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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10545 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 20 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Received 

AN ACT 

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Relief Act, 

3 2025’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 

DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 

DIVISION C—HEALTH 

Sec. 3001. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS 

Sec. 3101. Extension for community health centers, National Health Service 

Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. 

Sec. 3102. Extension of special diabetes programs. 

Sec. 3103. National health security extensions. 

TITLE II—MEDICARE 

Sec. 3201. Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for 

certain low-volume hospitals. 

Sec. 3202. Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. 

Sec. 3203. Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services. 

Sec. 3204. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and 

selection. 

Sec. 3205. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. 

Sec. 3206. Extension of the work geographic index floor. 

Sec. 3207. Extension of certain telehealth flexibilities. 

Sec. 3208. Extending acute hospital care at home waiver authorities. 

Sec. 3209. Extension of temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs 

as covered part D drugs. 

Sec. 3210. Medicare improvement fund. 

TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 

Sec. 3301. Sexual risk avoidance education extension. 

Sec. 3302. Personal responsibility education extension. 

Sec. 3303. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. 

TITLE IV—MEDICAID 

Sec. 3401. Eliminating certain disproportionate share hospital payment cuts. 


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DIVISION D—EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

Sec. 4101. Extension of agricultural programs. 

DIVISION E—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 5101. Commodity futures trading commission whistleblower program. 

Sec. 5102. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 

Sec. 5103. Additional special assessment. 

Sec. 5104. National cybersecurity protection system authorization. 

Sec. 5105. Extension of temporary order for fentanyl-related substances. 

1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion. 

6 DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING 

7 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 

8 SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 

9 (division A of Public Law 118–83) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking the date specified in section 

11 106(3) and inserting ‘‘March 14, 2025’’; 

12 (2) in section 126 to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

14 are provided for ‘District of Columbia—Federal Payment 

15 for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the Dis16 trict of Columbia’ at a rate for operations of $90,000,000, 

17 of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be for costs asso18 ciated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in 

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1 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to main2 tain emergency planning and security activities.’’; and 

3 (3) by adding after section 152 the following 

4 new sections: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 153. Amounts made available by section 101 

6 for ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At7 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

8 Construction’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper9 ations necessary to maintain the acquisition schedule for 

10 Geostationary Earth Orbit in an amount not to exceed 

11 $625,000,000. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 154. Amounts made available by section 101 

13 for ‘Department of Justice—Justice Operations, Manage14 ment and Accountability—Justice Information Sharing 

15 Technology’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper16 ations necessary to carry out proactive vulnerability detec17 tion and penetration testing activities. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 155. In addition to amounts otherwise pro19 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart20 ment of Justice for ‘Federal Bureau of Investigation— 

21 Salaries and Expenses’, $16,668,000, for an additional 

22 amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modifica24 tion of National Security Systems: Provided, That such 

25 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 


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1 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 156. (a) Amounts made available by section 

5 101 to the Department of Defense for ‘Procurement— 

6 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’, may be apportioned 

7 up to the rate for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class 

8 Submarine (AP)’ in an amount not to exceed 

9 $5,996,130,000. 

10 ‘‘(b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the 

11 Department of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding 

12 and Conversion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate 

13 for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class Submarine’ 

14 in an amount not to exceed $2,922,300,000. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 157. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise pro16 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart17 ment of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding and 

18 Conversion, Navy’, $5,691,000,000, for an additional 

19 amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2029, for the Virginia Class Submarine pro21 gram and for workforce wage and non-executive salary im22 provements for other nuclear-powered vessel programs: 

23 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 ‘‘(b) Amounts appropriated by subsection (a) may be 

4 used to incrementally fund contract obligations for the im5 provement of workforce wages and non-executive level sal6 aries on new or existing contracts pertaining to the Vir7 ginia Class Submarine program or to other nuclear-pow8 ered vessel programs. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 158. In addition to amounts otherwise pro10 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart11 ment of Defense for ‘Operation and Maintenance—De12 fense-Wide’, $913,440,000, for an additional amount for 

13 fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modification of Na15 tional Security Systems: Provided, That the amount pro16 vided by this section may be transferred to accounts under 

17 the headings ‘Operation and Maintenance’, ‘Procurement’, 

18 and ‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation’: Pro19 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre20 ceding proviso shall be merged with and available for the 

21 same purpose and for the same time period as the appro22 priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur23 ther, That any transfer authority provided herein is in ad24 dition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 

25 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 


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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 159. (a) Amounts made available by section 

5 101 for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense 

6 Activities—Environmental and Other Defense Activities— 

7 Other Defense Activities’ may be apportioned up to the 

8 rate for operations necessary to sustain specialized secu9 rity activities. 

10 ‘‘(b) The Director of the Office of Management and 

11 Budget and the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

13 and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of 

14 the authority provided in subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘SEC. 160. In addition to amounts otherwise pro16 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart17 ment of Energy for ‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities— 

18 Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Other De19 fense Activities’, $1,750,000, for an additional amount for 

20 fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2026, to conduct risk reduction and modification of Na22 tional Security Systems: Provided, That such amount is 

23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 161. During the period covered by this Act, 

2 section 10609(a) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 

3 Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X of Public Law 

4 111–11) shall be applied by substituting ‘$1,640,000,000’ 

5 for ‘$870,000,000’ and ‘2025’ for ‘2024’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 162. In addition to amounts otherwise pro7 vided by section 101, there is appropriated to the Depart8 ment of the Treasury for ‘Departmental Offices—Office 

9 of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence—Salaries and Ex10 penses’, $908,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 

11 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to 

12 conduct risk reduction and modification of National Secu13 rity Systems: Provided, That such amount is designated 

14 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

15 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg16 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 163. Section 302 of title III of Public Law 

18 108-494 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

19 in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘December 31, 2024’ each 

20 place it appears. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 164. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 

22 747 of title VII of division B of Public Law 118–47 shall 

23 be applied through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

24 this Act by— 


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1 ‘‘(1) substituting ‘2024’ for ‘2023’ each place it 

2 appears; 

3 ‘‘(2) substituting ‘2025’ for ‘2024’ each place it 

4 appears; 

5 ‘‘(3) substituting ‘2026’ for ‘2025’; and 

6 ‘‘(4) substituting ‘section 747 of division B of 

7 Public Law 118–47, as in effect on September 30, 

8 2024’ for ‘section 747 of division E of Public Law 

9 117–328’ each place it appears. 

10 ‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall not take effect until the first 

11 day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 

12 January 1, 2025. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 165. Amounts made available by section 101 

14 for ‘Department of Education—Student Aid Administra15 tion’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations nec16 essary to ensure the continuation of student loan servicing 

17 activities and student aid application and eligibility deter18 mination processes. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 166. During the period covered by this Act, 

20 section 123 of division A of Public Law 118–42 and the 

21 provisions carrying the same restriction in prior Acts mak22 ing appropriations to the Department of Defense for mili23 tary construction shall not apply to unobligated balances 

24 from prior year appropriations made available under the 

25 heading ‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 


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1 Army’ and such balances may be obligated for an access 

2 road project at Arlington National Cemetery. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 167. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the sec4 ond proviso under the heading ‘Department of Veterans 

5 Affairs—Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv6 ices’ shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 

7 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the second proviso 

8 under the heading ‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Vet9 erans Health Administration—Medical Community Care’ 

10 shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 

11 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding section 101, the second proviso 

12 under the heading ‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Vet13 erans Health Administration—Medical Support and Com14 pliance’ shall not apply during the period covered by this 

15 Act. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding section 101, the fifth 

17 and sixth provisos under the heading ‘Millennium Chal18 lenge Corporation’ in division F of Public Law 118–47 

19 shall be applied by substituting ‘December 31, 2025’ for 

20 ‘December 31, 2024’ each place it appears. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 169. Amounts made available by section 101 

22 for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration—Operations’ may be apportioned up to the 

24 rate for operations necessary to fund mandatory pay in25 creases and other inflationary adjustments, to maintain 


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1 and improve air traffic services, to hire and train air traf2 fic controllers, and to continue aviation safety oversight, 

3 while avoiding service reductions.’’. 

4 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Con5 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 

6 DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF 

7 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA8 TIONS ACT, 2025 

9 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

10 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

11 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur12 poses, namely: 

13 TITLE I 

14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

15 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

16 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

17 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec19 retary’’, $30,780,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended, for necessary expenses related to losses of rev21 enue, quality or production of crops (including milk, on22 farm stored commodities, crops prevented from planting, 

23 and harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and 

24 vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, 

25 floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, 


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1 freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, and ex2 cessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2023 and 

3 2024 under such terms and conditions as determined by 

4 the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as 

5 ‘‘Secretary’’): Provided, That of the amounts provided in 

6 this paragraph under this heading in this Act, the Sec7 retary shall use up to $2,000,000,000 to provide assist8 ance to producers of livestock, as determined by the Sec9 retary, for losses incurred during calendar years 2023 and 

10 2024 due to drought, wildfires, or floods: Provided further, 

11 That the Secretary may provide assistance for such losses 

12 in the form of block grants to eligible States and terri13 tories and such assistance may include compensation to 

14 producers, as determined by the Secretary, for timber (in15 cluding payments to non-Federal forest landowners), cit16 rus, pecan, and poultry (including infrastructure) losses, 

17 and for agricultural producers who have suffered losses 

18 due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to the United 

19 States in accordance with the 1944 Water Treaty: Pro20 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

21 heading in this Act, the Secretary shall offer individualized 

22 technical assistance to interested non-insured producers to 

23 help them apply for assistance made available under this 

24 heading: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

25 available under this paragraph under this heading in this 


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1 Act, the Secretary may use up to $30,000,000, for reim2 bursement for administrative and operating expenses 

3 available for crop insurance contracts for 2022 and 2023 

4 reinsurance years in a manner consistent with Section 771 

5 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 

6 117–328): Provided further, That of the amounts made 

7 available under this paragraph under this heading in this 

8 Act, and without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq., the 

9 Secretary shall use $3,000,000 to carry out regular testing 

10 for the purposes of verifying and validating the method11 ology and protocols of the inspection of molasses at any 

12 United States ports of entry, including whether the molas13 ses meets each statutory requirement without the use of 

14 additives or blending, relevant definitional explanatory 

15 notes, and each property typical of molasses in the United 

16 States as directed in Senate Report 118–193: Provided 

17 further, That at the election of a processor eligible for a 

18 loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Im19 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or 

20 a cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make 

21 payments for losses in 2023 and 2024 to such processors 

22 (to be paid to producers, as determined by such proc23 essors) in lieu of payments to producers and under the 

24 same terms and conditions as payments made to proc25 essors pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental 


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1 Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 

2 116–20) under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 

3 Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Mar4 keting—Office of the Secretary’’, as last amended by sec5 tion 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further Con6 solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 

7 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

8 760.1503(j) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, in the 

9 event that a processor described in the preceding proviso 

10 does not elect to receive payments under such clause, the 

11 Secretary shall make direct payments to producers under 

12 this heading in this Act: Provided further, That the total 

13 amount of payments received under this paragraph under 

14 this heading in this Act for producers who did not obtain 

15 a policy or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity 

16 for the applicable crop year under the Federal Crop Insur17 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring 

18 the losses or did not file the required paperwork and pay 

19 the service fee by the applicable State filing deadline for 

20 a noninsurable commodity for the applicable crop year 

21 under Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for 

22 the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent 

23 of the loss as determined by the Secretary, except the Sec24 retary shall provide payments not to exceed 90 percent 

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1 retary if the Secretary determines a de minimis amount 

2 of a producer’s revenue loss is attributable to crops for 

3 which the producer did not insure or obtain Noninsured 

4 Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage: Provided fur5 ther, That the amount provided in this paragraph under 

6 this heading in this Act shall be subject to the terms and 

7 conditions set forth in the first, second, sixth, seventh, 

8 eighth, ninth, tenth, and 12th provisos under this heading 

9 in title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropria10 tions Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–43), except 

11 that such ninth proviso under such heading shall be ap12 plied by substituting ‘‘2023 and 2024’’ for ‘‘2020 and 

13 2021’’ and the Secretary shall apply a separate payment 

14 limit for economic assistance payments: Provided further, 

15 That not later than 120 days after the enactment of this 

16 Act, and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the 

17 amounts provided under this heading in this Act are ex18 pended, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate on the implementation of any programs provided 

21 for under this heading in this Act specifying the type, 

22 amount, and method of such assistance by State and terri23 tory: Provided further, That of the amounts provided in 

24 this paragraph, $10,000,000,000 shall be made available 

25 for the Secretary to make economic assistance available 


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1 pursuant to section 2102 of this title in this Act: Provided 

2 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

3 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec4 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec7 retary’’, $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 for the Secretary to provide assistance in the form of block 

9 grants to eligible States to provide compensation to pro10 ducers for necessary expenses related to crop, timber, and 

11 livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a 

12 consequence of any weather event in 2023 or 2024 that 

13 a State, in its sole discretion, determines warrants such 

14 relief: Provided, That eligible States are those States with 

15 a net farm income for 2023 of less than $250,000,000, 

16 as recorded in the data in the Economic Research Service 

17 publication ‘‘Farm Income and Wealth Statistics’’ as of 

18 December 3, 2024, and fewer than eight thousand farms 

19 and an average farm size of fewer than one thousand acres 

20 per farm, as recorded in the National Agricultural Statis21 tics Service publication ‘‘Farms and Land in Farms 2023 

22 Summary (February, 2024)’’: Provided further, That the 

23 Secretary shall work with eligible States on any necessary 

24 terms and conditions of the block grants, fully taking in 

25 account the needs of each State: Provided further, That 


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1 any such terms and conditions may not impose additional 

2 costs on producers: Provided further, That such amount 

3 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

4 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

9 General’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

10 for audits, investigations, and other oversight of projects 

11 and activities carried out with funds made available to the 

12 Department of Agriculture in this Act: Provided, That 

13 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

14 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili20 ties’’, $42,500,000, to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

22 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

2 PROGRAMS 

3 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

4 EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Forest 

6 Restoration Program’’, $356,535,000, to remain available 

7 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

8 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg10 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva13 tion Program’’, $828,000,000, to remain available until 

14 expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

15 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur16 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

19 EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Watershed 

21 Protection Program’’ for necessary expenses for the Emer22 gency Watershed Protection Program, $920,000,000, to 

23 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

24 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

25 emergency requirement pursuant to section 


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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISASTER ASSISTANCE FUND

5 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Rural Develop6 ment Disaster Assistance Fund’’ as authorized under sec7 tion 6945 of title 7, United States Code, as amended by 

8 this Act, $362,500,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That section 6945(b) of title 7, United 

10 States Code, shall apply to amounts provided under this 

11 heading in this Act: Provided further, That amounts pro12 vided under this heading in this Act may not be trans13 ferred pursuant to section 2257 of title 7, United States 

14 Code: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

15 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg17 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

19 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

20 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance 

22 Program’’ for the emergency food assistance program as 

23 authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

24 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 204(a)(1) of the 

25 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 


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1 7508(a)(1)), $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That such funds shall be for 

3 infrastructure needs related to the consequences of a 

4 major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Staf5 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in calendar years 2023 and 2024: 

7 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

8 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

9 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

12 SEC. 2101. Section 10101 of the Disaster Relief and 

13 Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 

14 B of Public Law 110–329; 7 U.S.C. 6945) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in the first sentence— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘for authorized activi18 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘, in the form of loans, 

19 grants, loan guarantees, or cooperative 

20 agreements, for any authorized activity’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ between ‘‘Presi22 dent’’ and ‘‘the Secretary of Agriculture’’ 

23 and inserting a comma; and 


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1 (iii) by inserting after ‘‘the Secretary 

2 of Agriculture’’ the following: ‘‘, or the 

3 Governor of a State or Territory’’; 

4 (B) in the second sentence, inserting after 

5 ‘‘to carry out the activity’’, the following: ‘‘, but 

6 shall not be limited to the original form of as7 sistance, if any’’; and 

8 (C) by inserting after the first sentence, as 

9 so amended, the following: ‘‘The cost of such 

10 direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost 

11 of modifying loans, shall be as defined in sec12 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

13 1974.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (c), to read as follows— 

15 ‘‘(c) WAIVER OF ACTIVITY OR PROJECT LIMITA16 TIONS.—For any activity or project for which amounts in 

17 the Rural Development Disaster Assistance Fund will be 

18 obligated under subsection (b)— 

19 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture may waive 

20 any limits on population, income, age, and duplica21 tion with respect to replacement of damaged or de22 stroyed utilities, or cost-sharing otherwise applicable, 

23 except that, if the amounts proposed to be obligated 

24 in connection with the disaster would exceed the 

25 amount specified in subsection (h), the notification 


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1 required by that subsection shall include information 

2 and justification with regard to any waivers to be 

3 granted under this subsection; 

4 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of Agriculture may use alter5 native sources of income data provided by local, re6 gional, State, or Federal government sources to de7 termine program eligibility; and 

8 ‘‘(3) with respect to grants authorized by 7 

9 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19), the Secretary of Agriculture 

10 shall not require the applicant to demonstrate that 

11 it is unable to finance the proposed project from its 

12 own resources, or through commercial credit at rea13 sonable rates and terms, or other funding sources 

14 without grant assistance.’’. 

15 (3) Amounts provided by this section are des16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

17 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 

18 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

19 Act of 1985. 

20 SEC. 2102. (a)(1) With respect to the 2024 crop year, 

21 if the Secretary determines that the expected gross return 

22 per acre for an eligible commodity determined under para23 graph (2) is less than the expected cost of production per 

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1 the date of enactment of this Act, make a 1-time economic 

2 assistance payment to each producer of that eligible com3 modity during that crop year. 

4 (2) The expected gross return per acre for an 

5 eligible commodity referred to in paragraph (1) shall 

6 be equal to— 

7 (A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor8 ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 

9 the product obtained by multiplying— 

10 (i) the projected average farm price 

11 for the applicable eligible commodity for 

12 the 2024–2025 marketing year contained 

13 in the most recent World Agricultural Sup14 ply and Demand Estimates published be15 fore the date of enactment of this Act by 

16 the World Agricultural Outlook Board; and 

17 (ii) the national average harvested 

18 yield per acre for the applicable eligible 

19 commodity for the most recent 10 crop 

20 years, as determined by the Secretary; and 

21 (B) in the case of each eligible commodity 

22 not specified in subparagraph (A), a com23 parable estimate of gross returns, as deter24 mined by the Secretary. 


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1 (3) The expected cost of production per acre for 

2 an eligible commodity referred to in paragraph (1) 

3 shall be equal to— 

4 (A) in the case of wheat, corn, grain sor5 ghum, barley, oats, cotton, rice, and soybeans, 

6 the total costs listed for the 2024 crop year 

7 with respect to the applicable eligible com8 modity contained in the most recent data prod9 uct entitled ‘‘national average cost-of-produc10 tion forecasts for major U.S. field crops’’ pub11 lished by the Economic Research Service; and 

12 (B) in the case of each eligible commodity 

13 not specified in subparagraph (A), a com14 parable total estimated cost-of-production, as 

15 determined by the Secretary. 

16 (4)(A) The amount of an economic assistance 

17 payment to a producer for an eligible commodity 

18 under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 26 percent of 

19 the product obtained by multiplying— 

20 (i) the economic loss for that eligible 

21 commodity determined under subpara22 graph (B); and 

23 (ii) the eligible acres of that eligible 

24 commodity on the farm determined under 

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1 (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), 

2 the economic loss for an eligible commodity 

3 shall be equal to the difference between— 

4 (i) the expected cost of production per 

5 acre for that eligible commodity, as deter6 mined under paragraph (3); and 

7 (ii) the expected gross return per acre 

8 for that eligible commodity, as determined 

9 under paragraph (2). 

10 (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), 

11 the eligible acres of an eligible commodity on a 

12 farm shall be equal to the sum obtained by add13 ing— 

14 (i) the acreage planted on the farm to 

15 that eligible commodity for harvest, graz16 ing, haying, silage, or other similar pur17 poses for the 2024 crop year; and 

18 (ii) an amount equal to 50 percent of 

19 the acreage on the farm that was pre20 vented from being planted during the 2024 

21 crop year to that eligible commodity be22 cause of drought, flood, or other natural 

23 disaster, or other condition beyond the con24 trol of the producers on the farm, as deter25 mined by the Secretary. 


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1 (D) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(i), 

2 the Secretary shall consider acreage planted to 

3 include any land devoted to planted acres for 

4 accepted skip-row planting patterns, as deter5 mined by the Secretary. 

6 (E) If the Secretary determines there is in7 sufficient data to determine the comparable es8 timate of gross returns with respect to an eligi9 ble commodity under paragraph (2)(B) or a 

10 comparable total estimated cost-of-production 

11 with respect to an eligible commodity under 

12 paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary shall use data 

13 related to a similarly situated commodity for 

14 purposes of determining the payment amount 

15 under this paragraph. 

16 (5) In no case shall the amount of an economic 

17 assistance payment to a producer for an eligible 

18 commodity under paragraph (1) be equal to less 

19 than the product obtained by multiplying— 

20 (A) 8 percent of the reference price for the 

21 eligible commodity described in section 

22 1111(19) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

23 U.S.C. 9011(19)); 


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1 (B) the national average payment yield for 

2 the eligible commodity described in section 

3 1111(15) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9011(15)); and 

4 (C) the number of eligible acres for the eli5 gible commodity described in paragraph (4)(C). 

6 (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), sections 

7 1001, 1001A, 1001B, and 1001C of the Food Security 

8 Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308, 1308–1, 1308–2, 1308–3) 

9 shall apply with respect to assistance provided under this 

10 section. 

11 (2) The total amount of payments received, di12 rectly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (ex13 cept a joint venture or general partnership) under 

14 this section may not exceed— 

15 (A) $125,000, if less than 75 percent of 

16 the average gross income of the person or legal 

17 entity for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tax years 

18 is derived from farming, ranching, or 

19 silviculture activities; and 

20 (B) $250,000, if not less than 75 percent 

21 of the average gross income of the person or 

22 legal entity for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 tax 

23 years is derived from farming, ranching, or 

24 silviculture activities. 


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1 (3) The payment limitations under paragraph 

2 (2) shall be separate from annual payment limita3 tions under any other program. 

4 (c) In this section: 

5 (1) The terms ‘‘extra-long staple cotton’’ and 

6 ‘‘producer’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

7 section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

8 U.S.C. 9011). 

9 (2) The term ‘‘cotton’’ means extra-long staple 

10 cotton and upland cotton. 

11 (3)(A) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ means a 

12 loan commodity (as defined in section 1201(a) of the 

13 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9031(a)). 

14 (B) The term ‘‘eligible commodity’’ does 

15 not include graded wool, nongraded wool, mo16 hair, or honey. 

17 (4) The terms ‘‘legal entity’’ and ‘‘person’’ have 

18 the meanings given those terms in section 1001(a) 

19 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 

20 1308(a)). 

21 (5) The term ‘‘rice’’ means long grain rice and 

22 medium grain rice. 

23 (6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

24 of Agriculture. 


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1 (d) Amounts provided by this section are designated 

2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 TITLE II 

6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop11 ment Assistance Programs’’, $1,510,000,000, to remain 

12 available until expended, pursuant to sections 209 and 703 

13 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 3149 and 3233), for economic adjustment assist15 ance related to flood mitigation, disaster relief, long-term 

16 recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that 

17 received a major disaster designation as a result of hurri18 canes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, 

19 and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 

20 2023 and 2024 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re21 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 

22 seq.): Provided, That within the amount appropriated 

23 under this heading in this Act, up to 3 percent of funds 

24 may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for admin25 istration and oversight activities: Provided further, That 


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1 within the amount appropriated under this heading in this 

2 Act, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Delta Re3 gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.): Provided fur4 ther, That the Delta Regional Authority shall notify the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate 15 days prior to the obligation of 

7 the amounts made available under the preceding proviso: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is au9 thorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such tem10 porary personnel as may be necessary to implement the 

11 requirements under this heading in this Act, without re12 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov13 erning appointments in the competitive service: Provided 

14 further, That within the amount appropriated under this 

15 heading in this Act, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to 

16 ‘‘Departmental Management—Office of Inspector Gen17 eral’’ for carrying out investigations and audits related to 

18 the funding provided under this heading in this Act: Pro19 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con20 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

21 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 

5 and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of hurricanes, typhoons, flooding, wildfires, and 

7 other disasters in calendar years 2023 and 2024, 

8 $244,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2026, as follows: 

10 (1) $144,000,000 for repair and replacement of 

11 observing assets, real property, and equipment; for 

12 marine debris assessment and removal; and for map13 ping, charting, and geodesy services; and 

14 (2) $100,000,000 for necessary expenses re15 lated to the consequences of tornadoes, hurricanes, 

16 typhoons, flooding, and wildfires in calendar year 

17 2024; 

18 Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad19 ministration shall submit a spending plan to the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

21 and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 

23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

2 1985. 

3 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi5 tion and Construction’’ for necessary expenses related to 

6 the consequences of hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, volca7 noes, and other disasters in calendar years 2022, 2023 

8 and 2024, $499,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, as follows: 

10 (1) $100,000,000 for repair and replacement of 

11 observing assets, real property, and equipment; and 

12 (2) $399,000,000 for the acquisition of hurri13 cane hunter aircraft and related expenses as author14 ized under section 11708 of division K of Public 

15 Law 117–263: 

16 Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad17 ministration shall submit a spending plan to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of 

20 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 

21 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

22 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985. 


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1 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As3 sistance’’ for necessary expenses associated with fishery 

4 resource disaster relief as authorized by law, 

5 $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That notwithstanding section 312(a)(3)(A) of the 

7 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage8 ment Act (18 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(3)(A)), any request for a 

9 fishery resource disaster determination in Tribal salmon 

10 and urchin fisheries received by the Secretary prior to 

11 September 30, 2025, may be evaluated by the Secretary: 

12 Provided further, That a portion of the amounts provided 

13 under this heading in this Act shall be used to provide 

14 additional assistance up to the historical percentage for 

15 positively determined disasters announced in calendar year 

16 2024 that were partially funded: Provided further, That 

17 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

18 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

22 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex25 penses’’, $12,000,000, to remain available until September 


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1 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the protection 

2 of the residences of the Supreme Court Justices: Provided, 

3 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

4 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili10 ties’’, $64,795,500, to remain available until expended, for 

11 necessary expenses related to the consequences of major 

12 disasters: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

13 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur14 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SCIENCE 

17 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

18 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

19 RESTORATION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction and En22 vironmental Compliance and Restoration’’ for repair and 

23 replacement of National Aeronautics and Space Adminis24 tration facilities damaged by hurricanes, tropical storms, 

25 typhoons, and tornadoes in calendar years 2023 and 2024, 


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1 $740,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That up to 20 percent of such amount may be 

3 transferred to ‘‘Space Operations’’ for necessary expenses 

4 related to communications facilities and equipment, re5 quired remediation, and alternative operations caused by 

6 Typhoon Mawar: Provided further, That except as pro7 vided in the preceding proviso, the amounts appropriated 

8 under this heading in this Act shall not be available for 

9 transfer under any transfer authority provided for the Na10 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration in an appro11 priation Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That 

12 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 

13 submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 

15 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 

16 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 TITLE III 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main25 tenance, Army’’, $451,894,000, to remain available until 


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1 September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 

2 consequences of severe storms, straight-line winds, torna3 does, microbursts, and hurricanes in calendar years 2023 

4 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

5 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur6 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main10 tenance, Navy’’, $1,454,153,000, to remain available until 

11 September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 

12 consequences of Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, Idalia, Helene, 

13 and Milton, Typhoon Mawar, and severe storms in cal14 endar year 2023: Provided, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re16 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main20 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $8,900,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 

22 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: 

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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Air Force’’, $912,778,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 

7 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 

8 Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main14 tenance, Space Force’’, $90,230,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 

16 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 

17 Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main23 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,208,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 

25 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: 


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1 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

2 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec3 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Army Reserve’’, $19,594,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related 

9 to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and 

10 microbursts in calendar year 2024: Provided, That such 

11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

12 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main17 tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $1,319,000, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses re19 lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Mil20 ton and Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is 

21 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re22 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

2 GUARD

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main4 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $26,065,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses 

6 related to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and Mil7 ton, Typhoon Mawar, and severe storms in calendar years 

8 2023 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated 

9 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main14 tenance, Air National Guard’’, $2,209,000, to remain 

15 available until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses 

16 related to the consequences of Hurricane Helene and Ty17 phoon Mawar: Provided, That such amount is designated 

18 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg20 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 PROCUREMENT 

22 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am24 munition, Army’’, $125,100,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 


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1 consequences of Hurricane Helene: Provided, That such 

2 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

3 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

8 Air Force’’, $129,722,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 

10 consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such 

11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

12 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Space 

17 Force’’, $37,994,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the con19 sequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That such 

20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

2 EVALUATION 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

4 ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop6 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $41,400,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2026, for necessary ex8 penses related to the consequences of severe storms and 

9 wave overwash: Provided, That such amount is designated 

10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

14 AIR FORCE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop16 ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $69,278,000, to 

17 remain available until September 30, 2026, for necessary 

18 expenses related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: 

19 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

20 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

2 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro4 gram’’, $17,362,000, to remain available until September 

5 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, 

7 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

8 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

13 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

14 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

15 INVESTIGATIONS

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’, 

17 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec18 essary expenses related to the completion, or initiation and 

19 completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, includ20 ing shore protection, studies that are currently authorized, 

21 to reduce risks from future floods and hurricanes, at full 

22 Federal expense: Provided, That amounts made available 

23 under this heading in this Act shall be for high-priority 

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1 endar year 2022, 2023, or 2024: Provided further, That 

2 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act and not less than three business days prior to public 

4 release, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate a detailed work plan for the funds 

7 provided under this heading in this Act, including a list 

8 of study locations, new studies selected to be initiated, the 

9 total cost for each study selected for funding, the remain10 ing cost for each ongoing study selected for funding, and 

11 a schedule by fiscal year of the proposed use of such funds: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall not 

13 deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been sub14 mitted to such Committees: Provided further, That funds 

15 included in a submitted work plan shall be deemed allo16 cated to specific projects and subject to the reprogram17 ming requirements specified in section 101(6) of the En18 ergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ap19 propriations Act, 2024: Provided further, That beginning 

20 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act and until all amounts provided under this heading in 

22 this Act have been expended, the Assistant Secretary of 

23 the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quarterly report 

24 directly to such Committees detailing the allocation, obli25 gation, and expenditure of the funds provided under this 


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1 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount 

2 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

3 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

5 1985. 

6 CONSTRUCTION

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 

8 $700,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec9 essary expenses to address emergency situations at Corps 

10 of Engineers projects, construct Corps of Engineers 

11 projects, and rehabilitate and repair damages caused by 

12 natural disasters to Corps of Engineers projects: Provided, 

13 That of the amount provided under this heading in this 

14 Act, $100,000,000 shall be used for continuing authorities 

15 projects to reduce the risk of flooding and storm damage, 

16 notwithstanding project number or program cost limita17 tions: Provided further, That of the amount provided 

18 under this heading in this Act, $300,000,000 shall be to 

19 complete, or initiate and complete, without regard to new 

20 start or new investment decision considerations, a useful 

21 increment of work for water-related environmental infra22 structure assistance in States and insular areas that were 

23 impacted by disasters occurring in or prior to calendar 

24 year 2024: Provided further, That of the amount provided 

25 under this heading in this Act, $300,000,000 shall be for 


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1 projects that have previously received funds under this 

2 heading in chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Ap3 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2), 

4 title IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 

5 (Public Law 115–123), or title IV of the Disaster Relief 

6 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 

7 Public Law 117–43), and for which non-Federal interests 

8 have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary 

9 as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

10 That each project receiving funds pursuant to the pre11 ceding proviso shall be subject to the terms and conditions 

12 of such chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appro13 priations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–2), title 

14 IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 

15 (Public Law 115–123), or title IV of the Disaster Relief 

16 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 

17 Public Law 117–43), and as specifically modified by sec18 tion 111 of the Energy and Water Development and Re19 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of 

20 Public Law 118–42), as applicable: Provided further, That 

21 of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 

22 such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 

23 eligible construction costs for coastal harbors and chan24 nels, and for inland harbors eligible to be derived from 

25 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund under section 101 


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1 or section 104 of the Water Resources and Development 

2 Act of 2020 shall be derived from the general fund of the 

3 Treasury: Provided further, That for projects receiving 

4 funding under this heading in this Act, the limitation con5 cerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Re6 sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 

7 shall not apply to funds provided under this heading in 

8 this Act: Provided further, That for any projects using 

9 funding provided under this heading in this Act, the non10 Federal cash contribution for projects shall be financed 

11 in accordance with the provisions of section 103(k) of Pub12 lic Law 99–662 over a period of 30 years from the date 

13 of completion of the project, separable element, or useful 

14 increment: Provided further, That any projects initiated 

15 using funds provided under this heading in this Act shall 

16 be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered 

17 into binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, 

18 where applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 

19 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replace20 ment, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold 

21 and save the United States free from damages due to the 

22 construction or operation and maintenance of the project, 

23 except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the 

24 United States or its contractors: Provided further, That 

25 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 


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1 Act and not less than three business days prior to public 

2 release, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent4 atives and the Senate a detailed work plan for the funds 

5 provided under this heading in this Act, including a list 

6 of project locations, the total cost for all projects, and a 

7 schedule by fiscal year of proposed use of such funds: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 

9 the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to such 

10 Committees: Provided further, That funds included in a 

11 submitted work plan shall be deemed allocated to specific 

12 projects and subject to the reprogramming requirements 

13 specified in section 101(7) of the Energy and Water De14 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

15 2024: Provided further, That beginning not later than 60 

16 days after the date of enactment of this Act and until all 

17 amounts provided under this heading in this Act have been 

18 expended, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 

19 Works shall provide a quarterly report directly to such 

20 Committees detailing the allocation, obligation, and ex21 penditure of the funds provided under this heading in this 

22 Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 

23 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur24 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 

3 Tributaries’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, for necessary expenses to address emergency situ5 ations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, 

6 and rehabilitate and repair damages to Corps of Engineers 

7 projects, caused by natural disasters: Provided, That be8 ginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act and until all amounts provided under this head10 ing in this Act have been expended, the Assistant Sec11 retary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quar12 terly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 

14 the allocation, obligation, and expenditure of the funds 

15 provided under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 

16 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

17 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 

22 Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the 

23 Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), $745,000,000, 

24 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 

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1 and support emergency operations, repairs, and other ac2 tivities in response to such disasters, as authorized by law: 

3 Provided, That funding provided under this heading in 

4 this Act utilized to repair authorized shore protection 

5 projects shall restore such projects to their full project 

6 profile at full Federal expense: Provided further, That be7 ginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act and until all amounts provided under this head9 ing in this Act have been expended, the Chief of Engineers 

10 shall provide a quarterly report directly to the Committees 

11 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Senate detailing the allocation, obligation, and expenditure 

13 of the funds provided under this heading in this Act: Pro14 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con15 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

16 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

19 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

20 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 

22 Resources’’, $74,464,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which $27,930,000 shall be for necessary ex24 penses related to the consequences of natural disasters 

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1 That $46,534,000 shall be available for deposit into the 

2 Aging Infrastructure Account established by section 

3 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 

4 of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)), and shall be made avail5 able for reserved or transferred works that have suffered 

6 a critical failure, in accordance with section 40901(2)(A) 

7 of division D of Public Law 117–58: Provided further, 

8 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

9 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

13 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

14 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Strategic Petroleum 

16 Reserve’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, for necessary expenses related to damages caused 

18 by natural disasters: Provided, That such amount is des19 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re20 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

2 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Activities’’, 

6 $1,884,000, to remain available until expended, for nec7 essary expenses related to damages caused by Hurricanes 

8 Helene and Milton: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

13 ACTIVITIES 

14 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Environ16 mental Cleanup’’, $2,415,000, to remain available until 

17 expended, for necessary expenses related to damages 

18 caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That 

19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex6 penses’’, $13,597,000, to remain available until expended, 

7 for protection of the residences of the Supreme Court Jus8 tices: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

9 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

10 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

13 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

14 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Loans Pro17 gram Account’’ for the cost of direct loans authorized by 

18 section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $2,249,000,000, 

19 to remain available until expended, of which $50,000,000 

20 shall be transferred to ‘‘Small Business Administration— 

21 Office of Inspector General’’ for audits and reviews of dis22 aster loans and the disaster loans programs, and of which 

23 $613,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Small Business Ad24 ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’ for administrative 

25 expenses to carry out the disaster loan program authorized 


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1 by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided, That 

2 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

3 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 TITLE VI 

7 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

8 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

9 INVESTIGATIONS 

10 COAST GUARD

11 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup13 port’’, $102,500,000, to remain available until September 

14 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the con15 sequences of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and 

16 other disasters, including for minor repairs, maintenance, 

17 and environmental remediation costs: Provided, That the 

18 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate an expenditure plan and quarterly 

21 updates for the expenditure of such funds: Provided fur22 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

23 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con3 struction, and Improvements’’, $210,200,000, to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses 

5 related to the consequences of disasters: Provided, That 

6 the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and the Senate an expenditure plan and quarterly 

9 updates for the expenditure of such funds: Provided fur10 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

11 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

15 RECOVERY 

16 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

17 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief 

20 Fund’’, $29,000,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, of which $28,000,000,000 shall be for major dis22 asters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis23 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 5121 et seq.): Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be trans25 ferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General—Operations and 


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1 Support’’ for audits and investigations funded under 

2 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re3 lief Fund’’: Provided further, That such amount is des4 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re5 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 HERMIT’S PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE ASSISTANCE

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Hermit’s Peak/Calf 

11 Canyon Fire Assistance Account’’, $1,500,000,000, to re12 main available until expended: Provided, That $1,000,000 

13 shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General—Op14 erations and Support’’ for oversight of activities author15 ized by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance 

16 Act: Provided further, That the amounts provided under 

17 this heading in this Act shall be subject to the reporting 

18 requirement in the third proviso of section 136 of the Con19 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public 

20 Law 117–180): Provided further, That amounts provided 

21 under this heading in this Act shall be subject to the same 

22 authorities and conditions as if such amounts were pro23 vided by title III of the Department of Homeland Security 

24 Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118– 

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1 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur2 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

5 SERVICES 

6 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS

7 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con9 struction, and Improvements’’, $14,020,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses 

11 relating to the consequences of disasters: Provided, That 

12 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

13 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 TITLE VII 

17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

18 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

19 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands 

21 and Resources’’, $58,115,000, to remain available until 

22 expended, for necessary expenses related to the con23 sequences of natural disasters occurring in and prior to 

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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 

6 $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for nec7 essary expenses related to the consequences of natural dis8 asters occurring in and prior to calendar year 2024: Pro9 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

10 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

14 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Historic Preservation 

16 Fund’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

17 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of nat18 ural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar year 

19 2024, including costs to States, Tribes, and territories 

20 necessary to complete compliance activities required by 

21 section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, and costs 

22 needed to administer the program: Provided, That funds 

23 appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be used 

24 for historic and cultural resource preservation work that 

25 meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and 


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1 Guidelines as published in the Federal Register (Vol. 48, 

2 No. 190, September 29, 1983), to include Reconstruction 

3 of National Register listed or eligible sites: Provided fur4 ther, That grants using funds appropriated under this 

5 heading in this Act shall only be available for areas that 

6 have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the 

7 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist8 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That 

9 such grants shall not be subject to a non-Federal matching 

10 requirement: Provided further, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 CONSTRUCTION

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 

16 $2,262,871,000, to remain available until expended, for 

17 necessary expenses related to the consequences of disas18 ters, including hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes, and 

19 other severe storms, wildfire, fire, and flooding occurring 

20 in and prior to calendar year 2024: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

22 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

2 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga4 tions, and Research’’, $2,743,000, to remain available 

5 until expended, for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of natural disasters occurring in and prior to 

7 calendar year 2024: Provided, That such amount is des8 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re9 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 INDIAN AFFAIRS

12 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

13 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 

15 Programs’’, $17,765,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

17 of natural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar 

18 year 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

19 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur20 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

21 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

23 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Construc25 tion’’, $153,000,000, to remain available until expended, 


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1 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of nat2 ural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar year 

3 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

4 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

5 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex10 penses’’, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 for oversight of the Department of the Interior activities 

12 funded by this Act: Provided, That such amount is des13 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

17 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

18 PROGRAM

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Leaking Underground 

20 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’, $17,000,000, to re21 main available until expended, for necessary expenses re22 lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Helene and 

23 Hilary: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As5 sistance Grants’’, $3,000,000,000 to remain available 

6 until expended, of which $1,230,000,000 shall be for cap7 italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

8 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con9 trol Act, and of which $1,770,000,000 shall be for capital10 ization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

11 Water Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 604(a) 

12 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 

13 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds ap14 propriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be pro15 vided to States or territories in EPA Regions 3, 4, and 

16 9 in amounts determined by the Administrator of the En17 vironmental Protection Agency for wastewater treatment 

18 works and drinking water facilities impacted by Hurri19 canes Helene and Milton and Hawaii wildfires: Provided 

20 further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 

21 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and sec22 tion 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the 

23 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, each 

24 State shall use not less than 30 percent of the amount 

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1 tion to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin2 cipal, negative interest loans or grants, or any combination 

3 of these: Provided further, That the funds appropriated 

4 under this paragraph in this Act shall be used for eligible 

5 projects whose purpose is to reduce flood or fire damage 

6 risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid hy7 drologic change or natural disaster at treatment works, 

8 as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 

9 Control Act, or any eligible facilities under section 1452 

10 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other eligible 

11 tasks at such treatment works or facilities necessary to 

12 further such purposes: Provided further, That the funds 

13 provided under this paragraph in this Act shall not be sub14 ject to the matching or cost share requirements of section 

15 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, 

16 That funds provided under this paragraph in this Act shall 

17 not be subject to the matching or cost share requirements 

18 of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3), or 202 of the Federal 

19 Water Pollution Control Act: Provided further, That the 

20 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

21 may retain up to $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

22 under this paragraph in this Act for management and 

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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As4 sistance Grants’’, $85,000,000, to remain available until 

5 expended, for capitalization grants for the Clean Water 

6 State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water 

7 Pollution Control Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 

8 section 604(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

9 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall 

10 be provided to States or territories in EPA Regions 3 and 

11 4 impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in amounts 

12 determined by the Administrator of the Environmental 

13 Protection Agency to improve the resilience of decentral14 ized wastewater treatment systems to flooding, to assess 

15 the potential to connect homes served by decentralized 

16 wastewater treatment systems to centralized wastewater 

17 systems, and to fund such connections: Provided further, 

18 That notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(i) 

19 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, for the funds 

20 appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, each State 

21 shall use 100 percent of the amount of its capitalization 

22 grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipi23 ents in the form of forgiveness of principal, grants, nega24 tive interest loans, other loan forgiveness, and through 

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1 tion thereof: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

2 under this paragraph in this Act shall not be subject to 

3 the matching or cost share requirements of sections 

4 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3), or 202 of the Federal Water Pollu5 tion Control Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 

6 of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain up to 

7 $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this para8 graph in this Act for management and oversight: Provided 

9 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

10 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As14 sistance Grants’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended, for necessary expenses to address water emer16 gencies under section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1(b)) or section 504(a) of the Fed18 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1364) in 

19 States or territories in EPA Regions 3 and 4 impacted 

20 by Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

22 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may 

23 be used to provide technical assistance and grants regard24 less of whether the emergency situation presents a sub25 stantial danger to public health: Provided further, That 


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1 notwithstanding section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking 

2 Water Act, funds appropriated under this paragraph in 

3 this Act may be used to provide grants regardless of 

4 whether such grants will be used to support actions that 

5 would not otherwise be taken without emergency assist6 ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

7 this paragraph in this Act may be used to provide tech8 nical assistance and grants under section 1442(b) of the 

9 Safe Drinking Water Act to any appropriate recipient, as 

10 determined by the Administrator of the Environmental 

11 Protection Agency, to assist in responding to and alle12 viating an emergency situation affecting a privately owned 

13 water system: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

14 under this paragraph in this Act may be used to take ac15 tions authorized under section 504(a) of the Federal 

16 Water Pollution Control Act that the Administrator of the 

17 Environmental Protection Agency deems necessary to pro18 tect the health or welfare of persons affected by a water 

19 emergency, including other necessary actions and for pro20 viding technical assistance and grants to address such 

21 water emergency: Provided further, That the Adminis22 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain 

23 up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

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1 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

2 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As5 sistance Grants’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until 

6 expended, for grants and other activities authorized by 

7 subsections (a) through (c) of section 103 of the Clean 

8 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403) or section 105 of such Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 7405) for necessary expenses related to the con10 sequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, including re11 pair or replacement of damaged air monitoring equipment: 

12 Provided, That funds appropriated under this paragraph 

13 in this Act may be awarded noncompetitively: Provided 

14 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

15 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As19 sistance Grants’’, $95,000,000, to remain available until 

20 expended, for the hazardous waste financial assistance 

21 grants program and other solid waste management activi22 ties for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 

23 Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Provided, That none of the 

24 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall 

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1 Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Envi2 ronmental Protection Agency may retain up to $500,000 

3 of the funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act 

4 for management and oversight: Provided further, That 

5 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

10 FOREST SERVICE

11 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest Service Oper13 ations’’, $68,100,000, to remain available until expended, 

14 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of cal15 endar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 wildfires, hurricanes, 

16 and other natural disasters: Provided, That such amount 

17 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

18 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

20 1985. 

21 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland 

23 Research’’, $26,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

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1 canes, and other natural disasters: Provided, That such 

2 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

3 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘State, Private, and 

8 Tribal Forestry’’, $208,000,000, to remain available until 

9 expended, for necessary expenses related to the con10 sequences of calendar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 

11 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters: Pro12 vided, That of the amounts made available under this 

13 heading in this Act, $14,000,000 shall be to provide For14 est Health Protection assistance to States for an emerging 

15 eastern spruce budworm outbreak approaching the north16 eastern U.S. border: Provided further, That with respect 

17 to the preceding proviso, an award of financial assistance 

18 from the Forest Service will not be subject to a non-Fed19 eral cost-share requirement: Provided further, That such 

20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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1 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys3 tem’’, $2,523,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

4 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

5 heading in this Act, $2,448,000,000 shall be for necessary 

6 expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 

7 2022, 2023, and 2024 wildfires, hurricanes, and other 

8 natural disasters: Provided further, That of the amounts 

9 made available under this heading in this Act, 

10 $75,000,000 shall be for the construction or maintenance 

11 of shaded fuel breaks in the Pacific Regions: Provided fur12 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

13 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 

18 and Maintenance’’, $3,525,000,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, for necessary expenses related to the con20 sequences of calendar year 2022, 2023, and 2024 

21 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters: Pro22 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

2 SEC. 2701. Notwithstanding section 3304 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, and without regard to the provisions 

4 of sections 3309 through 3318 of such title 5, the Sec5 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 

6 acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may re7 cruit and directly appoint highly qualified individuals into 

8 the competitive service to address critical hiring needs for 

9 the planning and execution of the projects and activities 

10 funded in this title: Provided, That such authority shall 

11 not apply to positions in the Excepted Service or the Sen12 ior Executive Service: Provided further, That any action 

13 authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit prin14 ciples of section 2301 of such title 5, and the Department 

15 of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall 

16 comply with the public notice requirements of section 3327 

17 of such title 5: Provided further, That the authority under 

18 this section shall terminate on September 30, 2029: Pro19 vided further, That amounts provided by this section are 

20 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 SEC. 2702. Not later than 45 days after the date of 

24 enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro25 priated by this title shall provide a detailed operating plan 


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1 of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title 

2 by State and Territory, and by program, project, and ac3 tivity, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no such 

5 funds shall be obligated before the operating plans are 

6 provided to such Committees: Provided further, That such 

7 plans shall be updated, including obligations and expendi8 tures to date, and submitted to such Committees on Ap9 propriations every 60 days until all such funds are ex10 pended. 

11 TITLE VIII 

12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

13 SERVICES 

14 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

15 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

16 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 

18 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 

19 $250,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

20 2026, for necessary expenses directly related to the con21 sequences of major disasters and emergencies declared 

22 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

23 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occur24 ring in 2023 and 2024 (referred to under this heading 

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1 activities authorized under section 319(a) of the Public 

2 Health Service Act: Provided, That the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services shall allocate such funds to 

4 States, territories, and Tribes based on assessed need not5 withstanding sections 658J and 658O of the Child Care 

6 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990: Provided fur7 ther, That not to exceed 2 percent of funds appropriated 

8 in this paragraph may be reserved, to remain available 

9 until expended, for Federal administration costs: Provided 

10 further, That such funds may be used for alteration, ren11 ovation, construction, equipment, and other capital im12 provement costs, including for child care facilities without 

13 regard to section 658F(b) of such Act, and for other ex14 penditures related to child care, as necessary to meet the 

15 needs of areas affected by a covered disaster or emergency: 

16 Provided further, That funds made available in this para17 graph may be used without regard to section 658G of such 

18 Act and with amounts allocated for such purposes ex19 cluded from the calculation of percentages under sub20 section 658E(c)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That 

21 notwithstanding section 658J(c) of such Act, funds allot22 ted to a State may be obligated by the State in that fiscal 

23 year or the succeeding three fiscal years: Provided further, 

24 That Federal interest provisions will not apply to the ren25 ovation or construction of privately-owned family child 


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1 care homes, and the Secretary of Health and Human 

2 Services shall develop parameters on the use of funds for 

3 family child care homes: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary shall not retain Federal interest after a period of 

5 10 years (from the date on which the funds are made 

6 available to purchase or improve the property) in any facil7 ity renovated or constructed with funds made available in 

8 this paragraph: Provided further, That funds made avail9 able in this paragraph shall not be available for costs that 

10 are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management 

11 Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self-insur12 ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 

13 paragraph may be made available to restore amounts, ei14 ther directly or through reimbursement, for obligations in15 curred for such purposes, prior to the date of enactment 

16 of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des17 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re18 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 

21 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 

22 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2025: Provided, That amounts made available in this 

24 paragraph shall be available without regard to require25 ments in sections 658E(c)(3)(E) or 658G of the Child 


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1 Care and Development Block Grant Act: Provided further, 

2 That payments made to States, territories, Indian Tribes, 

3 and Tribal organizations from amounts made available in 

4 this paragraph shall be obligated in this fiscal year or the 

5 succeeding two fiscal years: Provided further, That 

6 amounts made available in this paragraph shall be used 

7 to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and 

8 local public funds expended to provide child care services 

9 for eligible individuals: Provided further, That such 

10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 

15 SEC. 2801. Not later than 45 days after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro17 priated by this title in this Act shall provide a detailed 

18 operating plan of anticipated uses of funds made available 

19 in this title in this Act by State and territory, and by pro20 gram, project, and activity, to the Committees on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

22 Provided, That no such funds shall be obligated before the 

23 operating plans are provided to such Committees: Pro24 vided further, That such plans shall be updated, including 

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1 available in this title in this Act, and submitted to such 

2 Committees quarterly until all such funds expire. 

3 TITLE IX 

4 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

5 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex8 penses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

9 for audits and investigations related to Hurricanes Helene 

10 and Milton, and other disasters declared pursuant to the 

11 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist12 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in calendar years 2023 

13 and 2024: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

14 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur15 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

16 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 TITLE X 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

21 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $1,127,281,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses 

23 related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, 

24 That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate form 1391 for each specific 

3 project and an expenditure plan for funds provided under 

4 this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds 

5 may be obligated or expended for design and military con6 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro7 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con8 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

9 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

13 Air Force’’, $487,300,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related to the 

15 consequences of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That not later 

16 than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

17 of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent19 atives and the Senate form 1391 for each specific project 

20 and an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 

21 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds 

22 may be obligated or expended for design and military con23 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con25 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 


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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

5 Army National Guard’’, $21,000,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related 

7 to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar and severe storms 

8 in calendar year 2023: Provided, That not later than 60 

9 days after enactment of this Act, the Director of the Army 

10 National Guard, or their designee, shall submit to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate form 1391 for each specific project 

13 and an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 

14 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds 

15 may be obligated or expended for design and military con16 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro17 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con18 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

19 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

22 CORPS

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1 penses related to the consequences of Typhoon Mawar: 

2 Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 

3 this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, or their designee, shall 

4 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan for 

6 funds provided under this heading in this Act: Provided 

7 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

12 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Oper14 ation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 

15 $102,168,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2026, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

17 of Typhoon Mawar: Provided, That not later than 60 days 

18 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 

19 or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap20 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen21 ate an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 

22 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount 

23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

2 1985. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

4 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

5 MEDICAL SERVICES

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 

7 $19,258,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2027, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

9 of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, That such 

10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Support and 

16 Compliance’’, $330,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 

18 consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, 

19 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

20 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 MEDICAL FACILITIES

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 

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1 2029, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

2 of Hurricanes Milton and Helene and other Federally de3 clared disasters occurring in 2023 and 2024: Provided, 

4 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

5 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Cemetery 

10 Administration’’ for necessary expenses related to the con11 sequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, $693,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 

13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

18 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Major 

20 Projects’’, $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related to the 

22 consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, 

23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Minor 

5 Projects’’, $2,020,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2029, for necessary expenses related to the 

7 consequences of Hurricanes Milton and Helene: Provided, 

8 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

9 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 TITLE XI 

13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

14 AGENCY 

15 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

16 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

17 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

18 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

19 CONSTRUCTION

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 

21 $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That funds provided under this heading in this Act 

23 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

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1 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con2 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

3 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 TITLE XII 

6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

7 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

8 EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM

9 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Relief 

10 Program’’ as authorized under section 125 of title 23, 

11 United States Code, $8,086,020,000, to remain available 

12 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding subsection 

13 (e) of section 120 of title 23, United States Code, for any 

14 obligations made on or after March 26, 2024, for fiscal 

15 year 2024, this fiscal year, and hereafter, the Federal 

16 share for Emergency Relief funds made available under 

17 section 125 of such title to respond to damage caused by 

18 the cargo ship Dali to the Francis Scott Key Bridge lo19 cated in Baltimore City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel 

20 Counties, Maryland, including reconstruction of that 

21 bridge and its approaches, shall be 100 percent: Provided 

22 further, That consistent with section 668.105(e) of title 

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1 cluding interest, from whatever source derived, recovered 

2 by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a toll au3 thority for repair, including reconstruction, of the Francis 

4 Scott Key Bridge located in Baltimore City and Baltimore 

5 and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, in response to, or 

6 as a result of, the damage caused by the cargo ship Dali 

7 to that bridge and its approaches, shall be used upon re8 ceipt to reduce liability on the repair, including reconstruc9 tion, of such bridge and its approaches from the emer10 gency fund authorized under section 125 of title 23, 

11 United States Code: Provided further, That any funds re12 covered and used to reduce liability pursuant to the pre13 ceding proviso shall not exceed the total amount of liability 

14 on the repair, including reconstruction, of the Francis 

15 Scott Key Bridge located in Baltimore City and Baltimore 

16 and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, and its ap17 proaches, from the emergency fund authorized under sec18 tion 125 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 

19 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

20 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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1 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop7 ment Fund’’, $12,039,000,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, for the same purposes and under the same 

9 terms and conditions as funds appropriated under such 

10 heading in title VIII of the Disaster Relief Supplemental 

11 Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–43), except 

12 that such amounts shall be for major disasters that oc13 curred in 2023 or 2024 and the fourth, tenth, 15th, 16th, 

14 20th, and 21st provisos under such heading in such Act 

15 shall not apply: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing 

16 and Urban Development shall allocate all funds provided 

17 under this heading in this Act for the total estimate for 

18 unmet needs including additional mitigation for qualifying 

19 disasters and publish such allocations in the Federal Reg20 ister no later than January 15, 2025: Provided further, 

21 That the amount obligated for each qualifying disaster 

22 area shall be no less than the amounts specified in such 

23 Federal Register publication, unless such allocation is re24 jected by the grantee: Provided further, That a grantee 

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1 the proposed use of all funds, including criteria for eligi2 bility and how the use of these funds will address long3 term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and hous4 ing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most 

5 impacted and distressed areas: Provided further, That un6 obligated balances remaining as of the date of enactment 

7 of this Act included under Treasury Appropriation Fund 

8 Symbol 86 X 0162 from Public Laws 108–324, 109–148, 

9 109–234, 110–252, 110–329, 111–212, 112–55, and 

10 113–2 shall also be available for the purposes authorized 

11 under this heading in this Act (except that the amount 

12 for each set-aside provided herein shall not be exceeded), 

13 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

14 were appropriated: Provided further, That of the amounts 

15 made available under this heading in this Act, 

16 $45,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of 

17 Housing and Urban Development—Management and Ad18 ministration—Program Offices’’ for salaries and expenses 

19 of the Office of Community Planning and Development for 

20 necessary costs, including information technology costs, of 

21 administering and overseeing the obligation and expendi22 ture of amounts made available for activities authorized 

23 under title I of the Housing and Community Development 

24 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster 

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1 and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 

2 most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a 

3 major disaster in this, prior, or future Acts (‘‘this, prior, 

4 or future disaster Acts’’): Provided further, That of the 

5 amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 

6 $1,850,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Hous7 ing and Urban Development—Information Technology 

8 Fund’’ for the disaster recovery data portal: Provided fur9 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head10 ing in this Act, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘De11 partment of Housing and Urban Development—Office of 

12 Inspector General’’ for necessary costs of overseeing and 

13 auditing amounts made available in this, prior, or future 

14 disaster Acts: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

15 available under this heading in this Act, $25,000,000 shall 

16 be made available for capacity building and technical as17 sistance, including assistance on contracting and procure18 ment processes, to support recipients of allocations from 

19 this, prior, or future disaster Acts: Provided further, That 

20 amounts made available under this heading in this Act 

21 may be used by a grantee to assist utilities as part of a 

22 disaster-related eligible activity under section 105(a) of 

23 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)): Provided further, That recipients of 

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1 that use such funds to supplement other Federal assist2 ance may adopt, without review or public comment, any 

3 environmental review, approval, or permit performed by 

4 a Federal agency, and such adoption shall satisfy the re5 sponsibilities of the recipient with respect to such environ6 mental review, approval or permit, so long as the actions 

7 covered by the existing environmental review, approval, or 

8 permit and the actions proposed for these supplemental 

9 funds are substantially the same: Provided further, That 

10 the Secretary or a State may, upon receipt of a request 

11 for release of funds and certification, immediately approve 

12 the release of funds for any activity or project if the recipi13 ent has adopted an environmental review, approval or per14 mit under the previous proviso or if the activity or project 

15 is categorically excluded from review under the National 

16 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

17 seq.), notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the Housing 

18 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

19 5304(g)(2)): Provided further, That such amount and 

20 amounts repurposed under this heading that were pre21 viously designated by the Congress as an emergency re22 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 

23 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

24 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 

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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 TITLE XIII 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 21301. Each amount appropriated or made 

6 available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise 

7 appropriated for the fiscal year involved. 

8 SEC. 21302. No part of any appropriation contained 

9 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

10 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

11 SEC. 21303. Unless otherwise provided for by this 

12 Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to 

13 appropriations accounts shall be available under the au14 thorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations 

15 accounts for fiscal year 2025. 

16 SEC. 21304. Each amount designated in divisions A 

17 or B by the Congress as being for an emergency require18 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 

19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall 

20 be available (or repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if 

21 applicable) only if the President subsequently so des22 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 

23 to the Congress. 

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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

3 and subsequently so designated by the President, and 

4 transferred pursuant to transfer authorities provided by 

5 this division shall retain such designation. 

6 SEC. 21306. Budgetary Effects.— 

7 (1) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The 

8 budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding 

9 division shall not be entered on either PAYGO score10 card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the 

11 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

12 (2) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg13 etary effects of division C and each succeeding divi14 sion shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard 

15 maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. 

16 Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

17 (3) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF18 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 

19 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint ex20 planatory statement of the committee of conference 

21 accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and sec22 tion 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary ef24 fects of division C and each succeeding division shall 

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1 (A) for purposes of section 251 of such 

2 Act; 

3 (B) for purposes of an allocation to the 

4 Committee on Appropriations pursuant to sec5 tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974; and 

7 (C) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of 

8 section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 

9 of 2010 as being included in an appropriation 

10 Act. 

11 (4) BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS.— 

12 Effective on the date of the adjournment of the sec13 ond session of the 118th Congress, and for the pur14 poses of the annual report issued pursuant to section 

15 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

16 U.S.C. 934) after such adjournment and for deter17 mining whether a sequestration order is necessary 

18 under such section, the balances on the PAYGO 

19 scorecards established pursuant to paragraphs (4) 

20 and (5) of section 4(d) of such Act shall be zero. 

21 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief 

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1 DIVISION C—HEALTH 

2 SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 

4 ‘‘Health Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2025’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this division is as follows: 

Sec. 3001. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS 

Sec. 3101. Extension for community health centers, National Health Service 

Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. 

Sec. 3102. Extension of special diabetes programs. 

Sec. 3103. National health security extensions. 

TITLE II—MEDICARE 

Sec. 3201. Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for 

certain low-volume hospitals. 

Sec. 3202. Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. 

Sec. 3203. Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services. 

Sec. 3204. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and 

selection. 

Sec. 3205. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. 

Sec. 3206. Extension of the work geographic index floor. 

Sec. 3207. Extension of certain telehealth flexibilities. 

Sec. 3208. Extending acute hospital care at home waiver authorities. 

Sec. 3209. Extension of temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs 

as covered part D drugs. 

Sec. 3210. Medicare improvement fund. 

TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 

Sec. 3301. Sexual risk avoidance education extension. 

Sec. 3302. Personal responsibility education extension. 

Sec. 3303. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. 

TITLE IV—MEDICAID 

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1 TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH 

2 EXTENDERS 

3 SEC. 3101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, 

4 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND 

5 TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 

6 GME PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CEN8 TERS.—Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and 

9 Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

12 the end; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘, 

14 $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

15 through 2023’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and 

16 ending on December 31, 2024; and’’ and inserting 

17 a semicolon; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(G) $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 

20 years 2019 through 2023; 

21 ‘‘(H) $526,027,397 for the period begin22 ning on October 1, 2023, and ending on No23 vember 17, 2023, $690,410,959 for the period 

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1 riod beginning on January 20, 2024, and end2 ing on March 8, 2024, and $3,592,328,767 for 

3 the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and 

4 ending on December 31, 2024; and 

5 ‘‘(I) $1,050,410,959 for the period begin6 ning on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 

7 31, 2025.’’. 

8 (b) EXTENSION FOR THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERV9 ICE CORPS.—Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protec10 tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 

15 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(J) $85,068,493 for the period beginning 

18 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 

19 2025.’’. 

20 (c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE

21 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 

22 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘not to exceed $230,000,000’’ 

2 and all that follows through ‘‘and ending on Decem3 ber 31, 2024,’’; and 

4 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert5 ing the following: ‘‘, not to exceed— 

6 ‘‘(A) $230,000,000, for the period of fiscal 

7 years 2011 through 2015; 

8 ‘‘(B) $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

9 2016 and 2017; 

10 ‘‘(C) $126,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

11 2018 through 2023; 

12 ‘‘(D) $16,635,616 for the period beginning 

13 on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 

14 17, 2023, $21,834,247 for the period beginning 

15 on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 

16 19, 2024, $16,982,192 for the period beginning 

17 on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 

18 2024, and $164,136,986 for the period begin19 ning on October 1, 2023, and ending on De20 cember 31, 2024; and 

21 ‘‘(E) $43,150,685 for the period beginning 

22 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 

23 2025.’’. 

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1 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public 

2 Law 117–328 for funds for programs authorized under 

3 sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.). 

5 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3014(h) 

6 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘under sub8 paragraphs (E) and (F) of section 10503(b)(1) of 

9 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 

11 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Afford12 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)) for fiscal 

13 year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (or period 

14 thereof)’’; and 

15 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and section 

16 101(d) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

17 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101(d) of division G of 

18 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, and sec19 tion 3101(d) of the Health Extensions and Other 

20 Matters Act, 2025’’. 

21 SEC. 3102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS. 

22 (a) EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS

23 FOR TYPE I DIABETES.—Section 330B(b)(2) of the Pub24 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

4 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) $39,261,745 for the period beginning 

7 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 

8 2025, to remain available until expended.’’. 

9 (b) EXTENDING FUNDING FOR SPECIAL DIABETES

10 PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS.—Section 330C(c)(2) of the 

11 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

16 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(F) $39,261,745 for the period beginning 

19 on January 1, 2025, and ending on March 31, 

20 2025, to remain available until expended.’’. 

21 SEC. 3103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS. 

22 (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘De24 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 


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1 (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Serv2 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 

4 2025’’. 

5 (c) Section 319L–1(b) of the Public Health Service 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘De7 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

8 (d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

11 (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

14 (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

17 (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Serv18 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 

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1 TITLE II—MEDICARE 

2 SEC. 3201. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOS3 PITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN 

4 LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.——Section 1886(d)(12) of the So6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre9 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 

13 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; 

15 (B) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘Decem16 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; 

17 and 

18 (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘Janu19 ary 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; 

20 and 

21 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

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1 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 

2 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

3 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 

5 Services may implement the amendments made by this 

6 section by program instruction or otherwise. 

7 SEC. 3202. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT 

8 HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.——Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the 

10 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; and 

14 (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘January 1, 

15 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of 

18 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

21 striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; and 

23 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘December 

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1 (2) PERMITTING HOSPITALS TO DECLINE RE2 CLASSIFICATION.—Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omni3 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1395ww note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

5 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

6 SEC. 3203. EXTENSION OF ADD-ON PAYMENTS FOR AMBU7 LANCE SERVICES. 

8 Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 1395m(l)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘January 

11 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘January 1, 

13 2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 1, 

14 2025’’ in each such place. 

15 SEC. 3204. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS16 URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 

17 Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 

19 (1) in the first sentence— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘$9,000,000’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘$11,030,000’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and 

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1 SEC. 3205. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS2 SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PRO4 GRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B)(xiv) of section 119 of the 

5 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 

6 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘December 31, 2024, $18,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

8 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’. 

9 (b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 

10 (b)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘December 31, 2024, $18,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

12 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’. 

13 (c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 

14 Subsection (c)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024, $6,250,000’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘March 31, 2025, $8,500,000’’. 

17 (d) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO INFORM OLDER

18 AMERICANS ABOUT BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER FED19 ERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2)(xiv) of 

20 such section 119 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

21 2024, $18,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025, 

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1 SEC. 3206. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 

2 FLOOR. 

3 Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘Janu5 ary 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025’’. 

6 SEC. 3207. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXI7 BILITIES. 

8 (a) REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND

9 EXPANDING ORIGINATING SITES FOR TELEHEALTH

10 SERVICES.—Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘end13 ing December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘ending 

14 March 31, 2025’’; and 

15 (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending 

16 on December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on 

17 March 31, 2025’’. 

18 (b) EXPANDING PRACTITIONERS ELIGIBLE TO FUR19 NISH TELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(4)(E) 

20 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E)) 

21 is amended by striking ‘‘ending on December 31, 2024’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’. 

23 (c) EXTENDING TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR FED24 ERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND RURAL

25 HEALTH CLINICS.—Section 1834(m)(8)(A) of the Social 

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1 striking ‘‘ending on December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’. 

3 (d) DELAYING THE IN-PERSON REQUIREMENTS

4 UNDER MEDICARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

5 FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND TELE6 COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.— 

7 (1) DELAY IN REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL

8 HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELE9 HEALTH.—Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social 

10 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is 

11 amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 

12 striking ‘‘on or after’’ and all that follows through 

13 ‘‘described in section 1135(g)(1)(B))’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘on or after April 1, 2025’’. 

15 (2) MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY

16 RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.—Section 1834(y)(2) of the 

17 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(y)(2)) is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and all that 

19 follows through the period at the end and inserting 

20 ‘‘April 1, 2025.’’. 

21 (3) MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY

22 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 

23 1834(o)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 1, 2025’’ and all that follows through the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2025.’’. 

3 (e) ALLOWING FOR THE FURNISHING OF AUDIO4 ONLY TELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(9) of 

5 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘ending on December 31, 2024’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’. 

8 (f) EXTENDING USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT

9 FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO RECERTIFICATION

10 OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE.—Section 

11 1814(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on 

13 December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on March 31, 

14 2025’’. 

15 (g) PROGRAM INSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.—The Sec16 retary of Health and Human Services may implement the 

17 amendments made by this section through program in18 struction or otherwise. 

19 SEC. 3208. EXTENDING ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME 

20 WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 

21 Section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1395cc–7(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem23 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 


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1 SEC. 3209. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCLUSION OF AU2 THORIZED ORAL ANTIVIRAL DRUGS AS COV3 ERED PART D DRUGS. 

4 Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

7 SEC. 3210. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 

8 Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘$3,197,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,251,000,000’’. 

11 TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 

12 SEC. 3301. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTEN13 SION. 

14 Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 710) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘December 

17 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘December 

19 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

20 SEC. 3302. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTEN21 SION. 

22 Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

2 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

3 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’; and 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 

5 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

6 31, 2025’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

8 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

9 SEC. 3303. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAM10 ILY HEALTH INFORMATION CENTERS. 

11 Section 501(c)(1)(A)(viii) of the Social Security Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A)(viii)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$3,000,000’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘April 1, 2025’’. 

17 TITLE IV—MEDICAID 

18 SEC. 3401. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE 

19 SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT CUTS. 

20 Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 1396r- 4(f)(7)(A)) is amended— 

22 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘April 1’’; and 

24 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘January 1’’ and 

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1 DIVISION D—EXTENSION OF 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 4101. EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro6 vided in this section and the amendments made by 

7 this section, notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, the authorities (including any limitations on 

9 such authorities) provided by each provision of the 

10 Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 

11 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490) and each provision of law 

12 amended by that Act (and for mandatory programs 

13 at such funding levels) as in effect (including pursu14 ant to section 102 of division B of the Further Con15 tinuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 

16 2024 (Public Law 118–22)) on September 30, 2024, 

17 shall continue and be carried out until the date spec18 ified in paragraph (2). 

19 (2) DATE SPECIFIED.—With respect to an au20 thority described in paragraph (1), the date specified 

21 in this paragraph is the later of— 

22 (A) September 30, 2025; 

23 (B) the date specified with respect to such 

24 authority in the Agriculture Improvement Act 

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1 or a provision of law amended by that Act 

2 (Public Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490); or 

3 (C) the date in effect with respect to such 

4 authority pursuant to section 102 of division B 

5 of the Further Continuing Appropriations and 

6 Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118– 

7 22)). 

8 (b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.—Programs carried 

9 out using the authorities described in subsection (a)(1) 

10 that are funded by discretionary appropriations (as de11 fined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))) shall 

13 be subject to the availability of appropriations. 

14 (c) COMMODITY PROGRAMS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of law appli16 cable to a covered commodity (as defined in section 

17 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 

18 9011)), a loan commodity (as defined in section 

19 1201 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9031)), sugarcane, or 

20 sugar beets for the 2024 crop year pursuant to title 

21 I of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9011 et seq.), each amend22 ment made by subtitle C of title I of the Agriculture 

23 Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334; 

24 132 Stat. 4511), and section 102 of division B of 

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1 Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–22) shall be 

2 applicable to the 2025 crop year for that covered 

3 commodity, loan commodity, sugarcane, or sugar 

4 beets. 

5 (2) EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.—Section 

6 1208(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 

7 9038 (a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘2026’’. 

9 (3) EXTENSION OF PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Sec10 tion 1116(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

11 U.S.C. 9016(d)) is amended, in the matter pre12 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and in13 serting ‘‘2025’’. 

14 (4) DAIRY.— 

15 (A) DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE.— 

16 (i) DURATION.—Section 1409 of the 

17 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9059) 

18 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

19 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

20 2025’’. 

21 (ii) AVAILABILITY OF PREMIUM DIS22 COUNT.—With respect to coverage for cal23 endar year 2025, section 1407(g) of the 

24 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 

25 9057(g)) shall only apply to a participating 


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1 dairy operation with respect to which the 

2 premium was reduced in accordance with 

3 that section (as applied to such partici4 pating dairy operation pursuant to section 

5 102(c)(2)(B)(ii) of division B of the Fur6 ther Continuing Appropriations and Other 

7 Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118– 

8 22)) for calendar year 2024. 

9 (B) DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PROGRAM.— 

10 Section 1502(e)(2) of the Food, Conservation, 

11 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)(2)) 

12 is amended by striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘2028’’. 

14 (5) SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE SUP15 PORT AUTHORITIES.—The provisions of law specified 

16 in— 

17 (A) subsections (a) and (b) of section 1602 

18 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 

19 9092)— 

20 (i) shall not be applicable to the 2025 

21 crops of covered commodities (as defined 

22 in section 1111 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 

23 9011)), cotton, and sugar; and 

24 (ii) shall not be applicable to milk 

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1 (B) section 1602(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 

2 9092(c)) shall not be applicable to the crops of 

3 wheat planted for harvest in calendar year 

4 2025. 

5 (d) OTHER PROGRAMS.— 

6 (1) TRADE.—Section 302(h)(2) of the Bill 

7 Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f– 

8 1(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

9 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

10 (2) GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY.— 

11 Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

12 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2019; 

13 132 Stat. 4817) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 7502. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY. 

15 ‘‘Except as otherwise specifically authorized by law 

16 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed17 eral land and facilities at El Reno, Oklahoma, adminis18 tered by the Secretary (as of the date of enactment of this 

19 Act) as the Grazinglands Research Laboratory, shall not 

20 at any time, in whole or in part, be declared to be excess 

21 or surplus Federal property under chapter 5 of subtitle 

22 I of title 40, United States Code, or otherwise be conveyed 

23 or transferred in whole or in part, for the period beginning 

24 on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 

25 September 30, 2025.’’. 


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1 (3) ENERGY.—Section 9010(b) of the Farm Se2 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

3 8110(b)) is amended in paragraphs (1)(A) and 

4 (2)(A) by striking ‘‘2024’’ each place it appears and 

5 inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

6 (e) EXCEPTIONS.— 

7 (1) COMMODITIES.—Subsection (a) does not 

8 apply with respect to mandatory funding under the 

9 following provisions of law: 

10 (A) Section 1614(c)(4) of the Agricultural 

11 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9097(c)(4)). 

12 (B) Section 12314(h) of the Agricultural 

13 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 2101 note; Public Law 

14 113–79). 

15 (C) Section 12315(f) of the Agricultural 

16 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 7101 note; Public Law 

17 113–79). 

18 (D) Section 12316(a) of the Agricultural 

19 Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 7101 note; Public Law 

20 113–79). 

21 (2) CONSERVATION.— 

22 (A) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Subsection 

23 (a) does not apply with respect to mandatory 

24 funding under the following provisions of law 

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1 (i) Section 1240O(b)(3) of the Food 

2 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 

3 2(b)(3)). 

4 (ii) Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food 

5 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 

6 5(f)(1)). 

7 (iii) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

8 section 1241(a)(1) of the Food Security 

9 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(1)). 

10 (iv) Section 2408(g)(1) of the Agri11 culture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 

12 U.S.C. 8351 note). 

13 (B) LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (a) does 

14 not apply with respect to limitations under the 

15 following provisions of law: 

16 (i) Section 1240G of the Food Secu17 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7). 

18 (ii) Section 1240L(f) of the Food Se19 curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

20 24(f)). 

21 (3) NUTRITION.—Subsection (a) does not apply 

22 with respect to the mandatory funding in section 

23 203D(d)(5) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 

24 of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(5)). 


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1 (4) RURAL DEVELOPMENT.—Subsection (a) 

2 does not apply with respect to the mandatory fund3 ing in section 313B(e)(2) of the Rural Electrifica4 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–2(e)(2)). 

5 (5) RESEARCH.—Subsection (a) does not apply 

6 with respect to mandatory funding under the fol7 lowing provisions of law: 

8 (A) Section 1446(b)(1) of the National Ag9 ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 

10 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222a(b)(1)). 

11 (B) Section 1672E(d)(1) of the Food, Ag12 riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 

13 (7 U.S.C. 5925g(d)(1)). 

14 (C) Section 7601(g)(1)(A) of the Agricul15 tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5939(g)(1)(A)). 

16 (6) ENERGY.—Subsection (a) does not apply 

17 with respect to mandatory funding under the fol18 lowing provisions of law: 

19 (A) Section 9002(k)(1) of the Farm Secu20 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

21 U.S.C. 8102(k)(1)). 

22 (B) Section 9003(g)(1)(A) of the Farm Se23 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

24 U.S.C. 8103(g)(1)(A)). 


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1 (C) Section 9005(g)(1) of the Farm Secu2 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

3 U.S.C. 8105(g)(1)). 

4 (7) HORTICULTURE.—Subsection (a) does not 

5 apply with respect to mandatory funding under the 

6 following provisions of law: 

7 (A) Section 7407(d)(1) of the Farm Secu8 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

9 U.S.C. 5925c(d)(1)). 

10 (B) Section 2123(c)(4) of the Organic 

11 Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

12 6522(c)(4)). 

13 (C) Section 10606(d)(1)(C) of the Farm 

14 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

15 U.S.C. 6523(d)(1)(C)). 

16 (D) Section 10109(c)(1) of the Agriculture 

17 Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

18 334). 

19 (8) MISCELLANEOUS.—Subsection (a) does not 

20 apply with respect to mandatory funding under the 

21 following provisions of law: 

22 (A) Section 209(c) of the Agricultural 

23 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)). 


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1 (B) Section 12605(d) of the Agriculture 

2 Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7632 

3 note). 

4 (f) REPORTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

6 any requirement under a provision of law described 

7 in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to submit a re8 port on a recurring basis, and the final report under 

9 which was required to be submitted during fiscal 

10 year 2024, shall continue, and the requirement shall 

11 be carried out, on the same recurring basis, until the 

12 later of the dates specified in paragraph (2) of that 

13 subsection. 

14 (2) APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED.—If discre15 tionary appropriations (as defined in section 250(c) 

16 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con17 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))) are required to 

18 carry out a reporting requirement described in para19 graph (1), the application of that paragraph to that 

20 reporting requirement shall be subject to the avail21 ability of appropriations. 

22 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend23 ments made by this section shall be applied and adminis24 tered as if this section and those amendments had been 

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1 DIVISION E—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 5101. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 

3 WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(b) of Public Law 117– 

5 25 (135 Stat. 297; 136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984) is 

6 amended, in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking ‘‘October 

7 1, 2024’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘March 14, 

8 2025’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on September 

11 30, 2024. 

12 SEC. 5102. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS13 SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 

14 Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 

15 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem16 ber 20, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 14, 2025’’. 

17 SEC. 5103. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 

18 Section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘December 23, 2024’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘March 14, 2025’’. 

21 SEC. 5104. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS22 TEM AUTHORIZATION. 

23 Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity En24 hancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘December 20, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

2 14, 2025’’. 

3 SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER FOR 

4 FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES. 

5 Effective as if included in the enactment of the Tem6 porary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency 

7 Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act (Public Law 116– 

8 114), section 2 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘De9 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2025’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 20, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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