H. R. 7463 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

An Act 

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

DIVISION A—EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 

DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 

Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 

referring only to the provisions of that division. 

DIVISION A—EXTENSION OF CONTINUING 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 

SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 (division 

A of Public Law 118–15) is further amended— 

(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 

inserting ‘‘March 22, 2024’’; and 

(2) by striking the date specified in section 106(4) and 

inserting ‘‘March 8, 2024’’. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Extension of Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 101. MODIFICATION TO FAFSA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(g)(1) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)(1)), as amended by the FAFSA 

Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116– 

260), is further amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The student’s available income is equal 

to— 

‘‘(A) the difference between the student’s total income 

(determined in accordance with section 480) and the adjustment to student income (determined in accordance with 

paragraph (2)); multiplied by 

‘‘(B) 50 percent, 

except that the amount determined under this paragraph shall 

not be less than -$1,500 for award year 2024–2025 and not 

less than zero for award year 2025–2026 and each award year 

thereafter.’’. 

(b) APPROPRIATION.—Section 401(b)(7)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A))), as amended by the 

FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 

116–260), is further amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any funds appropriated under paragraph (6) and any funds made available 

for this section under any appropriations Act, there are 

authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated 

(out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) to carry out this section— 

‘‘(i) $1,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

‘‘(ii) $3,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

‘‘(iii) $2,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 

‘‘(iv) $1,236,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each 

succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

(c) NO EFFECT ON PREVIOUS APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

401(b)(7)(B)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1070a(b)(7)(B)(i)), as amended by the FAFSA Simplification Act 

(title VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260) and section 102(b) 

of the FAFSA Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act (division 

R of Public Law 117–103), is amended by striking ‘‘or 2023’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2023, or 2024’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect and apply as if included in the FAFSA Simplification Act and in accordance with section 701(b) of such Act, as 

amended by section 102(a) of the FAFSA Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act (division R of Public Law 117–103) (including 

the authorization provided under section 102(c)(1)(A) of such Act). 

SEC. 102. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects 

of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 

maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-YouGo Act of 2010. 

(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 

division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 

for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
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(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding 

Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 

joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 

budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 

(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974; and 

(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 

appropriation Act. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.