouse

    Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)--
            (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
        urophasianus);
            (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct population 
        segment of greater sage-grouse.

                            state conservation grants

    Sec. 120.  For expenses necessary to carry out section 200305 of title 54, 
United States Code, the National Park Service may retain up to 7 percent of the 
State Conservation Grants program to provide to States, the District of 
Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to support state program 
administrative costs.

                     retention of concession franchise fees

    Sec. 121.  Section 101917(c) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Reduction.--The Secretary may reduce the percentage allocation 
        otherwise applicable under paragraph (2) to a unit or area of the 
        National Park Service for a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that 
        the revenues collected at the unit or area exceed the reasonable needs 
        of the unit or area for which expenditures may be made for that fiscal 
        year. In no event may a percentage allocation be reduced below 60 
        percent.''.

                       historic preservation fund deposits

    Sec. 122.  Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, shall be applied 
by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2023''.

                             decommissioning account

    Sec. 123.  The matter under the amended heading ``Royalty and Offshore 
Minerals Management'' for the Minerals Management Service in Public Law 101-512 
(104 Stat. 1926, as amended) (43 U.S.C. 1338a) is further amended by striking 
the fifth and sixth provisos in their entirety and inserting the following: 
``Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code, any moneys hereafter received as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or 
other security by an Outer Continental Shelf permittee, lessee, or right-of-way 
holder that does not fulfill the requirements of its permit, lease, or right-of-
way or does not comply with the regulations of the Secretary, or as a bankruptcy 
distribution or settlement associated with such failure or noncompliance, shall 
be credited to a separate account established in the Treasury for 
decommissioning activities and shall be available to the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation to cover the 
cost to the United States of any improvement, protection, rehabilitation, or 
decommissioning work rendered necessary by the action or inaction that led to 
the forfeiture or bankruptcy distribution or settlement, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited into the 
decommissioning account may be allocated to the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement for such costs: Provided further, That any moneys 
received for such costs currently held in the Ocean Energy Management account 
shall be transferred to the decommissioning account: Provided further, That any 
portion of the moneys so credited shall be returned to the bankruptcy estate, 
permittee, lessee, or right-of-way holder to the extent that the money is in 
excess of the amount expended in performing the work necessitated by the action 
or inaction which led to their receipt or, if the bond or security was forfeited 
for failure to pay the civil penalty, in excess of the civil penalty imposed.''.

                           nonrecurring expenses fund

    Sec. 124.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States 
a fund to be known as the ``Department of the Interior Nonrecurring Expenses 
Fund'' (the Fund):  Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary 
funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund 
of the Treasury to the Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may 
be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 
fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which 
appropriated) into the Fund:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in the 
Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as 
may be available for such purposes, for information and business technology 
system modernization and facilities infrastructure improvements and associated 
administrative expenses, including nonrecurring maintenance, necessary for the 
operation of the Department or its bureaus, subject to approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may not be 
obligated without written notification to and the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this Act.

                    ebey's landing national historic reserve

    Sec. 125.  Section 508(f) of Public Law 95-625 (92 stat. 3509) is amended by 
striking ``not to exceed $5,000,000'' and inserting ``$18,000,000''.

                  interior authority for operating efficiencies

    Sec. 126. (a) In fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary of the Interior 
may authorize and execute agreements to achieve operating efficiencies among and 
between two or more component bureaus and offices through the following 
activities:
            (1) co-locating in offices and facilities leased or owned by any 
        such component and sharing related utilities and equipment;
            (2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reimbursable basis for up 
        to 5 business days; and
            (3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet mission 
        requirements.
    (b) The authority provided by subsection (a) is to support areas of mission 
alignment between and among component bureaus and offices or where geographic 
proximity allows for efficiencies.
    (c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements authorized under 
subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear costs for such agreements in a manner 
that reflects their approximate benefit and share of total costs, which may or 
may not include indirect costs.
    (d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection (c), the Secretary of 
the Interior may make transfers of funds in advance or on a reimbursable basis.

                                    TITLE II

                         ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                             Science and Technology

    For science and technology, including research and development activities, 
which shall include research and development activities under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; necessary 
expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; procurement of 
laboratory equipment and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and development, 
$758,103,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of 
the funds included under this heading, $19,530,000 shall be for Research: 
National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of 
which $2,030,000 shall be for projects specified for Science and Technology in 
the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                      Environmental Programs and Management

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses not 
otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which 
issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program 
under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002; implementation of a coal combustion residual permit program under section 
2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $40,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $3,178,028,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That of the funds included under this 
heading--
            (1) $30,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: National 
        Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);
            (2) $681,726,000 shall be for Geographic Programs as specified in 
        the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act); and
            (3) $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
        grants, including grants that may be awarded on a non-competitive basis, 
        interagency agreements, and associated program support costs to 
        establish and implement a program to assist Alaska Native Regional 
        Corporations, Alaskan Native Village Corporations, federally-recognized 
        tribes in Alaska, Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations and Alaska 
        Native Nonprofit Associations, and intertribal consortia comprised of 
        Alaskan tribal entities to address contamination on lands conveyed under 
        or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
        et seq.) that were or are contaminated at the time of conveyance and are 
        on an inventory of such lands developed and maintained by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency:  Provided, That grants awarded using 
        funds made available in this paragraph may be used by a recipient to 
        supplement other funds provided by the Environmental Protection Agency 
        through individual media or multi-media grants or cooperative 
        agreements:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available in 
        this paragraph, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
        purposes, the Environmental Protection Agency may reserve up to 
        $2,000,000 for salaries, expenses, and administration of the program and 
        for grants related to such program that address contamination on lands 
        conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
        (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are contaminated at the time of 
        conveyance and are on the EPA inventory of such lands.
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)):  Provided, That fees collected pursuant to 
that section of that Act and deposited in the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as 
discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and used 
for necessary salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in 
this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2024 shall be reduced by 
the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during fiscal year 
2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $0:  Provided further, That to the extent that 
amounts realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those amounts in excess 
of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as 
discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2024, shall be retained and 
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That of the funds included in the 
first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction 
program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of 
any fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations for that 
program project for fiscal year 2014.

                           Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $43,250,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That the Office of Inspector 
General shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and requirements specified 
under this heading in Senate Report 118-83.

                            Buildings and Facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, $40,676,000, to remain available until expended.

                          Hazardous Substance Superfund

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 
111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft, $537,700,000, to remain available until expended, 
consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 
2023, and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA) and up to $537,700,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to 
other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA:  Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $11,328,000 shall be 
paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, and $30,343,000 shall be paid to the ``Science and 
Technology'' appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2025.

               Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup 
activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 
$89,214,000, to remain available until expended, of which $64,723,000 shall be 
for carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized 
by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $24,491,000 shall be for 
carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in 
section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code:  Provided, That the Administrator 
is authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial 
assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and 
implementation of programs to manage underground storage tanks.

                            Inland Oil Spill Programs

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency's 
responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $20,711,000, to be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.

                       State and Tribal Assistance Grants

                         (including rescission of funds)

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership 
grants, $4,418,938,000, to remain available until expended, of which--
            (1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 
        Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act; and of which $1,126,101,000 shall be for making 
        capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under 
        section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act:  Provided, That 
        $787,652,267 of the funds made available for capitalization grants for 
        the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and $631,659,905 of the funds made 
        available for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State 
        Revolving Funds shall be for the construction of drinking water, 
        wastewater, and storm water infrastructure and for water quality 
        protection in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 
        such grants in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) for projects 
        specified for ``STAG--Drinking Water State Revolving Fund'' and ``STAG--
        Clean Water State Revolving Fund'' in the table titled ``Interior and 
        Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
        Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in 
        the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and, for purposes of 
        these grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 20 percent of 
        the cost of the project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver by 
        the Agency:  Provided further, That $13,300,000 of the funds 
        appropriated under this heading for capitalization grants for the Clean 
        Water State Revolving Funds and for capitalization grants for the 
        Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, in addition to amounts otherwise 
        available for such purposes, may be used by the Administrator for 
        salaries, expenses, and administration for Community Project Funding 
        Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items:  Provided further, That 
        the amounts in the preceding proviso under this heading shall not be 
        available for obligation until the report, as specified under this 
        heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) is received by the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, to the extent 
        there are sufficient eligible project applications and projects are 
        consistent with State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of 
        the funds made available under this title to each State for Clean Water 
        State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State 
        for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
        improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities:  Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2024, funds made available under this 
        title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 
        capitalization grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used for 
        projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
        improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities:  Provided 
        further, That the Administrator is authorized to use up to $1,500,000 of 
        funds made available for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 
        this heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
        (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey:  Provided 
        further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
        pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to 
        administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in 
        loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2024 and prior years where such 
        amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that 
        such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
        accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
        eligible purposes of the fund, including administration:  Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding the provisions of 
        subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act, grants made under title II of such Act for 
        American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may also be 
        made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility 
        plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for 
        any proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) 
        for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned 
        treatment works serving one or more principal residences or small 
        commercial establishments:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, 
        notwithstanding the provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) 
        of section 201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
        Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to provide 
        assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, 
        specifications, and estimates for any proposed project for the 
        construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, 
        or replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or more 
        principal residences or small commercial establishments:  Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding any provision of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued pursuant 
        thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the 
        Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be 
        used for grants for training, technical assistance, and educational 
        programs relating to the operation and management of the treatment works 
        specified in section 518(c) of such Act:  Provided further, That for 
        fiscal year 2024, funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall 
        be available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 
        518(h) of such Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
        determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages as 
        defined in Public Law 92-203:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
        2024, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 
        funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and 
        notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe 
        Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 
        appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving 
        Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
        under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts:  Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding the amounts 
        specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
        up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean 
        Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved 
        under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator 
        for grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
        Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 
        and United States Virgin Islands:  Provided further, That for fiscal 
        year 2024, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in 
        section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the 
        funds appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
        under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator 
        for grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act:  
        Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available under this 
        title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
        grants and 14 percent of the funds made available under this title to 
        each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 
        shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible 
        recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
        loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so used by 
        the State only where such funds are provided as initial financing for an 
        eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
        obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on 
        or after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was 
        incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
        concurrence from the Administrator, determines that such funds could be 
        used to help address a threat to public health from heightened exposure 
        to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency declaration 
        has been issued due to a threat to public health from heightened 
        exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply before the date of 
        enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That in a State in which such 
        an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more than 14 
        percent of the funds made available under this title to the State for 
        Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide 
        additional subsidy to eligible recipients:  Provided further, That 
        notwithstanding section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
        U.S.C. 300j-12(o)), the Administrator shall reserve up to $12,000,000 of 
        the amounts made available for fiscal year 2024 for making 
        capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to 
        pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated contaminants under section 
        1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act:  Provided further, That of the unobligated 
        balances available in the ``State and Tribal Assistance Grants'' account 
        appropriated prior to fiscal year 2012 for ``special project grants'' or 
        ``special needs infrastructure grants,'' or for the administration, 
        management, and oversight of such grants, $1,500,000 are permanently 
        rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
        amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
        pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
        and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That the 
        funds made available under this heading for Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending grants in this or prior appropriations 
        Acts are not subject to compliance with Federal procurement requirements 
        for competition and methods of procurement applicable to Federal 
        financial assistance, if a Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending recipient has procured services or products through 
        contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment of this 
        legislation that complied with state and/or local laws governing 
        competition;
            (2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, 
        design, construction and related activities in connection with the 
        construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the 
        area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the 
        appropriate border commission:  Provided, That no funds provided by this 
        appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other critical 
        infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United States along the 
        United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or 
        municipal government unless that government has established an 
        enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
        that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional 
        colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia the 
        construction of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks 
        water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;
            (3) $39,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to 
        address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and 
        Alaska Native Villages:  Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State of 
        Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no more than 5 percent 
        of the funds may be used for administrative and overhead expenses; and 
        (C) the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide 
        priority list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. 
        Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and 
        similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are funded 
        under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
        1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 
        et seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
        provided for projects in regional hub communities;
            (4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
        1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agreements, and associated 
        program support costs:  Provided, That at least 10 percent shall be 
        allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties:  Provided 
        further, That for purposes of this section, the term ``persistent 
        poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or more of 
        its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
        the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial 
        census, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or 
        any territory or possession of the United States;
            (5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle G of 
        the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
            (6) $67,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in accordance 
        with the terms and conditions in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);
            (7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) through 
        (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
        19a):  Provided, That for fiscal year 2024, funds provided under 
        subsections (a) through (j) of such section of such Act may be used--
                    (A) by a State to provide assistance to benefit one or more 
                owners of drinking water wells that are not public water systems 
                or connected to a public water system for necessary and 
                appropriate activities related to a contaminant pursuant to 
                subsection (j) of such section of such Act; and
                    (B) to support a community described in subsection (c)(2) of 
                such section of such Act;
            (8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) of the 
        Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-24(d));
            (9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B of the Safe 
        Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19b);
            (10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) of the 
        Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a(l));
            (11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under section 104(b)(8) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8));
            (12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301);
            (13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) of the 
        America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-270);
            (14) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) of the Save 
        Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent 
        shall be for administrative costs to carry out such section:  Provided, 
        That notwithstanding section 302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may 
        also provide grants pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia 
        consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former Indian 
        reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the 
        Interior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203;
            (15) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 103(b)(3) of the 
        Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke preparedness grants in accordance with 
        the terms and conditions in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
         Provided, That not more than 3 percent shall be for administrative 
        costs to carry out such section;
            (16) $38,693,000 shall be for State and Tribal Assistance Grants to 
        be allocated in the amounts specified for those projects and for the 
        purposes delineated in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
        Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act) for remediation, construction, and related 
        environmental management activities in accordance with the terms and 
        conditions specified for such grants in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act);
            (17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F of the Safe 
        Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19g);
            (18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of the 
        America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-270, 42 
        U.S.C. 300j-3c note):  Provided, That the Administrator may award grants 
        to and enter into contracts with tribes, intertribal consortia, public 
        or private agencies, institutions, organizations, and individuals, 
        without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 
        of title 41, United States Code, and enter into interagency agreements 
        as appropriate;
            (19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b) of the 
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 
        117-58);
            (20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1276); and
            (21) $1,106,333,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
        program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 
        interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
        agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control 
        and abatement, and related activities, including activities pursuant to 
        the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and 
        for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate 
        matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms and 
        conditions specified by the Administrator, and under section 2301 of the 
        Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist States in developing and 
        implementing programs for control of coal combustion residuals, of 
        which: $46,250,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; 
        $9,500,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network 
        grants, including associated program support costs; $1,475,000 shall be 
        for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the 
        heading ``Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program'' to carry 
        out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 
        9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
        Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds available for grants 
        under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be 
        for State participation in national- and State-level statistical surveys 
        of water resources and enhancements to State monitoring programs.

           Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account

    For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, as 
authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 
$64,634,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including 
capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$12,500,000,000:  Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of direct loans and for 
the cost of guaranteed loans for projects described in section 5026(9) of the 
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State infrastructure 
financing authorities, as authorized by section 5033(e) of such Act:  Provided 
further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any project shall 
be in accordance with the criteria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 
2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading ``Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account'' in division D of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided 
further, That none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made 
available under this heading shall be available for any project unless the 
Administrator and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget have 
certified in advance in writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as 
applicable, and the project comply with the criteria referenced in the previous 
proviso:  Provided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office may request, and the Administrator shall promptly provide, documentation 
and information relating to a project identified in a Letter of Interest 
submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for 
applications for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act Program, including with respect to a project that was initiated 
or completed before the date of enactment of this Act.
    In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 5029 and 
5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be 
deposited in this account, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $7,640,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

           Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 6305(1), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out the 
Agency's function to implement directly Federal environmental programs required 
or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award 
cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in 
implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian tribes required or 
authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded 
from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to 
collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with 
section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w-8), to remain available until expended.
    Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 
U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2024.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to 
collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until 
expended.
    The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $368,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading 
``Environmental Programs and Management'' to the head of any Federal department 
or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry out activities that would 
support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency 
agreement with the head of such Federal department or agency to carry out these 
activities; and to make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit 
organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, 
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
    The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, Office of 
Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, provided that 
the cost does not exceed $300,000 per project.
    For fiscal year 2024, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized 
to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act 
to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that 
Act.
    The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated under the 
heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' for fiscal year 2024 to 
provide grants to implement the Southeast New England Watershed Restoration 
Program.
    Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 320(i)(2)(B) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less than $2,500,000 of the funds made 
available under this title for the National Estuary Program shall be for making 
competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4).
    For fiscal year 2024, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 
and the Office of Water may, using funds appropriated under the headings 
``Environmental Programs and Management'' and ``Science and Technology'', 
contract directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit 
organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 
personal services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 
28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to 
be Federal employees for any other purpose:  Provided, That amounts used for 
this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the 
Office of Water collectively may not exceed $2,000,000.
    The Environmental Protection agency shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate with copies of any 
available Department of Treasury quarterly certification of trust fund receipts 
collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117-169 and section 80201 of Public 
Law 117-58, an annual operating plan for such receipts showing amounts allocated 
by program area and program project, and quarterly reports for such receipts of 
obligated balances by program area and program project.

                                    TITLE III

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                            DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

       office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural 
Resources and Environment, $1,000,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environment mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the office.

                                 Forest Service

                            forest service operations

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, 
$1,150,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027:  Provided, That 
a portion of the funds made available under this heading shall be for the base 
salary and expenses of employees in the Chief's Office, the Work Environment and 
Performance Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial 
Officer's Office to carry out administrative and general management support 
functions:  Provided further, That funds provided under this heading shall be 
available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and leases for 
buildings and sites where these administrative, general management and other 
Forest Service support functions take place; the costs of all utility and 
telecommunication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as business services; 
and, for information technology, including cybersecurity requirements:  Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading may be used for necessary 
expenses to carry out administrative and general management support functions of 
the Forest Service not otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation.

                          forest and rangeland research

    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by 
law, $300,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027:  Provided, 
That of the funds provided, $31,500,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program:  Provided further, That all authorities for the use of funds, including 
the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the 
utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research.

                       state, private, and tribal forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and 
financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, tribes, and others, 
and for forest health management, including for invasive plants, and conducting 
an international program and trade compliance activities as authorized, 
$303,306,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, as authorized by 
law, of which $19,806,000 shall be for projects specified for Forest Resource 
Information and Analysis in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).

                             national forest system

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, 
for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest 
System, and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, 
$1,863,557,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027:  Provided, That 
of the funds provided, $31,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 
Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f):  Provided further, That for the funds provided 
in the preceding proviso, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by 
substituting ``20'' for ``10'' and section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be applied by 
substituting ``4'' for ``2'':  Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$39,000,000 shall be for forest products:  Provided further, That of the funds 
provided, $175,450,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management activities, of 
which not to exceed $30,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any 
authorities available to the Forest Service under the ``State, Private, and 
Tribal Forestry'' appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for 
increased use of biomass from National Forest System lands:  Provided further, 
That $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 
procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous 
fuels management activities, and for training or monitoring associated with such 
hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land if 
the Secretary determines such activities benefit resources on Federal land:  
Provided further, That funds made available to implement the Community Forest 
Restoration Act, Public Law 106-393, title VI, shall be available for use on 
non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made available to the Forest 
Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal Forestry'' appropriation:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm 
Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 
for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of 
the calculated fee to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a 
conservation practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in 
which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred, and that the amount 
credited shall remain available to the Grazing Association or the direct 
permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 
each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for conservation practices 
approved by the Secretary:  Provided further, That funds appropriated to this 
account shall be available for the base salary and expenses of employees that 
carry out the functions funded by the ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' 
account, the ``Range Betterment Fund'' account, and the ``Management of National 
Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses'' account.

                       capital improvement and maintenance

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, 
$156,130,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, for construction, 
capital improvement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and other 
facilities and infrastructure; for construction, reconstruction, and 
decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, including unauthorized roads 
that are not part of the transportation system; and for maintenance of forest 
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 
U.S.C. 101 and 205:  Provided, That $6,000,000 shall be for activities 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a):  Provided further, That $5,130,000 shall be for 
projects specified for Construction Projects in the table titled ``Interior and 
Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act):  Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 
year 2024 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to 
the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or 
obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated.

             acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cache, Uinta, 
and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the 
Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, California; 
and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized 
by law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts.

                 acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

    For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds deposited by 
State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts, or other 
public school authorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 
by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the 
Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2027, (16 U.S.C. 516-617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, 
Public Law 76-591; and Public Law 78-310).

                              range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement, 
50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for 
grazing domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western 
States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 
protection, and improvements.

         gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to 
the above Act.

            management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal lands in 
Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027.

                            wildland fire management

                         (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on National 
Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to 
such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
$2,312,654,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such funds, 
including unobligated balances under this heading, are available for repayment 
of advances from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
purposes:  Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a 
previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the 
``National Forest System'' account:  Provided further, That such funds shall be 
available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services 
provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the 
extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are 
fully repaid by the responsible emergency management agency:  Provided further, 
That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal emergency 
response:  Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 
agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties:  Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading in this Act and unobligated balances 
made available under this heading in prior Acts, other than amounts designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any other funds made available 
for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter 
base salary increases provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117-
58:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression operations, and is 
provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

                         (including transfers of funds)

    In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ``Department of 
Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression 
operations, $2,300,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is additional 
new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided, That such 
amounts may be transferred to and merged with amounts made available under the 
headings ``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire 
Management'' and ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire 
Management'' for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 
such amounts are transferred:  Provided further, That amounts may be transferred 
to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' accounts in the Department of the Interior 
or the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression operations 
funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts to 
the agency to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated within 30 
days:  Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:  Provided 
further, That, in determining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agriculture or the Department of 
the Interior will be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 
any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant to any other 
transfer authority provided by law shall be excluded.

                       communications site administration

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 8705(f)(2) of the 
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334), shall be deposited in 
the special account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be 
available to cover the costs described in subsection (c)(3) of such section of 
such Act, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
amounts shall be transferred to the ``National Forest System'' account.

                    administrative provisions--forest service

                         (including transfers of funds)

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be 
available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of 
passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; 
purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to maintain 
the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other 
Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 
public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and 
interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for 
debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    Funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act may be transferred 
between accounts affected by the Forest Service budget restructure outlined in 
section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116-94):  Provided, That any transfer of funds pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not increase or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent:  Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be 
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest 
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions 
upon the Secretary of Agriculture's notification of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression funds appropriated under 
the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' will be obligated within 30 days:  
Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by 
a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible.
    Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall 
be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior for 
wildland fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State fire assistance 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management 
programs and projects.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service may 
transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated to the Forest 
Service by this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, or 
reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and 
urgent rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water:  
Provided, That such transferred funds shall remain available through September 
30, 2027:  Provided further, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be available for obligation without written notification to and 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for assistance 
to or through the Agency for International Development in connection with forest 
and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural 
resource activities outside the United States and its territories and 
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States government, private sector, and international 
organizations:  Provided, That the Forest Service, acting for the International 
Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments and 
institutions as well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation), United States private sector firms, institutions and organizations 
to provide technical assistance and training programs on forestry and rangeland 
management:  Provided further, That to maximize effectiveness of domestic and 
international research and cooperation, the International Program may utilize 
all authorities related to forestry, research, and cooperative assistance 
regardless of program designations.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the section 509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, 
``Forest Service International Foundation'' to assist the Foundation in meeting 
administrative, project, and other expenses, and may provide for the 
Foundation's use of Forest Service personnel and facilities.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure 
or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for 
removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from 
National Forest System lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to 
designate the boundaries of such lands.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act or any 
other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to transfer under the 
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or 
section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).
    Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not 
more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable 
Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges:  Provided, That nothing in 
this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements 
requested by the Forest Service in order to obtain information technology 
services, including telecommunications and system modifications or enhancements, 
from the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 shall be 
available for priority projects within the scope of the approved budget, which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out 
under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et 
seq.).
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available to the 
Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of the funds 
available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum 
to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in 
support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation 
incurs expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or 
related to Forest Service programs:  Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses:  Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by 
the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to 
match funds made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis:  Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a 
Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $3,000,000 of the 
funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, 
without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest 
System lands or related to Forest Service programs:  Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-
recipients:  Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to 
a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Any amounts made available to the Forest Service in this fiscal year, 
including available collections, may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into Federal financial 
assistance grants and cooperative agreements to support forest or grassland 
collaboratives in the accomplishment of activities benefitting both the public 
and the National Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands. 
Eligible activities are those that will improve or enhance Federal investments, 
resources, or lands, including for collaborative and collaboration-based 
activities, including but not limited to facilitation, planning, and 
implementing projects, technical assistance, administrative functions, 
operational support, participant costs, and other capacity support needs, as 
identified by the Forest Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal entities 
(defined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local governments, private and 
nonprofit entities, for-profit organizations, and educational institutions. The 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may 
enter into such cooperative agreements notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31 
when the Secretary determines that the public interest will be benefited and 
that there exists a mutual interest other than monetary considerations. 
Transactions subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be 
publicly advertised and require competition when required by such Title 2. For 
those transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
the agency may require public advertising and competition when deemed 
appropriate. The term ``forest and grassland collaboratives'' means groups of 
individuals or entities with diverse interests participating in a cooperative 
process to share knowledge, ideas, and resources about the protection, 
restoration, or enhancement of natural and other resources on Federal and 
adjacent non-Federal lands, the improvement or maintenance of public access to 
Federal lands, or the reduction of risk to such lands caused by natural 
disasters.
    The 19th unnumbered paragraph under the heading ``Administrative Provisions, 
Forest Service'' in title III of Public Law 109-54, as amended, shall be further 
amended by striking ``For each fiscal year through 2009'' and inserting ``For 
this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter'' and adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ``Congress hereby ratifies and approves payments by the 
Forest Service made in accordance with this paragraph to agency employees 
stationed in Puerto Rico after August 2, 2005.''.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for interactions 
with and providing technical assistance to rural communities and natural 
resource-based businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for payments to 
counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to 
section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
    Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet the non-
Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
    The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of performing 
fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and decommissioning.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations or funds 
available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse 
the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or participation 
requested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil 
litigation:  Provided, That future budget justifications for both the Forest 
Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer.
    An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under title V 
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by 
the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
    The Forest Service may employ or contract with an individual who is enrolled 
in a training program at a longstanding Civilian Conservation Center (as defined 
in section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for necessary hours of work on National Forest 
System lands.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to pay, from a 
single account, the base salary and expenses of employees who carry out 
functions funded by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial Technology 
and Applications Center, remnant Natural Resource Manager, Job Corps, and 
National Technology and Development Program.

                     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                              Indian Health Service

                             indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 
674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $56,061,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided herein, which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2023; in addition, $264,702,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for the Electronic Health Record System and the Indian 
Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which $74,138,000 is for the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically 
funded under the Indian Health Facilities account; and, in addition, 
$4,684,029,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, and remain 
available through September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided herein; 
together with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to sections 
231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for 
services furnished by the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That funds made 
available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant 
agreements, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter 
shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation:  Provided further, That from the amounts that become available on 
October 1, 2024, $2,500,000 shall be available for grants or contracts with 
public or private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to 
Indians, including alcohol detoxification services:  Provided further, That from 
the amounts that become available on October 1, 2024, $996,755,000 shall remain 
available until expended for Purchased/Referred Care:  Provided further, That of 
the total amount specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred Care, 
$54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund:  
Provided further, That from the amounts that become available on October 1, 
2024, up to $51,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementation 
of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act:  Provided further, That from the amounts that become available 
on October 1, 2024, $58,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, including 
supplementing activities funded under the heading ``Indian Health Facilities'', 
of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise available 
for Purchased/Referred Care:  Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding 
fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by 
section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain available until 
expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-
1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan repayment and 
scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 
1616a):  Provided further, That the amounts made available within this account 
for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for Opioid Prevention, 
Treatment and Recovery Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian 
employees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for 
transformation and modernization costs of the Indian Health Service Electronic 
Health Record system, for national quality and oversight activities, to improve 
collections from public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 
tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or reduce the 
transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal health initiative, for the 
Telebehaviorial Health Center of Excellence, for Alzheimer's activities, for 
Village Built Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accreditation 
emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 
Health Service and shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that 
fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the 
year the funds are appropriated:  Provided further, That the amounts collected 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV of 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable 
conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, 
except for those related to the planning, design, or construction of new 
facilities:  Provided further, That funding contained herein for scholarship 
programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That amounts received by 
tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to the 
receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended:  Provided further, 
That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 
and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to 
Public Law 93-638, such individually identifiable health information relating to 
disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its 
functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 
et seq.):  Provided further, That none of the funds provided that become 
available on October 1, 2024, may be used for implementation of the Electronic 
Health Record System or the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any other Act, to 
the Indian Health Service for the Electronic Health Record system shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for the selection or implementation of a 
new Information Technology infrastructure system, unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 90 
days in advance of such obligation.

                             contract support costs

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs 
associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may 
be necessary:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available for transfer to 
another budget account:  Provided further, That amounts obligated but not 
expended by a tribe or tribal organization for contract support costs for such 
agreements for the current fiscal year shall be applied to contract support 
costs due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years.

                           payments for tribal leases

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases pursuant to 
section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2025:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account.

                            indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, improvement, and 
equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for 
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 
sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, 
as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the 
Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 
for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $5,364,000, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available on October 1, 2023; in addition, 
$306,329,000, to remain available until expended, for Sanitation Facilities 
Construction and Health Care Facilities Construction; and, in addition, 
$506,854,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, and remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation, or 
expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may 
be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be located:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be used for fiscal year 2025 by the 
Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of 
Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities:  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided that become available on 
October 1, 2024, may be used for Health Care Facilities Construction or for 
Sanitation Facilities Construction:  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 2024 for Sanitation Facilities 
Construction, $17,023,000 shall be for projects specified for Sanitation 
Facilities Construction (CDS) in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian 
Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes 
funded with grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.

                administrative provisions--indian health service

    Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be 
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone 
service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for expenses of attendance at 
meetings that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health 
Service:  Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all 
tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, 
and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care 
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to the account of the 
facility providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or regulation, 
funds transferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the 
Indian Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86-121, the Indian 
Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for 
administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to 
limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in 
this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of 
Health and Human Services unless such assessments or charges are identified in 
the budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or 
herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, 
grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, 
or a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall 
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the 
Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule 
published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of 
Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care 
services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has 
submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 
proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an appropriations Act 
and enacted into law:  Provided further, That with respect to functions 
transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 
entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the funds 
received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may 
be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 
were originally derived, with such amounts to remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, 
including direct, administrative, and overhead costs associated with the 
provision of goods, services, or technical assistance:  Provided further, That 
the Indian Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel serving in 
hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service housing allowances equivalent to 
those that would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the United 
States Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such hospitals:  
Provided further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service 
may not be altered without advance notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.

                          National Institutes of Health

               national institute of environmental health sciences

    For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,714,000.

                Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

                toxic substances and environmental public health

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 
111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 
$81,619,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the 
Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, 
evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, 
clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare 
providers:  Provided further, That in performing any such health assessment or 
health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 
bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) 
of CERCLA during fiscal year 2024, and existing profiles may be updated as 
necessary.

                             OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                        Executive Office of the President

      council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the Council on 
Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement 
Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $4,629,000:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, 
the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all 
powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

                 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to section 
112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, and for services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
U.S.C. 5376, $14,400,000:  Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career Senior 
Executive Service positions:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the individual appointed to the position of Inspector General 
of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such 
appointment, also hold the position of Inspector General of the Board:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General 
of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA 
in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall not 
appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.

                   Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as 
authorized by Public Law 93-531, $5,024,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived from unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available under this heading:  Provided, That funds provided in this or any 
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, 
those in significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible 
and not included in the preceding categories:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 
and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the 
Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such household:  
Provided further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new or 
replacement home:  Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any 
certified eligible relocatees who have selected and received an approved 
homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 
Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public Law 
93-531 (88 Stat. 1716).

   Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

                            payment to the institute

    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99-498 
(20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,482,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                             Smithsonian Institution

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, 
including research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, 
preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and 
exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and 
museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 
of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 
$892,855,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $28,000,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, Smithsonian 
American Women's History Museum, National Museum of the American Latino, and the 
repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available until expended; 
and including such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 
research centers:  Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for 
advance payments to independent contractors performing research services or 
participating in official Smithsonian presentations:  Provided further, That the 
Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations designated in this Act 
for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and 
such rent payments may be deposited into the general trust funds of the 
Institution to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with the 
purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC, to the extent that federally supported activities will be housed there:  
Provided further, That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds of the 
Institution for such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt service for, 
a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal 
Government:  Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be used directly 
to service debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring a portion of 
the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of planning, 
designing, and constructing improvements to such building:  Provided further, 
That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of 
its ownership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building so acquired may 
not take effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins on the date 
on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on 
House Administration and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate a 
report, as outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 Stat. 
2536) on the intended sale.

                               facilities capital

    For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of 
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or 
otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 
623), and for construction, including necessary personnel, $197,645,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                             National Gallery of Art

                              salaries and expenses

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the protection 
and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident 
thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by 
the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 
authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, 
and art associations or societies whose publications or services are available 
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 
contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of 
buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, 
without advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or 
prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 
$174,760,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which not to 
exceed $3,875,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available 
until expended.

                 repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings, 
grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by 
contract or otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 years, 
that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations in the Master 
Facilities Plan, as authorized, $34,480,000, to remain available until expended: 
 Provided, That of this amount, $24,574,000 shall be available for design and 
construction of an off-site art storage facility in partnership with the 
Smithsonian Institution and may be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution 
for such purposes:  Provided further, That contracts awarded for environmental 
systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of 
the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and 
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

                 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                           operations and maintenance

    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, and security of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including rent of temporary 
office space in the District of Columbia during renovations of such Center, 
$32,293,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                         capital repair and restoration

    For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the existing 
features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts, $12,633,000, to remain available until expended.

                Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson 
Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

               National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                         National Endowment for the Arts

                            grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities Act of 1965, $207,000,000 shall be available to the National 
Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts, 
including arts education and public outreach activities, through assistance to 
organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available 
until expended.

                      National Endowment for the Humanities

                            grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities Act of 1965, $207,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $192,000,000 shall be available for support of activities in the 
humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the 
functions of the Act; and $15,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 
$13,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h):  Provided, That appropriations for 
carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of 
money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the 
National Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 
which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                            Administrative Provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract documents which do 
not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913:  Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 
reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That the Chairperson 
of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if 
in the aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums 
appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year:  Provided further, That such 
small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct 
delegation of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the 
Chairperson.

                             Commission of Fine Arts

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 91 of title 40, 
United States Code, $3,661,000:  Provided, That the Commission is authorized to 
charge fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be 
credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain available until 
expended without further appropriation:  Provided further, That the Commission 
is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings and 
artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the Nation's Capital or the 
history and activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of 
artistic display, study, or education:  Provided further, That one-tenth of one 
percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                   national capital arts and cultural affairs

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), 
$5,000,000:  Provided, That the item relating to ``National Capital Arts and 
Cultural Affairs'' in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law by section 101(d) of Public Law 
99-190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2024 in the second 
paragraph by inserting ``, calendar year 2020 excluded'' before the first 
period:  Provided further, That in determining an eligible organization's annual 
income for calendar years 2021, 2022, and 2023, funds or grants received by the 
eligible organization from any supplemental appropriations made available in 
2020 and 2021 in connection with the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 31, 2020 (including renewals 
thereof) shall be counted as part of the eligible organization's annual income.

                    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
(Public Law 89-665), $8,585,000.

                      National Capital Planning Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission under 
chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,750,000:  Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds 
provided under this heading may be used for official reception and 
representational expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged 
in the planning and physical development of world capitals.

                     United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                            holocaust memorial museum

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by Public Law 
106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), $65,231,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026, for the Museum's equipment replacement 
program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum's repair and rehabilitation 
program and $1,264,000 for the Museum's outreach initiatives program shall 
remain available until expended.

                                 Presidio Trust

    The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the Secretary of 
the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333), in an amount not to exceed 
$90,000,000.

                   United States Semiquincentennial Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission to 
plan and coordinate observances and activities associated with the 250th 
anniversary of the founding of the United States, as authorized by Public Law 
116-282, the technical amendments to Public Law 114-196, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                                    TITLE IV

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

                           restriction on use of funds

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete other than to communicate 
to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.

                          obligation of appropriations

    Sec. 402.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided herein.

                      disclosure of administrative expenses

    Sec. 403.  The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, deductions, 
reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund charges, from programs, 
projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, 
agency, or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central 
operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to 
approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on 
Appropriations for approval.

                               mining applications

    Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the 
Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was 
filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 
2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the 
case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
    (c) Report.--On September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior shall file 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan 
submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications in a 
timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent applicant, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-
party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
to conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in 
a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of 
Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors.

                  contract support costs, prior year limitation

    Sec. 405.  Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) shall continue 
in effect in fiscal year 2024.

               contract support costs, fiscal year 2024 limitation

    Sec. 406.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2024 under the 
headings ``Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, 
Contract Support Costs'' and ``Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs'' are the only 
amounts available for contract support costs arising out of self-determination 
or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for 
fiscal year 2024 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, 
and the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act 
are not available for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 
years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments awarding 
contract support costs for prior years.

                             forest management plans

    Sec. 407.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in 
violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years 
have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest 
System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et 
seq.) or any other law:  Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 
for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall be void with 
respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of 
the plan on an accelerated basis.

                      prohibition within national monuments

    Sec. 408.  No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct 
preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to 
the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on 
January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the 
Presidential proclamation establishing such monument.

                              limitation on takings

    Sec. 409.  Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this 
Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the 
filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That 
this provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades 
National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for 
Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades 
restoration purposes.

                         prohibition on no-bid contracts

    Sec. 410.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter into any Federal 
contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 
requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of 
title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless--
            (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be entered 
        into without regard for these requirements, including formula grants for 
        States, or federally recognized Indian tribes;
            (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or 
        by any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a contract within 
        an Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 
        5304(e)); or
            (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this 
        Act.

                               posting of reports

    Sec. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, 
subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency 
any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, 
upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the 
national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national security; 
        or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such 
report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of 
Congress for no less than 45 days.

                national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

    Sec. 412.  Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if 
        such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, 
        National Heritage Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure that no 
        funding provided through a grant, except a grant made to a State or 
        local arts agency, or regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
        other organization or individual to conduct activity independent of the 
        direct grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit 
        payments made in exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, unless 
        the application is specific to the contents of the season, including 
        identified programs or projects.

               national endowment for the arts program priorities

    Sec. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assistance under 
the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds 
appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding 
financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 
serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population of 
        individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically been 
        outside the purview of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
        as a high incidence of income below the poverty line or to geographic 
        isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as defined by 
        the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance 
        with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
        9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved.
    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under the 
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with funds 
appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts 
shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 
public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for projects, 
        productions, workshops, or programs that are of national impact or 
        availability or are able to tour several States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in 
        the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, excluding grants made 
        under the authority of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually and by 
        State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each grant category under 
        section 5 of such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to improve and 
        support community-based music performance and education.

                      status of balances of appropriations

    Sec. 414.  The Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations including all 
uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds in each program and activity 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                          extension of grazing permits

    Sec. 415.  The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law 108-108 
(117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued by the Forest Service on any 
lands not subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal Lands 
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in effect for fiscal 
year 2024.

                               funding prohibition

    Sec. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is designed to 
block access to pornography websites.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity 
carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.

                    humane transfer and treatment of animals

    Sec. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
the Interior, with respect to land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land administered 
by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary 
concerned''), may transfer excess wild horses and burros that have been removed 
from land administered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and 
local government agencies for use as work animals.
    (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection (a) 
immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or local government agency.
    (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection (a) shall 
lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of 
Public Law 92-195 (commonly known as the ``Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act'') (16 U.S.C. 1332)).
    (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an excess wild 
horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not--
            (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in the 
        destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial product;
            (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a manner that 
        results in the destruction of the horse or burro for processing into a 
        commercial product; or
            (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the recommendation of a 
        licensed veterinarian in a case of severe injury, illness, or advanced 
        age.
    (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available for--
            (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild horse or 
        burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned (including a 
        contractor); or
            (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the 
        destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a commercial 
        product.

   forest service facility realignment and enhancement authorization extension

    Sec. 418.  Section 503(f) of Public Law 109-54 (16 U.S.C. 580d note) shall 
be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2024'' for ``September 30, 2019''.

                         use of american iron and steel

    Sec. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State water pollution 
control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works 
unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in 
the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and 
fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 
concrete, and construction materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this section 
referred to as the ``Administrator'') finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public 
        interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in 
        sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory 
        quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United 
        States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 
        percent.
    (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this section, 
the Administrator shall make available to the public on an informal basis a copy 
of the request and information available to the Administrator concerning the 
request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 
15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States 
obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 
for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 
and oversight of the requirements of this section.

   local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment and 
                             supplies for wildfires

    Sec. 420.  The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into grants 
and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, rural fire 
departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and similar organizations 
to provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including supplies and 
communication devices. Notwithstanding section 121(c) of title 40, United States 
Code, or section 521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting 
equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the Department's 
wildland fire management program to such organizations.

                                 recreation fees

    Sec. 421.  Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ``October 1, 2025'' for 
``September 30, 2019''.

                            reprogramming guidelines

    Sec. 422.  None of the funds made available in this Act, in this and prior 
fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                                local contractors

    Sec. 423.  Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112-74 shall be applied 
by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

           shasta-trinity marina fee authority authorization extension

    Sec. 424.  Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110-161 (121 Stat 1844), 
as amended, shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal 
year 2019''.

                interpretive association authorization extension

    Sec. 425.  Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113-76 (16 U.S.C. 565a-1 
note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2024'' for ``September 
30, 2019''.

        forest botanical products fee collection authorization extension

    Sec. 426.  Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-113; 16 
U.S.C. 528 note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108-108 and section 
432 of Public Law 113-76, shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' 
for ``fiscal year 2019''.

                                  chaco canyon

    Sec. 427.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to 
offer for oil and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal area 
identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park prepared by 
the Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2, 2019, prior to the completion 
of the cultural resources investigation identified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).

                                  tribal leases

    Sec. 428. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any 
lease under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall commence no 
earlier than the date of receipt of the lease proposal.
    (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human Services shall, 
jointly or separately, during fiscal year 2024 consult with tribes and tribal 
organizations through public solicitation and other means regarding the 
requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a 
consistent and transparent process for the payment of such leases.

                    forest ecosystem health and recovery fund

    Sec. 429.  The authority provided under the heading ``Forest Ecosystem 
Health and Recovery Fund'' in title I of Public Law 111-88, as amended by 
section 117 of division F of Public Law 113-235, shall be applied by 
substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2020'' each place it 
appears.

 allocation of projects, national parks and public land legacy restoration fund 
                      and land and water conservation fund

    Sec. 430. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allocate amounts made available from the National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to subsection 
(c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, and as provided in 
subsection (e) of such section of such title, to the agencies of the Department 
of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, in the amounts 
specified, for the stations and unit names specified, and for the projects and 
activities specified in the table titled ``Allocation of Funds: National Parks 
and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).
    (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made 
available for expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal 
year 2024 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 
States Code, to the agencies and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 
and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled ``Allocation 
of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).
    (b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of this section, neither 
the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are made available 
for any fiscal year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 
States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States 
Code, other than in amounts and for projects and activities that are allocated 
by subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section:  Provided, That in any fiscal 
year, the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation of 
amounts for continuing administration of programs allocated funds from the 
National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund or the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more than 
the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this 
section.
    (c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
reallocate amounts from each agency's ``Contingency Fund'' line in the table 
titled ``Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 
Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' to any project funded by the National Parks and Public 
Land Legacy Restoration Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, that 
experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen cost overruns, in accordance 
with the following requirements:
            (1) ``Contingency Fund'' amounts may only be reallocated if there is 
        a risk to project completion resulting from unforeseen cost overruns;
            (2) ``Contingency Fund'' amounts may only be reallocated for cost of 
        adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort for projects 
        funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund; 
        and
            (3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 
        must provide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations 30 
        days before taking any actions authorized by this subsection if the 
        amount reallocated from the ``Contingency Fund'' line for a project is 
        projected to be 10 percent or greater than the following, as applicable:
                    (A) The amount allocated to that project in the table titled 
                ``Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
                Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory statement 
                described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
                this consolidated Act); or
                    (B) The initial estimate in the most recent report 
                submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to the Committees on 
                Appropriations pursuant to section 431(e) of division G of the 
                Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328).
    (d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for 
fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for the projects in the 
``Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress'' required by section 
200402(h) of title 54, United States Code:  Provided, That the ``Submission of 
Annual List of Projects to Congress'' must include a ``Contingency Fund'' line 
for each agency within the allocations defined in subsection (e) of section 
200402 of title 54, United States Code:  Provided further, That in the event 
amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for the National Parks and Public 
Land Legacy Restoration Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified 
project, such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to that agency's 
``Contingency Fund'' line:  Provided further, That any proposals to change the 
scope of or terminate a previously approved project must be clearly identified 
in such submission.
    (2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for 
fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary allocations for Federal 
land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the National Park Service, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. 
Forest Service that are in addition to the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' 
required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are 
prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, and that total no 
less than half the full amount allocated to each account for that land 
management Agency under the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of 
title 54, United States Code:  Provided, That in the event amounts allocated by 
this Act or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 
54, United States Code are no longer needed because a project has been completed 
or can no longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if 
proposed for reallocation in the annual budget submission.
    (B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects in the 
``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, 
United States Code, and on the list of supplementary allocations required by 
subparagraph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for which a willing seller 
has been identified and for which an appraisal or market research has been 
initiated.
    (C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal 
year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate project data sheets in the same format and containing the same 
level of detailed information that is found on such sheets in the Budget 
Justifications annually submitted by the Department of the Interior with the 
President's Budget for the projects in the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' 
required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the 
same format and containing the same level of detailed information that is found 
on such sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to section 427 of division D 
of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) for the 
list of supplementary allocations required by subparagraph (A).
    (e) The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall 
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities 
funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts 
allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of 
balances of projects and activities funded by the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, 
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for amounts 
allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection 
(c) of this section.

                       policies relating to biomass energy

    Sec. 431.  To support the key role that forests in the United States can 
play in addressing the energy needs of the United States, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, jointly--
            (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy--
                    (A) is consistent across all Federal departments and 
                agencies; and
                    (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest 
                biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest 
                management; and
            (2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest 
        biomass as an energy solution, including policies that--
                    (A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest bioenergy and 
                recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the use 
                of forest biomass for energy production does not cause 
                conversion of forests to non-forest use;
                    (B) encourage private investment throughout the forest 
                biomass supply chain, including in--
                            (i) working forests;
                            (ii) harvesting operations;
                            (iii) forest improvement operations;
                            (iv) forest bioenergy production;
                            (v) wood products manufacturing; or
                            (vi) paper manufacturing;
                    (C) encourage forest management to improve forest health; 
                and
                    (D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest 
                biomass.

                            small remote incinerators

    Sec. 432.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 
subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alaska that are 
defined as ``small, remote incinerator'' units in those regulations and, until a 
subsequent regulation is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and 
regulations in effect prior to such date.

                            timber sale requirements

    Sec. 433.  No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised if the 
indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is not sufficient 
to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal process) when appraised using a 
residual value appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which is 
surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made 
available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at 
prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to 
Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to 
foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow 
cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber sale 
holder.

transfer authority to federal highway administration for the national parks and 
                       public land legacy restoration fund

    Sec. 434.  Funds made available or allocated in this Act to the Department 
of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that are subject to the 
allocations and limitations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 U.S.C. 
200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated to the Federal Highway 
Administration for transportation projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 
U.S.C. 200401(2).

                           prohibition on use of funds

    Sec. 435.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate or 
implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water 
vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with 
livestock production.

                      greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

    Sec. 436.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement any provision 
in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 
emissions from manure management systems.

                               funding prohibition

    Sec. 437.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition components, or 
fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) 
or any other law.

                               firefighter pay cap

    Sec. 438.  Section 1701 of division B of the Extending Government Funding 
and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by 
Public Law 117-103, is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence and 
        inserting ``Any Services during a given calendar year that generate 
        payments payable in the subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded in 
        applying this subsection''; and
            (2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting ``or 2024'' after 
        ``or 2023'' each place it appears.

                              technical correction

    Sec. 439.  In the table entitled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of 
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A 
of Public Law 117-328 and in the table under the heading ``Disclosure of 
Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in such explanatory 
statement, the project relating to ``Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration 
Committee for the Restoration of Historic Campbell Chapel'' is deemed to be 
amended by striking ``Historic Preservation Fund--Save America's Treasures 
Grants'' and inserting ``Historic Preservation Fund--Historic Preservation Fund 
Grants''.

         alaska native regional health entities authorization extension

    Sec. 440.  Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76) shall be applied by substituting 
``October 1, 2024'' for ``December 24, 2022''.

                             lava ridge wind project

    Sec. 441. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated 
or expended for the purpose of granting, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way 
under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, unless or until the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, has analyzed, in 
consultation with local elected officials and stakeholders, action alternatives 
designed to reduce impacts to wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, 
hunting, wetlands and the connected surface and ground waters. The Secretary 
shall complete such consultations, and seek feedback regarding action 
alternatives, not later than September 30, 2024, and no funds made available in 
this Act shall be used for granting, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under 
section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project while such consultations and efforts are 
ongoing.
    (b) Prior to granting, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under section 501 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the 
Lava Ridge Wind Project, the Secretary shall periodically report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of consultations required 
under subsection (a) and, once such consultations are complete, provide a 
briefing to the Committees on the action alternatives and the feedback of local 
elected officials and stakeholders.

                                   limitation

    Sec. 442.  If requested by the claimant of any mining claim located within 
the area covered by Public Land Order 7921, the Bureau of Land Management shall 
prioritize completion of a validity determination for such claim. The Bureau of 
Land Management shall strive to complete any such validity determination not 
later than 3 years of receipt of the request.

                             good neighbor authority

    Sec. 443.  Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a), as 
amended by section 8624 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-334) and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), is 
further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by adding before the period: ``; or''
                            ``(iii) National Park System land; or
                            ``(iv) National Wildlife Refuge Land'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by striking ``or'' after ``National 
        Forest System'' and inserting ``,'';
            (3) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by inserting ``, National Park 
        Service, or National Wildlife Refuge'' after ``Bureau of Land 
        Management'';
            (4) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
        ``2024'';
            (5) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ``land or'' and inserting 
        ``,''; and
            (6) in subsection (b)(4) by inserting ``, National Park System, or 
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service'' after ``Bureau of Land Management''.

                    forest service nonrecurring expense fund

    Sec. 444.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States 
a fund to be known as the ``Forest Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' (the 
Fund):  Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds, and 
discretionary no-year funds at least four years old and deemed by the Chief of 
the Forest Service no longer needed for their intended purpose, appropriated for 
this or any succeeding fiscal year from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
Forest Service by this or any other Act may be transferred into the Fund:  
Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until 
expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available, for 
information technology; administrative expenses such as, but not limited to, 
utility and lease payments; facilities infrastructure maintenance, improvements, 
and construction; and roads infrastructure maintenance, subject to approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the Fund 
may not be obligated without written notification to and the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this Act.

                        world war i centennial commission

    Sec. 445.  In addition to the authority provided by section 6(g) of the 
World War I Centennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I 
Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112-272) and the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113-291), the World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel 
services, contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive 
branch agency for activities of the Commission.

                                   rescission

    Sec. 446.  Of the unobligated balances from discretionary amounts made 
available for fiscal year 2020 or prior fiscal years and derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund, the following are hereby permanently rescinded--
            (1) $89,000,000 from National Park Service grant programs with 
        unobligated carryover balances; and
            (2) $5,000,000 from the Bureau of Land Management:
  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                                   rescission

    Sec. 447.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available by 
section 11001 of Public Law 117-2, $350,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded.

                                   rescission

    Sec. 448.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 
fiscal year 2023 or prior fiscal years under the heading ``Department of Health 
and Human Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health Services'' for costs 
related to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, $90,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

DIVISION F--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                            APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                     TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                             Office of the Secretary

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $191,295,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the 
        Secretary;
            (2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the 
        Deputy Secretary;
            (3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
        Counsel;
            (4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
        Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which $2,000,000 is for the 
        Office for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy:  Provided, That 
        the Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval from the House and 
        Senate Committees on Appropriations under section 405 of this Act prior 
        to executing the authorities of section 118(g)(2)-(3) of title 49, 
        United States Code;
            (5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
        Secretary for Budget and Programs;
            (6) $7,138,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
        Secretary for Governmental Affairs;
            (7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
        Secretary for Administration;
            (8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs 
        and Public Engagement;
            (9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
        Secretariat;
            (10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, 
        Security, and Emergency Response;
            (11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
        Information Officer; and
            (12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 
        Government Affairs:
  Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this 
title as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any 
office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary:  Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be 
increased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all such transfers:  Provided 
further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be 
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be for allocation within the 
Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary 
may determine:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds 
received in user fees.

                             research and technology

    For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Research and Technology, $49,040,000, of which $22,500,000 shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That of such amounts that are available 
until expended, $10,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency--Infrastructure (ARPA-I) as authorized by section 119 
of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That within the funds made 
available under the preceding proviso, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 
available for research on durability, resiliency, and sustainability of bridges 
and other infrastructure and shall be directed to an accredited university of 
higher education in the northeast United States that has experience leading a 
regional university transportation center and a proven record of developing, 
patenting, deploying, and commercializing innovative composite materials and 
technologies for bridge and other transportation applications, as well as 
conducting research and developing prototypes using very large-scale polymer-
based additive manufacturing:  Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training:  Provided further, That any reference in law, 
regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative 
Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department 
of Transportation.

                       national infrastructure investments

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional project assistance 
grant program under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, $345,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, not less than 5 percent shall be awarded to projects 
in historically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty as 
defined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That grants awarded under this heading in this Act for eligible 
projects for planning, preparation, or design shall not be subject to a minimum 
grant size:  Provided further, That in distributing amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure 
an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 
addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the 
investment in a variety of transportation modes:  Provided further, That for 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall give 
priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
complete an overall financing package:  Provided further, That section 
6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
awarded under this heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be 
allocated for eligible projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 
percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located in urbanized areas:  
Provided further, That for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, 
preparation, or design under this heading in this Act is an urban award, the 
project location is the location of the project being planned, prepared, or 
designed:  Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, and may transfer 
portions of such amounts to the Administrators of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit 
Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime 
Administration to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance 
made under the program authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, the Secretary shall consider and award projects based solely on the 
selection criteria as identified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 
49, United States Code.

          national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

    For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation and Innovative 
Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as 
authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of 
expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and 
all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are available until expended to 
pay for such costs:  Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to 
other amounts made available for such purposes and are not subject to any 
obligation limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 
608 of title 23, United States Code.

                   rural and tribal infrastructure advancement

    For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal infrastructure 
advancement as authorized in section 21205 of Public Law 117-58, $25,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic entities, non-profit 
organizations, other Federal agencies, State or local governments and their 
agencies, Indian Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, to provide 
such technical assistance, planning, and capacity building to State, local, or 
Tribal governments, United States territories, metropolitan planning 
organizations, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of State or 
local governments.

            railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

    The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and loan guarantees 
pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, and such authority 
shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding.

                          financial management capital

    For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department of 
Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business processes, 
$5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025.

                           cyber security initiatives

    For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including necessary 
upgrades to network and information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
identity management and authentication capabilities, securing and protecting 
data, implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives, and implementation 
of enhanced security controls on agency computers and mobile devices, 
$49,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                             office of civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $18,228,000.

               transportation planning, research, and development

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, 
systems development, development activities, and making grants, $24,369,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $5,436,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency Infrastructure Permitting 
Improvement Center (IIPIC):  Provided further, That there may be transferred to 
this appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from 
other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for IIPIC 
activities not related to transportation infrastructure:  Provided further, That 
the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available to other 
Federal agencies for the permitting and review of major infrastructure projects 
not related to transportation only to the extent that other Federal agencies 
provide funding to the Department in accordance with the preceding proviso:  
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,443,000 shall be made available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified 
for Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).

                              working capital fund

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $522,165,000, shall be paid from 
appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation:  Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within 
the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, That the limitation in the 
preceding proviso on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external to 
the Department of Transportation or for funds provided in Public Law 117-58:  
Provided further, That no funds made available by this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority 
approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
Secretary:  Provided further, That no assessments may be levied against any 
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless 
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

            small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

    For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business utilization and 
outreach activities, $5,330,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code, such 
amounts may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation:  Provided further, That appropriations made available under this 
heading shall be available for any purpose consistent with prior year 
appropriations that were made available under the heading ``Office of the 
Secretary--Minority Business Resource Center Program''.

                            payments to air carriers

                         (airport and airway trust fund)

    In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry out the 
essential air service program under sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, 
United States Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, the 
Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers:  
Provided further, That basic essential air service minimum requirements shall 
not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That amounts authorized to be 
distributed for the essential air service program under section 41742(b) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 
otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration:  
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 
credited to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, the requirements established under 
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, and the subsidy cap established by section 332 of the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to 
maintain eligibility under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code.

      administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

                             (including rescissions)

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available by this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to 
funds appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, except for 
activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such 
assessments or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
congressional notification.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the web site of the Department of 
Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, 
including the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and 
Finance to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
    Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is authorized to 
provide partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements 
from all Federal agencies from available funds for transit benefit distribution 
services that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of 
SAFETEA-LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note):  Provided, That the Department shall maintain a 
reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in 
advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees:  
Provided further, That such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing for the continuation of 
transit benefits:  Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 
fully reimbursed by each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit.
    Sec. 104.  Receipts collected in the Department's Working Capital Fund, as 
authorized by section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for unused transit 
and van pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2024 
collections, shall be available until expended in the Department's Working 
Capital Fund to provide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act:  Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such collections shall 
not exceed $1,000,000.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this title may be obligated or expended for 
retention or senior executive bonuses for an employee of the Department of 
Transportation without the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration.
    Sec. 106.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, the Department's Administrative Working Capital Fund is 
hereby authorized to transfer information technology equipment, software, and 
systems from departmental sources or other entities and collect and maintain a 
reserve at rates which will return full cost of transferred assets.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not less than 3 
days before any application approval to provide credit assistance under sections 
603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary provides notification 
in writing to the following committees: the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives:  Provided, 
That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance will be 
provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the amount of 
credit assistance.
    Sec. 108.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 
``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program'' in section 109 of 
division L of Public Law 117-103, $8,948,237.30 is hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 109.  The Secretary of Transportation may transfer amounts awarded to a 
federally recognized Tribe under a funding agreement entered into under part 29 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from the Department of 
Transportation's Operating Administrations to the Office of Tribal Government 
Affairs:  Provided, That any amounts retroceded or reassumed under such part may 
be transferred back to the appropriate Operating Administration.
    Sec. 109A. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of Transportation or 
the Department of Transportation's operating administrations in this Act for the 
costs of award, administration, or oversight of financial assistance under the 
programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred to the account 
identified in section 801 of division J of Public Law 117-58, to remain 
available until expended, for the necessary expenses of award, administration, 
or oversight of any financial assistance programs in the Department of 
Transportation.
    (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section are available in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose.
    (c) The program from which funds made available under this Act may be 
transferred under subsection (a) are--
            (1) the local and regional project assistance program under section 
        6702 of title 49, United States Code; and
            (2) the university transportation centers program under section 5505 
        of title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 109B.  Of the amounts made available under the heading ``National 
Infrastructure Investments'', up to $35,000,000 shall be available--
            (1) First, to fully fund the projects at the amounts for which they 
        applied under section 109B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
        (division L of Public Law 117-328) and were not fully funded; and
            (2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure projects for which the 
        initial grant agreement was executed between January 14, 2021 and 
        February 14, 2021 for awards made from the national infrastructure 
        investments program under title I of division G of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6):  Provided, That sponsors of 
        projects eligible for funds made available under subsection shall 
        provide sufficient written justification describing, at a minimum, the 
        current project cost estimate, why the project cannot be completed with 
        the obligated grant amount, and any other relevant information, as 
        determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That funds made 
        available under this subsection shall be allocated to projects eligible 
        to receive funding under this section in order of the date the grant 
        agreements were initially executed:  Provided further, That the 
        allocation under the previous proviso will be for the amounts necessary 
        to cover increases to eligible project costs since the grant was 
        obligated, based on the information provided:  Provided further, That 
        section 200.204 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply 
        to amounts made available under this section:  Provided further, That 
        the amounts made available under this section shall not be subject to 
        limitations under section 6702(c) of title 49, United States Code:  
        Provided further, That the amounts made available under this section 
        shall not be part of the Federal share of total project costs under 
        section 6702(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, 
        That section 6702(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to 
        amounts made available under this section:  Provided further, That the 
        Office of the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the amounts 
        allocated to projects under this section no later than 120 days after 
        the date the sufficient written justifications required under this 
        section have been submitted.
    Sec. 109C.  For amounts provided for this fiscal year and prior fiscal 
years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-58 shall be applied by 
substituting ``30 percent'' for ``40 percent''.
    Sec. 109D.  The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 2024, 
from amounts made available for the ``Department of Transportation--Office of 
the Secretary--National Infrastructure Investments'' in division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) are hereby 
permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority 
equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall be available, without 
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant to 
the fiscal year 2021 national infrastructure investments program, in addition to 
other funds as may be available for such purposes:  Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 109E.  For amounts provided for fiscal year 2024 under the heading 
``National Infrastructure Investments'' in title VIII of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) to carry out section 
6702 of title 49, United States Code, the set aside for historically 
disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty under subsection (f)(2) 
of such section shall be applied by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``1 percent'' 
in this fiscal year:  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.

                         Federal Aviation Administration

                                   operations

                         (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial 
space transportation, administrative expenses for research and development, 
establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) 
and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
maps sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
of which $12,093,150,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund:  
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading--
            (1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be available for aviation 
        safety activities;
            (2) $9,439,068,000 shall be available for air traffic organization 
        activities;
            (3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial space 
        transportation activities;
            (4) $948,211,000 shall be available for finance and management 
        activities;
            (5) $67,818,000 shall be available for NextGen and operations 
        planning activities;
            (6) $162,155,000 shall be available for security and hazardous 
        materials safety activities; and
            (7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff offices:
  Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except 
for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 
under this heading:  Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any appropriation under this heading by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, 
That any transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the submission of the budget 
request, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit 
to Congress an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note):  Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been transmitted to Congress:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall transmit to 
Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for 
staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification staff 
in a format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year:  
Provided further, That the amounts made available under this heading shall be 
reduced by $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after the 
submission of the budget request that such report has not been submitted to 
Congress:  Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant 
agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available for new applicants for the 
second career training program:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration 
to finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
Act:  Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, as 
offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses 
incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the 
maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 
renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major 
repair or alteration forms:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, not less than $205,376,000 shall be used to fund 
direct operations of the current air traffic control towers in the contract 
tower program, including the contract tower cost share program, and any airport 
that is currently qualified or that will qualify for the program during the 
fiscal year:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities 
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to eliminate the contract weather observers 
program at any airport.

                            facilities and equipment

                         (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, 
establishment, technical support services, improvement by contract or purchase, 
and hire of national airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, 
as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering 
and service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters 
and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation 
Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not 
available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made 
available under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and 
certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$3,191,250,000, of which $634,739,370 is for personnel and related expenses and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, $2,496,360,630 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026, and $60,150,000 is for terminal facilities 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national 
airspace systems:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit 
to the Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, 
with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets 
for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget:  Provided further, That section 405 of this Act shall apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure 
Investments and Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117-58):  
Provided further, That the amounts in the table entitled ``Allocation of Funds 
for FAA Facilities and Equipment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act--Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) shall be the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
year pursuant to paragraph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in 
the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs (5) 
and (6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent of any funding 
level specified for projects and activities in the table referred to in the 
preceding proviso may be transferred to any other funding level specified for 
projects and activities in such table and no transfer of such funding levels may 
increase or decrease any funding level in such table by more than 10 percent:  
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading for 
terminal facilities, $15,000,000 shall be made available for the purposes, and 
in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                     research, engineering, and development

                         (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of 
title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental facilities 
and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $280,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
September 30, 2026:  Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for 
expenses incurred for research, engineering, and development:  Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading shall be used in accordance with 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That not to exceed 10 
percent of any funding level specified under this heading in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) may be transferred to any other funding level specified under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by more than 10 percent:  
Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as 
a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.

                           grants-in-aid for airports

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (limitation on obligations)

                         (airport and airway trust fund)

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport 
planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and programs as 
authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of 
title 49, United States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations; 
for procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and 
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to airport 
operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That none of the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal 
year 2024, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code:  
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, 
reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the 
Government's share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such 
section for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase 
of a multi-phased construction project for which the project sponsor received a 
grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction project:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts limited under this 
heading, not less than $152,148,000 shall be available for administration, 
$15,000,000 shall be available for the airport cooperative research program, 
$41,801,000 shall be available for airport technology research, and $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available and transferred to 
``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the small 
community air service development program:  Provided further, That in addition 
to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such 
program may include the participation of an airport that serves a community or 
consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA hub 
classifications effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a 
request for proposals:  Provided further, That the Secretary may provide grants 
to any commercial service airport, notwithstanding the requirement for the 
airport to be located in an air quality nonattainment or maintenance area or to 
be able to receive emission credits in section 47102(3)(K) and 47102(3)(L) of 
title 49, United States Code, for work necessary to construct or modify airport 
facilities to provide low-emission fuel systems, gate electrification, other 
related air quality improvements, acquisition of airport-owned vehicles or 
ground support equipment with low-emission technology, provided such vehicles 
are used exclusively on airport property or to transport passengers and 
employees between the airport and the airport's consolidated rental facility or 
an intermodal surface transportation facility adjacent to the airport.

                           grants-in-aid for airports

    For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for Airports'', to enable the 
Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects as authorized by 
subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, $532,392,074, to remain available through September 30, 2026:  
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, 
special apportionment categories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--
            (1) $482,392,074 shall be made available for the purposes, and in 
        amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds made available under this 
        section shall not be subject to or considered under section 
        47115(j)(3)(B) of title 49, United States Code;
            (2) up to $50,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to 
        distribute as discretionary grants to airports; and
            (3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for two 
        remaining projects under section 190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 
        2018 (Public Law 115-254):  Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection 
        (j)(2) of section 190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 
        115-254), such grants shall be made available for conducting testing 
        activities in support of studying the effectiveness of existing 
        federally funded sound insulation in residential areas located within 
        the 65 DNL noise contour of a large-hub airport that will facilitate 
        future environmental mitigation projects in these areas:  Provided 
        further, That, with respect to a project funded under the previous 
        proviso, the allowable project cost for such project shall be calculated 
        without consideration of any costs that were previously paid by the 
        Government:
  Provided further, That the Secretary may make discretionary grants to primary 
airports for airport-owned infrastructure required for the on-airport 
distribution or storage of sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at least a 50 
percent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, using a methodology 
determined by the Secretary, including, but not limited to, on-airport 
construction or expansion of pipelines, rail lines and spurs, loading and off-
loading facilities, blending facilities, and storage tanks:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make discretionary grants with funds made available under 
this heading to primary or nonprimary airports for the acquisition or 
construction costs related to airport-owned, revenue-producing aeronautical fuel 
farms and fueling systems, including mobile systems, that the Secretary 
determines will promote the use of unleaded or sustainable aviation fuels on a 
non-exclusive basis:  Provided further, That the Secretary may make 
discretionary grants for airport development improvements of primary runways, 
taxiways, and aprons necessary at a nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or large hub 
airport to increase operational resilience for the purpose of resuming 
commercial service flight operations following flooding, high water, hurricane, 
storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsunami, wind driven water, or winter storms:  
Provided further, That the amounts made available under this heading shall not 
be subject to any limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports 
program set forth in any Act:  Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading to fund the award and oversight by the 
Administrator of grants made under this heading.

           administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

                             (including rescissions)

    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded 
research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide 
to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building construction, 
maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings 
for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather 
reporting:  Provided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this section 
does not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to 
achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities.
    Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may 
reimburse amounts made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and any amount remaining in such account at the close of any fiscal 
year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year.
    Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at the time of 
collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes as such 
appropriation.
    Sec. 114.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under section 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to 
any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually 
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium pay.
    Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or 
expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a 
store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 
card.
    Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to implement or to 
continue to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner or operator of 
a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, a blocking of that owner's or operator's aircraft 
registration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, call sign, 
or similar identifying information from any ground based display to the public 
that would allow the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that 
aircraft's movements, except data made available to a Government agency, for the 
noncommercial flights of that owner or operator.
    Sec. 117.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than nine political and Presidential 
appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Sec. 118.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until 
the Federal Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 
navigation products and explains how such fees are consistent with Executive 
Order No. 13642.
    Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to close 
a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce 
its services unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in advance.
    Sec. 119A.  None of the funds made available by or limited by this Act may 
be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro 
airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
    Sec. 119B.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to withhold from 
consideration and approval any new application for participation in the contract 
tower program, or for reevaluation of cost-share program participants so long as 
the Federal Aviation Administration has received an application from the 
airport, and so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligible 
using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration published 
establishment criteria.
    Sec. 119C.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, or reorganize a regional office, 
the aeronautical center, or the technical center unless the Administrator 
submits a request for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act.
    Sec. 119D.  The Federal Aviation Administration Administrative Services 
Franchise Fund may be reimbursed after performance or paid in advance from funds 
available to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal agencies for 
which the Fund performs services.
    Sec. 119E.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the FAA may be used to carry out the FAA's obligations under section 44502(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system or 
equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 44502(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, was purchased by the transferor airport--
            (1) during the period of time beginning on October 5, 2018 and 
        ending on December 31, 2021; or
            (2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor airports located in a 
        non-contiguous States.
    Sec. 119F.  Of the funds provided under the heading ``Grants-in-aid for 
Airports'', up to $3,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses, including an 
independent verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors 
that do not provide gateway operations and providers of general aviation ground 
support services, or other aviation tenants, located at those airports closed 
during a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any residence of the President 
that is designated or identified to be secured by the United States Secret 
Service, and for direct and incremental financial losses incurred while such 
airports are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Government:  
Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or distributed to airport sponsors 
that do not provide gateway operations and providers of general aviation ground 
support services until an independent audit is completed:  Provided further, 
That losses incurred as a result of violations of law, or through fault or 
negligence, of such operators and service providers or of third parties 
(including airports) are not eligible for reimbursements:  Provided further, 
That obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full release of 
the United States Government for all claims for financial losses resulting from 
such actions.
    Sec. 119G.  Of the unobligated balances available to the Federal Aviation 
Administration, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded:
            (1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available for ``Federal Aviation 
        Administration--Facilities and Equipment'', which were to remain 
        available until expended, by title I of Public Law 104-50; and
            (2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for ``Federal Aviation 
        Administration--Facilities and Equipment'' by chapter 10, division B, of 
        Public Law 108-324.
    Sec. 119H.  None of the funds made available in this or any other Act shall 
be used to facilitate the assignment of individuals from a private-sector 
organization to the FAA to serve on a temporary basis.

                         Federal Highway Administration

                      limitation on administrative expenses

                              (highway trust fund)

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances and reimbursements 
received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be obligated for necessary 
expenses for administration and operation of the Federal Highway Administration: 
 Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian 
Regional Commission in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code.

                              federal-aid highways

                           (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

    Funds available for the implementation or execution of authorized Federal-
aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not exceed total 
obligations of $60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024:  Provided, That the 
limitation on obligations under this heading shall only apply to contract 
authority authorized from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account), unless otherwise specified in law.

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                              (highway trust fund)

    For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out authorized Federal-
aid highway and highway safety construction programs, $60,834,782,888 shall be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to 
remain available until expended.

                         highway infrastructure programs

                          (including transfer of funds)

    There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary $2,224,676,687:  Provided, 
That the funds made available under this heading shall be derived from the 
general fund, shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 2024 in 
this or any other Act for: (1) ``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code; (2) the Appalachian development highway system as 
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240; (3) activities eligible 
under the Tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United 
States Code; (4) the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et 
seq.); or (5) the Denali Commission, and shall not affect the distribution or 
amount of funds provided in any other Act:  Provided further, That, except for 
the funds made available under this heading for the Northern Border Regional 
Commission and the Denali Commission, section 11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 
shall apply to funds made available under this heading:  Provided further, That 
unless otherwise specified, amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, and shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs 
set forth in any Act making annual appropriations:  Provided further, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $1,884,176,687 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
        specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
        Spending in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act):  Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 
        under this heading, the funds made available under this paragraph shall 
        be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
        States Code:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
        paragraph that are used for Tribal projects shall be administered as if 
        allocated under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, except that 
        the set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of 
        title 23, United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of 
        section 202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended 
        by Public Law 117-58), shall not apply to such funds;
            (2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for construction of 
        the Appalachian development highway system, as authorized under section 
        1069(y) of Public Law 102-240:  Provided, That for the purposes of funds 
        made available under this paragraph, the term ``Appalachian State'' 
        means a State that contains 1 or more counties (including any political 
        subdivision located within the area) in the Appalachian region as 
        defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code:  Provided 
        further, That funds made available under this heading for construction 
        of the Appalachian development highway system shall remain available 
        until expended:  Provided further, That, except as provided in the 
        following proviso, funds made available under this heading for 
        construction of the Appalachian development highway system shall be 
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
        States Code:  Provided further, That a project carried out with funds 
        made available under this heading for construction of the Appalachian 
        development highway system shall be carried out in the same manner as a 
        project under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code:  Provided 
        further, That subject to the following proviso, funds made available 
        under this heading for construction of the Appalachian development 
        highway system shall be apportioned to Appalachian States according to 
        the percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian development highway 
        system cost-to-complete estimate, adopted in Appalachian Regional 
        Commission Resolution Number 736, and confirmed as each Appalachian 
        State's relative share of the estimated remaining need to complete the 
        Appalachian development highway system, adjusted to exclude those 
        corridors that such States have no current plans to complete, as 
        reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway System Completion 
        Report, unless those States have modified and assigned a higher priority 
        for completion of an Appalachian development highway system corridor, as 
        reported in the 2020 Appalachian Development Highway System Future 
        Outlook:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall adjust 
        apportionments made under the preceding proviso so that no Appalachian 
        State shall be apportioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 
        amount made available for construction of the Appalachian development 
        highway system under this heading:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        shall consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making 
        adjustments under the preceding two provisos:  Provided further, That 
        the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made for 
        construction of the Appalachian development highway system under this 
        heading shall be up to 100 percent;
            (3) $150,000,000 shall be for activities eligible under the Tribal 
        transportation program, as described in section 202 of title 23, United 
        States Code:  Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under this 
        heading, the funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
        administered as if allocated under chapter 2 of title 23, United States 
        Code:  Provided further, That the set-asides described in subparagraph 
        (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and 
        subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 of such title shall not 
        apply to funds made available under this paragraph:  Provided further, 
        That the set-aside described in section 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended 
        by Public Law 117-58), shall not apply to such funds;
            (4) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Northern Border Regional 
        Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants, in addition to 
        amounts otherwise made available to the Northern Border Regional 
        Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot projects that 
        demonstrate the capabilities of wood-based infrastructure projects:  
        Provided, That a grant made with funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall be administered in the same manner as a grant made under 
        subtitle V of title 40, United States Code;
            (5) $4,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali Commission for 
        activities eligible under section 307(e) of the Denali Commission Act of 
        1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277):  Provided, That funds 
        made available under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 
        of such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise provided under 
        section 307(e) of such Act or this heading, funds made available under 
        this paragraph shall be administered as if directly appropriated to the 
        Denali Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act, 
        including the requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that the local 
        community provides a 10 percent non-Federal match in the form of any 
        necessary land or planning and design funds:  Provided further, That 
        such funds shall be available until expended:  Provided further, That 
        the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made with 
        funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 90 percent;
            (6) $13,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali Commission to 
        carry out the Denali access system program under section 309 of the 
        Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277): 
         Provided, That a transfer under this paragraph shall not be subject to 
        section 311 of such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise 
        provided under this heading, funds made available under this paragraph 
        shall be administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali 
        Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act:  Provided 
        further, That funds made available under this paragraph shall not be 
        subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act:  Provided further, That funds 
        made available under this paragraph shall be available until expended:  
        Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
        expenditure is made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be 
        up to 100 percent;
            (7) $10,000,000 shall be for the regional infrastructure accelerator 
        demonstration program authorized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 
        U.S.C. 601 note):  Provided, That for funds made available under this 
        paragraph, the Federal share of the costs shall be, at the option of the 
        recipient, up to 100 percent:  Provided further, That funds made 
        available under this paragraph may be transferred to the Office of the 
        Secretary;
            (8) $7,500,000 shall be for the national scenic byways program under 
        section 162 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided, That, except as 
        otherwise provided under this heading, the funds made available under 
        this paragraph shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 
        of title 23, United States Code; and
            (9) $50,000,000, in addition to amounts made available in section 
        126 of this Act, shall be for a competitive highway bridge program for 
        States that--
                    (A) have a population density of less than 115 individuals 
                per square mile; and
                    (B) have--
                            (i) less than 26 percent of total bridges classified 
                        as in good condition; or
                            (ii) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of total 
                        bridges classified as in poor condition:
          Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent of total 
        bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive not less than 
        $32,500,000 of the funds made available in this paragraph or in section 
        126 of this Act for grant applications for projects eligible under this 
        paragraph:  Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
        eligible applications from any such State meeting the criteria under the 
        preceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of at least 
        $32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide 
        other grants to States eligible under this paragraph:  Provided further, 
        That the funds made available under this paragraph shall be used for 
        highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads 
        that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway bridge 
        projects and, except as otherwise provided in this heading, shall be 
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
        States Code:  Provided further, That the requirements of section 
        144(j)(5) of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to funds made 
        available under this paragraph:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
        this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate population density figures 
        based on the latest available data from the decennial census conducted 
        under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code:  Provided further, 
        That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the 
        percentages of bridge counts (including the percentages of bridge counts 
        classified as in poor and good condition) based on the national bridge 
        inventory as of June 2023.

            administrative provisions--federal highway administration

                             (including rescissions)

    Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Transportation shall--
            (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highways--
                    (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses and 
                programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; and
                    (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation 
                Statistics;
            (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for 
        Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of 
        amounts--
                    (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
                the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
                safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the funds 
                for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the 
                Secretary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States 
                Code); and
                    (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in a 
                previous fiscal year;
            (3) determine the proportion that--
                    (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less 
                the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
                and (2) of this subsection; bears to
                    (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
                the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
                (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of 
                law described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (b) 
                and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
                23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in 
                subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal year), less the aggregate of 
                the amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
                subsection;
            (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
        less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), 
        for each of the programs (other than programs to which paragraph (1) 
        applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under authorized Federal-
        aid highway and highway safety construction programs, or apportioned by 
        the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code, 
        by multiplying--
                    (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by
                    (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such 
                program for such fiscal year; and
            (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
        less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway 
        and highway safety construction programs that are apportioned by the 
        Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
        apportioned for the national highway performance program in section 119 
        of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
        under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts apportioned under sections 202 
        and 204 of that title) in the proportion that--
                    (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs 
                that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to each 
                State for such fiscal year; bears to
                    (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
                for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
                States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
    (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations under or for--
            (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 
        (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
            (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 
        1701);
            (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
        Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
            (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
        Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 
        198);
            (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
            (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on 
        June 8, 1998);
            (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for 
        fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal to 
        $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was 
        made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
        (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to remain 
        available until expended, but only to the extent that the obligation 
        authority has not lapsed or been used;
            (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for 
        fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount equal to 
        $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 
        1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that 
        section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
        which the funds were initially made available for obligation; and
            (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for each of 
        fiscal years 2013 through 2024, only in an amount equal to 
        $639,000,000).
    (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year--
            (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
        available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot be 
        obligated during that fiscal year; and
            (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate 
        amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal 
        year, giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances 
        of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in effect on the day before 
        the date of enactment of Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United 
        States Code.
    (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation Research 
Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the obligation 
        limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to contract authority 
        for transportation research programs carried out under--
                    (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code;
                    (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
                Act; and
                    (C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure Investment 
                and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).
            (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under paragraph 
        (1) shall--
                    (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and
                    (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
                on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
                construction programs for future fiscal years.
    (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding funds 
        authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, United States 
        Code) that--
                    (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year 
                for Federal-aid highway programs; and
                    (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the 
                States (or will not be apportioned to the States under section 
                204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be available 
                for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the imposition 
                of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
            (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the 
        same proportion as the distribution of obligation authority under 
        subsection (a)(5).
            (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under paragraph 
        (1) shall be available for any purpose described in section 133(b) of 
        title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses 
incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited 
to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau 
for such expenses.
    Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her 
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid highways 
projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an informal public notice 
and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and the reasons 
therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary shall post on a website any waivers 
granted under the Buy America requirements.
    Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to make 
a grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless 
the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that section, 
provides written notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation and justification 
for the project and the amount of the proposed grant award.
    Sec. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 of title 23, 
United States Code, may use for any project eligible under section 133(b) of 
title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the State 
or territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obligation limitation:  
Provided, That the Department of Transportation for the State or territory for 
which the earmarked amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 
Secretary of its intent to use its authority under this section and submits an 
annual report to the Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 
would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of availability of funds 
to be obligated under this section, such funds and associated obligation 
limitation shall remain available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years 
after the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The Federal share of 
the cost of a project carried out with funds made available under this section 
shall be the same as associated with the earmark.
    (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
            (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule XLIV of 
        the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or 
        joint explanatory statement, which was authorized to be appropriated or 
        appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, 
        and administered by the Federal Highway Administration; or
            (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the Rules of 
        the House of Representatives, identified in a prior law, report, or 
        joint explanatory statement, which was authorized to be appropriated or 
        appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, 
        and administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
    (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only for those 
projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 percent of the amount 
made available for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and 
shall be applied to projects within the same general geographic area within 25 
miles for which the funding was designated, except that a State or territory may 
apply such authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities 
the State or territory certifies have been closed and for which payments have 
been made under a final voucher.
    (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the information 
provided by the States and territories annually to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated balances available to the 
Federal Highway Administration, the following funds are hereby permanently 
rescinded, subject to subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and 
programs in the specified amounts:
            (1) $48,346,377.35 from funds available in the ``Surface 
        Transportation Priorities'' account (69 X 0538);
            (2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the ``Delta Regional 
        Transportation Development Program'' account (69 X 0551);
            (3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the ``Appalachian 
        Development Highway System'' account (69 X 0640);
            (4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ``Highway Beautification'' 
        account (69 X 0540);
            (5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the ``State Infrastructure 
        Banks'' account (69 X 0549);
            (6) $90,435 from funds available in the ``Railroad-Highway Crossings 
        Demonstration Projects'' account (69 X 0557);
            (7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the ``Interstate Transfer 
        Grants--Highway'' account (69 X 0560);
            (8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the ``Kentucky Bridge 
        Project'' account (69 X 0572);
            (9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ``Highway Demonstration 
        Project--Preliminary Engineering'' account (69 X 0583);
            (10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the ``Highway Demonstration 
        Projects'' account (69 X 0598); and
            (11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the ``Miscellaneous Highway 
        Projects'' account (69 X 0641).
    (b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) from any funds for 
which a State exercised its authority under section 125 of division L of Public 
Law 114-113, section 422 of division K of Public Law 115-31, section 126 of 
division L of Public Law 115-141, section 125 of division G of Public Law 116-6, 
section 125 of division H of Public Law 116-94, section 124 of division L of 
Public Law 116-260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 117-103, or section 
124 of division L of Public Law 117-328.
    (c) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) from any amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $200,000,000 from 
the funds described in subsection (b), in addition to amounts made available in 
paragraph (9) under the heading ``Highway Infrastructure Programs'', shall be 
available for a competitive highway bridge program for States that--
            (1) have a population density of less than 115 individuals per 
        square mile; and
            (2) have--
                    (A) less than 26 percent of total bridges classified as in 
                good condition; or
                    (B) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of total bridges 
                classified as in poor condition:
  Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent of total bridges 
classified as in poor condition shall receive not less than $32,500,000 of the 
funds made available under this subsection or in paragraph (9) under the heading 
``Highway Infrastructure Programs'' for grant applications for projects eligible 
under this subsection:  Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
eligible applications from any such State meeting the criteria under the 
preceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of at least $32,500,000, the 
Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide other grants to States 
eligible under this subsection:  Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this subsection shall be used for highway bridge replacement or 
rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings by 
bundling multiple highway bridge projects and, except as otherwise provided in 
this section, shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code:  Provided further, That the requirements of section 
144(j)(5) of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to funds made 
available under this subsection:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall calculate population density figures based on 
the latest available data from the decennial census conducted under section 
141(a) of title 13, United States Code:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall calculate the percentages of bridge counts 
(including the percentages of bridge counts classified as in poor and good 
condition) based on the national bridge inventory as of June 2023:  Provided 
further, That section 11101(e) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117-58) shall apply to funds made available under this subsection.
    (b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds that--
            (1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) were made available for credit assistance under--
                    (A) the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation 
                program under subchapter II of chapter 1 of title 23, United 
                States Code, as in effect prior to August 10, 2005; or
                    (B) the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation 
                program under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code.
    (c) Funds made available under subsection (a) for a competitive highway 
bridge program for States shall--
            (1) be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highway 
        and highway safety construction programs; and
            (2) unless otherwise specified in this section, remain available 
        until September 30, 2027.
    (d) The obligation limitation made available under section 120(a)(2) that is 
associated with funds made available under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) remain available until September 30, 2027; and
            (2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
        obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
        programs for future fiscal years.

                   Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

                  motor carrier safety operations and programs

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, execution and 
administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs pursuant to 
section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $346,000,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution, or administration 
of motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of $411,000,000, for 
``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 2024, of which 
$14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for 
the research and technology program, and of which not less than $99,098,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for development, 
modernization, enhancement, and continued operation and maintenance of 
information technology and information management.

                           motor carrier safety grants

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 31103, 
31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, $516,300,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation 
or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations 
of $516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'':  
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading--
            (1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
        30, 2025, shall be for the motor carrier safety assistance program;
            (2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
        30, 2025, shall be for the commercial driver's license program 
        implementation program;
            (3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
        30, 2025, shall be for the high priority program;
            (4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
        30, 2025, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle operators grant 
        program; and
            (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
        30, 2025, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle enforcement training 
        and support grant program.

     administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

    Sec. 130.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall send notice 
of section 385.308 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, violations by 
certified mail, registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 
the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations.
    Sec. 131.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Transportation by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or 
expended to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 31137 
of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary 
pursuant to such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging devices 
by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of 
such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602 of the Emergency 
Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects.

                 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                             operations and research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with 
respect to traffic and highway safety, authorized under chapter 301 and part C 
of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $223,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2025.

                             operations and research

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including behavioral research on 
automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance systems and improving 
consumer responses to safety recalls, section 25024 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $201,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2024, are 
in excess of $201,200,000:  Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--
            (1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs authorized under section 403 
        of title 23, United States Code, including behavioral research on 
        automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance systems and 
        improving consumer responses to safety recalls, and section 25024 of the 
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); and
            (2) $7,200,000 shall be for the national driver register authorized 
        under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code:
  Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation limitation for 
operations and research, $57,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years:  Provided further, That amounts for behavioral 
research on automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance systems and 
improving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition to any other 
funds provided for those purposes for fiscal year 2024 in this Act.

                          highway traffic safety grants

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of sections 
402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant administration 
expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain available 
until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account):  Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of programs for which the total 
obligations in fiscal year 2024 are in excess of $813,300,800 for programs 
authorized under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and 
grant administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:  
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $378,400,000 shall be for highway safety programs under section 
        402 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) $353,500,000 shall be for national priority safety programs 
        under section 405 of title 23, United States Code;
            (3) $40,300,000 shall be for the high visibility enforcement program 
        under section 404 of title 23, United States Code; and
            (4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative expenses under 
        chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
  Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, 
rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
State, local or private buildings or structures:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national priority safety 
programs under section 405 of title 23, United States Code, for impaired driving 
countermeasures (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
available for technical assistance to the States:  Provided further, That with 
respect to the ``Transfers'' provision under section 405(a)(10) of title 23, 
United States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made 
available under section 402 shall include the obligation authority for such 
amounts:  Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(10) of title 23, United 
States Code, within 5 days.

    administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety administration

    Sec. 140.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall not apply to 
obligations for which obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been 
used.
    Sec. 141.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited for section 402 
of title 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for 
State management reviews and to pay for core competency development training and 
related expenses for highway safety staff.

                         Federal Railroad Administration

                              safety and operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, $267,799,000, of which $25,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended.

                        railroad research and development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $54,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section 
20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the construction, alteration, and 
repair of buildings and improvements at the Transportation Technology Center.

             federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail

    For necessary expenses related to Federal-state partnership for intercity 
passenger rail grants as authorized by section 24911 of title 49, United States 
Code, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for the costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants carried out under title 49, United States Code.

            consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail infrastructure and 
safety improvements grants, as authorized by section 22907 of title 49, United 
States Code, $198,957,997, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, $98,957,997 shall 
be made available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That requirements under 
subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall 
not apply to the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That any remaining funds 
available after the distribution of the Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending described in this paragraph shall be available 
to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants under this heading:  
Provided further, That for amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall also include railroad systems planning (including the preparation of 
regional intercity passenger rail plans and state rail plans) and railroad 
project development activities (including railroad project planning, preliminary 
engineering, design, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the 
development and analysis of project alternatives):  Provided further, That 
section 22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for projects that implement or 
sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible under section 
22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for projects selected for commuter 
rail passenger transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after 
selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered in accordance with 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That for amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 
22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding company 
of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in 
section 20102 of title 49, United States Code):  Provided further, That section 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That section 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are 
announced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes funds made available 
under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not apply to funds made available under this heading in the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, 
That unobligated balances remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of 
this Act may be used for any eligible project under section 22907(c) of title 
49, United States Code:  Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold up to 
2 percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act for the 
costs of award and project management oversight of grants carried out under 
title 49, United States Code.

    northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the Northeast 
Corridor as authorized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $1,141,442,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent 
of the amounts made available under both this heading in this Act and the 
``National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' 
heading in this Act to fund the costs of project management and oversight of 
activities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), the Secretary may 
retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor 
Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code.

     national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the National 
Network as authorized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117-58), $1,286,321,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in this Act to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee established under section 
24712 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading in this Act shall be used by Amtrak to give notice 
under subsection (a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, 
with respect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator on a host railroad's 
line and a positive train control system is not required by law or regulation, 
or, except in an emergency or during maintenance or construction outages 
impacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, 
suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such 
route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation of service 
permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu of 
rail service:  Provided further, That the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for corridor development activities as authorized by section 
22101(h) of division B of Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That $40,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall be for design 
and construction activities to improve the concourse and related infrastructure 
for the station at the major hub of Amtrak's National Network.

           administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                             (including rescissions)

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 150.  The amounts made available to the Secretary or to the Federal 
Railroad Administration for the costs of award, administration, and project 
management oversight of financial assistance which are administered by the 
Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior Acts, may be transferred to 
the Federal Railroad Administration's ``Financial Assistance Oversight and 
Technical Assistance'' account for the necessary expenses to support the award, 
administration, project management oversight, and technical assistance of 
financial assistance administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the 
same manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts:  Provided, That this 
section shall not apply to amounts that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 151.  None of the funds made available to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs in excess of 
$35,000 for any individual employee:  Provided, That the President of Amtrak may 
waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific employees when the 
President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and 
operational efficiency of the system:  Provided further, That the President of 
Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a summary of all 
overtime payments incurred by Amtrak for 2023 and the three prior calendar 
years:  Provided further, That such summary shall include the total number of 
employees that received waivers and the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to 
employees receiving waivers for each month for 2023 and for the three prior 
calendar years.
    Sec. 152.  None of the funds made available to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation under the headings ``Northeast Corridor Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' and ``National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' may be used to reduce the total number 
of Amtrak Police Department uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger 
trains or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level on 
May 1, 2019.
    Sec. 153.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation in contravention of the Worker 
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
    Sec. 154.  Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining from--
            (1) ``Northeast Corridor Improvement Program'' account totaling 
        $126,348 appropriated by Public Law 114-113 is hereby permanently 
        rescinded;
            (2) ``Railroad Safety Grants'' account totaling $81,257.66 
        appropriated by Public Law 113-235 is hereby permanently rescinded;
            (3) ``Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity 
        Passenger Rail Service'' account totaling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by 
        Public Law 111-117 is hereby permanently rescinded;
            (4) ``Next Generation High-Speed Rail'' account totaling $94.94 
        appropriated by Public Law 108-447 is hereby permanently rescinded; and
            (5) ``Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' 
        account totaling $678.16 appropriated by Public Law 108-447 is hereby 
        permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 155.  It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed 
        transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities in 40 
        States and are particularly important in rural areas; and
            (2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should be 
        sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National Network (as 
        defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code).

                         Federal Transit Administration

                             transit formula grants

                     (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal public transportation 
assistance program in this account, and for payment of obligations incurred in 
carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 
5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public 
Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114-94, $13,990,000,000, to be 
derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation 
or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) 
of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114-94, shall not 
exceed total obligations of $13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024.

                          transit infrastructure grants

    For an additional amount for ferry boats grants under section 5307(h) of 
title 49, United States Code, Tribal technical assistance under section 
5311(b)(3)(C) of such title, bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such 
title, accelerating the adoption of zero emission buses under section 5312 of 
such title, Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending for 
projects and activities eligible under chapter 53 of such title, and ferry 
service for rural communities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 
117-58, $252,386,844, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
sums provided under this heading in this Act--
            (1) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat grants as 
        authorized under section 5307(h) of such title:  Provided, That of the 
        amounts provided under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
        available for low or zero emission ferries or ferries using electric 
        battery or fuel cell components and the infrastructure to support such 
        ferries;
            (2) $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance and 
        resources to Tribes through the national rural transportation assistance 
        program authorized under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title;
            (3) $1,500,000 shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
        of the bus testing facilities selected under section 5318 of such title;
            (4) $206,817,976 shall be available for the purposes, and in 
        amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act):  Provided, That unless otherwise specified, 
        applicable requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
        Code, shall apply to amounts made available in this paragraph, except 
        that the Federal share of the costs for a project in this paragraph 
        shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the net costs of the 
        project, unless the Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share of 
        the net costs of the project consistent with administration of similar 
        projects funded under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code;
            (5) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry service for rural 
        communities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117-58:  
        Provided, That for amounts made available in this paragraph, 
        notwithstanding section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall include 
        passenger ferry service that serves at least two rural areas with a 
        single segment over 15 miles between the two rural areas and is not 
        otherwise eligible under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States 
        Code:  Provided further, That entities that provide eligible service 
        pursuant to the preceding proviso may use amounts made available in this 
        paragraph for public transportation capital projects to support any 
        ferry service between two rural areas; and
            (6) $3,568,868 shall be available to support technical assistance, 
        research, demonstration, or deployment activities or projects to 
        accelerate the adoption of zero emission buses in public transit as 
        authorized under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code:
  Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
shall be derived from the general fund:  Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any other Act.

                        technical assistance and training

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title 49, United States 
Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That 
the assistance provided under this heading does not duplicate the activities of 
section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading are in addition to any 
other amounts made available for such purposes:  Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations set forth in this or any other Act.

                            capital investment grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital investment grants 
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the 
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114-94), $2,205,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading in this Act--
            (1) $2,130,950,000 shall be available for projects authorized under 
        section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code; and
            (2) up to $52,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
        under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
        Act:
  Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to administer the capital 
investment grants program in accordance with the procedural and substantive 
requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 
3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act:  Provided further, 
That projects that receive a grant agreement under the expedited project 
delivery for capital investment grants pilot program under section 3005(b) of 
the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for 
funding provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, without further evaluation or rating under such section:  Provided 
further, That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share under section 
3005(b):  Provided further, That for funds made available under this heading in 
division J of Public Law 117-58 the second through sixth provisos shall be 
treated as inapplicable for fiscal year 2024:  Provided further, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.

          grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

    For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as 
authorized under section 601 of division B of the Passenger Rail Investment and 
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432), $150,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve 
grants for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request 
for each specific project:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest 
priority on those investments that will improve the safety of the system before 
approving such grants.

            administrative provisions--federal transit administration

                             (including rescission)

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal 
Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, 
previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously 
made available for obligation.
    Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or 
limited by this Act under the heading ``Capital Investment Grants'' of the 
Federal Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act not obligated 
by September 30, 2027, and other recoveries, shall be directed to projects 
eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally 
provided.
    Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 2023, under any section of chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, may be 
transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
any such section.
    Sec. 163.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to adjust apportionments or withhold funds from apportionments 
pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9503(e)(4)).
    Sec. 164.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement or approval for any 
project seeking a Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as authorized under section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 165.  Of the unobligated balances made available before October 1, 2013 
for ``Transit Research'' in Treasury Account 69-X-1137, $977,955 is hereby 
permanently rescinded.

             Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided 
by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal 
year.

                           operations and maintenance

                         (harbor maintenance trust fund)

    For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and capital 
infrastructure activities on portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, 
operated, and maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $40,288,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
pursuant to section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238):  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not less than $16,300,000 shall be for the seaway infrastructure program.

                             Maritime Administration

                            maritime security program

                             (including rescission)

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet 
as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, to serve the 
national security needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $17,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded.

                              cable security fleet

    For the cable security fleet program, as authorized under chapter 532 of 
title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                             tanker security program

                             (including rescission)

    For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under section 53406 of 
title 46, United States Code, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That funds appropriated for the tanker security fleet program in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) shall be available as 
authorized under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, and for the 
Secretary to timely reimburse each program participant up to $2,500,000 for each 
of its vessels covered by an operating agreement under section 53403 of title 
46, United States Code, for verifiable training and other costs incurred to 
ensure that mariners on such vessels are fully qualified to meet the specialized 
requirements to serve on product tank vessels:  Provided further, That of the 
unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $21,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.

                             operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by 
law, $267,775,000:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $92,729,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for 
        the operations of the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
            (2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities 
        maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the United States Merchant 
        Marine Academy;
            (3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until expended for capital 
        improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
            (4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for 
        the maritime environmental and technical assistance program authorized 
        under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and
            (5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for the United 
        States marine highway program to make grants for the purposes authorized 
        under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code:
  Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual report 
on sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy as required pursuant to section 3510 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318):  Provided further, 
That available balances under this heading for the short sea transportation 
program or America's marine highway program (now known as the United States 
marine highway program) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry 
out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code.

                        state maritime academy operations

    For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training activities for 
State Maritime Academies, $125,788,000:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--
            (1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        maintenance, repair, and life extension of training ships at the State 
        Maritime Academies;
            (2) $86,588,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
        national security multi-mission vessel program, including funds for 
        construction, planning, administration, and design of school ships and, 
        as determined by the Secretary, necessary expenses to design, plan, 
        construct infrastructure, and purchase equipment necessary to berth such 
        ships, of which up to $8,900,000 may be used for expenses related to the 
        oversight and management of school ships to include the purchase of 
        equipment and the repair and maintenance of training vessels:  Provided, 
        That such funds may be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies for 
        costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act;
            (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, for 
        the student incentive program;
            (4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until expended for training 
        ship fuel assistance; and
            (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for 
        direct payments for State Maritime Academies.

                          assistance to small shipyards

    To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section 54101 of 
title 46, United States Code, $8,750,000, to remain available until expended.

                                  ship disposal

                             (including rescission)

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the 
National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $6,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available under this heading, $3,664,000 are 
hereby permanently rescinded.

               maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $53,586,000, of which $50,586,000 shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the costs 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 
shall be for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for ``Maritime 
Administration--Operations and Training''.

                     port infrastructure development program

    To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under section 54301 
of title 46, United States Code, and section 3501(a)(9) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), $120,460,124, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading in this Act--
            (1) $50,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal seaports, inland 
        river ports, or Great Lakes ports, of which not less than $42,000,000 
        shall be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports:  Provided, That for 
        grants awarded under this paragraph in this Act, the minimum grant size 
        shall be $1,000,000; and
            (2) $70,460,124 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
        specified for Community Project Funding included in the table entitled 
        ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included 
        in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

               administrative provisions--maritime administration

    Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in addition to 
any existing authority, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the 
Maritime Administration:  Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That rental payments under any such 
lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
    Sec. 171.  There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for expenses necessary for the Secretary of Transportation to 
enter into a contract to complete the designs of ten sealift vessels for the 
National Defense Reserve Fleet.

             Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                              operational expenses

    For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, $31,681,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026.

                           hazardous materials safety

    For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety functions 
of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $74,556,000, of 
which $12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be made available for carrying out section 5107(i) of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
section 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the 
general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts:  Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous 
materials exemptions and approvals functions.

                                 pipeline safety

                             (pipeline safety fund)

                        (oil spill liability trust fund)

    For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized 
by section 60107 of title 49, United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline 
program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380), 
$218,186,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,786,000 
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $400,000 shall be 
derived from the fees collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance 
reviews of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall be 
derived from fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United States Code, 
and deposited in the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for 
the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code:  
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for the one-call state grant program:  Provided further, That 
any amounts made available under this heading in this Act or in prior Acts for 
research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or research other 
transactions agreements (OTAs) shall require written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 
before such research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research OTAs 
are announced by the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
the report on pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to 
section 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116-260):  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may obligate amounts made available under this heading to 
engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other public 
improvements for research facilities at the Transportation Technology Center 
after the Secretary submits an updated research plan and the report in the 
preceding proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and after 
such plan and report in the preceding proviso are approved by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                          emergency preparedness grants

                           (limitation on obligations)

                          (emergency preparedness fund)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Preparedness Grants 
program, not more than $46,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more than 4 percent of 
the amounts made available from this account shall be available to pay the 
administrative costs of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and the 
limitation on obligations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop and deliver 
hazardous materials emergency response training for emergency responders, 
including response activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, 
flammable liquids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent with 
National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such training 
available through an electronic format:  Provided further, That the prior year 
recoveries made available under this heading shall also be available to carry 
out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 49, 
United States Code.

                           Office of Inspector General

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $116,452,000:  
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in 
carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. App.), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department of Transportation.

                General Provisions--Department of Transportation

    Sec. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance and 
operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase 
of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on 
official department business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to the 
Department and its operating administrations shall be available for the 
purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transportation or an operating 
administration of the Department of Transportation.
    (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or contracted for by 
the Department prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed 
authorized by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the system was 
purchased, procured, or contracted for.
    Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of 
Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available by this Act shall 
disseminate personal information (as defined in section 2725(3) of title 18, 
United States Code) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in 
connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 2725(1) of title 
18, United States Code, except as provided in section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code, for a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States 
Code.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold amounts 
made available by this Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with 
this provision.
    Sec. 183.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political and Presidential appointees 
in the Department of Transportation:  Provided, That none of the personnel 
covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the 
Department of Transportation.
    Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be 
credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid 
Highways'' account and to the Federal Railroad Administration's ``Safety and 
Operations'' account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating in 
training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 185.  None of the funds made available by this Act or in title VIII of 
division J of Public Law 117-58 to the Department of Transportation may be used 
to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, federally 
funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant agreement, or discretionary 
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any 
project competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit 
commitment, federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant 
agreement is announced by the Department or its operating administrations:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all such loans, 
loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of intent, federally funded 
cooperative agreements, full funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants 
prior to the notification required under the preceding proviso:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds from the 
emergency relief program:  Provided further, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation.
    Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, and other funds 
received by the Department of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to organizational units of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until expended.
    Sec. 187.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds provided 
by or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires 
notice to be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be provided solely to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action shall be 
approved or denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days after the date 
on which the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 188.  Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating administrations 
may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the costs related to 
assessments or reimbursable agreements only when such amounts are for the costs 
of goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct benefit to the 
applicable operating administration or administrations.
    Sec. 189.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry out a 
program that establishes uniform standards for developing and supporting agency 
transit pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by various paper 
and electronic media.
    Sec. 190.  The Department of Transportation may use funds provided by this 
Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United 
States Code utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other 
measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 
Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract 
or construction project with which the Department of Transportation is 
assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies the following:
            (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a pool of 
        readily available but unemployed individuals possessing the knowledge, 
        skill, and ability to perform the work that the contract requires 
        resides in the jurisdiction;
            (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provisions in 
        its bid document ensuring that the contractor does not displace any of 
        its existing employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; and
            (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or delays 
        resulting from the use of such hiring preference does not delay or 
        displace any transportation project in the applicable statewide 
        transportation improvement program or transportation improvement 
        program.
    Sec. 191.  The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best practices for Industrial 
Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were procured using such 
practices.
    Sec. 192.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in 
contravention of the American Security Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title 
XVIII of division A of Public Law 118-31).
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation Appropriations 
Act, 2024''.

                                    TITLE II

                   DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                          Management and Administration

                                executive offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which shall be 
comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory 
Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and 
Neighborhood Partnerships, $19,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this heading shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development (referred to in this title as ``the Secretary'') for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.

                         administrative support offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support Offices, 
$686,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $91,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
        Financial Officer;
            (2) $129,700,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
        Counsel, of which not less than $21,700,000 shall be for the 
        Departmental Enforcement Center;
            (3) $239,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Administration;
            (4) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Human 
        Capital Officer;
            (5) $32,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
        Procurement Officer;
            (6) $68,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy 
        and Management;
            (7) $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental 
        Equal Employment Opportunity; and
            (8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
        Information Officer:
  Provided further, That funds made available under this heading may be used for 
necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the Department, not 
otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and 
promotional activities that directly support program activities funded in this 
title.

                                 program offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, $1,097,164,130, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $286,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Public and 
        Indian Housing;
            (2) $168,514,130 shall be available for the Office of Community 
        Planning and Development;
            (3) $487,550,000 shall be available for the Office of Housing;
            (4) $41,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
        Development and Research;
            (5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair Housing 
        and Equal Opportunity; and
            (6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead Hazard 
        Control and Healthy Homes.

                              working capital fund

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Fund''), pursuant, in part, 
to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 
U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reimbursements pursuant to 
section 7(f), to the Fund under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any such 
portion of any office or agency's printing, records management, space 
renovation, furniture, or supply services the Secretary has determined shall be 
provided through the Fund, and the operational expenses of the Fund:  Provided, 
That amounts within the Fund shall not be available to provide services not 
specifically authorized under this heading:  Provided further, That upon a 
determination by the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) 
authorized under this heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts made 
available in this title for salaries and expenses under the headings ``Executive 
Offices'', ``Administrative Support Offices'', ``Program Offices'', and 
``Government National Mortgage Association'', for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers.

                            Public and Indian Housing

                         tenant-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this title ``the Act''), not otherwise provided 
for, $28,386,831,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 
available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that shall be available on October 1, 2023), of 
which $6,000,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2024:  Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $28,490,955,000 shall be available for renewals of expiring 
        section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (including 
        renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing 
        such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of 
        other special purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, That 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, from amounts provided under 
        this paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 
        2024 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
        agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) leasing and 
        cost data for the prior calendar year and by applying an inflation 
        factor as established by the Secretary, by notice published in the 
        Federal Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for the costs 
        associated with the first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph 
        including tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers:  Provided 
        further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may be 
        used to fund a total number of unit months under lease which exceeds a 
        public housing agency's authorized level of units under contract, except 
        for public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) 
        demonstration, which are instead governed in accordance with the 
        requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW agreements, 
        if any:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
        necessary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph 
        (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 
        housing agency's allocation otherwise established pursuant to this 
        paragraph:  Provided further, That except as provided in the following 
        provisos, the entire amount specified under this paragraph (except as 
        otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the 
        public housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method 
        described above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
        of their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this 
        Act or March 1, 2024:  Provided further, That the Secretary may extend 
        the notification period only after the House and Senate Committees on 
        Appropriations are notified at least 10 business days in advance of the 
        extension:  Provided further, That public housing agencies participating 
        in the MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the 
        requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW agreements, 
        if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the 
        preceding provisos:  Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 
        public housing agencies' calendar year 2024 allocations based on the 
        excess amounts of public housing agencies' net restricted assets 
        accounts, including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
        VMS data in calendar year 2023 that is verifiable and complete), as 
        determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That public housing 
        agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to 
        the offset, as determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to 
        the single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW agreements, 
        from the agencies' calendar year 2024 MTW funding allocation:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the 
        preceding two provisos throughout the calendar year to prevent the 
        termination of rental assistance for families as the result of 
        insufficient funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or 
        reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations:  Provided further, 
        That up to $200,000,000 shall be available only:
                    (A) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
                agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public 
                housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
                determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
                resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability 
                under section 8(r) of the Act;
                    (B) for vouchers that were not in use during the previous 
                12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
                pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for a 
                funding obligation not yet expended in the previous calendar 
                year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop affordable housing 
                for an agency added to the MTW demonstration under the expansion 
                authority provided in section 239 of the Transportation, Housing 
                and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
                2016 (division L of Public Law 114-113);
                    (C) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 
                Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers;
                    (D) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
                reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
                Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental 
                assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding;
                    (E) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
                agencies that--
                            (i) are leasing a lower-than-average percentage of 
                        their authorized vouchers,
                            (ii) have low amounts of budget authority in their 
                        net restricted assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic 
                        reserves, relative to other agencies, and
                            (iii) are not participating in the Moving to Work 
                        demonstration, to enable such agencies to lease more 
                        vouchers;
                    (F) for withheld payments in accordance with section 
                8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the previous calendar 
                year that were subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
                after the agency's actual costs were validated; and
                    (G) for public housing agencies that have experienced 
                increased costs or loss of units in an area for which the 
                President declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                5170 et seq.):
          Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
        preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the Secretary;
            (2) $337,000,000 shall be available for section 8 rental assistance 
        for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished or 
        disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
        projects to assistance under section 8, relocation of witnesses 
        (including victims of violent crimes) in connection with efforts to 
        combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a 
        law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any 
        provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
        Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
        and tenant protection assistance including replacement and relocation 
        assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement 
        of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 
        properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant 
        to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the authority as provided 
        under this Act:  Provided, That when a public housing development is 
        submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 
        Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an 
        imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided further, That 
        the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
        available under this paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 
        subsidy contract funded under the ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' 
        heading under this title where the owner has received a Notice of 
        Default and the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
        residents:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
        this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may be available to provide 
        tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
        paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have 
        to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result 
        of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that 
        requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) 
        the expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 
        not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 
        existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
        accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered by the 
        Secretary:  Provided further, That such tenant protection assistance 
        made available under the preceding proviso may be provided under the 
        authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act:  Provided 
        further, That any tenant protection voucher made available from amounts 
        under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
        except the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 
        when the initial family that received any such voucher no longer 
        receives such voucher, and the authority for any public housing agency 
        to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist:  Provided further, That 
        the Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units that were 
        occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to be available as 
        assisted housing, subject only to the availability of funds;
            (3) $2,770,935,000 shall be available for administrative and other 
        expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 8 
        tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall 
        be available to the Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies 
        that need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
        including fees associated with section 8 tenant protection rental 
        assistance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD-VASH 
        vouchers, and other special purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, 
        That no less than $2,740,935,000 of the amount provided in this 
        paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 
        year 2024 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related 
        appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
        enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 
        (Public Law 105-276):  Provided further, That if the amounts made 
        available under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts 
        determined under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
        amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
        agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 
        necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under the 
        preceding proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
        and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this heading from 
        prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding 
        the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:  Provided 
        further, That all public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
        demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the requirements of the 
        MTW demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be 
        subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the preceding 
        proviso:  Provided further, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
        shall be only for activities related to the provision of tenant-based 
        rental assistance authorized under section 8, including related 
        development activities;
            (4) $742,941,000 shall be available for the renewal of tenant-based 
        assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
        administrative expenses:  Provided, That administrative and other 
        expenses of public housing agencies in administering the special purpose 
        vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
        subject to the same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
        administrative and other expenses to public housing agencies under 
        paragraph (3) of this heading:  Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 
        shall be available only--
                    (A) for adjustments in the allocation for public housing 
                agencies, after applications for an adjustment by a public 
                housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
                determined by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal costs 
                resulting from unforeseen circumstances; and
                    (B) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
                reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
                Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate the rental 
                assistance for Mainstream families as a result of insufficient 
                funding:
          Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
        preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the Secretary:  
        Provided further, That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
        vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior Acts, or under any 
        other heading in prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elderly persons 
        with disabilities;
            (5) of the amounts provided under paragraph (1), up to $7,500,000 
        shall be available for rental assistance and associated administrative 
        fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve Native American veterans that are 
        homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reservation or 
        other Indian areas:  Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
        for renewal grants to recipients that received assistance under prior 
        Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall be authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, 
        including data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 
        recipients:  Provided further, That such assistance shall be 
        administered in accordance with program requirements under the Native 
        American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and 
        modeled after the HUD-VASH program:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or specify alternative 
        requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
        Secretary administers in connection with the use of funds made available 
        under this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
        nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 
        by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
        necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such 
        assistance:  Provided further, That grant recipients shall report to the 
        Secretary on utilization of such rental assistance and other program 
        data, as prescribed by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts 
        returned or recaptured from awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program 
        under prior Acts to existing recipients under the Tribal HUD-VASH 
        program;
            (6) $15,000,000 shall be available for incremental rental voucher 
        assistance for use through a supported housing program administered in 
        conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized under 
        section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937:  Provided, 
        That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make such 
        funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition provision) 
        of this title, to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA 
        Medical Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for such 
        assistance as identified by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance, and other 
        factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
        in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
        consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
        any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development administers in connection with the use of funds 
        made available under this paragraph (except for requirements related to 
        fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 
        upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
        requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration 
        of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, That assistance made 
        available under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
        homeless veterans upon turn-over:  Provided further, That of the total 
        amount made available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 may be for 
        additional fees established by and allocated pursuant to a method 
        determined by the Secretary for administrative and other expenses 
        (including those eligible activities defined by notice to facilitate 
        leasing, such as security deposit assistance and costs related to the 
        retention and support of participating owners) of public housing 
        agencies in administering HUD-VASH vouchers;
            (7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family unification 
        program as authorized under section 8(x) of the Act:  Provided, That the 
        amounts made available under this paragraph are provided as follows:
                    (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
                voucher assistance, which shall continue to remain available for 
                family unification upon turnover; and
                    (B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
                voucher assistance to assist eligible youth as defined by such 
                section 8(x)(2)(B) of the Act, which shall continue to remain 
                available for such eligible youth upon turnover:  Provided, That 
                such amounts shall be available on a noncompetitive basis to 
                public housing agencies that partner with public child welfare 
                agencies to identify such eligible youth, that request such 
                assistance to timely assist such eligible youth, and that meet 
                any other criteria as specified by the Secretary:  Provided 
                further, That the Secretary shall review utilization of such 
                assistance and assistance originating from appropriations made 
                available for youth under this heading in any prior Act that the 
                Secretary made available on a noncompetitive basis, at an 
                interval to be determined by the Secretary, and unutilized 
                voucher assistance that is no longer needed based on such review 
                shall be recaptured by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to 
                the preceding proviso:
          Provided further, That any public housing agency administering new 
        incremental voucher assistance originating from appropriations made 
        available for the family unification program under this heading in this 
        or any prior Act that the Secretary made available on a competitive 
        basis that determines it no longer has an identified need for such 
        assistance upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary 
        shall recapture such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
        other public housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher 
        assistance in connection with such specified program or eligible youth, 
        as applicable; and
            (8) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
        vouchers funded under this heading.

                            housing certificate fund

                             (including rescissions)

    Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and the 
heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', for fiscal year 2024 and prior 
years may be used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such funds were appropriated:  Provided, That any obligated 
balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded:  Provided further, That amounts 
heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from 
section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through 
fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget 
authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, in 
addition to amounts otherwise available.

                               public housing fund

    For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ``Act''), and to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized under 
section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,810,784,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--
            (1) $5,475,784,000 shall be available for the Secretary to allocate 
        pursuant to the Operating Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, for 2024 payments;
            (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to allocate 
        pursuant to a need-based application process notwithstanding section 203 
        of this title and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to public 
        housing agencies that experience, or are at risk of, financial 
        shortfalls, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided, That after all 
        such shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining 
        funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata basis pursuant to 
        such Operating Fund formula;
            (3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to allocate 
        pursuant to the Capital Fund formula at section 905.400 of title 24, 
        Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided, That for funds provided under 
        this paragraph, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 
        percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation 
        in the preceding proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund 
        activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
        requesting waivers under the preceding proviso if the request is 
        approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request:  Provided 
        further, That from the funds made available under this paragraph, the 
        Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2024 to public 
        housing agencies that are designated high performers:  Provided further, 
        That the Department shall notify public housing agencies of their 
        formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act;
            (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, 
        notwithstanding section 203 of this title, to public housing agencies 
        for emergency capital needs, including safety and security measures 
        necessary to address crime and drug-related activity, as well as needs 
        resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural 
        disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural 
        disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2024:  Provided, That 
        of the amount made available under this paragraph, not less than 
        $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security measures:  Provided 
        further, That in addition to the amount in the preceding proviso for 
        such safety and security measures, any amounts that remain available, 
        after all applications received on or before September 30, 2025, for 
        emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated to 
        public housing agencies for such safety and security measures;
            (5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to public 
        housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential health hazards in 
        public housing, including lead-based paint (by carrying out the 
        activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls, as 
        those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based 
        Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, 
        mold, radon, and fire safety:  Provided, That not less than $25,000,000 
        of the amounts provided under this paragraph shall be awarded for 
        evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, except that if such 
        amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be awarded to 
        qualified applicants for other purposes under this paragraph:  Provided 
        further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant under this 
        paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or activities under 
        title I of the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing such 
        section; and
            (6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of 
        administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive grants to 
        PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or substandard, or otherwise 
        at risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs associated with 
        public housing asset improvement, in addition to other amounts for that 
        purpose provided under any heading under this title:
  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may not delegate to any Department official other than the Deputy 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any 
authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension 
of the time periods under such section:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
such section 9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that 
the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, 
immediately or in the future.

                assisted housing inspections and risk assessments

    For the Department's inspection and assessment programs, including travel, 
training, and program support contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under the heading ``Public 
Housing Fund'' to support ongoing public housing financial and physical 
assessment activities shall be available for the purposes authorized under this 
heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

                         choice neighborhoods initiative

    For competitive grants under the choice neighborhoods initiative (subject to 
section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the 
``Act'') unless otherwise specified under this heading), for transformation, 
rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted 
housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable, 
mixed-income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation, and access to jobs, $75,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028:  Provided, That grant funds may be used for resident and 
community services, community development, and affordable housing needs in the 
community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing:  Provided further, That the use of amounts made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section 
3(b)(1) of the Act:  Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an 
additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years:  Provided further, That grantees shall provide a match in State, 
local, other Federal, or private funds:  Provided further, That grantees may 
include local governments, Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and 
nonprofit organizations:  Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 
jointly with a public entity:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency 
under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts 
available under this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by the 
Secretary to implement such section:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, not less than $37,500,000 shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies:  Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations, including assisted housing owners, 
service agencies, and resident organizations:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the 
Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources:  Provided 
further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated for main street housing 
grants under section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)):  Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from amounts made 
available under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards 
not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 
that the Secretary determines:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 
2024, obligate any available unobligated balances made available under this 
heading in this or any prior Act.

                            self-sufficiency programs

    For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency programs, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, $195,500,000:  Provided, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the family self-sufficiency 
        program to support family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 
        of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote 
        the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
        under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, 
        and enable eligible families to achieve economic independence and self-
        sufficiency;
            (2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resident opportunity and 
        self-sufficiency program to provide for supportive services, service 
        coordinators, and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the 
        United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native 
        American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
        U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided, That amounts made available under this 
        paragraph may be used to renew resident opportunity and self-sufficiency 
        program grants to allow the public housing agency, or a new owner, to 
        continue to serve (or restart service to) residents of a project with 
        assistance converted from public housing to project-based rental 
        assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
        U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the 
        heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing 
        and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as 
        amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and
            (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs-plus initiative, 
        modeled after the jobs-plus demonstration:  Provided, That funding 
        provided under this paragraph shall be available for competitive grants 
        to partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce 
        investment boards established under section 107 of the Workforce 
        Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other 
        agencies and organizations that provide support to help public housing 
        residents obtain employment and increase earnings:  Provided further, 
        That applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
        residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 
        service dollars:  Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public 
        housing agencies to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
        requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement the jobs-plus 
        program, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 
        a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
        requirements are necessary for the effective implementation of the jobs-
        plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any 
        waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 
        later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice.

                            native american programs

    For activities and assistance authorized under title I of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (in this heading 
``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian tribes, 
and related training and technical assistance, $1,344,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--
            (1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the Native American 
        housing block grants program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA:  
        Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of the 
        allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the 
        Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with the 
        need component based on single-race census data and with the need 
        component based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
        allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two 
        resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        shall notify grantees of their formula allocation not later than 60 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants under the 
        Native American housing block grants program, as authorized under title 
        I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That the Secretary shall obligate such amount 
        for competitive grants to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA 
        that apply for funds:  Provided further, That in awarding amounts made 
        available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider need and 
        administrative capacity, and shall give priority to projects that will 
        spur construction and rehabilitation of housing:  Provided further, That 
        any amounts transferred for the necessary costs of administering and 
        overseeing the obligation and expenditure of such additional amounts in 
        prior Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of administering and 
        overseeing such additional amount;
            (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of guaranteed notes 
        and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided, 
        That such costs, including the cost of modifying such notes and other 
        obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a):  Provided further, That amounts made 
        available in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed notes 
        and other obligations that are unobligated, including recaptures and 
        carryover, may be available to subsidize the total principal amount of 
        any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
        not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025;
            (4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes for 
        carrying out the Indian community development block grant program under 
        title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
        notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law (including section 203 of this Act), not more 
        than $5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent 
        threats to health and safety:  Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent 
        of any grant made with amounts made available in this paragraph shall be 
        expended for planning and management development and administration; and
            (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
        purpose, shall be available for providing training and technical 
        assistance to Indian tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally 
        designated housing entities, to support the inspection of Indian housing 
        units, for contract expertise, and for training and technical assistance 
        related to amounts made available under this heading and other headings 
        in this Act for the needs of Native American families and Indian 
        country:  Provided, That of the amounts made available in this 
        paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 
        as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212):  Provided 
        further, That amounts made available in this paragraph may be used, 
        contracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
        further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code 
        (commonly known as the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 
        1977), the amounts made available in this paragraph may be used by the 
        Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private 
        organizations, agencies, institutions, and other technical assistance 
        providers to support the administration of negotiated rulemaking under 
        section 106 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the 
        allocation formula under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and 
        the administration of performance tracking and reporting under section 
        407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167).

               indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $1,500,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a):  Provided further, That 
amounts made available in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), that are unobligated, including recaptures and 
carryover, may be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,800,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                       native hawaiian housing block grant

    For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant program, as authorized under 
title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, 
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts made 
available under this heading in investment securities and other obligations:  
Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this and 
prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible Native 
Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law:  Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading may be for training and technical assistance 
related to amounts made available under this heading and other headings in this 
Act for the needs of Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

           native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by section 184A of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b), any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total loan principal, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
enter into commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing.

                       Community Planning and Development

                   housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS program, as 
authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That the 
Secretary shall renew or replace all expiring contracts for permanent supportive 
housing that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from 
funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 
years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
under such section:  Provided further, That the process for submitting 
amendments and approving replacement contracts shall be established by the 
Secretary in a notice:  Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                           community development fund

    For assistance to States and units of general local government, and other 
entities, for economic and community development activities, and other purposes, 
$6,720,054,336, to remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the community 
        development block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
        Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
        (in this heading ``the Act''):  Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent 
        of any grant made with funds made available under this paragraph shall 
        be expended for planning and management development and administration:  
        Provided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of 
        general local government, or insular area that directly or indirectly 
        receives funds under this paragraph may not sell, trade, or otherwise 
        transfer all or any portion of such funds to another such entity in 
        exchange for any other funds, credits, or non-Federal considerations, 
        but shall use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the 
        Act:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the 
        Act, no funds made available under this paragraph may be provided to a 
        for-profit entity for an economic development project under section 
        105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated and selected in 
        accordance with guidelines required under subsection (e)(2) of section 
        105;
            (2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to award 
        grants on a competitive basis to State and local governments, 
        metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional entities 
        for additional activities under title I of the Act for the 
        identification and removal of barriers to affordable housing production 
        and preservation:  Provided, That eligible uses of such grants include 
        activities to further develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 
        plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate affordable housing 
        production and preservation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
        prioritize applicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress and a 
        commitment to overcoming local barriers to facilitate the increase in 
        affordable housing production and preservation, primarily by having 
        enacted improved laws and regulations that the Secretary reasonably 
        expects to preserve or produce new housing units; and (B) demonstrate an 
        acute need for housing affordable to households with incomes below 100 
        percent of the area median income:  Provided further, That grantees 
        shall report to the Secretary regularly on their activities and 
        outcomes:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall analyze observable 
        housing production, preservation, and cost trends in the participating 
        jurisdictions or geographic areas:  Provided further, That funds 
        allocated for such grants shall not adversely affect the amount of any 
        formula assistance received by a jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of 
        this heading:  Provided further, That in administering such amounts the 
        Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any 
        provision of such title I except for requirements related to fair 
        housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment, and 
        requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-
        income, upon a finding that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
        are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such amounts;
            (3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities authorized under 
        section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 
        115-271):  Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph 
        shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula assistance received 
        by a State under paragraph (1) of this heading:  Provided further, That 
        the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activities based on the 
        notice establishing the funding formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 
        17, 2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of drug 
        overdose deaths for 2021 based on data from the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention; and
            (4) $3,290,054,336 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
        Development Initiative (EDI) for the purposes, and in amounts, specified 
        for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the 
        table entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
        Spending'' included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
        Provided, That eligible expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts 
        may include administrative, planning, operations and maintenance, and 
        other costs:  Provided further, That such grants for the EDI shall be 
        available for reimbursement of otherwise eligible expenses incurred on 
        or after the date of enactment of this Act and prior to the date of 
        grant execution:  Provided further, That none of the amounts made 
        available under this paragraph for grants for the EDI shall be used for 
        reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the date of enactment of 
        this Act:  Provided further, That grants for the EDI authorized under 
        this heading in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) shall also be available 
        hereafter for reimbursement of otherwise eligible expenses (including 
        those eligible expenses identified in the first proviso of this 
        paragraph) incurred on or after the date of enactment of such Act and 
        prior to the date of grant execution, and shall hereafter not be subject 
        to the second proviso under such heading in such Act:
  Provided further, That for amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and 
(3), the Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act.

              community development loan guarantees program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
661a), during fiscal year 2024, commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part 
of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal amount of 
$400,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding 
obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108:  Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) 
of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing 
such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 
502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That such 
commitment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, or make 
commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any State on 
behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance with the 
requirements of such section 108:  Provided further, That any State receiving 
such a guarantee or commitment under the preceding proviso shall distribute all 
funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general local government in non-
entitlement areas that received the commitment.

                      home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
12721 et seq.), $1,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), 
all unobligated balances remaining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such 
section that remain available until expended shall be combined with amounts made 
available under this heading and allocated in accordance with the formula under 
section 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)):  Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 
days after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That section 218(g) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with respect to the right of a 
jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise 
expired or would expire in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 under that 
section:  Provided further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) 
shall not apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or would be 
deducted from the line of credit in the participating jurisdiction's HOME 
Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 under that 
section.

       preservation and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement

    For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize manufactured housing and 
eligible manufactured housing communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) 
under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028:  Provided, That recipients of grants provided with amounts made available 
under this heading shall be States, units of general local government, resident-
owned manufactured housing communities, cooperatives, nonprofit entities 
including consortia of nonprofit entities, community development financial 
institutions, Indian Tribes (as such term is defined in section 4 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 
U.S.C. 4103)), or other entities approved by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes within such 
competition:  Provided further, That the Secretary may approve entities for 
selection that partner with one or several residents of such eligible 
communities or that propose to implement a grant program that would assist 
residents of such eligible communities:  Provided further, That eligible uses of 
such grants may include infrastructure, planning, resident and community 
services (including relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency 
activities, and providing other assistance to residents or owners of 
manufactured homes, which may include providing assistance for manufactured 
housing land and site acquisition:  Provided further, That, except as determined 
by the Secretary, participation in this program shall not encumber the future 
transfer of title or use of property by the residents, owners, or communities:  
Provided further, That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall prioritize 
applications that primarily benefit low- or moderately low-income residents and 
preserve long-term housing affordability for residents of manufactured housing 
or a manufactured housing community:  Provided further, That eligible 
manufactured housing communities may include those that are--
            (1) owned by the residents of the manufactured housing community 
        through a resident-controlled entity, as defined by the Secretary; or
            (2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to binding agreements 
        that will preserve the community and maintain affordability on a long-
        term basis:
  Provided further, That resiliency activities means the reconstruction, repair, 
or replacement of manufactured housing and manufactured housing communities to 
protect the health and safety of manufactured housing residents and to address 
weatherization and energy efficiency needs, except that for pre-1976 mobile 
homes, funds made available under this heading may be used only for replacement: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
administers in connection with the use of amounts made available under this 
heading (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that such waiver or 
alternative requirement is necessary to facilitate the use of such amounts.

            self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

    For the self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program, as 
authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 
1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assistance, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $12,000,000 shall be available for the self-help homeownership 
        opportunity program as authorized under such section 11;
            (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, third, and fourth 
        capacity building entities specified in section 4(a) of the HUD 
        Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
        $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity building activities:  Provided, 
        That for purposes of awarding grants from amounts made available in this 
        paragraph, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as 
        appropriate, subject to the availability of annual appropriations; and
            (3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by national 
        rural housing organizations having experience assessing national rural 
        conditions and providing financing, training, technical assistance, 
        information, and research to local nonprofit organizations, local 
        governments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities.

                           homeless assistance grants

    For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for related activities and assistance, 
$4,051,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the emergency solutions 
        grants program authorized under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 
        11371 et seq.):  Provided, That the Department shall notify grantees of 
        their formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may represent 
        initial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions grant 
        program not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act;
            (2) $3,544,000,000 shall be available for the continuum of care 
        program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 
        seq.) and the rural housing stability assistance programs authorized 
        under subtitle D of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11408):  Provided, That the 
        Secretary shall prioritize funding under the continuum of care program 
        to continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate 
        funding from lower performing projects to higher performing projects:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary may make reasonable adjustments to 
        renewal amounts to enable renewal projects to operate at substantially 
        the same levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for supportive 
        services from the prior grant:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        shall provide incentives to create projects that coordinate with housing 
        providers and healthcare organizations to provide permanent supportive 
        housing and rapid re-housing services:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may establish by notice an alternative maximum amount for 
        administrative costs related to the requirements described in sections 
        402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV of no more than 5 
        percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent 
        limitation in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C:  Provided further, 
        That of the amounts made available for the continuum of care program 
        under this paragraph, $52,000,000 shall be for grants for new rapid re-
        housing projects and supportive service projects providing coordinated 
        entry, and for eligible activities that the Secretary determines to be 
        critical in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating 
        violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the Secretary may 
        make additional grants for such projects and purposes from amounts made 
        available for such continuum of care program:  Provided further, That 
        amounts made available for the continuum of care program under this 
        paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances under this heading in 
        prior Acts may be used to competitively or non-competitively renew or 
        replace grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under the 
        continuum of care program, notwithstanding any conflict with the 
        requirements of the continuum of care program;
            (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the national homeless data 
        analysis project:  Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of the 
        Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-
        6308), the amounts made available under this paragraph and any remaining 
        unobligated balances under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts 
        may be used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with 
        such entities as may be determined by the Secretary, including public 
        and private organizations, agencies, and institutions;
            (4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement projects to 
        demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 
        24 and under, in up to 25 communities with a priority for communities 
        with substantial rural populations in up to eight locations, can 
        dramatically reduce youth homelessness:  Provided, That of the amount 
        made available under this paragraph, not less than $25,000,000 shall be 
        for youth homelessness system improvement grants to support communities, 
        including but not limited to the communities assisted under the matter 
        preceding this proviso, in establishing and implementing a response 
        system for youth homelessness, or for improving their existing system:  
        Provided further, That of the amount made available under this 
        paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to provide technical assistance to 
        communities, including but not limited to the communities assisted in 
        the preceding proviso and the matter preceding such proviso, on 
        improving system responses to youth homelessness, and collection, 
        analysis, use, and reporting of data and performance measures under the 
        comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in 
        coordination with other technical assistance funds provided under this 
        title:  Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 10 percent of 
        the amount made available under the preceding proviso to build the 
        capacity of current technical assistance providers or to train new 
        technical assistance providers with verifiable prior experience with 
        systems and programs for youth experiencing homelessness; and
            (5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time awards under the 
        continuum of care program for new construction, acquisition, or 
        rehabilitation of new permanent supportive housing, of which not more 
        than 20 percent of such awards may be used for other continuum of care 
        eligible activities associated with such projects and not more than 10 
        percent of such awards may be used for project administration:  
        Provided, That these amounts shall be awarded on a competitive basis, 
        based on need and other factors to be determined by the Secretary, 
        including incentives to establish projects that coordinate with housing 
        providers, healthcare organizations and social service providers:  
        Provided further, That not less than $35,000,000 shall be awarded to 
        applicants for projects within States with populations less than 
        2,500,000, except that if such amount is undersubscribed any remaining 
        amounts may be awarded to qualified applicants for projects in any 
        State:  Provided further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated 
        with such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of 
        care program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 
        applicants:
  Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this 
heading shall not be required to provide third party documentation to establish 
their eligibility under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to receive services:  Provided 
further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth 
aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth-
serving providers funded under this heading:  Provided further, That persons 
eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
may be served by any project funded under this heading to provide both 
transitional housing and rapid re-housing:  Provided further, That for all 
matching funds requirements applicable to funds made available under this 
heading for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could 
have used) as a source of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary 
and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be available to provide 
funding for new projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 
unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated that 
projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they improve the 
continuum of care's system performance:  Provided further, That any unobligated 
amounts remaining from funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 
2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation 
projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for purposes under this heading, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appropriated:  Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading in fiscal 
year 2019 or prior years, except for rental assistance amounts that were 
recaptured and made available until expended, shall be available for the current 
purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for which 
such funds originally were appropriated.

                                Housing Programs

                         project-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based subsidy 
contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(``the Act''), not otherwise provided for, $15,610,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the 
$400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became available 
October 1, 2023), of which $2,000,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2024:  Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading shall be available for expiring or 
terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based 
subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low 
Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other 
expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded under 
this heading:  Provided further, That of the total amounts provided under this 
heading, not to exceed $468,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 
contract administrators for section 8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 
42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided further, That the Secretary may also use such 
amounts in the preceding proviso for performance-based contract administrators 
for the administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 
236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement 
payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 
1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental 
assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  
Provided further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading 
``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading ``Housing 
Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 
project-based contracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of 
the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
project subject to a section 8 project-based housing assistance payments 
contract that authorizes the Department or a housing finance agency to require 
that surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 
account and that are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
available until expended:  Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise 
provided by this heading for uses authorized under this heading.

                             housing for the elderly

    For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly under section 
202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for 
senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
authorized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), and for supportive services 
associated with the housing, $913,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2027:  Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, up to 
$112,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing 
congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided 
further, That any funding for existing service coordinators under the preceding 
proviso shall be provided within 120 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial 
contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration:  
Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 
project rental assistance contract, and that upon termination of such contract 
are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available, in addition to the amounts 
otherwise provided by this heading, for the purposes authorized under this 
heading:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for the current purposes authorized under this 
heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

                      housing for persons with disabilities

    For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant 
to subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by section 
205(a) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 
95-557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments to contracts for such assistance 
and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, 
for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and other 
appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and for supportive services associated 
with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 
811(b)(1) of such Act, $208,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:  Provided, That, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 
project rental assistance contract, and that upon termination of such contract 
are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts 
otherwise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized under this 
heading:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for the current purposes authorized under this heading in 
addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                          housing counseling assistance

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as authorized 
under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 
$57,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, including up to 
$4,500,000 for administrative contract services:  Provided, That funds shall be 
used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current 
and prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial management or 
literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in 
improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and 
fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 
administration; and for housing counselor training:  Provided further, That for 
purposes of awarding grants from amounts provided under this heading, the 
Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations.

                 payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $14,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund (established under section 
620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5419(e)):  Provided, That not to exceed the total 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 
620 of such Act:  Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such 
section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 
2024 appropriation:  Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and 
installation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect fees from any 
program participant:  Provided further, That such collections shall be deposited 
into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such 
collections, as well as fees collected under section 620 of such Act, for 
necessary expenses of such Act:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved 
service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their services.

                         Federal Housing Administration

                    mutual mortgage insurance program account

    New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, obligations 
to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000:  Provided further, That 
the foregoing amount in the preceding proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit 
and governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real 
properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage 
Insurance Fund:  Provided further, That for administrative contract expenses of 
the Federal Housing Administration, $150,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2024, an additional 
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 
available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), during fiscal year 2024 the 
Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under 
section 255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that the net credit 
subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero.

                    general and special risk program account

    New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and Special 
Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed $35,000,000,000 in 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 
204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 
$1,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with the sale of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under such Act.

                    Government National Mortgage Association

     guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 
of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That 
$54,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for 
necessary salaries and expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association: 
 Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2024, an additional $100 for necessary 
salaries and expenses shall be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in 
additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 
amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $3,000,000:  Provided further, That receipts from Commitment and 
Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account.

                         Policy Development and Research

                             research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of research and 
studies relating to housing and urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as 
authorized by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan 
No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $119,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That with respect to amounts made available 
under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, tribally 
designated housing entities, or colleges or universities for research projects:  
Provided further, That with respect to the preceding proviso, such partners to 
the cooperative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 percent match toward 
the cost of the project:  Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements 
entered into in accordance with the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall 
comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with 
section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation of award 
decisions:  Provided further, That prior to obligation of technical assistance 
funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on how the Secretary will allocate funding for this activity at 
least 30 days prior to obligation:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading may be available for the doctoral dissertation 
research grant program:  Provided further, That an additional $20,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be for competitive grants to 
nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal assistance (including 
assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, post-trial 
activities and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to eligible low-income 
tenants at risk of or subject to eviction:  Provided further, That in awarding 
grants under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give preference to 
applicants that include a marketing strategy for residents of areas with high 
rates of eviction, have experience providing no-cost legal assistance to low-
income individuals, including those with limited English proficiency or 
disabilities, and have sufficient capacity to administer such assistance:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, 
that the proportion of eligible tenants living in rural areas who will receive 
legal assistance with grant funds made available under this heading is not less 
than the overall proportion of eligible tenants who live in rural areas.

                       Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                             fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, as 
authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et 
seq.), and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 
U.S.C. 3616a), $86,355,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing 
Training Academy, and may use such funds to develop online courses and provide 
such training:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the 
Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$1,355,000 may be available to the Secretary for the creation and promotion of 
translated materials and other programs that support the assistance of persons 
with limited English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

                 Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                              lead hazard reduction

                          (including transfer of funds)

    For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized by section 1011 of the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the 
healthy homes initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 and 1701z-2), and for related 
activities and assistance, $345,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026:  Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows:
            (1) $200,000,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant to such 
        section 1011, of which not less than $105,000,000 shall be provided to 
        areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement need;
            (2) $140,000,000 shall be for the healthy homes initiative, pursuant 
        to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
        1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration 
        efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
        poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards, and mitigating 
        housing-related health and safety hazards in housing of low-income 
        families, of which--
                    (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implementation of projects 
                in communities that are served by both the healthy homes 
                initiative and the Department of Energy weatherization programs 
                to demonstrate whether the coordination of healthy homes 
                remediation activities with weatherization activities achieves 
                cost savings and better outcomes in improving the safety and 
                quality of homes; and
                    (B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to experienced non-
                profit organizations, States, local governments, or public 
                housing agencies for safety and functional home modification 
                repairs and renovations to meet the needs of low-income seniors 
                to enable them to remain in their primary residence, of which no 
                less than $10,000,000 shall be available to meet such needs in 
                communities with substantial rural populations;
            (3) $3,000,000 shall be for the award of grants and contracts for 
        research pursuant to sections 1051 and 1052 of the Residential Lead-
        Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4854, 4854a);
            (4) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available under 
        paragraphs (2) and (3) may be transferred to the heading ``Research and 
        Technology'' for the purposes of conducting research and studies and for 
        use in accordance with the provisos under that heading for non-
        competitive agreements; and
            (5) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for a radon testing and 
        mitigation safety demonstration program (the radon demonstration) in 
        public housing:  Provided, That the testing method, mitigation method, 
        or action level used under the radon demonstration shall be as specified 
        by applicable State or local law, if such law is more protective of 
        human health or the environment than the method or level specified by 
        the Secretary:
  Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other 
provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
healthy homes initiative, or the lead technical studies program, or other 
demonstrations or programs under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts 
for such purposes under this heading, or under the heading ``Housing for the 
Elderly'' under prior Appropriations Acts, shall be considered to be funds for a 
special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994:  Provided further, That each applicant 
for a grant or cooperative agreement under this heading shall certify adequate 
capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of 
funds pursuant to a notice of funding opportunity:  Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, 
still remaining available, may be used for any purpose under this heading 
notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a 
program competition is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 
under this heading that are oversubscribed:  Provided further, That $49,400,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act from amounts 
specified in paragraph (2) shall be derived from unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under this heading, which shall continue to be 
available for the same time period as originally appropriated.

                           Information Technology Fund

    For Department-wide and program-specific information technology systems and 
infrastructure, $383,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, of 
which up to $23,950,000 shall be for development, modernization, and enhancement 
projects, including planning for such projects:  Provided, That not later than 
30 days after the end of each quarter, the Secretary shall brief the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on all information technology modernization 
efforts as required in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                           Office of Inspector General

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $152,924,000:  
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office.

         General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                             (including rescissions)

                          (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu 
thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget authority, 
that are recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall 
be rescinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local 
governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 
1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash 
recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project 
owners with incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
    Sec. 202.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 
activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of 
achieving or preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 203.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, cooperative 
agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be 
made on a competitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
    Sec. 204.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations on administrative 
expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and 
making payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
    Sec. 205.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to 
Congress.
    Sec. 206.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development which are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act are 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in 
accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2024 for such 
corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided:  Provided, That 
collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or 
mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 
in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply 
to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where 
loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of 
the United States Government.
    Sec. 207.  The Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, 
recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction 
of the Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information to 
these Committees upon request.
    Sec. 208.  None of the funds made available by this title may be used for an 
audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that makes applicable 
requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
    Sec. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the 
conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Secretary and 
statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions if any, 
associated with one or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 
multifamily housing project or projects.
    (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based assistance under this 
section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and other 
requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects 
to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects 
meet the standards under subsection (c).
    (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the following 
conditions:
            (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
                    (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The 
                number of low-income and very low-income units and the 
                configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the transferring 
                project shall be no less than when transferred to the receiving 
                project or projects and the net dollar amount of Federal 
                assistance provided to the transferring project shall remain the 
                same in the receiving project or projects.
                    (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: The 
                Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling 
                units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a 
                reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market demands, 
                as determined by the Secretary and provided there is no increase 
                in the project-based assistance budget authority.
            (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the Secretary, 
        be either physically obsolete or economically nonviable, or be 
        reasonably expected to become economically nonviable when complying with 
        State or Federal requirements for community integration and reduced 
        concentration of individuals with disabilities.
            (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
        applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
            (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project shall notify 
        and consult with the tenants residing in the transferring project and 
        provide a certification of approval by all appropriate local 
        governmental officials.
            (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain eligible for 
        assistance to be provided by the receiving project or projects shall not 
        be required to vacate their units in the transferring project or 
        projects until new units in the receiving project are available for 
        occupancy.
            (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the best 
        interest of the tenants.
            (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving project or 
        projects meets the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien 
        on the receiving project resulting from additional financing obtained by 
        the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 
        transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary, except that 
        the Secretary may waive this requirement upon determination that such a 
        waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, 
        construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or 
        projects.
            (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of subsection 
        (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving project or projects 
        shall execute and record either a continuation of the existing use 
        agreement or a new use agreement for the project where, in either case, 
        any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
        the existing use restrictions.
            (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in section 
        502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-
        insured mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations are provided 
        in advance for the amount of any such increased cost.
    (d) For purposes of this section--
            (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall have the 
        meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations governing the 
        program under which the project is insured or assisted;
            (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing that 
        meets one of the following conditions--
                    (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the 
                National Housing Act;
                    (B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to 
                the structure including projects undergoing mark to market debt 
                restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
                Affordability Housing Act;
                    (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
                Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
                    (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
                Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such section existed 
                before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
                Affordable Housing Act;
                    (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
                Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
                8013); or
                    (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
                agreement;
            (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
                    (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
                States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b));
                    (B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
                rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
                8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately before 
                October 1, 1983);
                    (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the 
                Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s);
                    (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or 
                additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the 
                National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1);
                    (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the 
                Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and
                    (F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the 
                Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
                8013(d)(2));
            (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the multifamily 
        housing project or projects to which some or all of the project-based 
        assistance, debt, and statutorily required low-income and very low-
        income use restrictions are to be transferred;
            (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily housing 
        project which is transferring some or all of the project-based 
        assistance, debt, and the statutorily required low-income and very low-
        income use restrictions to the receiving project or projects; and
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development.
    (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the 
transfer authority under this section, including the effect of such transfers on 
the operational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial conditions, 
and long-term preservation of the affected properties.
    Sec. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who--
            (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education 
        (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002));
            (2) is under 24 years of age;
            (3) is not a veteran;
            (4) is unmarried;
            (5) does not have a dependent child;
            (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined in 
        section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
        1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance under such section 8 as 
        of November 30, 2005;
            (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older and is at 
        risk of becoming homeless; and
            (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, 
        individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assistance under 
        section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
    (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to receive 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and 
any other required fees and charges) that an individual receives under the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or 
from an institution of higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to 
that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
    Sec. 211.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans under paragraph (1) 
under the heading ``Native American Programs'' in title II of this Act shall be 
allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only such recipients shall be eligible 
to apply for funds made available under paragraph (2) of such heading.
    Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2024, 
in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or has a 
mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during the 
process of foreclosure on any property with a contract for rental assistance 
payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) or any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental 
assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and 
other programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 
extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local 
government that such a multifamily property owned or having a mortgage held by 
the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under 
such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of 
rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
local resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
``MAHRAA'') (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental conditions that cannot 
be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with 
the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or 
provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 
to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, 
subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation 
of tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written notice 
to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other available 
remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any 
multifamily property described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 
levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under section 524 
of MAHRAA.
    Sec. 213.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or fewer public 
housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset management requirement 
imposed by the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule:  Provided, 
That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the 
operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements.
    Sec. 214.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act and in 
future Acts for the operation, capital improvement, and management of public 
housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any 
requirement or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits 
in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a public housing agency may not 
use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible 
under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating fund in excess 
of the amounts permitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g).
    Sec. 215.  No official or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer has determined that such allotment holder has 
implemented an adequate system of funds control and has received training in 
funds control procedures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall 
ensure that there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under 
the accounts ``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support Offices'', 
``Program Offices'', ``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of 
Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of 
Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    Sec. 216.  The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, notify the public 
through the Federal Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of the 
issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
opportunity (NOFO) for any program or discretionary fund administered by the 
Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary may make the NOFO 
available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government website or through 
other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 217.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation shall be 
paid from the individual program office and Office of General Counsel salaries 
and expenses appropriations.
    Sec. 218.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for any office under the 
headings ``Administrative Support Offices'' or ``Program Offices'' to any other 
such office under such headings:  Provided, That no appropriation for any such 
office under such headings shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 3 business days in 
advance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, 
whichever is less.
    Sec. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments shall 
maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by the Secretary, 
and comply with any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 
ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condition of any property 
covered under a housing assistance payment contract.
    (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) when a multifamily 
housing project with a contract under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based assistance--
            (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform Physical Condition 
        Standards (UPCS) or successor standard; or
            (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 days that 
        all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies, or those deficiencies 
        requiring correction within 24 hours, identified by the inspector at the 
        project have been corrected.
    Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects with 
assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units assisted under 
section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
    (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Estate Assessment Center 
(``REAC'') inspection, the Secretary shall provide the owner with a Notice of 
Default with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting 
all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide a copy of the Notice of Default to 
the tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any contract 
administrator. If the owner's appeal results in a passing score, the Secretary 
may withdraw the Notice of Default.
    (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies specified 
in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails to fully correct such deficiencies, 
the Secretary may--
            (A) require immediate replacement of project management with a 
        management agent approved by the Secretary;
            (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used solely for the 
        purpose of supporting safe and sanitary conditions at applicable 
        properties, as designated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
        tenants of the property affected by the penalty;
            (C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial abatement, as 
        determined by the Secretary, until all deficiencies have been corrected;
            (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by the 
        Secretary under established procedures, who will be obligated to 
        promptly make all required repairs and to accept renewal of the 
        assistance contract if such renewal is offered;
            (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another project or 
        projects and owner or owners;
            (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or 
        debarments from Federal programs;
            (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the property 
        and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific 
        performance requiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies;
            (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to stabilize 
        the property in an attempt to preserve the property through compliance, 
        transfer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided by a third-
        party that requires time to effectuate; or
            (I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies available as 
        deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary.
    (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based 
contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement 
remedies to assist relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent the Secretary 
determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that the 
property is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such 
section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of--
            (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and all 
        available Federal, State, and local resources, including rent 
        adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
        and Affordability Act of 1997 (``MAHRAA''); and
            (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-
        effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for project-based rental 
        assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
        properties, or provide other rental assistance.
    (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by 
this section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment Center and 
have failing physical inspection scores or have received an unsatisfactory 
management and occupancy review within the past 36 months. The report shall 
include--
            (1) identification of the enforcement actions being taken to address 
        such conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 
        termination of subsidies, and identification of properties that have 
        such conditions multiple times;
            (2) identification of actions that the Department of Housing and 
        Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
        properties; and
            (3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to further 
        improve the living conditions at properties covered under a housing 
        assistance payment contract.
    The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and House Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, and the 
second report shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal of the first 
report.
    Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or any other Act, 
for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based 
rental assistance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public housing agency for any 
amount of salary, including bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of 
basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any 
time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act and provided to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 
unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any project, State, locality, housing 
authority, Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to receive a 
grant award is announced by the Department or its offices:  Provided, That such 
notification shall list each grant award by State and congressional district.
    Sec. 222.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used by the 
Federal Housing Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association, or 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, securitize, or 
establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage or mortgage backed security that 
refinances or otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent 
domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other political 
subdivision of a State.
    Sec. 223.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan 
city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under section 106 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 5306).
    Sec. 224.  Amounts made available by this Act that are appropriated, 
allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of 
Policy Development and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical 
purposes, and that are unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately become 
available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal 
year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the amounts 
are made available to that Office subject to reprogramming requirements in 
section 405 of this Act.
    Sec. 225.  None of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act may be 
used for awards, including performance, special act, or spot, for any employee 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject to administrative 
discipline (including suspension from work), in this fiscal year, but this 
prohibition shall not be effective prior to the effective date of any such 
administrative discipline or after any final decision over-turning such 
discipline.
    Sec. 226.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015 through 2024 for the 
continuum of care (CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program income of 
grant recipients may count toward meeting the recipient's matching requirements, 
provided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient's CoC 
program.
    Sec. 227. (a) From amounts made available under this title under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the Secretary may award 1-year transition grants 
to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one 
continuum of care program component to another.
    (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the funding 
recipient must have the consent of the continuum of care and meet standards 
determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 228.  The promise zone designations and promise zone designation 
agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, made by the Secretary in 
prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of such agreements.
    Sec. 229.  Any public housing agency designated as a Moving to Work agency 
pursuant to section 239 of division L of Public Law 114-113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note; 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds (except for special 
purpose funding, including special purpose vouchers) previously allocated to any 
such public housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, including any reserve funds held by the public housing agency or funds 
held by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 
authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under such section and 
section 204 of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 
104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated.
    Sec. 230.  None of the amounts made available by this Act may be used to 
prohibit any public housing agency under receivership or the direction of a 
Federal monitor from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 
under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for competitive grants to evaluate and 
reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or that remain available and not 
awarded from prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public housing agency from 
using such funds to carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement 
agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar document for a 
violation of the lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules.
    Sec. 231.  The language under the heading ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112-55), as most 
recently amended by Public Law 117-103, is further amended--
            (1) in the initial undesignated matter, by striking ``and `Public 
        Housing Operating Fund''' and inserting ``, `Public Housing Operating 
        Fund', and `Public Housing Fund''';
            (2) in the second proviso, by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
        ``2029'';
            (3) after the fourth proviso, by inserting the following new 
        provisos: ``Provided further, That at properties with assistance under 
        section 9 of the Act requesting to partially convert such assistance, 
        and where an event under section 18 of the Act occurs that results in 
        the eligibility for tenant protection vouchers under section 8(o) of the 
        Act, the Secretary may convert the tenant protection voucher assistance 
        to assistance under a project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of 
        the Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the 
        Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, or 
        assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, so long as the property 
        meets any additional requirements established by the Secretary to 
        facilitate conversion: Provided further, That to facilitate the 
        conversion of assistance under the previous proviso, the Secretary may 
        transfer an amount equal to the total amount that would have been 
        allocated for tenant protection voucher assistance for properties that 
        have requested such conversions from amounts made available for tenant 
        protection voucher assistance under the heading `Tenant-Based Rental 
        Assistance' to the heading `Project-Based Rental Assistance': Provided 
        further, That at properties with assistance previously converted 
        hereunder to assistance under the heading `Project-Based Rental 
        Assistance,' which are also separately assisted under section 8(o)(13) 
        of the Act, the Secretary may, with the consent of the public housing 
        agency and owner, terminate such project-based subsidy contracts and 
        immediately enter into one new project-based subsidy contract under 
        section 8 of the Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under section 
        524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
        1997, subject to the requirement that any residents assisted under 
        section 8(o)(13) of the Act at the time of such termination of such 
        project-based subsidy contract shall retain all rights accrued under 
        section 8(o)(13)(E) of the Act under the new project-based subsidy 
        contract and section 8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act shall not apply: 
        Provided further, That to carry out the previous proviso, the Secretary 
        may transfer from the heading `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to the 
        heading `Project-Based Rental Assistance' an amount equal to the amounts 
        associated with such terminating contract under section 8(o)(13) of the 
        Act:'';
            (4) in the fourteenth proviso, as reordered above, by--
                    (A) inserting ```Public Housing Fund', `Self-Sufficiency 
                Programs', `Family Self-Sufficiency''' following ```Public 
                Housing Operating Fund',''; and
                    (B) inserting ``or the ongoing availability of services for 
                residents'' after ``effective conversion of assistance under the 
                demonstration'';
            (5) after the twenty-fourth proviso, as reordered above, by 
        inserting the following proviso: ``Provided further, That owners of 
        properties with a senior preservation rental assistance contract under 
        section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 
        of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), shall be eligible, subject to 
        requirements established by the Secretary as necessary to facilitate the 
        conversion of assistance while maintaining the affordability period and 
        the designation of the property as serving elderly families, and tenant 
        consultation procedures, for conversion of assistance available for such 
        assistance contracts to assistance under a long-term project-based 
        subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act:'';
            (6) in the twenty-ninth proviso, as reordered above, by inserting 
        ``, section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity 
        Act of 2000,'' after ``Housing Act of 1959''; and
            (7) in the thirty-fourth proviso, as reordered above, by striking 
        ``any section 202 project rental assistance contract or section 811 
        project rental assistance contract conversions'' and inserting ``the 
        conversion of assistance from section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
        1959, section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity 
        Act of 2000, or section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act''.
    Sec. 232.  For fiscal year 2024, if the Secretary determines or has 
determined, for any prior formula grant allocation administered by the Secretary 
through the Offices of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning and 
Development, or Housing, that a recipient received an allocation greater than 
the amount such recipient should have received for a formula allocation cycle 
pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary may adjust for 
any such funding error in the next applicable formula allocation cycle by (a) 
offsetting each such recipient's formula allocation (if eligible for a formula 
allocation in the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount of any 
such funding error, and (b) reallocating any available balances that are 
attributable to the offset to the recipient or recipients that would have been 
allocated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in which any such 
error occurred (if such recipient or recipients are eligible for a formula 
allocation in the next applicable formula allocation cycle) in an amount 
proportionate to such recipient's eligibility under the next applicable formula 
allocation cycle:  Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from such 
available balances shall be recorded against funds available for the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle:  Provided further, That the term ``next 
applicable formula allocation cycle'' means the first formula allocation cycle 
for a program that is reasonably available for correction following such a 
Secretarial determination:  Provided further, That if, upon request by a 
recipient and giving consideration to all Federal resources available to the 
recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary determines that the offset 
in the next applicable formula allocation cycle would critically impair the 
recipient's ability to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 
Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or more formula allocation 
cycles.
    Sec. 233.  The Secretary may transfer from amounts made available for 
salaries and expenses under this title (excluding amounts made available under 
the heading ``Office of Inspector General'') to the heading ``Information 
Technology Fund'' for information technology needs, including for additional 
development, modernization, and enhancement, to remain available until September 
30, 2026:  Provided, That the total amount of such transfers shall not exceed 
$5,000,000:  Provided further, That this transfer authority shall not be used to 
fund information technology projects or activities that have known out-year 
development, modernization, or enhancement costs in excess of $500,000:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations no fewer than 3 business days in advance of 
any such transfer.
    Sec. 234.  The Secretary shall comply with all process requirements, 
including public notice and comment, when seeking to revise any annual 
contributions contract.
    Sec. 235.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States 
a fund to be known as the ``Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' (the Fund):  Provided, That unobligated balances of 
expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year 
from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end 
of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are 
available for the purposes for which they were appropriated) into the Fund:  
Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until 
expended, in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, 
for capital needs of the Department, including facilities infrastructure and 
information technology infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may be 
obligated only after the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.
    Sec. 236. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under 
the heading ``Lead Hazard Reduction'' in title II of division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103), $65,000,000 is 
hereby permanently rescinded from the amounts specified in paragraph (1) under 
such heading (excluding amounts for areas with the highest lead-based paint 
abatement needs).
    (b) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in title II of division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $20,000,000 is hereby permanently 
rescinded from the amounts specified in paragraph (7) under such heading.
    (c) Any unobligated balances (including any unobligated balances of contract 
authority) included under Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbols 86 X 0129, 86 X 
0148, 86 X 0197, 86 X 0314, 86 X 0315, 86 X 0324, 86 X 0402, 86 X 4058 and 86 X 
8093 are hereby permanently rescinded.
    (d) Any unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading 
``Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program'' for the program 
authorized under section 1079 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) are 
hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 237.  None of the funds made available to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development in this or prior Acts may be used to issue a solicitation or 
accept bids on any solicitation that is substantially equivalent to the draft 
solicitation entitled ``Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract Support 
Services (HAPSS)'' posted to www.Sam.gov on July 27, 2022.
    Sec. 238.  None of the amounts made available in this Act may be used to 
consider family self-sufficiency performance measures or performance scores in 
determining funding awards for programs receiving family self-sufficiency 
program coordinator funding provided in this Act.
    Sec. 239. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) for the ``Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative'' that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to 
remain available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019.
    (b) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115-141) for the ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were 
available for obligation through fiscal year 2020 are to remain available 
through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
fiscal years 2018 through 2020.
    (c) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2019 (Public Law 116-6) for the ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were 
available for obligation through fiscal year 2021 are to remain available 
through fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
fiscal years 2019 through 2021.
    (d) Funds previously made available in the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) for the ``Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative'' that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2022 are to 
remain available through fiscal year 2028 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2020 through 2022.
    (e) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260) for the ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were 
available for obligation through fiscal year 2023 are to remain available 
through fiscal year 2029 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
fiscal years 2021 through 2023.
    (f) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115-141) for ``Lead Hazard Reduction'' that were available for 
obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 
2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 
through 2019.
    Sec. 240.  Of the amounts made available for the Office of Policy 
Development and Research under the heading ``Program Offices'', up to 
$3,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, may be transferred to 
the heading ``Information Technology Fund'' to be available for the needs of the 
Chief Data Officer, in addition to amounts otherwise available, including for 
additional development, modernization, and enhancement:  Provided, That the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no 
fewer than 3 business days in advance of any such transfer.
    Sec. 241.  Section 239 of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114-113) is amended by striking ``2028'' and inserting 
``2038''.
    Sec. 242.  For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary may issue a 2-year 
notification of funding opportunity, including any alternative procedures or 
requirements as may be necessary to allocate future appropriations in the second 
year, for the award of amounts made available for the continuum of care program 
under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), notwithstanding any conflict with the requirements of the 
continuum of care program.
    Sec. 243.  The Secretary may, upon a finding that a waiver or alternative 
requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and administration of funds 
made available for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals for the 
mainstream program and the family unification program (including the foster 
youth to independence program) in this and prior Acts, waive or specify 
alternative requirements, other than requirements related to tenant rights and 
protections, rent setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and 
the environment, for--
            (1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
        U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regulatory provisions related to the 
        administration of waiting lists, local preferences, and the initial term 
        and extensions of tenant-based vouchers; and
            (2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
        U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the timing of referral of youth leaving 
        foster care.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                                    TITLE III

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                                  Access Board

                              salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by section 502 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000:  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training expenses.

                           Federal Maritime Commission

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by 
section 46107 of title 46, United States Code, including services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; and uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code, $40,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                     National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                           Office of Inspector General

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $29,240,000:  Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties 
specified in such Act, to investigate allegations of fraud, including false 
statements to the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 
by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General may enter 
into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other 
services with public agencies and with private persons, subject to the 
applicable laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the 
Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as 
may be necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the 
Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That concurrent with the 
President's budget request for fiscal year 2025, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2025 in similar format and substance to budget requests submitted by 
executive agencies of the Federal Government.

                      National Transportation Safety Board

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code, $140,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                      Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

              payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $158,000,000.

                          Surface Transportation Board

                              salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including 
services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $47,452,000: 
 Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$1,250,000 from fees established by the Surface Transportation Board shall be 
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading:  Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a 
dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2024, to result in a final appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $46,202,000.

                United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                               operating expenses

    For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms, and the 
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness in 
carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act, as amended, $4,300,000.

                                    TITLE IV

                          GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or 
execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in 
this Act.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any 
consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
Order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and 
        abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional 
        response or psychological stress in some participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and 
        methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or 
        quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief systems as defined 
        in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated 
        September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal 
        values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude 
an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of 
official duties.
    Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the funds 
provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that--
            (1) creates a new program;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
        activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either 
        the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a different 
        purpose;
            (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
        $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
            (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 
        or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
            (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, 
        office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or department 
        different from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
        Appropriations or the table accompanying the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act), whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 
        received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year:  Provided further, That the report shall include--
                    (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to 
                display the prior year enacted level, the President's budget 
                request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
                enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted 
                level;
                    (B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
                its respective prior year enacted level by object class and 
                program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, the 
                table accompanying the explanatory statement described in 
                section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
                consolidated Act), accompanying reports of the House and Senate 
                Committees on Appropriations, or in the budget appendix for the 
                respective appropriations, whichever is more detailed, and shall 
                apply to all items for which a dollar amount is specified and to 
                all programs for which new budget (obligational) authority is 
                provided, as well as to discretionary grants and discretionary 
                grant allocations; and
                    (C) an identification of items of special congressional 
                interest.
    Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 
50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
2024 from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2025, for 
each such account for the purposes authorized:  Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these requests 
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of 
this Act.
    Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal, State, 
or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent 
domain is employed only for a public use:  Provided, That for purposes of this 
section, public use shall not be construed to include economic development that 
primarily benefits private entities:  Provided further, That any use of funds 
for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as 
utility projects which benefit or serve the general public (including energy-
related, communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related 
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general public or 
which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the 
general public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the government, 
and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public health and safety 
or brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for 
purposes of eminent domain.
    Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred 
to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, 
except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 409.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an 
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will 
comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-
8305, popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act 
shall be made available to any person or entity that has been convicted of 
violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
    Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for 
first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 
301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send 
or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of a single agency 
or department of the United States Government, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single international conference unless the relevant Secretary 
reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in 
advance that such attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided, 
That for purposes of this section the term ``international conference'' shall 
mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended by 
representatives of the United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
    Sec. 413.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect 
any filing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees 
under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code.
    Sec. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity 
carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to any records, 
documents, or other materials available to the department or agency over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to 
such records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, except 
a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly 
limits the Inspector General's right of access.
    (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and other 
materials in a timely manner.
    (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the 
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this requirement.
    Sec. 416.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractors whose 
performance has been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless the 
Agency determines that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, 
government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall scope 
of the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive fees are 
consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
    Sec. 417.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other than a 
temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his or her period 
of active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after his or her 
release from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for 
a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his or her 
former position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as 
still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position and has not 
been restored thereto.
    Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
approve a new foreign air carrier permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of 
title 49, United States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 of 
that title of an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate issued 
by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 
bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise preclude 
the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign air carrier permit or an 
exemption to such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent with the 
U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement and United States law.
    Sec. 419. (a) In the table of projects in the explanatory statement 
referenced in section 417 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public Law 117-
103)--
            (1) the item relating to ``Midland Center for the Arts only for 
        structural improvements'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
        ``City of Midland'' and inserting ``Midland Center for the Arts'';
            (2) the item relating to ``Barren County Fiscal Court--Chapatcha 
        Industrial Park Development'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        project ``Barren County Fiscal Court--Chapatcha Industrial Park 
        Development'' and inserting ``Barren County Fiscal Court--Chapatcha 
        Industrial Park or South Cooper Industrial Park Development'';
            (3) the item relating to ``Pasco County Board of County 
        Commissioners--Rural Northwest Pasco Community Park Site Acquisition'' 
        is deemed to be amended by striking ``Northwest'' and inserting 
        ``Northeast'';
            (4) the item relating to ``Wood County Development Authority--Site 
        Readiness & Redevelopment Downtown Parkersburg'' is deemed to be amended 
        by striking ``Wood County Development Authority--Site Readiness & 
        Redevelopment Downtown Parkersburg'' and inserting ``Redevelopment of 
        Downtown Parkersburg'';
            (5) the item relating to ``Rosemary's Way Penacook Affordable 
        Housing'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``CATCH 
        Neighborhood Housing'' and inserting ``Concord Area Trust for Community 
        Housing'';
            (6) the item relating to ``Lead Safe Home Fund'' is deemed to be 
        amended by striking recipient ``Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition'' and 
        inserting ``Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation'';
            (7) the item relating to ``Boys & Girls Club in Miami Gardens'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``Club in Miami Gardens'' and inserting 
        ``Clubs within the Miami-Dade area'';
            (8) the item relating to ``Acquisition of new commercial space'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``Acquisition of new commercial space'' 
        and inserting ``Renovation of community center'';
            (9) the item relating to ``North Commons Regional Vision'' is deemed 
        to be amended by striking recipient ``Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
        Board'' and inserting ``City of Minneapolis'';
            (10) the item relating to ``Electric school bus and associated 
        electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure'' is deemed to be amended 
        by striking recipient ``Falls Church City Public Schools'' and inserting 
        ``City of Falls Church'';
            (11) the item relating to ``A PLACE 4 ALICE facility improvement'' 
        is deemed to be amended by striking ``A PLACE 4 ALICE facility 
        improvement'' and inserting ``Affordable Housing and Community 
        Facilities''; and
    (b) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement for division L 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) described in 
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act--
            (1) the item relating to ``River Road Homes Affordable Housing 
        Infrastructure'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Town of 
        Canaan'' and inserting ``Falls Village Housing Trust Inc.'';
            (2) the item relating to ``The Star Community Family Life Center'' 
        is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``The Star Community 
        Family Life Center'' and inserting ``MSBC Five Star Program, Inc.'';
            (3) the item relating to ``Early Learning Childcare Center 
        Construction'' (recipient ``The Caring Place'') is deemed to be amended 
        by striking ``Early Learning Childcare Center Construction'' and 
        inserting ``CARE Center construction'';
            (4) the item relating to ``Upper Bucks Rail Trail'' is deemed to be 
        amended by striking recipient ``Appalachian Mountain Club'' and 
        inserting ``The County of Bucks'';
            (5) the item relating to ``YMCA & Albion College Initiative of the 
        Washington Gardner Center Building Renovation and Expansion'' is deemed 
        to be amended by striking ``YMCA & Albion College Initiative of the 
        Washington Gardner Center Building Renovation and Expansion'' and 
        inserting ``Site improvements'';
            (6) the item relating to ``Wood County Industrial Site Readiness and 
        Redevelopment'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Wood County 
        Industrial Site Readiness & Redevelopment'' and inserting 
        ``Redevelopment of Downtown Parkersburg'';
            (7) the item relating to ``B-360 Educational Campus'' is deemed to 
        be amended by striking ``I Am Mentality, Inc.'' and inserting ``B-360 
        Baltimore, Inc.'';
            (8) the item relating to ``Riverbrook Regional YMCA'' is deemed to 
        be amended by striking recipient ``Riverbrook Regional Young Men's 
        Christian Association, Inc.'' and inserting ``City of Norwalk'';
            (9) the item relating to ``Miami Veterans Housing Project'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``United Way Miami'' and 
        inserting ``CRC Leadership, Inc.'';
            (10) the item relating to ``Supportive Living, Community Day 
        Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults with Intellectual and 
        Developmental Disabilities'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``, 
        Community Day Services, and Housing'';
            (11) the item relating to ``Public Library Addition'' is deemed to 
        be amended by striking ``Addition'' and inserting ``Renovation'';
            (12) the item relating to ``Renovation of Snelling Motel to 
        Affordable Housing for Veterans'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        ``Snelling Motel to'' and inserting ``Hotel for'';
            (13) the item relating to ``Indigenous Farm Hub'' is deemed to be 
        amended by striking recipient ``Tides Center'' and inserting ``Native 
        American Community Academy Inspired Schools Network (NISN)'';
            (14) the item relating to ``El Centro de la Raza--Pattison's West 
        Community Campus Property Acquisition'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking ``El Centro de la Raza--Pattison's West Community Campus 
        Property Acquisition'' and inserting ``Pattison's West Community 
        Campus'';
            (15) the item relating to ``Road Raising & Flood Resiliency for 
        Amity Harbor and American Venice Project'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking ``Road Raising & Flood Resiliency for Amity Harbor and American 
        Venice Project'' and inserting ``Town of Babylon Federal Aid Roadway 
        Improvement Project'';
            (16) the item relating to ``Dayton International Airport (DAY)--
        Northeast Logistics Access Project'' is amended by striking ``Dayton 
        International Airport (DAY)--Northeast Logistics Access Project'' and 
        inserting ``Infrastructure capital improvements, including street, 
        wastewater and sewer line improvements'';
            (17) the item relating to ``Help Me Grow Skagit Family Resource 
        Center Expansion'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
        ``Children's Council of Skagit County'' and inserting ``Children's 
        Museum of Skagit County''; and
            (18) the item relating to ``Permanent Supportive Housing Properties 
        Acquisition'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Permanent Supportive 
        Housing Properties Acquisition'' and inserting ``Permanent Supportive 
        Housing Acquisition, Development and Rehabilitation''.
    Sec. 420.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in contravention of section 312 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5155).
    Sec. 421.  None of the funds made available by this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be used in contravention of section 306108 of title 54, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 422.  None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to require the use of inward facing cameras or require a motor carrier to 
register an apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as a condition 
for participation in the safe driver apprenticeship pilot program.
    Sec. 423.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee to undertake 
specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the final rule 
entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 
2015)) or the notice entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment 
Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)).
    Sec. 424.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in 
contravention of existing Federal law regarding non-citizen eligibility and 
ineligibility for occupancy in federally assisted housing or for participation 
in and assistance under Federal housing programs, including section 214 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
    Sec. 425.  Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting at the end the following:
            ``(x) Certain agricultural vehicles in the state of mississippi.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State of Mississippi may allow, by special 
        permit, the operation of a covered agricultural vehicle on the 
        Interstate System in the State of Mississippi if such vehicle does not 
        exceed--
                    ``(A) a gross vehicle weight of 88,000 pounds; and
                    ``(B) 110 percent of the maximum weight on any axle or axle 
                group described in subsection (a)(2), including any enforcement 
                tolerance.
            ``(2) Covered agricultural vehicle defined.--In this subsection, the 
        term `covered agricultural vehicle' means a vehicle that is transporting 
        unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or 
        unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass or wood 
        chips.
            ``(y) Operation of Certain Vehicles in West Virginia.--
                    ``(1) In general.--The State of West Virginia may allow, by 
                special permit, the operation of a vehicle that is transporting 
                materials and equipment on the Interstate System in the State of 
                West Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 110 percent of the 
                maximum weight on any axle or axle group described in subsection 
                (a)(2), including any enforcement tolerance, provided the 
                remaining gross vehicle weight requirements of subsection (a) 
                are met.
                    ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `materials 
                and equipment' means materials and equipment that are used on a 
                project eligible under this chapter.''.
    Sec. 426.  None of the funds appropriated or made available by this division 
for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2024 may be used to enforce 
a mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 virus.
    This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                            DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS

                       TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                       Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders

SEC. 101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, 
              AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME PROGRAMS.

    (a) Extension for Community Health Centers.--Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(F)) is 
amended by striking ``and $536,986,301 for the period beginning on January 20, 
2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``$536,986,301 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, and $3,592,328,767 
for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
    (b) Extension for the National Health Service Corps.--Section 10503(b)(2)(I) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(2)(I)) is 
amended by striking ``and $41,616,438 for the period beginning on January 20, 
2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``$41,616,438 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, and $297,013,699 for 
the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
    (c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education 
Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``and $16,982,192 for the 
        period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and 
        inserting ``$16,982,192 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
        and ending on March 8, 2024, and $164,136,986 for the period beginning 
        on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
            (2) Addition to capped amounts.--Section 340H(b)(2) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
                    ``(C) Addition.--Notwithstanding any provision of this 
                section, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending 
                on December 31, 2024, the Secretary may use any amounts made 
                available in any fiscal year to carry out this section 
                (including amounts recouped under subsection (f)) to make 
                payments described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B), in addition 
                to the total amount of funds appropriated under subsection 
                (g).''.
            (3) Report to congress.--For the period beginning on October 1, 
        2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
        and Pensions of the Senate a report specifying--
                    (A) the total amount of funds recouped under subsection (f) 
                of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
                256h);
                    (B) the rationale for the funds being recouped; and
                    (C) the total amount of funds recouped under subsection (f) 
                of such section 340H that were used pursuant to subsection 
                (b)(2)(C) of such section 340H to adjust total payment amounts 
                above the total amounts appropriated under subsection (g) of 
                such section 340H, as amended by paragraph (3).
    (d) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
amendments made by this section shall be subject to the requirements contained 
in Public Law 117-328 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 
through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.).
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``and section 101(d) of the Further Additional 
Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024'' and inserting 
``section 101(d) of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other 
Extensions Act, 2024, and section 101(d) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS.

    (a) Extension of Special Diabetes Programs for Type I Diabetes.--Section 
330B(b)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-2(b)(2)(E)) is 
amended by striking ``and $20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 
2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``$20,136,986 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, and $130,000,000 for 
the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
    (b) Extending Funding for Special Diabetes Programs for Indians.--Section 
330C(c)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-3(c)(2)(E)) is 
amended by striking ``and $20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 
2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``$20,136,986 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, and $130,000,000 for 
the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.

SEC. 103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS.

    (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 
31, 2024''.
    (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-
7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 
31, 2024''.
    (c) Section 319L-1(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-
7f(b)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2024''.
    (d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-
10b(g)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2024''.
    (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-
10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2024''.
    (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-
10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2024''.
    (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-
11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``December 
31, 2024''.

                              Subtitle B--Medicaid

SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR STATE MEDICAID PLANS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR 
              MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(29), by striking ``for the period beginning 
        October 1, 2020, and ending September 30, 2025,'' and inserting 
        ``beginning on October 1, 2020,''; and
            (2) in subsection (ee)(2), by striking ``for the period specified in 
        such paragraph, if before the beginning of such period the State 
        certifies to the satisfaction of the Secretary'' and inserting ``if such 
        State certifies, not less than every 5 years and to the satisfaction of 
        the Secretary,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1006(b)(4)(A) of the Substance Use-
Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and 
Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking ``, and before 
October 1, 2025''.

SEC. 202. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR SPECIFIED 
              POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN MEDICAID AND CHIP.

    Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1948. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR SPECIFIED 
              POPULATIONS.

    ``(a) Recurring Analysis and Publication of Health Care Data Related to 
Treatment for Substance Use Disorder or a Mental Health Condition.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, on an annual basis, shall link, 
        analyze, and publish on a publicly available website data reported by 
        States through the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System 
        (T-MSIS) (or a successor system) relating to substance use disorder and 
        mental health services provided to individuals enrolled under a State 
        plan under this title or a State child health plan under title XXI (or 
        under a waiver of such plans) who have been diagnosed with a substance 
        use disorder or mental health condition, including an analysis that is 
        disaggregated by age. Such enrollee information shall be de-identified 
        of any personally identifying information, shall adhere to privacy 
        standards established by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
        and shall be aggregated to protect the privacy of enrollees, as 
        necessary.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The analysis required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, at a minimum, the following data for each State (including, to 
        the extent available, for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
        American Samoa):
                    ``(A) The number and percentage of individuals enrolled 
                under the State plan under this title or the State child health 
                plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) in each 
                of the major enrollment categories (as defined in a public 
                letter from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission 
                to the Secretary) who have been diagnosed with--
                            ``(i) a substance use disorder;
                            ``(ii) a mental health condition; or
                            ``(iii) a co-occurring substance use disorder and 
                        mental health condition.
                    ``(B) With respect to individuals enrolled under the State 
                plan under this title or the State child health plan under title 
                XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) who have received a 
                diagnosis described in subparagraph (A), a list of the substance 
                use disorder and mental health treatment services, including, to 
                the extent such data are available, specific adult and pediatric 
                services by each major type of service, such as counseling, 
                intensive home-based services, intensive care coordination, 
                crisis services tailored to children and youth, peer support 
                services, family-to-family support, inpatient hospitalization, 
                medication-assisted treatment, residential treatment, and other 
                appropriate services as identified by the Secretary, for which 
                beneficiaries in each State received at least 1 service under 
                the State plan under this title or the State child health plan 
                under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans).
                    ``(C) With respect to each diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A), the number and percentage of individuals 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State 
                child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such 
                plans) who have such diagnosis and received services for such 
                diagnosis under such plan or waiver by each major type of 
                treatment service listed under subparagraph (B) within each 
                major setting type, such as outpatient, inpatient, residential, 
                and other home-based and community-based settings.
                    ``(D) The number of services provided under the State plan 
                under this title or the State child health plan under title XXI 
                (or under a waiver of such plans) per individual enrolled under 
                such plan or waiver who has a diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A) for each such diagnosis and each major type of 
                treatment service listed under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(E) The number and percentage of individuals enrolled 
                under the State plan under this title or the State child health 
                plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) by major 
                enrollment category, who have a diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A) and received substance use disorder or mental 
                health treatment through--
                            ``(i) a Medicaid managed care entity (as defined in 
                        section 1932(a)(1)(B)), including the number of such 
                        individuals who received such assistance through a 
                        prepaid inpatient health plan (as defined by the 
                        Secretary) or a prepaid ambulatory health plan (as 
                        defined by the Secretary);
                            ``(ii) a fee-for-service payment model; or
                            ``(iii) an alternative payment model, to the extent 
                        available.
                    ``(F) The number and percentage of individuals enrolled 
                under the State plan under this title or the State child health 
                plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) who have 
                a diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) and received services 
                for a mental health condition or a substance use disorder in an 
                outpatient or community-based or home-based setting after 
                receiving mental health or substance use disorder services in an 
                inpatient or residential setting, and the number of mental 
                health or substance use disorder services received by such 
                individuals in the outpatient or community-based or home-based 
                setting.
                    ``(G) The number and percentage of inpatient admissions in 
                which services for a mental health condition or substance use 
                disorder were provided to an individual enrolled under the State 
                plan under this title or the State child health plan under title 
                XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) that occurred within 30 
                days after discharge from a hospital or residential facility in 
                which services for a mental health condition or substance use 
                disorder previously were provided to such individual, 
                disaggregated by each diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) 
                and type of facility, to the extent such information is 
                available.
                    ``(H) The number of emergency department visits by an 
                individual enrolled under the State plan under this title or the 
                State child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of 
                such plans) who has a diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) 
                within 7 days of such individual being discharged from an 
                inpatient stay at a hospital during which services for a mental 
                health condition or substance use disorder were provided, or 
                from a mental health facility, an independent psychiatric wing 
                of an acute care hospital, an intermediate care facility for 
                individuals with intellectual disabilities, or a residential 
                treatment facility, disaggregated by each diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A) and type of facility, to the extent such 
                information is available.
                    ``(I) The number and percentage of individuals who are 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State 
                child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such 
                plans) and received an assessment for a mental health condition.
                    ``(J) The number and percentage of individuals who are 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State 
                child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such 
                plans) and received an assessment for a substance use disorder.
                    ``(K) The number of mental health services provided to 
                individuals enrolled under the State plan under this title or 
                the State child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver 
                of such plans) who received an assessment described in 
                subparagraph (I) in the 30 days post-assessment.
                    ``(L) The number of substance use disorder treatment 
                services provided to individuals enrolled under the State plan 
                under this title or the State child health plan under title XXI 
                (or under a waiver of such plans) who received an assessment 
                described in subparagraph (J) in the 30 days post-assessment.
                    ``(M) Prescription National Drug Code codes, fill dates, and 
                number of days supply of any covered outpatient drug (as defined 
                in section 1927(k)(2)) that was dispensed to an individual 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State 
                child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such 
                plans) with an episode described in subparagraph (G) or (H) 
                during any period that occurs after the individual's discharge 
                date defined in subparagraph (G) or (H) (as applicable), and 
                before the admission date applicable under subparagraph (G) or 
                the date of the emergency department visit applicable under 
                subparagraph (H) that were--
                            ``(i) to treat a mental health condition; or
                            ``(ii) to treat a substance use disorder.
    ``(b) Publication.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Secretary shall make publicly available 
        the first analysis required by subsection (a).
            ``(2) Annual updates.--The Secretary shall issue an updated version 
        of the analysis required under subsection (a) not later than January 1 
        of each calendar year.
            ``(3) Use of t-msis data.--The analysis required under subsection 
        (a) and updates required under paragraph (4) shall--
                    ``(A) use data and definitions from the T-MSIS data set that 
                is no more than 12 months old on the date that the analysis or 
                update is published; and
                    ``(B) as appropriate, include a description with respect to 
                each State of the quality and completeness of the data and 
                caveats describing the limitations of the data reported to the 
                Secretary by the State that is sufficient to communicate the 
                appropriate uses for the information.
            ``(4) Revised publication.--Beginning not later than 3 years after 
        the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary annually shall 
        publish a revised publication of the analysis required by subsection (a) 
        that allows for a research-ready and publicly accessible interface of 
        the publication and is developed after consultation with stakeholders on 
        the usability of the data contained in the publication.
            ``(5) Making t-msis data on substance use disorders and mental 
        health conditions available to researchers.--
                    ``(A) Requirement to publish system of records notice.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                        Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a system 
                        of records notice for the data specified in clause (ii) 
                        for the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information 
                        System, in accordance with section 552a(e)(4) of title 
                        5, United States Code. The notice shall outline policies 
                        that protect the security and privacy of the data that, 
                        at a minimum, meet the security and privacy policies of 
                        SORN 09-70-0541 for the Medicaid Statistical Information 
                        System.
                            ``(ii) Required data.--The data covered by the 
                        systems of records notice required under clause (i) 
                        shall be sufficient for researchers and States to 
                        analyze the prevalence of conditions described in 
                        subsection (a)(2)(A) in the Medicaid and Children's 
                        Health Insurance Program beneficiary population and the 
                        treatment of such conditions under Medicaid across all 
                        States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
                        the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern 
                        Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), forms of 
                        treatment, and treatment settings.
                            ``(iii) Initiation of data-sharing activities.--Not 
                        later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary shall initiate 
                        the data-sharing activities outlined in the notice 
                        required under clause (i).
                    ``(B) Satisfaction of requirement through existing system of 
                records notice.--The Secretary shall not be required to publish 
                a new system of records notice as required under subparagraph 
                (A) if, not later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary determines 
                that the system of records notice published by the Secretary in 
                the Federal Register on February 6, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 2230), 
                satisfies the requirements described in subparagraph (A).''.

SEC. 203. MONITORING PRESCRIBING OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(oo)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(oo)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``by children'';
            (2) by striking ``children enrolled'' and inserting ``children 
        generally, children in foster care specifically, individuals over the 
        age of 18 receiving home and community-based services (as defined in 
        section 9817(a)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-2), and individuals over the age 
        of 18 residing in institutional care settings (including nursing 
        facilities, intermediate care facilities for individuals with 
        intellectual disabilities, institutions for mental diseases, inpatient 
        psychiatric hospitals, and other such institutional care settings) 
        enrolled''; and
            (3) by striking ``not more than the age of 18 years'' through the 
        period at the end and inserting ``subject to the program, including 
        information with respect to each such category of children and 
        individuals over the age of 18.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
on the date that is 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN 
              INDIVIDUALS IN INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASES.

    (a) Making Permanent State Plan Amendment Option To Provide Medical 
Assistance for Certain Individuals Who Are Patients in Certain Institutions for 
Mental Diseases.--Section 1915(l)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396n(l)(1)) is amended by striking ``With respect to calendar quarters 
beginning during the period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 
2023,'' and inserting ``With respect to calendar quarters beginning on or after 
October 1, 2019,''.
    (b) Maintenance of Effort Revision.--Section 1915(l)(3) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``other than under this title from non-
                Federal funds'' and all that follows through ``subparagraph 
                (B))'' and inserting ``from non-Federal funds for items and 
                services (including services described in subparagraph (B))''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``such items and services'' and all that 
                follows through the period and inserting ``such items and 
                services for, at the option of the State--
                            ``(i) fiscal year 2018; or
                            ``(ii) the most recently ended fiscal year as of the 
                        date the State submits a State plan amendment to the 
                        Secretary to provide such medical assistance in 
                        accordance with this subsection.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (A)(ii)'' and 
        inserting ``subparagraph (A)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Application of maintenance of effort requirements to 
                certain states.--In the case of a State with a State plan 
                amendment in effect on September 30, 2023, for the 1-year period 
                beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the 
                provisions of subparagraph (A) shall be applied as if the 
                amendments to such subparagraph made by the Consolidated 
                Appropriations Act, 2024 had never been made.''.
    (c) Additional Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) General requirements.--Section 1915(l)(4) of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(4)) is amended--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``through (D)'' 
                        and inserting ``through (F)'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Prior to approval of a 
                                State plan amendment under this subsection, the 
                                State shall notify the Secretary of how the 
                                State will ensure'' and inserting ``The State 
                                shall have in place evidence-based, substance 
                                use disorder-specific individual placement 
                                criteria and utilization management approaches 
                                to ensure placement of eligible individuals in 
                                an appropriate level of care, including criteria 
                                and approaches to ensure''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the following 
                                sentence: ``The State shall notify the Secretary 
                                at such time and in such form and manner as the 
                                Secretary shall require of such criteria and 
                                utilization management approaches.''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following new 
                        subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Review process.--The State shall, using nationally 
                recognized substance use disorder-specific program standards, 
                have in place a process to review the compliance of eligible 
                institutions for mental diseases with such program standards 
                specified by the State.''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendments made by subparagraph (A) 
                shall apply with respect to States providing medical assistance 
                for items and services pursuant to a State plan amendment under 
                section 1915(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) 
                in calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 2025.
            (2) One-time assessment.--Section 1915(l)(4) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(4)), as amended by paragraph (1), is further 
        amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Assessment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The State shall, not later than 
                        12 months after the approval of a State plan amendment 
                        described in this subsection (or, in the case of a State 
                        that has such an amendment approved as of September 30, 
                        2023, not later than 12 months after the date of 
                        enactment of this subparagraph), commence an assessment 
                        of--
                                    ``(I) the availability of treatment for 
                                individuals enrolled under a State plan under 
                                this title (or waiver of such plan) in each 
                                level of care described in subparagraph (C), 
                                including how such availability varies by region 
                                of the State; and
                                    ``(II) the availability of medication-
                                assisted treatment and medically supervised 
                                withdrawal management services for such 
                                individuals, including how such availability 
                                varies by region of the State.
                            ``(ii) Required completion.--The State shall 
                        complete an assessment described in clause (i) not later 
                        than 12 months after the date the State commences such 
                        assessment.''.
            (3) Clarification of levels of care.--Section 1915(l) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking ``problems in 
                Dimensions 1, 2, or 3'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``conditions''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
                redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) 
                through (C), respectively.
    (d) Application to Certain States.--Notwithstanding section 430.20 of title 
42, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
approve a request to renew a State plan amendment under section 1915(l) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) with an effective date of October 1, 
2023, if the State making such request--
            (1) had approval for a State plan amendment under such section as of 
        September 30, 2023; and
            (2) submits the request to renew such amendment not later than 60 
        days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 205. PROHIBITION ON TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT DUE TO INCARCERATION.

    (a) Medicaid.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(A)), as amended by section 5122(a)(2) of the 
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), is further 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``under the State plan'' and inserting 
                ``under the State plan (or waiver of such plan)'';
                    (B) by striking ``who is an eligible juvenile (as defined in 
                subsection (nn)(2))'';
                    (C) by striking ``because the juvenile'' and inserting 
                ``because the individual'';
                    (D) by striking ``during the period the juvenile'' and 
                inserting ``during the period the individual'';
                    (E) by inserting ``such an individual who is an eligible 
                juvenile (as defined in subsection (nn)(2)) and'' after ``or in 
                the case of''; and
                    (F) by striking ``paragraph (31)'' and inserting ``the last 
                numbered paragraph''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by--
                    (A) subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
                the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) subparagraphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (1) shall 
                take effect on January 1, 2026.
    (b) CHIP.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2102(d)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(d)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``or pregnancy-related'' after ``child 
                health'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or targeted low-income pregnant woman'' 
                after ``targeted low-income child'';
                    (C) by inserting ``or pregnant woman'' after ``because the 
                child''; and
                    (D) by inserting ``or pregnant woman'' after ``during the 
                period the child''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
        apply beginning January 1, 2026.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Section 1902(nn)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395a(a)(nn)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``State plan'' and inserting 
        ``State plan (or waiver of such plan)''.
            (2) Section 1902(nn)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a(nn)(3)), is amended by striking ``paragraph (31)'' and inserting 
        ``the last numbered paragraph''.
            (3) Section 5122(a)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
        (Public Law 117-328) is amended by striking ``after'' and all that 
        follows through the period at the end and inserting ``after `or in the 
        case of an eligible juvenile described in section 1902(a)(84)(D) with 
        respect to the screenings, diagnostic services, referrals, and targeted 
        case management services required under such section'.''.
            (4) The fifth sentence of section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (30)'' and 
        inserting ``the last numbered paragraph''.

SEC. 206. ADDRESSING OPERATIONAL BARRIERS TO PROMOTE CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR 
              MEDICAID AND CHIP BENEFICIARIES FOLLOWING INCARCERATION.

    (a) State Planning Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award grants to States for 
        the purpose of developing operational capabilities to promote continuity 
        of care for individuals who are inmates of a public institution and are 
        eligible for medical assistance under the State Medicaid program or are 
        eligible for child health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance 
        under the State CHIP.
            (2) Use of funds.--A State may use funds awarded under a grant under 
        this subsection for activities and expenses related to complying with 
        the requirement described in section 1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(A)) that a State shall not 
        terminate eligibility for medical assistance, complying with the 
        requirements of sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)), or adopting the 
        State plan options described in the subdivision (A) following the last 
        numbered paragraph of section 1905(a) and 2110(b)(7) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a), 1397jj(b)(7)), or other activities and 
        expenses to promote continuity of care for individuals described in 
        paragraph (1). Such activities and expenses may include--
                    (A) identifying and addressing operational gaps with respect 
                to complying with such requirements or adopting such options, in 
                collaboration with public institutions, State human services 
                agencies, Medicaid managed care plans, providers, community-
                based organizations, and other stakeholders;
                    (B) establishing standardized processes and automated 
                systems for activities that may include, but are not limited 
                to--
                            (i) determining whether an individual is enrolled in 
                        a State Medicaid program or State CHIP at the time such 
                        individual becomes an inmate of a public institution;
                            (ii) allowing an individual who is an inmate of a 
                        public institution to submit an application to enroll or 
                        renew coverage in a State Medicaid program or State CHIP 
                        prior to the individual's release from such public 
                        institution;
                            (iii) facilitating the delivery of medical 
                        assistance under the State Medicaid program or child 
                        health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under 
                        the State CHIP to an individual who is eligible for such 
                        assistance while the individual is an inmate of a public 
                        institution, such as by establishing claims processing 
                        and prior authorization request protocols; and
                            (iv) in the case of an eligible individual whose 
                        coverage under a State Medicaid program or State CHIP 
                        was suspended while the individual was an inmate of a 
                        public institution, restoring such coverage upon such 
                        individual's release from the public institution;
                    (C) investing in information technology to--
                            (i) enable bi-directional information sharing 
                        between public institutions, the State Medicaid and CHIP 
                        agencies, and other entities such as managed care plans 
                        and providers (in a manner consistent with applicable 
                        State and Federal privacy laws), to support care 
                        transitions and coordination of treatment (including 
                        access to care in the community after release from a 
                        public institution); and
                            (ii) develop indicators to ensure Federal financial 
                        participation for medical assistance furnished under a 
                        State Medicaid program or child health assistance or 
                        pregnancy-related assistance furnished under a State 
                        CHIP is available only for medical assistance or child 
                        health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance for 
                        items and services for which such participation is 
                        permitted while an individual is an inmate of a public 
                        institution; and
                    (D) establishing oversight and monitoring processes to 
                ensure public institutions and entities with which they contract 
                are compliant with any applicable Medicaid and CHIP 
                requirements.
            (3) Limitations on use of funds.--A State shall not use funds from a 
        grant awarded under this subsection to--
                    (A) provide medical assistance under a State Medicaid 
                program or child health assistance or pregnancy-related 
                assistance under a State CHIP to an individual, or otherwise 
                directly administer health care services for an individual; or
                    (B) build prisons, jails, or other carceral facilities, or 
                pay for prison, jail, or other carceral facility-related 
                improvements other than those improvements that are for the 
                direct and primary purpose of meeting the health care needs of 
                individuals who are incarcerated and who are eligible for 
                medical assistance under the State Medicaid program or child 
                health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under the 
                State CHIP.
            (4) Allocation of grant funds.--In determining the amount of a grant 
        to award to a State that applies for a grant under this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall consider the following factors, relative to other States 
        applying for grants under this subsection:
                    (A) The number of individuals in the State who were inmates 
                of non-Federal public institutions (such as State prisons, local 
                and county jails, tribal jails, and youth correctional or 
                detention facilities) and were eligible for medical assistance 
                under a State Medicaid program at any time in calendar year 
                2022.
                    (B) The number of non-Federal public institutions in the 
                State (such as State prisons, local and county jails, tribal 
                jails, and youth correctional or detention facilities).
                    (C) The State's progress in developing, implementing, and 
                operating initiatives to promote continuity of care for 
                individuals who are inmates of a public institution and are 
                eligible for medical assistance under the State Medicaid program 
                or are eligible for child health assistance or pregnancy-related 
                assistance under the State CHIP (with favorable consideration 
                given to States with less progress in promoting continuity of 
                care for such individuals).
            (5) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Secretary for 
        fiscal year 2024, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
        appropriated, $113,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
        purposes of awarding and administering grants to States under this 
        subsection.
    (b) Guidance to Support State Implementation and Operations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue detailed guidance to 
        States that addresses common implementation and operational challenges 
        States face in ensuring access to authorized high-quality, timely, 
        accessible care before, during, and after incarceration for individuals 
        who are eligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid program 
        or child health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under a State 
        CHIP.
            (2) Content.--
                    (A) Compliance with requirements.--The guidance required 
                under paragraph (1) shall address challenges States face, or are 
                likely to face, in complying with the requirement described in 
                section 1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1396a(a)(84)(A)) that a State shall not terminate eligibility 
                for medical assistance, complying with the requirements of 
                sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the Social Security Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)), adopting the State plan 
                options described in the subdivision (A) following the last 
                numbered paragraph of section 1905(a) and section 2110(b)(7) of 
                the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a), 1397jj(b)(7)), and 
                carrying out other activities that are approved by the Secretary 
                to promote continuity of care for individuals who are inmates of 
                a public institution and are eligible for medical assistance 
                under the State Medicaid program or are eligible for child 
                health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under the 
                State CHIP.
                    (B) Best practices and strategies.--The guidance required 
                under paragraph (1) shall include best practices and strategies 
                States can use to address implementation and operational 
                challenges related to the requirements described in subparagraph 
                (A), including those related to the following:
                            (i) Implementing modifications to improve 
                        eligibility and enrollment processes, including, but not 
                        limited to, completing applications for assistance under 
                        the State Medicaid program or the State CHIP on behalf 
                        of inmates, transmitting such applications to State 
                        Medicaid and CHIP agencies, and screening individuals 
                        who are inmates of public institutions for eligibility 
                        for medical assistance that is authorized to be 
                        furnished to the individual while the individual is such 
                        an inmate.
                            (ii) Clarifying the availability of relevant Federal 
                        financial participation, including the administrative 
                        match under sections 1903 and 2105 of the Social 
                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b, 1397ee), for activities 
                        that directly support efforts to identify and enroll 
                        eligible individuals in State Medicaid programs and 
                        State CHIPs and that directly support the provision of 
                        authorized medical assistance, child health assistance, 
                        or pregnancy-related assistance, including, but not 
                        limited to, data sharing and exchange, and other 
                        necessary functions.
                            (iii) Expeditiously conducting screening for 
                        eligibility under State Medicaid programs and State 
                        CHIPs for individuals who are inmates of a public 
                        institution, providing application and renewal 
                        assistance for those who are not yet enrolled in such 
                        programs or whose eligibility needs to be renewed, and 
                        coordinating reinstatement of coverage under such 
                        programs with managed care enrollment.
                            (iv) Ensuring that an individual who is an inmate of 
                        a public institution and is eligible for medical 
                        assistance under a State Medicaid program or for child 
                        health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under 
                        a State CHIP receives, in a timely fashion, any such 
                        assistance for which Federal financial participation is 
                        authorized, such as, a supply of medications or 
                        prescription refill upon release and the services 
                        required under sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of 
                        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 
                        1397bb(d)).
                            (v) Establishing community-based provider networks, 
                        including those comprised of case managers, for purposes 
                        of providing continuity of care to individuals who are 
                        eligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid 
                        program or child health assistance or pregnancy-related 
                        assistance under a State CHIP before, during, and after 
                        incarceration.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Public institution.--The term ``public institution'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 1902(nn)(3) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(nn)(3)).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) for 
        purposes of titles XIX and XXI of such Act.
            (4) State chip.--The term ``State CHIP'' means a State child health 
        plan for child health assistance under title XXI of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), and includes any waiver of such a plan.
            (5) State medicaid program.--The term ``State Medicaid program'' 
        means a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and includes any waiver of such a 
        plan.

SEC. 207. GUIDANCE RELATING TO IMPROVING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE AND 
              INTEGRATION OF CARE UNDER MEDICAID AND CHIP.

    (a) Guidance.--Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as 
the ``Secretary'') shall issue guidance to States regarding the following:
            (1) Opportunities to increase access to the mental health and 
        substance use disorder care providers that participate in Medicaid or 
        CHIP, which may include education, training, recruitment and retention 
        of such providers, with a focus on improving the capacity of this 
        workforce in rural and underserved areas by increasing the number, type, 
        and capacity of providers. The guidance relating to such opportunities 
        shall include the following:
                    (A) Best practices from States that have used authorities 
                under titles XI, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.), including 
                initiatives States have implemented under waivers under section 
                1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315), for such purposes.
                    (B) Opportunities States can leverage to finance, support, 
                and expand the availability of providers of community-based 
                mental health and substance use disorder services who 
                participate in Medicaid and CHIP across the continuum of care, 
                including through the participation of paraprofessionals with 
                behavioral health expertise, such as clinicians with 
                baccalaureate degrees and peer support specialists and including 
                best practices especially pertinent to pediatric care. The 
                guidance shall include examples of innovative policies states 
                have adopted to expand access to behavioral health services; for 
                example, by establishing more expansive and diverse behavioral 
                health workforce roles such as certified wellness coaches.
                    (C) Best practices related to financing, supporting, and 
                expanding the education and training of providers of mental 
                health and substance use disorder services in order to increase 
                the workforce of such providers who participate in Medicaid and 
                CHIP across the continuum of care, including innovative public-
                private partnerships and including such practices that are 
                especially pertinent to pediatric care.
            (2) Opportunities to promote the integration of mental health or 
        substance use disorder services with primary care services. The guidance 
        relating to such opportunities shall include the following:
                    (A) An overview of State options for adopting and expanding 
                value-based payment arrangements and alternative payment models, 
                including accountable care organization-like models and other 
                shared savings programs.
                    (B) A description of opportunities for States to use and 
                align existing authorities and resources to finance the 
                integration of mental health or substance use disorder services 
                with primary care services, including with respect to the use of 
                electronic health records in mental health care settings and in 
                substance use disorder care settings.
                    (C) Strategies to support integration of mental health or 
                substance use disorder services with primary care services 
                through the use of non-clinical professionals and 
                paraprofessionals, including peer support specialists.
                    (D) Examples of specific strategies and models designed to 
                support integration of mental health or substance use disorder 
                services with primary care services for differing age groups, 
                including children and youth and individuals over the age of 65, 
                which may include the collaborative care model or primary care 
                behavioral health model for behavioral health integration.
    (b) Integration of Mental Health or Substance Use Disorder Services With 
Primary Care Services.--For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the term 
``integration of mental health or substance use disorder services with primary 
care services'' means any of the following:
            (1) The delivery of mental health or substance use disorder services 
        in a setting that is physically located in the same practice or building 
        as a primary care setting, or when at least 1 provider of mental health 
        or substance use disorder services is available in a primary care 
        setting via telehealth.
            (2) The use of behavioral health integration models primarily 
        intended for pediatric populations with non-severe mental health needs 
        that are focused on prevention and early detection and intervention 
        methods through a multidisciplinary collaborative behavioral health team 
        approach co-managed with primary care, to include same-day access to 
        family-focused mental health treatment services.
            (3) Having providers of mental health or substance use disorder 
        services physically co-located in a primary care setting with same-day 
        visit availability.
            (4) Implementing or maintaining enhanced care coordination or 
        targeted case management which includes regular interactions between and 
        within care teams.
            (5) Providing mental health or substance use disorder screening and 
        follow-up assessments, interventions, or services within the same 
        practice or facility as a primary care or physical service setting.
            (6) The use of assertive community treatment that is integrated with 
        or facilitated by a primary care practice.
            (7) Delivery of integrated primary care and mental health care or 
        substance use disorder care in the home or in community-based settings 
        for individuals who are recipients of Medicaid home and community-based 
        services.

SEC. 208. FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS.

    There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for 
fiscal year 2024, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
to remain available until expended--
            (1) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out section 203 and the 
        amendments made by such section, and sections 206, and 207; and
            (2) $10,000,000 for the recurring collection, analysis, and 
        publication of health care data under section 1948 of the Social 
        Security Act, as added by section 202.

SEC. 209. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID.

    (a) Definition of Medical Assistance.--Section 1905 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (30), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
                semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (31) as paragraph (32); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (30) the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(31) certified community behavioral health clinic services, as 
        defined in subsection (jj); and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(jj) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `certified community behavioral health 
        services' means any of the following services when furnished to an 
        individual as a patient of a certified community behavioral health 
        clinic (as defined in paragraph (2)), in a manner reflecting person-
        centered care and which, if not available directly through a certified 
        community behavioral health clinic, may be provided or referred through 
        formal relationships with other providers:
                    ``(A) Crisis mental health services, including 24-hour 
                mobile crisis teams, emergency crisis intervention services, and 
                crisis stabilization.
                    ``(B) Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including risk 
                assessment.
                    ``(C) Patient-centered treatment planning or similar 
                processes, including risk assessment and crisis planning.
                    ``(D) Outpatient mental health and substance use services.
                    ``(E) Outpatient clinic primary care screening and 
                monitoring of key health indicators and health risk.
                    ``(F) Intensive case management services.
                    ``(G) Psychiatric rehabilitation services.
                    ``(H) Peer support and counselor services and family 
                supports.
                    ``(I) Intensive, community-based mental health care for 
                members of the armed forces and veterans who are eligible for 
                medical assistance, particularly such members and veterans 
                located in rural areas, provided the care is consistent with 
                minimum clinical mental health guidelines promulgated by the 
                Veterans Health Administration, including clinical guidelines 
                contained in the Uniform Mental Health Services Handbook of such 
                Administration.
            ``(2) Certified community behavioral health clinic.--The term 
        `certified community behavioral health clinic' means an organization 
        that--
                    ``(A) has been certified by a State as meeting the criteria 
                established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of 
                section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act as of 
                January 1, 2024, and any subsequent updates to such criteria, 
                regardless of whether the State is carrying out a demonstration 
                program under this title under subsection (d) of such section;
                    ``(B) is engaged in furnishing all of the services described 
                in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(C) agrees, as a condition of the certification described 
                in subparagraph (A), to furnish to the State or Secretary any 
                data required as part of ongoing monitoring of the 
                organization's provision of services, including encounter data, 
                clinical outcomes data, quality data, and such other data as the 
                State or Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
respect to medical assistance furnished on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 210. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT CUTS.

    Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 121 of subtitle B of title I of division B of 
the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118-35), is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``For the period beginning March 9, 
        2024, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025'' 
        and inserting ``For the period beginning January 1, 2025, and ending 
        September 30, 2025, and for each of fiscal years 2026''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``March 9, 2024, and ending 
        September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025'' and inserting 
        ``January 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2025, and for each of fiscal 
        years 2026''.

SEC. 211. PROMOTING VALUE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE.

    Section 1903(m)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(m)(9)(A)) 
is amended by striking ``(and before fiscal year 2024)''.

SEC. 212. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w-
1(b)(3)(A)), as amended by section 122 of subtitle B of title I of division B of 
the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118-35), is further amended by striking ``$5,140,428,729'' and 
inserting ``$0''.

                              Subtitle C--Medicare

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND 
              SELECTION.

    Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``and $20,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$20,000,000''; and
                    (B) by inserting the following before the period at the end: 
                ``, and $9,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, 
                and ending on December 31, 2024''; and
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``and 2023'' and inserting 
        ``2023, and 2024 and the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending 
        on December 31, 2024''.

SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS.

    (a) State Health Insurance Assistance Programs.--Subsection (a)(1)(B) of 
section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 
(42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), section 610 of the American 
Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway 
for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the Protecting 
Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the Medicare 
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-10), section 50207 
of division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), section 
1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health 
Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-59), section 1402 of division B of the 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 
2019 (Public Law 116-69), section 103 of division N of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94), section 3803 of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116-136), section 2203 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 
and Other Extensions Act (Public Law 116-159), section 1102 of the Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act (Public Law 116-
215), and section 103 of division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, 
                        and ending on December 31, 2024, $18,750,000.''.
    (b) Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so 
amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, 
                        and ending on December 31, 2024, $18,750,000.''.
    (c) Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such 
section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at the end and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, 
                        and ending on December 31, 2024, $6,250,000.''.
    (d) Coordination of Efforts to Inform Older Americans About Benefits 
Available Under Federal and State Programs.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section 
119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, 
                        and ending on December 31, 2024, $18,750,000.''.

SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ``March 9, 2024'' and inserting ``January 1, 
2025''.

SEC. 304. EXTENDING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN ELIGIBLE ALTERNATIVE 
              PAYMENT MODELS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(z) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395l(z)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``with 2025'' and inserting ``with 2026''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or, with respect to 2026, 1.88 
                percent'' after ``3.5 percent'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``2025'' and 
                        inserting ``2026''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                        ``2025'' and inserting ``2026'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``2026'' and 
                        inserting ``2027''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                        ``2026'' and inserting ``2027''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and 2025'' and 
                inserting ``2025, and 2026''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ``, or, with respect to 2026, 
        1.88 percent'' after ``3.5 percent''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1848(q)(1)(C)(iii) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(q)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2026''; 
        and
            (2) in subclause (III), by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2027''.

SEC. 305. TEMPORARY PAYMENT INCREASE UNDER THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE 
              TO ACCOUNT FOR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND ATYPICAL TIMING OF 
              ENACTMENT.

    Section 1848(t)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(t)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D)--
                    (A) by striking ``January 1, 2025'' and inserting ``March 9, 
                2024''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
                and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) such services furnished on or after March 9, 2024, and 
                before January 1, 2025, by 2.93 percent.''.

SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR 
              CERTAIN LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(12)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
        striking ``in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years'' and 
        inserting ``during the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on January 
        1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025, and in fiscal year 2026 and 
        subsequent fiscal years'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or portion of a fiscal year'' 
                        after ``for a fiscal year''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and the portion of fiscal year 
                        2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                        December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024'';
                    (B) in subclause (III), by inserting ``and the portion of 
                fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''; and
                    (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ``fiscal year 2025'' and 
                inserting ``the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on January 
                1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025, and fiscal year 
                2026''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``or 
                during the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 
                2024, and ending on December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''; 
                and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``and the portion of fiscal 
                year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 
                31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''.
    (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the provisions of, 
including the amendments made by, this section by program instruction or 
otherwise.

SEC. 307. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``October 1, 2024'' and inserting 
        ``January 1, 2025''; and
            (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``October 1, 2024'' and 
        inserting ``January 1, 2025''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Extension of target amount.--Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``October 1, 2024'' and inserting ``January 1, 2025''; and
                    (B) in clause (iv), by inserting ``and the portion of fiscal 
                year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 
                31, 2024,'' after ``through fiscal year 2024''.
            (2) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification.--Section 
        13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
        1395ww note) is amended by striking ``or fiscal year 2000'' and all that 
        follows through ``the Secretary'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2000 
        through fiscal year 2024, or the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning 
        on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary''.

SEC. 308. EXTENSION OF ADJUSTMENT TO CALCULATION OF HOSPICE CAP AMOUNT UNDER 
              MEDICARE.

    Section 1814(i)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(i)(2)(B)) 
is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``2032'' and inserting ``2033''; and
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking ``2032'' and inserting ``2033''.

SEC. 309. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``$2,197,795,056'' and inserting ``$0''.

                           Subtitle D--Human Services

SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM.

    Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) 
or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through 
September 30, 2024, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2023, and out of 
any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 
are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.

SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAMS.

    Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall 
continue through December 31, 2024, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 
2023, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
such purpose.

SEC. 403. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTENSION.

    Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710), as amended by 
section 142 of subtitle D of title I of division B of the Further Additional 
Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35), is 
further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 2024,'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``for the period beginning on 
                        March 9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, and for 
                        the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                        December 31, 2024,'' after ``March 8, 2024,''; and
                            (iii) by inserting ``or 2025'' after ``for fiscal 
                        year 2024''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or 2025'' after ``with 
                respect to fiscal year 2024'' each place it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' before ``for the period beginning on 
                January 20, 2024,''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, for 
                the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on September 
                30, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount 
                appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023, 
                and for the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of 
                the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal 
                year 2024.''.

SEC. 404. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTENSION.

    Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713), as amended by 
section 143 of subtitle D of title I of division B of the Further Additional 
Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35), is 
further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 
                (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 2024,''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting ``for the period beginning on 
                        March 9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, and for 
                        the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                        December 31, 2024,'' after ``March 8, 2024,''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 2024,''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                        ``, for the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and 
                        ending on September 30, 2024, and for the period 
                        beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 31, 
                        2024.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ``or 2025'' after ``fiscal 
        year 2024''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' before ``for the period beginning on 
                January 20, 2024,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``fiscal year 2023.'' and inserting ``fiscal 
                year 2023, for the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending 
                on September 30, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion 
                of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for 
                fiscal year 2023, and for the period beginning on October 1, 
                2024, and ending on December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the 
                pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the 
                corresponding period for fiscal year 2024.''.

SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAMILY HEALTH INFORMATION CENTERS.

    Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A)) is 
amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' after the semicolon;
            (2) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vii), the following new clause:
            ``(viii) $1,500,000 for the portion of fiscal year 2025 before 
        January 1, 2025.''.

                 TITLE II--AMENDING COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 202. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States (in accordance with the Trusteeship Agreement 
        for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the United Nations 
        Charter, and the objectives of the international trusteeship system of 
        the United Nations) fulfilled its obligations to promote the development 
        of the people of the Trust Territory toward self-government or 
        independence, as appropriate, to the particular circumstances of the 
        Trust Territory and the people of the Trust Territory and the freely 
        expressed wishes of the people concerned.
            (2) The United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands entered into the Compact of Free 
        Association set forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association 
        Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99-239) and the United 
        States and the Republic of Palau entered into the Compact of Free 
        Association set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 
        1931 note) to create and maintain a close and mutually beneficial 
        relationship.
            (3) The ``Compact of Free Association, as amended, between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
        Federated States of Micronesia'', the ``Compact of Free Association, as 
        amended, between the Government of the United States of America and the 
        Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands'', and related 
        agreements were signed by the Government of the United States and the 
        Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands and approved, as applicable, by section 201 of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; 
        Public Law 108-188).
            (4) The ``Agreement between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the 
        Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review'', was signed by the 
        Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of 
        Palau on September 3, 2010, and amended on September 19, 2018.
            (5) On May 22, 2023, the United States signed the ``Agreement 
        between the Government of the United States of America and the 
        Government of the Republic of Palau Resulting From the 2023 Compact of 
        Free Association Section 432 Review''.
            (6) On May 23, 2023, the United States signed 3 agreements related 
        to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free Association, including an Agreement to 
        Amend the Compact, as amended, a new fiscal procedures agreement, and a 
        new trust fund agreement and on September 28, 2023, the United States 
        signed a Federal Programs and Services agreement related to the U.S.-FSM 
        Compact of Free Association.
            (7) On October 16, 2023, the United States signed 3 agreements 
        relating to the U.S.-RMI Compact of Free Association, including an 
        Agreement to Amend the Compact, as amended, a new fiscal procedures 
        agreement, and a new trust fund agreement.

SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) 1986 compact.--The term ``1986 Compact'' means the Compact of 
        Free Association between the Government of the United States and the 
        Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
        Micronesia set forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association 
        Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99-239).
            (2) 2003 amended u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2003 Amended U.S.-FSM 
        Compact'' means the Compact of Free Association amending the 1986 
        Compact entitled the ``Compact of Free Association, as amended, between 
        the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
        Federated States of Micronesia'' set forth in section 201(a) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; 
        Public Law 108-188).
            (3) 2003 amended u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2003 Amended U.S.-RMI 
        Compact'' means the Compact of Free Association amending the 1986 
        Compact entitled ``Compact of Free Association, as amended, between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands'' set forth in section 201(b) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; 
        Public Law 108-188).
            (4) 2023 agreement to amend the u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2023 
        Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the Agreement between 
        the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
        Federated States of Micronesia to Amend the Compact of Free Association, 
        as Amended, done at Palikir May 23, 2023.
            (5) 2023 agreement to amend the u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2023 
        Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the Agreement between 
        the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands to Amend the Compact of Free 
        Association, as Amended, done at Honolulu October 16, 2023.
            (6) 2023 amended u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
        Compact'' means the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, as amended by the 
        2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact.
            (7) 2023 amended u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
        Compact'' means the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, as amended by the 
        2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (8) 2023 u.s.-fsm federal programs and services agreement.--The term 
        ``2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement'' means the 2023 
        Federal Programs and Services Agreement between the Government of the 
        United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia, done at Washington September 28, 2023.
            (9) 2023 u.s.-fsm fiscal procedures agreement.--The term ``2023 
        U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement'' means the Agreement Concerning 
        Procedures for the Implementation of United States Economic Assistance 
        provided in the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact between the Government of 
        the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States 
        of Micronesia, done at Palikir May 23, 2023.
            (10) 2023 u.s.-fsm trust fund agreement.--The term ``2023 U.S.-FSM 
        Trust Fund Agreement'' means the Agreement between the Government of the 
        United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia Regarding the Compact Trust Fund, done at Palikir May 23, 
        2023.
            (11) 2023 u.s.-palau compact review agreement.--The term ``2023 
        U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement'' means the Agreement between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
        Republic of Palau Resulting From the 2023 Compact of Free Association 
        Section 432 Review, done at Port Moresby May 22, 2023.
            (12) 2023 u.s.-rmi fiscal procedures agreement.--The term ``2023 
        U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement'' means the Agreement Concerning 
        Procedures for the Implementation of United States Economic Assistance 
        Provided in the 2023 Amended Compact Between the Government of the 
        United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands, done at Honolulu October 16, 2023.
            (13) 2023 u.s.-rmi trust fund agreement.--The term ``2023 U.S.-RMI 
        Trust Fund Agreement'' means the Agreement between the Government of the 
        United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands Regarding the Compact Trust Fund, done at Honolulu 
        October 16, 2023.
            (14) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term ``appropriate 
        committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
                Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (15) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely Associated 
        States'' means--
                    (A) the Federated States of Micronesia;
                    (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
                    (C) the Republic of Palau.
            (16) Subsidiary agreement.--The term ``subsidiary agreement'' means 
        any of the following:
                    (A) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services 
                Agreement.
                    (B) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
                    (C) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement.
                    (D) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
                    (E) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement.
                    (F) Any Federal Programs and Services Agreement in force 
                between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands.
                    (G) Any Federal Programs and Services Agreement in force 
                between the United States and the Republic of Palau.
                    (H) Any other agreement that the United States may from 
                time-to-time enter into with the Government of the Federated 
                States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of Palau, 
                or the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in 
                accordance with--
                            (i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; 
                        or
                            (iii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (17) U.S.-palau compact.--The term ``U.S.-Palau Compact'' means the 
        Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government 
        of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 
        note).

SEC. 204. APPROVAL OF 2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S.-FSM COMPACT, 2023 
              AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S.-RMI COMPACT, 2023 U.S.-PALAU COMPACT 
              REVIEW AGREEMENT, AND SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Federated States of Micronesia.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact and 
        the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 
        15, 2023, are approved and incorporated by reference.
            (2) Consent of congress.--Congress consents to--
                    (A) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as 
                submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023; and
                    (B) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services 
                Agreement.
            (3) Authority of president.--Notwithstanding section 101(f) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921(f)), 
        the President is authorized to bring into force and implement the 
        agreements described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (b) Republic of the Marshall Islands.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact and 
        the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to Congress on 
        October 17, 2023, are approved and incorporated by reference.
            (2) Consent of congress.--Congress consents to the 2023 U.S.-RMI 
        Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as submitted to Congress on October 17, 
        2023.
            (3) Authority of president.--Notwithstanding section 101(f) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921(f)), 
        the President is authorized to bring into force and implement the 
        agreements described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (c) Republic of Palau.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, as 
        submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, is approved.
            (2) Authority of president.--The President is authorized to bring 
        into force and implement the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement.
    (d) Amendments, Changes, or Termination to Compacts and Certain 
Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Any amendment to, change to, or termination of all 
        or any part of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
        Compact, or the U.S.-Palau Compact, by mutual agreement or unilateral 
        action of the Government of the United States, shall not enter into 
        force until the date on which Congress has incorporated the applicable 
        amendment, change, or termination into an Act of Congress.
            (2) Additional actions and agreements.--In addition to the Compacts 
        described in paragraph (1), the requirements of that paragraph shall 
        apply to--
                    (A) any action of the Government of the United States under 
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
                Compact, or U.S.-Palau Compact, including an action taken 
                pursuant to section 431, 441, or 442 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
                FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.-Palau 
                Compact; and
                    (B) any amendment to, change to, or termination of--
                            (i) the agreement described in section 462(a)(2) of 
                        the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) the agreement described in section 462(a)(5) of 
                        the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (iii) an agreement concluded pursuant to section 265 
                        of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (iv) an agreement concluded pursuant to section 265 
                        of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (v) an agreement concluded pursuant to section 177 
                        of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (vi) Articles III and IV of the agreement described 
                        in section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
                        Compact;
                            (vii) Articles III, IV, and X of the agreement 
                        described in section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
                        RMI Compact;
                            (viii) the agreement described in section 462(h) of 
                        the U.S.-Palau Compact; and
                            (ix) Articles VI, XV, and XVII of the agreement 
                        described in section 462(b)(7) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
                        FSM Compact and 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and 
                        section 462(i) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.
    (e) Entry Into Force of Future Amendments to Subsidiary Agreements.--An 
agreement between the United States and the Government of the Federated States 
of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the 
Government of the Republic of Palau that would amend, change, or terminate any 
subsidiary agreement or portion of a subsidiary agreement (other than an 
amendment to, change to, or termination of an agreement described in subsection 
(d)) shall not enter into force until the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the President has transmitted to the President of the Senate and the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives--
            (1) the agreement to amend, change, or terminate the subsidiary 
        agreement;
            (2) an explanation of the amendment, change, or termination;
            (3) a description of the reasons for the amendment, change, or 
        termination; and
            (4) in the case of an agreement that would amend, change, or 
        terminate any agreement described in section 462(b)(3) of the 2023 
        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact or the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, a 
        statement by the Secretary of Labor that describes--
                    (A) the necessity of the amendment, change, or termination; 
                and
                    (B) any impacts of the amendment, change, or termination.

SEC. 205. AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.

    (a) Law Enforcement Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to sections 222 and 224 of the 2023 
        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the United States shall provide 
        nonreimbursable technical and training assistance, as appropriate, 
        including training and equipment for postal inspection of illicit drugs 
        and other contraband, to enable the Government of the Federated States 
        of Micronesia--
                    (A) to develop and adequately enforce laws of the Federated 
                States of Micronesia; and
                    (B) to cooperate with the United States in the enforcement 
                of criminal laws of the United States.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
        subsection (j) of section 105 of the Compact of Free Association 
        Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by section 209(j)) 
        may be used in accordance with section 102(a) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921a(a)).
    (b) United States Appointees to Joint Economic Management Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States appointees (which are composed 
        of the United States chair and 2 other members from the Government of 
        the United States) to the Joint Economic Management Committee 
        established under section 213 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Committee'') shall--
                    (A) be voting members of the Committee; and
                    (B) continue to be officers or employees of the Federal 
                Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the Committee 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years as 
        follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State, 
                in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 
                Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
                    (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Interagency Group on 
                Freely Associated States established under section 208(d)(1).
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than 2 
        additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 United States members of the 
        Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are 
                especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, grant administration, program management, or 
                international economics; and
                    (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time experience in 
                accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant 
                administration, program management, or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
                appointment of a United States member of the Committee under 
                paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the 
                appropriate committees of Congress that an individual has been 
                appointed as a voting member of the Committee under that 
                paragraph, including a statement prepared by the Secretary of 
                the Interior attesting to the qualifications of the member 
                described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        compile information on the member provided to the 
                        Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of State on 
                        request of the Secretary of the Interior; and
                            (ii) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        compile information on the member provided to the 
                        Secretary of the Interior by the Interagency Group on 
                        Freely Associated States established under section 
                        208(d)(1) on request of the Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Committee receives or completes any report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia submits to 
        the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 
        or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline, 
                written notice attesting that the report is complete and 
                accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely 
                submitted.
    (c) United States Appointees to Joint Trust Fund Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States voting members (which are 
        composed of the United States chair and 2 other members from the 
        Government of the United States) to the Joint Trust Fund Committee 
        established pursuant to the agreement described in section 462(b)(5) of 
        the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``Committee'') shall continue to be officers or employees of the Federal 
        Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the Committee 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term not more than 2 
        years as follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 
                Interior.
                    (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than 2 
        additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 members of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are 
                especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, financial investment, grant administration, program 
                management, or international economics; and
                    (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time experience in 
                accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 
                investment, grant administration, program management, or 
                international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
                appointment of a United States member to the Committee under 
                paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the 
                appropriate committees of Congress that an individual has been 
                appointed as a voting member of the Committee under that 
                paragraph, including a statement attesting to the qualifications 
                of the member described in paragraph (4), subject to 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        compile information on the member provided to the 
                        Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of State on 
                        request of the Secretary of the Interior; and
                            (ii) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        compile information on the member provided to the 
                        Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury on request of the Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Committee receives or completes any report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia submits to 
        the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 
        or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline, 
                written notice attesting that the report is complete and 
                accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely 
                submitted.

SEC. 206. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE 
              MARSHALL ISLANDS.

    (a) Law Enforcement Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to sections 222 and 224 of the 2023 
        Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, the United States shall provide 
        nonreimbursable technical and training assistance, as appropriate, 
        including training and equipment for postal inspection of illicit drugs 
        and other contraband, to enable the Government of the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands--
                    (A) to develop and adequately enforce laws of the Marshall 
                Islands; and
                    (B) to cooperate with the United States in the enforcement 
                of criminal laws of the United States.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
        subsection (j) of section 105 of the Compact of Free Association 
        Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by section 209(j)) 
        may be used in accordance with section 103(a) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(a)).
    (b) Espousal Provisions.--
            (1) In general.--Congress reaffirms that--
                    (A) section 103(g)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Act 
                of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(g)(1)) and section 103(e)(1) of the 
                Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921b(e)(1)) provided that ``It is the intention of the Congress 
                of the United States that the provisions of section 177 of the 
                Compact of Free Association and the Agreement between the 
                Government of the United States and the Government of the 
                Marshall Islands for the Implementation of Section 177 of the 
                Compact (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the 
                `Section 177 Agreement') constitute a full and final settlement 
                of all claims described in Articles X and XI of the Section 177 
                Agreement, and that any such claims be terminated and barred 
                except insofar as provided for in the Section 177 Agreement.''; 
                and
                    (B) section 103(g)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act 
                of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(g)(2)) and section 103(e)(2) of the 
                Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921b(e)(2)) provided that ``In furtherance of the intention of 
                Congress as stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 
                Section 177 Agreement is hereby ratified and approved. It is the 
                explicit understanding and intent of Congress that the 
                jurisdictional limitations set forth in Article XII of such 
                Agreement are enacted solely and exclusively to accomplish the 
                objective of Article X of such Agreement and only as a 
                clarification of the effect of Article X, and are not to be 
                construed or implemented separately from Article X.''.
            (2) Effect.--Nothing in the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI 
        Compact affects the application of the provisions of law reaffirmed by 
        paragraph (1).
    (c) Certain Section 177 Agreement Provisions.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) Article IX of the Agreement Between the Government of the United 
        States and the Government of the Marshall Islands for the Implementation 
        of Section 177 of the Compact of Free Association, done at Majuro June 
        25, 1983, provided that ``If loss or damage to property and person of 
        the citizens of the Marshall Islands, resulting from the Nuclear Testing 
        Program, arises or is discovered after the effective date of this 
        Agreement, and such injuries were not and could not reasonably have been 
        identified as of the effective date of this Agreement, and if such 
        injuries render the provisions of this Agreement manifestly inadequate, 
        the Government of the Marshall Islands may request that the Government 
        of the United States provide for such injuries by submitting such a 
        request to the Congress of the United States for its consideration. It 
        is understood that this Article does not commit the Congress of the 
        United States to authorize and appropriate funds.''; and
            (2) section 3(a) of Article XIII of the agreement described in 
        paragraph (1) provided that ``The Government of the United States and 
        the Government of the Marshall Islands shall consult at the request of 
        either of them on matters relating to the provisions of this 
        Agreement.''.
    (d) United States Appointees to Joint Economic Management and Financial 
Accountability Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 2 United States appointees (which are composed 
        of the United States chair and 1 other member from the Government of the 
        United States) to the Joint Economic Management and Financial 
        Accountability Committee established under section 214 of the 2003 
        Amended U.S.-RMI Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``Committee'') shall--
                    (A) be voting members of the Committee; and
                    (B) continue to be officers or employees of the Federal 
                Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 2 United States members of the Committee 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years as 
        follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State, 
                in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 
                Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than 2 
        additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--At least 1 United States member of the 
        Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be an individual who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, is 
                especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, grant administration, program management, or 
                international economics; and
                    (B) possesses not less than 5 years of full-time experience 
                in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant 
                administration, program management, or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
                appointment of a United States member under paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary of the Interior shall notify the appropriate 
                committees of Congress that an individual has been appointed as 
                a voting member of the Committee under that paragraph, including 
                a statement attesting to the qualifications of the member 
                described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required under 
                subparagraph (A), in the case of a member appointed under 
                paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile 
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the 
                Interior by the Secretary of State on request of the Secretary 
                of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Committee receives or completes any report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands submits to 
        the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, 
        or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline, 
                written notice attesting that the report is complete and 
                accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely 
                submitted.
    (e) United States Appointees to Trust Fund Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States voting members (which are 
        composed of the United States chair and 2 other members from the 
        Government of the United States) to the Trust Fund Committee established 
        pursuant to the agreement described in section 462(b)(5) of the 2003 
        Amended U.S.-RMI Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``Committee'') shall continue to be officers or employees of the Federal 
        Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the Committee 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term not more than 5 
        years as follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 
                Interior.
                    (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than 2 
        additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 members of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are 
                especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, financial investment, grant administration, program 
                management, or international economics; and
                    (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time experience in 
                accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 
                investment, grant administration, program management, or 
                international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
                appointment of a United States Member under paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary of the Interior shall notify the appropriate 
                committees of Congress that an individual has been appointed as 
                a voting member of the Committee under that paragraph, including 
                a statement attesting to the qualifications of the appointee 
                described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        compile information on the member provided to the 
                        Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of State on 
                        request of the Secretary of the Interior; and
                            (ii) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        compile information on the member provided to the 
                        Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury on request of the Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Committee receives or completes any report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands submits to 
        the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, 
        or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline, 
                written notice attesting that the report is complete and 
                accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely 
                submitted.
    (f) Four Atoll Health Care Program.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) section 103(j)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
        (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(1)) and section 103(h)(1) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(h)(1)) provided that 
        services ``provided by the United States Public Health Service or any 
        other United States agency pursuant to section 1(a) of Article II of the 
        Agreement for the Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact 
        (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the `Section 177 
        Agreement') shall be only for services to the people of the Atolls of 
        Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik who were affected by the 
        consequences of the United States nuclear testing program, pursuant to 
        the program described in Public Law 95-134 and Public Law 96-205 and 
        their descendants (and any other persons identified as having been so 
        affected if such identification occurs in the manner described in such 
        public laws). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
        prejudicial to the views or policies of the Government of the Marshall 
        Islands as to the persons affected by the consequences of the United 
        States nuclear testing program.'';
            (2) section 103(j)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
        (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(2)) and section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(h)(2)) provided that 
        ``at the end of the first year after the effective date of the Compact 
        and at the end of each year thereafter, the providing agency or agencies 
        shall return to the Government of the Marshall Islands any unexpended 
        funds to be returned to the Fund Manager (as described in Article I of 
        the Section 177 Agreement) to be covered into the Fund to be available 
        for future use.''; and
            (3) section 103(j)(3) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
        (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(3)) and section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(h)(3)) provided that 
        ``the Fund Manager shall retain the funds returned by the Government of 
        the Marshall Islands pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall 
        invest and manage such funds, and at the end of 15 years after the 
        effective date of the Compact, shall make from the total amount so 
        retained and the proceeds thereof annual disbursements sufficient to 
        continue to make payments for the provision of health services as 
        specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection to such extent as may be 
        provided in contracts between the Government of the Marshall Islands and 
        appropriate United States providers of such health services.''.
    (g) Radiological Health Care Program.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, on the request of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, the President (through an appropriate department or agency of the 
United States) shall continue to provide special medical care and logistical 
support for the remaining members of the population of Rongelap and Utrik who 
were exposed to radiation resulting from the 1954 United States thermonuclear 
``Bravo'' test, pursuant to Public Law 95-134 (91 Stat. 1159) and Public Law 96-
205 (94 Stat. 84).
    (h) Agricultural and Food Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Congress reaffirms that--
                    (A) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act 
                of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(A) of the 
                Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921b(f)(2)(A)) provided that notwithstanding ``any other 
                provision of law, upon the request of the Government of the 
                Marshall Islands, for the first fifteen years after the 
                effective date of the Compact, the President (either through an 
                appropriate department or agency of the United States or by 
                contract with a United States firm or by a grant to the 
                Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands which may 
                further contract only with a United States firm or a Republic of 
                the Marshall Islands firm, the owners, officers and majority of 
                the employees of which are citizens of the United States or the 
                Republic of the Marshall Islands) shall provide technical and 
                other assistance without reimbursement, to continue the planting 
                and agricultural maintenance program on Enewetak; without 
                reimbursement, to continue the food programs of the Bikini, 
                Rongelap, Utrik, and Enewetak people described in section 1(d) 
                of Article II of the Subsidiary Agreement for the Implementation 
                of Section 177 of the Compact and for continued waterborne 
                transportation of agricultural products to Enewetak including 
                operations and maintenance of the vessel used for such 
                purposes.'';
                    (B) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act 
                of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(B) of the 
                Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921b(f)(2)(B)) provided that ``The President shall ensure the 
                assistance provided under these programs reflects the changes in 
                the population since the inception of such programs.''; and
                    (C) section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of Free Association Act 
                of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(3)) and section 103(f)(3) of the 
                Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921b(f)(3)) provided that ``payments under this subsection 
                shall be provided to such extent or in such amounts as are 
                necessary for services and other assistance provided pursuant to 
                this subsection. It is the sense of Congress that after the 
                periods of time specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
                subsection, consideration will be given to such additional 
                funding for these programs as may be necessary.''.
            (2) Planting and agricultural maintenance program.--The Secretary of 
        the Interior may provide grants to the Government of the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands to carry out a planting and agricultural maintenance 
        program on Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik.
            (3) Food programs.--The Secretary of Agriculture may provide, 
        without reimbursement, food programs to the people of the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands.

SEC. 207. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

    (a) Bilateral Economic Consultations.--United States participation in the 
annual economic consultations referred to in Article 8 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 
Compact Review Agreement shall be by officers or employees of the Federal 
Government.
    (b) Economic Advisory Group.--
            (1) Qualifications.--A member of the Economic Advisory Group 
        described in Article 7 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Advisory Group'') who is 
        appointed by the Secretary of the Interior shall be an individual who, 
        by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, is especially qualified 
        in private sector business development, economic development, or 
        national development.
            (2) Funds.--With respect to the Advisory Group, the Secretary of the 
        Interior may use available funds for--
                    (A) the costs of the 2 members of the Advisory Group 
                designated by the United States in accordance with Article 7 of 
                the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement;
                    (B) 50 percent of the costs of the 5th member of the 
                Advisory Group designated by the Secretary of the Interior in 
                accordance with the Article described in subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) the costs of--
                            (i) technical and administrative assistance for the 
                        Advisory Group; and
                            (ii) other support necessary for the Advisory Group 
                        to accomplish the purpose of the Advisory Group.
            (3) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Advisory Group receives or completes any report required under 
        the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any related subsidiary 
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress.
    (c) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which the 
        Government of the Republic of Palau completes any report required under 
        the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any related subsidiary 
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress.
            (2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Government of the Republic of Palau submits a report required 
        under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any related 
        subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline, 
                written notice attesting that the report is complete and 
                accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely 
                submitted.

SEC. 208. OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS.

    (a) Authorities and Duties of the Comptroller General of the United 
States.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
        (including any duly authorized representative of the Comptroller General 
        of the United States) shall have the authorities necessary to carry out 
        the responsibilities of the Comptroller General of the United States 
        under--
                    (A) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and related subsidiary 
                agreements, including the authorities and privileges described 
                in section 102(b) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
                Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921a(b));
                    (B) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and related subsidiary 
                agreements, including the authorities and privileges described 
                in section 103(k) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
                Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(k)); and
                    (C) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, related 
                subsidiary agreements, and the authorities described in appendix 
                D of the ``Agreement between the Government of the United States 
                of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following 
                the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review'' signed by 
                the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 
                2010.
            (2) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, the Comptroller 
        General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees 
        of Congress a report with respect to the Freely Associated States, 
        including addressing--
                    (A) the topics described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 
                section 104(h)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
                Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)(1)), except that for purposes of 
                a report submitted under this paragraph, the report shall 
                address those topics with respect to each of the Freely 
                Associated States; and
                    (B) the effectiveness of administrative oversight by the 
                United States of the Freely Associated States.
    (b) Secretary of the Interior Oversight Authority.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall have the authority necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for 
monitoring and managing the funds appropriated to the Compact of Free 
Association account of the Department of the Interior by section 211(a) to carry 
out--
            (1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; and
            (4) subsidiary agreements.
    (c) Postmaster General Oversight Authority.--The Postmaster General shall 
have the authority necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for monitoring and 
managing the funds appropriated to the United States Postal Service under 
paragraph (1) of section 211(b) and deposited in the Postal Service Fund under 
paragraph (2)(A) of that section to carry out--
            (1) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; and
            (4) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement.
    (d) Interagency Group on Freely Associated States.--
            (1) Establishment.--The President, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of 
        Defense, shall establish an Interagency Group on Freely Associated 
        States (referred to in this subsection as the ``Interagency Group'').
            (2) Purpose.--The purposes of the Interagency Group are--
                    (A) to coordinate development and implementation of 
                executive branch policies, programs, services, and other 
                activities in or relating to the Freely Associated States; and
                    (B) to provide policy guidance, recommendations, and 
                oversight to Federal agencies, departments, and 
                instrumentalities with respect to the implementation of--
                            (i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; and
                            (iii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement.
            (3) Membership.--The Interagency Group shall consist of--
                    (A) the Secretary of State, who shall serve as co-chair of 
                the Interagency Group;
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, who shall serve as co-
                chair of the Interagency Group;
                    (C) the Secretary of Defense;
                    (D) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                    (E) the heads of relevant Federal agencies, departments, and 
                instrumentalities carrying out obligations under--
                            (i) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 Amended U.S.-
                        FSM Compact and subsections (a) and (b) of section 221 
                        and section 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 Amended U.S.-
                        RMI Compact and subsections (a) and (b) of section 221 
                        and section 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (iii) sections 131 and 132 and subsections (a) and 
                        (b) of section 221 of the U.S.-Palau Compact;
                            (iv) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                        Agreement;
                            (v) any applicable subsidiary agreement; and
                            (vi) section 209; and
                    (F) the head of any other Federal agency, department, or 
                instrumentality that the Secretary of State or the Secretary of 
                the Interior may designate.
            (4) Duties of secretary of state and secretary of the interior.--The 
        Secretary of State (or a senior official designee of the Secretary of 
        State) and the Secretary of the Interior (or a senior official designee 
        of the Secretary of the Interior) shall--
                    (A) co-lead and preside at a meeting of the Interagency 
                Group not less frequently than annually;
                    (B) determine, in consultation with the Secretary of 
                Defense, the agenda for meetings of the Interagency Group; and
                    (C) facilitate and coordinate the work of the Interagency 
                Group.
            (5) Duties of the interagency group.--The Interagency Group shall--
                    (A) provide advice on the establishment or implementation of 
                policies relating to the Freely Associated States to the 
                President, acting through the Office of Intergovernmental 
                Affairs, in the form of a written report not less frequently 
                than annually;
                    (B) obtain information and advice relating to the Freely 
                Associated States from the Presidents, other elected officials, 
                and members of civil society of the Freely Associated States, 
                including through the members of the Interagency Group 
                (including senior official designees of the members) meeting not 
                less frequently than annually with any Presidents of the Freely 
                Associated States who elect to participate;
                    (C) at the request of the head of any Federal agency (or a 
                senior official designee of the head of a Federal agency) who is 
                a member of the Interagency Group, promptly review and provide 
                advice on a policy or policy implementation action affecting 1 
                or more of the Freely Associated States proposed by the Federal 
                agency, department, or instrumentality; and
                    (D) facilitate coordination of relevant policies, programs, 
                initiatives, and activities involving 1 or more of the Freely 
                Associated States, including ensuring coherence and avoiding 
                duplication between programs, initiatives, and activities 
                conducted pursuant to a Compact with a Freely Associated State 
                and non-Compact programs, initiatives, and activities.
            (6) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act and each year thereafter in which a Compact of Free 
        Association with a Freely Associated State is in effect, the President 
        shall submit to the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, 
        the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the 
        activities and recommendations of the Interagency Group during the 
        applicable year.
    (e) Federal Agency Coordination.--The head of any Federal agency providing 
programs and services to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau shall coordinate with the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of State regarding the provision of the 
programs and services.
    (f) Foreign Loans or Debt.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) the foreign loans or debt of the Government of the Federated 
        States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands, or the Government of the Republic of Palau shall not constitute 
        an obligation of the United States; and
            (2) the full faith and credit of the United States Government shall 
        not be pledged for the payment and performance of any foreign loan or 
        debt referred to in paragraph (1) without specific further 
        authorization.
    (g) Compact Compilation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to 
the appropriate committees of Congress that includes a compilation of the 
Compact of Free Association with the Federated State of Micronesia, the Compact 
of Free Association with the Republic of Palau, and the Compact of Free 
Association with Republic of the Marshall Islands.
    (h) Publication; Revision by Office of the Law Revision Counsel.--
            (1) Publication.--In publishing this title in slip form and in the 
        United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, 
        United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include 
        after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text 
        of--
                    (A) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and
                    (B) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (2) Revision by office of the law revision counsel.--The Office of 
        the Law Revision Counsel is directed to revise--
                    (A) the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact set forth in the note 
                following section 1921 of title 48, United States Code, to 
                reflect the amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact made 
                by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and
                    (B) the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact set forth in the note 
                following section 1921 of title 48, United States Code, to 
                reflect the amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact made 
                by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.

SEC. 209. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    (a) Authorization for Veterans' Services.--
            (1) Definition of freely associated states.--In this subsection, the 
        term ``Freely Associated States'' means--
                    (A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as 
                it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in 
                section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
                (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note);
                    (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time 
                as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in 
                section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
                (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and
                    (C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a party 
                to the Compact of Free Association between the United States and 
                the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint 
                Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution to approve the `Compact 
                of Free Association' between the United States and the 
                Government of Palau, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 99-
                658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).
            (2) Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad.--
        Section 1724 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsections (b) and 
                (c)'' and inserting ``subsections (b), (c), and (f)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f)(1)(A) The Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical services in 
the Freely Associated States, subject to agreements the Secretary shall enter 
into with the governments of the Freely Associated States as described in 
section 209(a)(4)(A) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, 
and subject to subparagraph (B), to a veteran who is otherwise eligible to 
receive hospital care and medical services.
    ``(B) The agreements described in subparagraph (A) shall incorporate, to the 
extent practicable, the applicable laws of the Freely Associated States and 
define the care and services that can be legally provided by the Secretary in 
the Freely Associated States.
    ``(2) In furnishing hospital care and medical services under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical services through--
            ``(A) contracts or other agreements;
            ``(B) reimbursement; or
            ``(C) the direct provision of care by health care personnel of the 
        Department.
    ``(3) In furnishing hospital care and medical services under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical services for any condition 
regardless of whether the condition is connected to the service of the veteran 
in the Armed Forces.
    ``(4)(A) A veteran who has received hospital care or medical services in a 
country pursuant to this subsection shall remain eligible, to the extent 
determined advisable and practicable by the Secretary, for hospital care or 
medical services in that country regardless of whether the country continues to 
qualify as a Freely Associated State for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(B) If the Secretary determines it is no longer advisable or practicable 
to allow veterans described in subparagraph (A) to remain eligible for hospital 
care or medical services pursuant to such subparagraph, the Secretary shall--
            ``(i) provide direct notice of that determination to such veterans; 
        and
            ``(ii) publish that determination and the reasons for that 
        determination in the Federal Register.
    ``(5) In this subsection, the term `Freely Associated States' means--
            ``(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as it is 
        a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of 
        the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 
        U.S.C. 1901 note);
            ``(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time as it 
        is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 
        of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 
        U.S.C. 1901 note); and
            ``(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a party to 
        the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the 
        Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution 
        entitled `Joint Resolution to approve the ``Compact of Free 
        Association'' between the United States and the Government of Palau, and 
        for other purposes' (Public Law 99-658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).''.
            (3) Beneficiary travel.--Section 111 of title 38, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may make 
payments to or for any person traveling in, to, or from the Freely Associated 
States for receipt of care or services authorized to be legally provided by the 
Secretary in the Freely Associated States under section 1724(f)(1) of this 
title.
    ``(2) A person who has received payment for travel in a country pursuant to 
this subsection shall remain eligible for payment for such travel in that 
country regardless of whether the country continues to qualify as a Freely 
Associated State for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this 
subsection.
    ``(4) In this subsection, the term `Freely Associated States' means--
            ``(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as it is 
        a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of 
        the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 
        U.S.C. 1901 note);
            ``(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time as it 
        is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 
        of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 
        U.S.C. 1901 note); and
            ``(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a party to 
        the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the 
        Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution 
        entitled `Joint Resolution to approve the ``Compact of Free 
        Association'' between the United States and the Government of Palau, and 
        for other purposes' (Public Law 99-658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).''.
            (4) Legal issues.--
                    (A) Agreements to furnish care and services.--
                            (i) In general.--Before delivering hospital care or 
                        medical services under subsection (f) of section 1724 of 
                        title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph 
                        (2)(B), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
                        consultation with the Secretary of State, shall enter 
                        into agreements with the governments of the Freely 
                        Associated States to--
                                    (I) facilitate the furnishing of health 
                                services, including telehealth, under the laws 
                                administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
                                Affairs to veterans in the Freely Associated 
                                States, such as by addressing--
                                            (aa) licensure, certification, 
                                        registration, and tort issues relating 
                                        to health care personnel;
                                            (bb) the scope of health services 
                                        the Secretary may furnish, as well as 
                                        the means for furnishing such services; 
                                        and
                                            (cc) matters relating to delivery of 
                                        pharmaceutical products and medical 
                                        surgical products, including delivery of 
                                        such products through the Consolidated 
                                        Mail Outpatient Pharmacy of the 
                                        Department of Veterans Affairs, to the 
                                        Freely Associated States;
                                    (II) clarify the authority of the Secretary 
                                of Veterans Affairs to pay for tort claims as 
                                set forth under subparagraph (C); and
                                    (III) clarify authority and responsibility 
                                on any other matters determined relevant by the 
                                Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the governments 
                                of the Freely Associated States.
                            (ii) Scope of agreements.--The agreements described 
                        in clause (i) shall incorporate, to the extent 
                        practicable, the applicable laws of the Freely 
                        Associated States and define the care and services that 
                        can be legally provided by the Secretary of Veterans 
                        Affairs in the Freely Associated States.
                            (iii) Report to congress.--
                                    (I) In general.--Not later than 90 days 
                                after entering into an agreement described in 
                                clause (i), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
                                shall submit the agreement to the appropriate 
                                committees of Congress.
                                    (II) Appropriate committees of congress 
                                defined.--In this clause, the term ``appropriate 
                                committees of Congress'' means--
                                            (aa) the Committee on Energy and 
                                        Natural Resources, the Committee on 
                                        Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
                                        Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
                                            (bb) the Committee on Natural 
                                        Resources, the Committee on Foreign 
                                        Affairs, and the Committee on Veterans' 
                                        Affairs of the House of Representatives.
                    (B) Licensure of health care professionals providing 
                treatment via telemedicine in the freely associated states.--
                Section 1730C(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
                striking ``any State'' and inserting ``any State or any of the 
                Freely Associated States (as defined in section 1724(f) of this 
                title)''.
                    (C) Payment of claims.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
                may pay tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 
                paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when 
                such claims arise in the Freely Associated States in connection 
                with furnishing hospital care or medical services or providing 
                medical consultation or medical advice to a veteran under the 
                laws administered by the Secretary, including through a remote 
                or telehealth program.
            (5) Outreach and assessment of options.--During the 1-year period 
        beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs shall, subject to the availability of appropriations--
                    (A) conduct robust outreach to, and engage with, each 
                government of the Freely Associated States;
                    (B) assess options for the delivery of care through the use 
                of authorities provided pursuant to the amendments made by this 
                subsection; and
                    (C) increase staffing as necessary to conduct outreach under 
                subparagraph (A).
    (b) Authorization of Education Programs.--
            (1) Eligibility.--For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter, the Government of the United States shall--
                    (A) continue to make available to the Federated States of 
                Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 
                Republic of Palau, grants for services to individuals eligible 
                for such services under part B of the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) to the 
                extent that those services continue to be available to 
                individuals in the United States;
                    (B) continue to make available to the Federated States of 
                Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands and make 
                available to the Republic of Palau, competitive grants under the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 
                et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
                of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), and part D of the Individuals 
                with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), to the 
                extent that those grants continue to be available to State and 
                local governments in the United States;
                    (C) continue to make grants available to the Republic of 
                Palau under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), the Adult 
                Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), and 
                the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
                (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
                    (D) continue to make available to eligible institutions of 
                higher education in the Republic of Palau and make available to 
                eligible institutions of higher education in the Federated 
                States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
                and to students enrolled in those institutions of higher 
                education, and to students who are citizens of the Federated 
                States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
                the Republic of Palau and enrolled in institutions of higher 
                education in the United States and territories of the United 
                States, grants under--
                            (i) subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.);
                            (ii) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); and
                            (iii) part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.);
                    (E) require, as a condition of eligibility for a public 
                institution of higher education in any State (as defined in 
                section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1003)) that is not a Freely Associated State to participate in 
                or receive funds under any program under title IV of such Act 
                (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), that the institution charge students 
                who are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
                Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau 
                tuition for attendance at a rate that is not greater than the 
                rate charged for residents of the State in which such public 
                institution of higher education is located; and
                    (F) continue to make available, to eligible institutions of 
                higher education, secondary schools, and nonprofit organizations 
                in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
                Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, competitive grants 
                under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
            (2) Other formula grants.--Except as provided in paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary of Education shall not make a grant under any formula grant 
        program administered by the Department of Education to the Federated 
        States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the 
        Republic of Palau.
            (3) Grants to the freely associated states under part b of the 
        individuals with disabilities education act.--Section 611(b)(1) of the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(b)(1)) is 
        amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Funds reserved.--From the amount appropriated for any 
                fiscal year under subsection (i), the Secretary shall reserve 
                not more than 1 percent, which shall be used as follows:
                            ``(i) To provide assistance to the outlying areas in 
                        accordance with their respective populations of 
                        individuals aged 3 through 21.
                            ``(ii)(I) To provide each freely associated State a 
                        grant so that no freely associated State receives a 
                        lesser share of the total funds reserved for the freely 
                        associated State than the freely associated State 
                        received of those funds for fiscal year 2023.
                    ``(II) Each freely associated State shall establish its 
                eligibility under this subparagraph consistent with the 
                requirements for a State under section 612.
                    ``(III) The funds provided to each freely associated State 
                under this part may be used to provide, to each infant or 
                toddler with a disability (as defined in section 632), either a 
                free appropriate public education, consistent with section 612, 
                or early intervention services consistent with part C, 
                notwithstanding the application and eligibility requirements of 
                sections 634(2), 635, and 637.''.
            (4) Technical amendments to the elementary and secondary education 
        act of 1965.--The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A) of section 1121(b)(1) (20 
                U.S.C. 6331(b)(1)) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) first reserve $1,000,000 for the Republic of Palau, 
                subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
                establish, except that Public Law 95-134, permitting the 
                consolidation of grants, shall not apply; and''; and
                    (B) in section 8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801), by amending paragraph 
                (36) to read as follows:
            ``(36) Outlying area.--The term `outlying area'--
                    ``(A) means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and
                    ``(B) for the purpose of any discretionary grant program 
                under this Act, includes the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
                the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, 
                to the extent that any such grant program continues to be 
                available to State and local governments in the United 
                States.''.
            (5) Technical amendment to the compact of free association 
        amendments act of 2003.--Section 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)) is amended 
        by striking clause (ix).
            (6) Head start programs.--
                    (A) Definitions.--Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 
                U.S.C. 9832) is amended, in the paragraph defining the term 
                ``State'', by striking the second sentence and inserting ``The 
                term `State' includes the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
                Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.''.
                    (B) Allotment of funds.--Section 640(a)(2)(B) of the Head 
                Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(2)(B)) is amended--
                            (i) in clause (iv), by inserting ``the Republic of 
                        Palau,'' before ``and the Virgin Islands''; and
                            (ii) by amending clause (v) to read as follows:
                            ``(v) if a base grant has been established through 
                        appropriations for the Federated States of Micronesia or 
                        the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to provide an 
                        amount for that jurisdiction (for Head Start agencies 
                        (including Early Head Start agencies) in the 
                        jurisdiction) that is equal to the amount provided for 
                        base grants for such jurisdiction under this subchapter 
                        for the prior fiscal year, by allotting to each agency 
                        described in this clause an amount equal to that 
                        agency's base grant for the prior fiscal year; and''.
            (7) Coordination required.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
        coordination with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services, as applicable, shall, to the maximum extent 
        practicable, coordinate with the 3 United States appointees to the Joint 
        Economic Management Committee described in section 205(b)(1) and the 2 
        United States appointees to the Joint Economic Management and Financial 
        Accountability Committee described in section 206(d)(1) to avoid 
        duplication of economic assistance for education provided under section 
        261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact or section 261(a)(1) of 
        the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact of activities or services provided 
        under--
                    (A) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
                    (B) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); or
                    (C) part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.).
    (c) Authorization of Department of Defense Programs.--
            (1) Department of defense medical facilities.--The Secretary of 
        Defense shall make available, on a space available and reimbursable 
        basis, the medical facilities of the Department of Defense for use by 
        citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, who are properly referred 
        to the facilities by government authorities responsible for provision of 
        medical services in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the affected 
        jurisdictions (as defined in section 104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))).
            (2) Participation by secondary schools in the armed services 
        vocational aptitude battery student testing program.--It is the sense of 
        Congress that the Department of Defense may extend the Armed Services 
        Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Student Testing Program and the 
        ASVAB Career Exploration Program to selected secondary schools in the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
        and the Republic of Palau to the extent such programs are available to 
        Department of Defense dependent secondary schools established under 
        section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, and located outside the 
        United States.
    (d) Judicial Training.--In addition to amounts provided under section 
261(a)(4) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
Compact and under subsections (a) and (b) of Article 1 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 
Compact Review Agreement, for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the amounts made available to the Secretary 
of the Interior under section 211(c) to train judges and officials of the 
judiciary in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and the Republic of Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific Islands 
Committee of the judicial council of the ninth judicial circuit of the United 
States.
    (e) Eligibility for the Republic of Palau.--
            (1) National health service corps.--The Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services shall make the services of the National Health Service 
        Corps available to the residents of the Federated States of Micronesia, 
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau to the 
        same extent, and for the same duration, as services are authorized to be 
        provided to persons residing in any other areas within or outside the 
        United States.
            (2) Additional programs and services.--The Republic of Palau shall 
        be eligible for the programs and services made available to the 
        Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
        under section 108(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 
        of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921g(a)).
            (3) Programs and services of certain agencies.--In addition to the 
        programs and services set forth in the operative Federal Programs and 
        Services Agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, 
        the programs and services of the following agencies shall be made 
        available to the Republic of Palau:
                    (A) The Legal Services Corporation.
                    (B) The Public Health Service.
                    (C) The Rural Housing Service.
    (f) Compact Impact Fairness.--
            (1) In general.--Section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
        Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(N) Exception for citizens of freely associated states.--
                With respect to eligibility for benefits for any specified 
                Federal program, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual 
                who lawfully resides in the United States in accordance with 
                section 141 of the Compacts of Free Association between the 
                Government of the United States and the Governments of the 
                Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands, and the Republic of Palau.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)(G)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 
                        ``medicaid exception for'' and inserting ``exception 
                        for''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``the designated Federal program 
                        defined in paragraph (3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid 
                        program)'' and inserting ``any designated Federal 
                        program''.
            (2) Exception to 5-year wait requirement.--Section 403(b)(3) of the 
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``, but only with respect 
        to the designated Federal program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C)''.
            (3) Definition of qualified alien.--Section 431(b)(8) of the 
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) is amended by striking ``, but only with respect 
        to the designated Federal program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C) 
        (relating to the Medicaid program)''.
    (g) Consultation With International Financial Institutions.--The Secretary 
of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of State, shall consult with appropriate officials of the Asian 
Development Bank and relevant international financial institutions (as defined 
in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
262r(c))), as appropriate, with respect to overall economic conditions in, and 
the activities of other providers of assistance to, the Freely Associated 
States.
    (h) Chief of Mission.--Section 105(b) of the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (5) 
and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
        U.S.C. 3927), all United States Government executive branch employees in 
        the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands, and the Republic of Palau fall under the authority of the 
        respective applicable chief of mission, except for employees identified 
        as excepted from the authority under Federal law or by Presidential 
        directive.''.
    (i) Establishment of a Unit for the Freely Associated States in the Bureau 
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State and Increasing 
Personnel Focused on Oceania.--
            (1) Definition of appropriate congressional committees.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--The Secretary of State shall--
                    (A) assign additional full-time equivalent personnel to the 
                Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs of 
                the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department 
                of State, including to the unit established under subparagraph 
                (B), as the Secretary of State determines to be appropriate, in 
                accordance with paragraph (4)(A); and
                    (B) establish a unit in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific 
                Affairs of the Department of State to carry out the functions 
                described in paragraph (3).
            (3) Functions of unit.--The unit established under paragraph (2)(B) 
        shall be responsible for the following:
                    (A) Managing the bilateral and regional relations with the 
                Freely Associated States.
                    (B) Supporting the Secretary of State in leading 
                negotiations relating to the Compacts of Free Association with 
                the Freely Associated States.
                    (C) Coordinating, in consultation with the Department of the 
                Interior, the Department of Defense, and other interagency 
                partners as appropriate, implementation of the Compacts of Free 
                Association with the Freely Associated States.
            (4) Full-time equivalent employees.--The Secretary of State shall--
                    (A) not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
                this Act, assign to the Office of Australia, New Zealand, and 
                Pacific Island Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific 
                Affairs, including to the unit established under paragraph 
                (2)(B), not less than 4 additional full-time equivalent staff, 
                who shall not be dual-hatted, including by considering--
                            (i) the use of existing flexible hiring authorities, 
                        including Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas 
                        (DETOs); and
                            (ii) the realignment of existing personnel, 
                        including from the United States Mission in Australia, 
                        as appropriate;
                    (B) reduce the number of vacant foreign service positions in 
                the Pacific Island region by establishing an incentive program 
                within the Foreign Service for overseas positions related to the 
                Pacific Island region; and
                    (C) report to the appropriate congressional committees on 
                progress toward objectives outlined in this subsection beginning 
                1 year from the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
                thereafter for 5 years.
    (j) Technical Assistance.--Section 105 of the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) is amended by striking subsection (j) 
and inserting the following:
    ``(j) Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Technical assistance may be provided pursuant to 
        section 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, section 224 of the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or section 222 of the U.S.-Palau Compact 
        (as those terms are defined in section 203 of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2024) by Federal agencies and institutions 
        of the Government of the United States to the extent the assistance 
        shall be provided to States, territories, or units of local government.
            ``(2) Historic preservation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any technical assistance authorized under 
                paragraph (1) that is provided by the Forest Service, the 
                Natural Resources Conservation Service, the United States Fish 
                and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the 
                United States Coast Guard, the Advisory Council on Historic 
                Preservation, the Department of the Interior, or any other 
                Federal agency providing assistance under division A of subtitle 
                III of title 54, United States Code, may be provided on a 
                nonreimbursable basis.
                    ``(B) Grants.--During the period in which the 2023 Amended 
                U.S.-FSM Compact (as so defined) and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
                Compact (as so defined) are in force, the grant programs under 
                division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, 
                shall continue to apply to the Federated States of Micronesia 
                and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the same manner and 
                to the same extent as those programs applied prior to the 
                approval of the U.S.-FSM Compact and U.S.-RMI Compact.
            ``(3) Additional funds.--Any funds provided pursuant to this 
        subsection, subsections (c), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), and (m), section 
        102(a), and subsections (a), (b), (f), (g), (h), and (j) of section 103 
        shall be in addition to, and not charged against, any amounts to be paid 
        to the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands pursuant to--
                    ``(A) the U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    ``(B) the U.S.-RMI Compact; or
                    ``(C) any related subsidiary agreement.''.
    (k) Continuing Trust Territory Authorization.--The authorization provided by 
the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330, chapter 423), shall remain available 
after the effective date of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 
Amended U.S.-RMI Compact with respect to the Federated States of Micronesia and 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands for transition purposes, including--
            (1) completion of projects and fulfillment of commitments or 
        obligations;
            (2) termination of the Trust Territory Government and termination of 
        the High Court;
            (3) health and education as a result of exceptional circumstances;
            (4) ex gratia contributions for the populations of Bikini, Enewetak, 
        Rongelap, and Utrik; and
            (5) technical assistance and training in financial management, 
        program administration, and maintenance of infrastructure.
    (l) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Public health service act definition.--Section 2(f) of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201(f)) is amended by striking 
        ``and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands'' and inserting ``the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
        and the Republic of Palau''.
            (2) Compact impact amendments.--Section 104(e) of the Compact of 
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``beginning in 
                        fiscal year 2003'' and inserting ``during the period of 
                        fiscal years 2003 through 2023''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``after fiscal 
                        year 2003'' and inserting ``for the period of fiscal 
                        years 2004 through 2023'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (5); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
                paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively.

SEC. 210. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Agencies, Departments, and Instrumentalities.--
            (1) In general.--Appropriations to carry out the obligations, 
        services, and programs described in paragraph (2) shall be made directly 
        to the Federal agencies, departments, and instrumentalities carrying out 
        the obligations, services and programs.
            (2) Obligations, services, and programs described.--The obligations, 
        services, and programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) are the 
        obligations, services, and programs under--
                    (A) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) through (6) 
                of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
                FSM Compact;
                    (B) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) through (6) 
                of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
                RMI Compact;
                    (C) sections 131 and 132 and paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of 
                section 221(a) of the U.S.-Palau Compact;
                    (D) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                Agreement; and
                    (E) section 209.
            (3) Authority.--The heads of the Federal agencies, departments, and 
        instrumentalities to which appropriations are made available under 
        paragraph (1) as well as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
        shall--
                    (A) have the authority to carry out any activities that are 
                necessary to fulfill the obligations, services, and programs 
                described in paragraph (2); and
                    (B) use available funds to carry out the activities under 
                subparagraph (A).
    (b) Additional Assistance.--Any assistance provided pursuant to section 
105(j) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921d(j)) (as amended by section 209(j)) and sections 205(a), 206(a), 207(b), 
and 209 shall be in addition to and not charged against any amounts to be paid 
to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
the Republic of Palau pursuant to--
            (1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; or
            (4) any related subsidiary agreement.
    (c) Remaining Balances.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including section 109 of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(48 U.S.C. 1921h)--
            (1) remaining balances appropriated to carry out sections 211, 
        212(b), 215, and 217 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, shall be 
        programmed pursuant to Article IX of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement; and
            (2) remaining balances appropriated to carry out sections 211, 
        213(b), 216, and 218 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, shall be 
        programmed pursuant to Article XI of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement.
    (d) Grants.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) contributions under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the 2023 
        U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
        Compact may be provided as grants for purposes of implementation of the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact under the laws of the 
        United States; and
            (2) funds appropriated pursuant to section 211 may be deposited in 
        interest-bearing accounts and any interest earned may be retained in and 
        form part of those accounts for use consistent with the purpose of the 
        deposit.
    (e) Rule of Construction.--Except as specifically provided, nothing in this 
title or the amendments made by this title amends the following:
            (1) Title I of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 
        U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
            (2) Title I of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.).
            (3) Title I of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
        2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.).
            (4) Section 1259C of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2018 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note; Public Law 115-91).
            (5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
        Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 635).
    (f) Clarification Relating to Appropriated Funds.--Notwithstanding section 
109 of the Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921h)--
            (1) funds appropriated by that section and deposited into the RMI 
        Compact Trust Fund shall be governed by the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund 
        Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement;
            (2) funds appropriated by that section and deposited into the FSM 
        Compact Trust Fund shall be governed by the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund 
        Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement;
            (3) funds appropriated by that section and made available for fiscal 
        year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to carry out the 
        purposes of section 211(b) of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended Compact shall be 
        subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement;
            (4) funds appropriated by that section and made available for fiscal 
        year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to carry out the 
        purposes of section 221 of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended Compact shall be 
        subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement, except as modified in the Federal Programs and Services 
        Agreement in force between the United States and the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands; and
            (5) funds appropriated by that section and made available for fiscal 
        year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to carry out the 
        purposes of section 221 of the 2003 U.S.-FSM Amended Compact shall be 
        subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures 
        Agreement, except as modified in the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and 
        Services Agreement.

SEC. 211. COMPACT APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Funding for Activities of the Secretary of the Interior.--For the period 
of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, there are appropriated to the Compact of Free 
Association account of the Department of the Interior, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until expended, the 
amounts described in and to carry out the purposes of--
            (1) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; 
        and
            (3) Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement.
    (b) Funding for Activities of the United States Postal Service.--
            (1) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the United States 
        Postal Service, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
        appropriated for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, $31,700,000, to 
        remain available until expended, to carry out the costs of the following 
        provisions that are not otherwise funded:
                    (A) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact.
                    (B) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact.
                    (C) Section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.
                    (D) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                Agreement.
            (2) Deposit.--
                    (A) In general.--The amounts appropriated to the United 
                States Postal Service under paragraph (1) shall be deposited 
                into the Postal Service Fund established under section 2003 of 
                title 39, United States Code, to carry out the provisions 
                described in that paragraph.
                    (B) Requirement.--Any amounts deposited into the Postal 
                Service Fund under subparagraph (A) shall be the fiduciary, 
                fiscal, and audit responsibility of the Postal Service.
    (c) Funding for Judicial Training.--There is appropriated to the Secretary 
of the Interior to carry out section 209(d) out of any funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $550,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, to 
remain available until expended.
    (d) Treatment of Previously Appropriated Amounts.--The total amounts made 
available to the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands under subsection (a) shall be 
reduced by amounts made available to the Government of the Federated States of 
Micronesia and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as 
applicable, under section 2101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and 
Other Extensions Act (Public Law 118-15; 137 Stat. 81) (as amended by section 
101 of division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions 
Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-22; 137 Stat. 114) and section 201 of the Further 
Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 
118-35; 138 Stat. 7)).

                     TITLE III--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS ACT OF 1988.

    Section 2(f)(2) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 922 
note; Public Law 100-649) is amended by striking ``35 years after the effective 
date of this Act'' and inserting ``on March 8, 2031''.

SEC. 302. UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION EXTENSION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United States Parole 
Commission Additional Extension Act of 2024''.
    (b) Amendment of Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.--For purposes of section 
235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98-
473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United 
States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, each reference in such 
section to ``36 years and 129 days'' or ``36-year and 129-day period'' shall be 
deemed a reference to ``36 years and 335 days'' or ``36-year and 335-day 
period'', respectively.

SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS.

    Section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``7'' and inserting ``8''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``5'' and inserting ``4''.

                           TITLE IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this division 
shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 
4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
    (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this division shall 
not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of 
H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
    (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the 
Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 
250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated--
            (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
            (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations 
        pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
            (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory 
        Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.
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