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Calendar No. 470 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4928 

[Report No. 118–206] 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 

following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government 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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fi5 nancial services and general government for the fiscal year 

6 ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, 

7 namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

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

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

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

15 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli16 cies and programs activities, $312,294,000, of which not 

17 less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administra18 tion of financial assistance, in addition to amounts other19 wise available for such purposes: Provided, That of the 

20 amount appropriated under this heading— 

21 (1) not to exceed $650,000 is for official recep22 tion and representation expenses, of which not less 

23 than $300,000 shall be available for expenses to host 

24 and support G20 related events and shall remain 

25 available until September 30, 2026, and not to ex-
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1 ceed $350,000 shall be for other official reception 

2 and representation expenses; 

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

4 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

5 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

6 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

7 Secretary’s certificate; and 

8 (3) not to exceed $42,000,000 shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2026, for— 

10 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

11 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

12 (B) information technology modernization 

13 requirements; 

14 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra15 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

16 (D) the development and implementation 

17 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 

18 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 

19 entering into cooperative agreements; 

20 (E) operations and maintenance of facili21 ties; 

22 (F) international operations; and 

23 (G) investment security. 
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1 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED

2 STATES FUND

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 

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

6 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 

7 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de8 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ9 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 

10 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur12 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 

13 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 

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

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

16 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro17 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 

18 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset19 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 

20 appropriated under this heading from the general fund 

21 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 

22 during fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a total appro23 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

24 $0. 
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1 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

4 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys5 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter6 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

7 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 

8 drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 

9 $235,333,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 

10 available for addressing human rights violations and cor11 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 

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

13 2656 note), and not less than $5,000,000 shall be avail14 able for correcting identified deficiencies: Provided, That 

15 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 

16 $16,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2026. 

18 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

19 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 

20 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 

21 $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2027: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 

23 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas24 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur25 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
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1 heading $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative 

2 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 

3 provide oversight of the investments made under this 

4 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple5 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 

6 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 

7 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

8 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

11 processing equipment, software, and services and for re12 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart13 ment of the Treasury, $11,118,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2027: Provided, That these funds 

15 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec16 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of17 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

18 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

19 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur20 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head21 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev22 enue Service—Technology and Operations Support’’ or 

23 ‘‘Internal Revenue Service—Business Systems Moderniza24 tion’’. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 

5 5, United States Code, $48,878,000, including hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 

7 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con8 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

9 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

10 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2026, shall be for audits and investigations 

12 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 

13 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re14 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 

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

16 shall be available for official reception and representation 

17 expenses. 

18 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

22 General for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 

23 4 of title 5, United States Code, including purchase and 

24 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 

25 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
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1 may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad2 ministration; $174,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall re3 main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 

4 exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel ex5 penses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 

6 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 

7 allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec8 tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 

9 exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 

10 representation expenses. 

11 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En14 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve15 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

16 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

17 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in18 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula19 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

20 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

21 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

22 with or without reimbursement, $215,689,000, of which 

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

24 September 30, 2027. 
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1 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

4 of the Fiscal Service, $395,020,000; of which not to ex5 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2027, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 

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

8 and representation expenses. 

9 In addition, $235,000, to be derived from the Oil 

10 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

11 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

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

13 380. 

14 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

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

18 passenger motor vehicles, $159,679,000; of which not to 

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

20 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 

21 $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de22 velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 

23 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 

24 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 

25 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 
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1 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 

2 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 

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

4 available until September 30, 2026, shall be for the costs 

5 associated with enforcement of and education regarding 

6 the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad7 ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 

8 UNITED STATES MINT

9 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

10 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

11 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

12 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

13 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis14 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper15 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

16 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in17 curred during fiscal year 2025 under such section 5136 

18 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in19 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

20 $50,000,000. 

21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

22 FUND

23 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

24 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

25 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 
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1 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

2 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

3 to the rate for EX–III, $354,000,000. Of the amount ap4 propriated under this heading— 

5 (1) not less than $191,000,000, notwith6 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 

7 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg8 ing Community Development Financial Institutions 

9 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 

10 2026, for financial assistance and technical assist11 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

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

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

14 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out15 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 

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

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

18 $10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec19 tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

20 4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as21 sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 

22 to community development financial institutions to 

23 expand investments that benefit individuals with dis24 abilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for 

25 the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con-
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1 junction with the Corporation for National and 

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

3 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

4 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

5 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres6 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

7 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga8 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

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

10 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 

11 those made to community development financial in12 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ13 uals with disabilities and those made to community 

14 development financial institutions that serve popu15 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 

16 CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 

17 awards to organizations that invest and lend in high18 poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 

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

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

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

22 series available from the American Community Sur23 vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 

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

25 percent as measured by the 2020 Island areas De-
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1 cennial Census data for any territory or possession 

2 of the United States; 

3 (2) not less than $35,000,000, notwithstanding 

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

5 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2026, for 

6 financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 

7 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

8 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com9 munities and provided primarily through qualified 

10 community development lender organizations with 

11 experience and expertise in community development 

12 banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

13 American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza14 tions, and other suitable providers; 

15 (3) not less than $40,000,000 is available until 

16 September 30, 2026, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

17 program; 

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

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

20 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 

21 until September 30, 2026, for a Healthy Food Fi22 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 

23 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com24 munity development financial institutions for the 

25 purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-
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1 nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 

2 food options in distressed communities; 

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

4 September 30, 2026, to provide grants for loan loss 

5 reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 

6 small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 

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

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

9 Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 

10 and technical assistance; 

11 (6) up to $45,000,000 is available for adminis12 trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 

13 Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 

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

15 the development of tools to better assess and inform 

16 CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 

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

18 expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and 

19 (7) up to $10,000,000 is available until Sep20 tember 30, 2026 for the cost, as defined in section 

21 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 

22 commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 

23 section 114A of the Riegle Community Development 

24 and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 

25 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commitments to 
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1 guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A 

2 shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, 

3 That such section 114A shall remain in effect until 

4 December 31, 2026: Provided further, That of the 

5 funds awarded under this heading, except those pro6 vided for the Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 

7 10 percent shall be used for awards that support in8 vestments that serve populations living in persistent 

9 poverty counties: Provided further, That for the pur10 poses of this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term 

11 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county, in12 cluding county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that 

13 has had 20 percent or more of its population living 

14 in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

15 the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 

16 2016–2020 5-year data series available from the 

17 American Community Survey of the Bureau of the 

18 Census or any other territory or possession of the 

19 United States that has had 20 percent or more of 

20 its population living in poverty over the past 30 

21 years, as measured by the 1990, 2000, 2010, and 

22 2020 Island Areas Decennial Censuses, or equivalent 

23 data, of the Bureau of the Census. 
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1 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

2 TAXPAYER SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv4 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist5 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

6 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

8 Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed 

9 $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2026, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be for the 

11 Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 

12 than $26,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax13 payer clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics 

14 of up to $200,000, of which not less than $55,000,000, 

15 to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be 

16 available for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assist17 ance Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation 

18 assistance, and of which not less than $301,000,000 shall 

19 be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advo20 cate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made avail21 able for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than 

22 $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft and refund fraud 

23 casework. 
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1 ENFORCEMENT

2 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

3 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

4 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con5 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

6 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi7 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi8 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

9 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

10 determined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of 

11 which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2026; of which not less than 

13 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

14 Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 

15 $35,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 

16 Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 

17 amount made available for investigative technology for the 

18 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 

19 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di20 vision under the ‘‘Technology and Operations Support’’ 

21 heading. 

22 TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT

23 For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev24 enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement 

25 programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 
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1 printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and 

2 other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta3 tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech4 nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte5 nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 

6 (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev7 enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au8 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter9 mined by the Commissioner; $4,100,826,000, of which not 

10 to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2026; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 

12 remain available until expended for acquisition of equip13 ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; 

14 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2027, for research; and of which not 

16 to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep17 resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 

18 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 

19 Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

21 and the Comptroller General of the United States detail22 ing major information technology investments in the Inter23 nal Revenue Service portfolio, including detailed, plain 

24 language summaries on the status of plans, costs, and re25 sults; prior results and actual expenditures of the prior 
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1 quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the fiscal 

2 year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with ongo3 ing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; and 

4 total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, That 

5 the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget 

6 justification for fiscal year 2026, a summary of cost and 

7 schedule performance information for its major informa8 tion technology systems. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

10 SERVICE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropria13 tion in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 

14 transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appro15 priation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate. 

18 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main19 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

20 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

21 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im22 partial application of tax law. 

23 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti24 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
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1 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro2 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

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

4 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

5 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi6 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

7 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

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

9 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

10 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

11 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

12 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

13 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

14 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

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

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

17 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

18 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic19 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

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

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

22 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

23 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con24 stitution of the United States. 
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1 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

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

3 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

4 beliefs. 

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

6 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex7 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce8 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

9 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

10 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re11 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

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

13 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

14 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana15 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

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

17 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

18 expended— 

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

20 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

21 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

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

23 unless such program or process takes into account the 

24 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 

25 former employee. 
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1 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

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

3 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

4 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

5 SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec6 retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 

7 Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec8 retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au9 thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 

10 regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 

11 to positions in the competitive service to process back12 logged tax returns and return information. 

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

14 United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 

15 Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas16 senger carrier transportation and protection between the 

17 Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 

18 of employment. 

19 SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec20 retary’s delegate) may use funds made available to the In21 ternal Revenue Service in this Act or any other provision 

22 of law, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the 

23 Secretary’s delegate) may establish, to take such personnel 

24 actions as the Secretary (or the Secretary’s delegate) de25 termines necessary to administer the Internal Revenue 
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1 Code of 1986, including (1) in addition to the authority 

2 under section 7812(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

3 1986, appointing not more than 200 individuals to posi4 tions in the Internal Revenue Service under streamlined 

5 critical pay authority subject to the requirements and con6 ditions under section 9503 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 except that section 9503(a)(3) of such title shall not apply; 

8 and (2) appointing not more than 300 individuals to posi9 tions in the Internal Revenue Service at any one time for 

10 which (A) the rate of basic pay may be established by the 

11 Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) at 

12 a rate that does not exceed the salary set in accordance 

13 with section 104 of title 3, United States Code; and (B) 

14 the total annual compensation paid to an employee in such 

15 a position, including allowances, differentials, bonuses, 

16 awards, and similar cash payments, may not exceed the 

17 maximum amount of total annual compensation payable 

18 at the salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 

19 3, United States Code: Provided, That the authority pro20 vided under this paragraph shall expire on September 30, 

21 2031. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

19 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net20 work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 

21 Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no such trans-
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1 fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 

2 more than 2 percent. 

3 SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria4 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

5 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen6 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad7 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

9 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro10 priation by more than 2 percent. 

11 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

12 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

13 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

14 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

15 SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans16 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala17 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec18 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 

19 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex20 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 

21 Collection Fund. 

22 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

24 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu25 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

3 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

4 Affairs. 

5 SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

7 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav8 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

9 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func10 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

11 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

12 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com13 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent15 atives and the Senate. 

16 SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

17 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De18 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re19 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

20 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

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

22 2025 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 

24 SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail25 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
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1 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

2 representation expenses. 

3 SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

4 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro5 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

6 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an7 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

8 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest9 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

10 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart11 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac12 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas13 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

14 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur15 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

16 project that has not been fully completed. 

17 SEC. 124. During fiscal year 2025— 

18 (1) none of the funds made available in this or 

19 any other Act may be used by the Department of 

20 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv21 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev22 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par23 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 

24 used to determine whether an organization is oper25 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 
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1 for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 

2 Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu3 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 

4 29, 2013)); and 

5 (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 

6 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de7 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 

9 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza10 tions created on, before, or after such date. 

11 SEC. 125. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

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

13 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

15 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran16 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

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

18 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

19 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip20 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran21 chise Fund. 

22 SEC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 

23 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall 

24 submit reports on their activities to the Committees on 

25 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
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1 Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House 

2 of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Bank3 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

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

5 include— 

6 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

7 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

8 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

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

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

11 each office during the previous quarter; 

12 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva13 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis14 cal year; and 

15 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec16 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

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

18 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall 

19 make officials available to testify on the contents of the 

20 reports required under subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 127. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 

22 there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 

23 Pandemic Recovery, $5,327,000, to remain available until 

24 expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out section 
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1 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu2 rity Act (Public Law 116–136). 

3 SEC. 128. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria4 tion made available in this Act for the Department of the 

5 Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor6 mation technology system modernization and working cap7 ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 

8 of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza9 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for 

10 the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 

11 upon the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro13 vided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 

14 this section shall remain available for obligation through 

15 September 30, 2028. 

16 SEC. 129. Up to $1,000,000 of any appropriation in 

17 this title may be transferred to the Special Inspector Gen18 eral for Pandemic Recovery appropriations upon the prior 

19 notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

21 SEC. 130. Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and 

22 Printing Fund may be used to prepare, distribute, and sell 

23 to the public items that feature United States paper cur24 rency or images of engraved portraits and vignettes re25 lated to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and its 
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1 operations: Provided, That amounts received from the dis2 tribution of such items shall be deposited in the Bureau 

3 of Engraving and Printing Fund and shall be available 

4 for expenditure for the same purposes and to the same 

5 extent as other amounts in the Fund. 

6 SEC. 131. Amounts made available under section 

7 601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3)) 

8 shall be available for any necessary expenses of the De9 partment of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with 

10 respect to section 601 of that Act, subtitle A of title V 

11 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

12 2021, and section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act 

13 of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

14 such purposes. 

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

16 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the White House as au6 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

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

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

9 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

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

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

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

13 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail14 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi15 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 

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

17 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $77,681,000. 

18 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

21 at the White House, $15,609,000, to be expended and ac22 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

23 112–114. 
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

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

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

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

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

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

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

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

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

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

3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

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

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

9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap13 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen14 ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal 

15 year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reim16 bursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 

17 during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

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

19 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

20 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

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

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

23 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

24 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

25 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 
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1 for the classification of any such expense as political or 

2 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

3 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res4 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub5 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

6 Code. 

7 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

8 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

9 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

10 U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

12 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

13 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

16 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ17 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000. 

18 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

19 SECURITY COUNCIL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

22 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

23 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,901,000, of 

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

25 reception and representation expenses. 
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

6 $115,463,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 

18 available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 

19 further, That such payments shall not be considered com20 pensation for such purposes and may be paid in advance. 

21 OFFICE OF PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Pandemic 

24 Preparedness and Response Policy, as authorized by sec25 tion 2104 of the PREVENT Pandemics Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1 300hh–3), $3,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall 

2 be available for official reception and representation ex3 penses. 

4 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

7 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

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

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

12 title 31, United States Code, $133,290,000, of which not 

13 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa14 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro15 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

16 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri17 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

18 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree19 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

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

21 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

22 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit23 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

24 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap25 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
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1 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

2 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

3 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 

4 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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

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

8 evaluating or determining if water resource project or 

9 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 

10 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 

11 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 

12 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro13 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 

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

15 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 

16 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur17 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

18 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap19 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi20 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

21 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

22 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 

23 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 

24 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as25 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 
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1 the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 

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

3 the United States Government for fiscal year 2026, the 

4 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

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

6 agency that submits budget justification materials (as de7 fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 

8 and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min9 imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 

10 budget justification materials of the agency were sub11 mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 

12 the budget justification materials are published on the 

13 website of the agency. 

14 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT

15 COORDINATOR

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec17 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 

18 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 

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

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

21 $1,902,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 

25 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
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1 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 

3 $19,126,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail4 able for official reception and representation expenses. 

5 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

8 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

9 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza10 tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 

11 official reception and representation expenses; and for par12 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 

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

14 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim15 bursement, $22,003,000: Provided, That the Office is au16 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 

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

18 limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 

19 work of the Office. 

20 In addition, for costs associated with the relocation 

21 and replication of space to house the Office of National 

22 Drug Control Policy, including furniture, fixtures, and 

23 equipment, $8,800,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 
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1 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

5 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

6 Areas Program, $290,200,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2026, for drug control activities consistent 

8 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

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

10 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 

11 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

12 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

13 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans14 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

15 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

16 Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 

17 for auditing services and associated activities and 

18 $2,000,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 

19 for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro20 vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 

21 to fiscal year 2023 may be used for any other approved 

22 activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re23 quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des24 ignated as of September 30, 2024, shall be funded at not 

25 less than the fiscal year 2024 base level, unless the Direc-
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1 tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 

3 changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior4 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 

5 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 

6 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro7 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

8 of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2025 funding among 

9 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

10 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 

11 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta12 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

13 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 

14 a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 

15 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

16 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap19 propriation. 

20 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

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

24 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 

25 amended, $137,512,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 

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

3 more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, 

4 and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di5 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

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

7 drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000 

8 for anti-doping activities; up to $3,843,000 for the United 

9 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen10 cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 

11 $5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of 

12 Public Law 114–198; and $1,219,000 to implement evolv13 ing and emerging drug threat response plans, as author14 ized by section 709 of the Office of National Drug Control 

15 Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1708), as 

16 amended: Provided, That amounts made available under 

17 this heading may be transferred to other Federal depart18 ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 

19 further, That the Director of the Office of National Drug 

20 Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to obli21 gating funds under this heading for United States mem22 bership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency, submit to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate a spending plan and expla25 nation of the proposed uses of these funds. 
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1 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

2 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

3 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

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

5 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

6 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2026. 

8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte11 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

12 technology in the Federal Government, $30,000,000, to 

13 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc14 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

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

16 projects to meet these purposes. 

17 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

20 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

21 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

22 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex23 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex24 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 
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1 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

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

6 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi7 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

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

9 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re10 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

11 made to any department or agency for expenses of car12 rying out such activities. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

14 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

15 THE PRESIDENT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

18 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi19 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

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

21 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of22 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi23 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

24 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

25 such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
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1 ing) may, with advance approval of the Committees on Ap2 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen3 ate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appro4 priation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

5 with and available for the same time and for the same 

6 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro7 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

8 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro9 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

10 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi11 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

12 Vice President. 

13 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2025, any Executive 

14 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 

15 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 

16 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg17 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 

18 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

19 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

20 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im21 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

22 Government; 

23 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

24 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

25 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 
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1 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 

2 year 2025; and 

3 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov4 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 

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

6 2025. 

7 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo8 randum is issued during fiscal year 2025 due to a national 

9 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

10 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

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

12 or memorandum is issued. 

13 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi14 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 

15 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 

16 of $100,000,000. 

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

18 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man19 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 

20 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 

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

22 SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 

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

24 $10,452,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 

25 and for the projects specified in the table that appears 
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1 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive 

2 Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 

3 President’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

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

5 be transferred for any other purpose. 

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

7 the President Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

7 building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 

9 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 

10 representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, 

11 to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, 

12 $140,323,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 

13 until expended. 

14 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

16 justice and associate justices of the court. 

17 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

18 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

19 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im20 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 

21 under the direction of the Chief Justice, $13,699,000, to 

22 remain available until expended. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 $37,102,000. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

9 judge and judges of the court. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author14 ized by law, $21,473,000. 

15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

17 judge and judges of the court. 

18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

19 JUDICIAL SERVICES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

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

24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

25 and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author2 ized by law, $6,100,000,000 (including the purchase of 

3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

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

5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 

6 related to new space alteration and construction projects. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

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

12 service. 

13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $11,686,000, to be appro17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

18 Fund. 

19 DEFENDER SERVICES

20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

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

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

25 expert, and other services for such representations as au-
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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

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

3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

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

6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

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

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

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

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

14 general administrative expenses, $1,500,000,000, to re15 main available until expended. 

16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

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

21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $38,555,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

2 5332. 

3 COURT SECURITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

8 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 

9 States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 

10 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 

11 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

12 Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 

13 States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 

14 inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 

15 perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 

16 Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 

17 authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 

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

19 $797,510,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

20 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

21 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

22 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

23 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

24 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

25 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-
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1 eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head2 ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 

3 to facilitate security and emergency management services 

4 among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 

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

7 and the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel 

8 Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 

9 Law 117–263, division C, title LIX, subtitle D) and 28 

10 U.S.C. 604(a)(24). 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

12 COURTS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

15 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ16 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas17 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

18 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else19 where, $103,700,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au20 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

21 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen24 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,604,000; 

25 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2026, to provide education and training to 

2 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

3 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa4 tion expenses. 

5 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

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

9 Code, $21,857,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

14 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

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

16 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria17 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi18 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro19 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

20 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De21 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

22 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis23 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

24 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

25 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
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1 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

2 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

3 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

4 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

7 shall be available for official reception and representation 

8 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

9 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

10 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

11 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

12 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

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

14 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec15 utive’’ each place it appears. 

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

17 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

19 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

20 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

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

22 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De23 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

24 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build25 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
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1 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

2 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

3 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

4 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve5 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

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

7 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis8 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘33 years and 6 

9 months’’ and inserting ‘‘34 years and 6 months’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis12 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘30 years and 6 

13 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’. 

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

15 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis16 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria17 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

18 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

19 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 

20 ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘32 years and 

21 6 months’’. 

22 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart23 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

24 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
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1 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘22 years’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘23 years’’; 

3 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen4 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘21 years 

5 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 6 

6 months’’; and 

7 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west8 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘20 

9 years’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years’’. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria11 tions Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

3 FEDERAL FUNDS

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

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

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

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

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

12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

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

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

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

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

22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

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

25 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 
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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

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

5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

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

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $97,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

17 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

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

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

22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

24 surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That of the amounts 

25 made available under this heading, $70,000,000 is des-
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1 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 COURTS

6 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum7 bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi8 cles, $305,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis9 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $16,037,000, of which 

10 not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen11 tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 

12 Columbia, $148,588,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 

13 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

14 the District of Columbia Court System, $92,085,000, of 

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

16 representation expenses; and $48,290,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2026, for capital improve18 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro19 vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 

20 shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 

21 Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess22 ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 

23 appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co24 lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 

25 processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-
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1 tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail2 able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated 

3 with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the 

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

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

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

7 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

9 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

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

11 after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 

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

15 heading among the items and entities funded under this 

16 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 

17 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 

18 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 

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

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

21 of Columbia Courts. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

5 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen6 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

7 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro8 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

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

10 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

11 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech12 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

13 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

14 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

15 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay16 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

17 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

18 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du19 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 

20 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro21 vided under this heading shall be administered by the 

22 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis23 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

24 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap25 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
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1 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

2 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen3 cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 

4 from prior year appropriations made available under this 

5 heading, $12,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 

6 September 30, 2025. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF8 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

9 OF COLUMBIA

10 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

12 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au13 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self14 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $300,000,000, of 

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

16 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

17 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

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

19 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

20 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 

21 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head22 ing, $203,497,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com23 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in24 clude expenses relating to the monitoring of adults subject 

25 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
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1 lated to such persons, of which $6,625,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2027, for costs associated 

3 with the relocation under replacement leases for head4 quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro5 vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 

6 heading, $85,625,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 

7 Services Agency, of which $4,243,000 shall remain avail8 able until September 30, 2027, for costs associated with 

9 relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters of10 fices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, 

11 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 

12 amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 

13 by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 

14 and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 

15 for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro16 vided further, That amounts under this heading may be 

17 used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc18 cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

20 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

21 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

23 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

24 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

25 1997, $59,305,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
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1 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

2 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage3 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

4 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

5 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 

6 of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 

7 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

8 Service a program substantially similar to the program set 

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

10 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay11 ment made under the program to any individual may not 

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

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

14 the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 

15 from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 

16 accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage17 ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 

18 Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 

19 agency of the United States Government: Provided further, 

20 That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 

21 may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable 

22 services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 

23 property and services to the same extent and under the 

24 same conditions as an executive agency under sections 

25 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2 COORDINATING COUNCIL

3 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co4 ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 

5 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

6 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis7 trict of Columbia. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

9 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2026, to the Commission on Judicial Dis11 abilities and Tenure, $598,000, and for the Judicial Nomi12 nation Commission, $300,000. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

14 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro15 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

17 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

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

19 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

20 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

21 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

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

23 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu24 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre25 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
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1 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall 

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

3 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 

4 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

6 NATIONAL GUARD

7 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

8 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex9 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis10 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

11 Access Program. 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

13 HIV/AIDS

14 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

15 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in16 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac17 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co18 lumbia, $5,000,000. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

20 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

21 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

22 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail23 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

24 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 
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1 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

2 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

3 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

4 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co5 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

6 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro7 grams and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 

8 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–785) and at rates 

9 set forth under such Act, as amended as of the date of 

10 enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, except as provided in section 

12 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 

13 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 

14 the Financial Services and General Government Appro15 priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 

16 Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 

17 appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 

18 District of Columbia for fiscal year 2025 under this head19 ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 

20 Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, as amended as of 

21 the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 

22 revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: 

23 Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 

24 increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 

25 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
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1 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

2 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 

3 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis4 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 

5 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

6 shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 

7 District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 

8 the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap9 propriations and funds made available to the District dur10 ing fiscal year 2025, except that the Chief Financial Offi11 cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

12 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

13 capital projects. 

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

15 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

8 30, 2026, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re9 ception and representation expenses. 

10 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in15 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

17 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $371,000,000, 

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

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

20 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

21 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu22 latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 

23 remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which 

24 not less than $6,581,000 shall be for expenses of the Of25 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
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1 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro2 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 

3 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 

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

5 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 

6 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re7 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 

8 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro9 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 

10 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es11 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 

12 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

13 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

16 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve17 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

18 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv19 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

20 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi21 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

22 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex23 penses, $162,485,000, of which up to $2,000,000 shall re24 main available until expended, to carry out the program, 

25 including administrative costs, authorized by section 1405 
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1 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act 

2 (Public Law 110–140), and of which up to $2,000,000 

3 shall remain available until expended, to carry out the pro4 gram, including administrative costs, authorized by sec5 tion 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Car6 bon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II 

7 of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT

9 SAFETY COMMISSION

10 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2025, none of the 

11 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final12 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 

13 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 

14 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 

15 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 

16 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con17 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 

18 Administration and the Department of Defense, 

19 completes a study to determine— 

20 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta21 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro22 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc23 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi24 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll25 overs in the off-road environment, including the 
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1 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 

2 compliance with such requirements; 

3 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 

4 would be prevented if the proposed require5 ments were adopted; 

6 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 

7 the proposal to provide information on a point8 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist9 ance on a progressive scale; and 

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

11 by the United States military if the proposed 

12 requirements were adopted; and 

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

14 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 

15 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

16 and Transportation of the Senate; 

17 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com18 merce of the House of Representatives; 

19 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

20 the Senate; and 

21 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives. 

23 SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used 

24 to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any reg-
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1 ulation issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Com2 mission to ban gas stoves as a class of products. 

3 COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY

4 AND EFFICIENCY

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Council of the Inspec7 tors General on Integrity and Efficiency, as established 

8 pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, to utilize and further develop the data 

10 analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response Account11 ability Committee to enhance transparency, to prevent, de12 tect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal 

13 spending, and for expenses related to enhancements to 

14 www.oversight.gov, $8,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended, of which $1,400,000 is for enhancements to 

16 oversight.gov: Provided, That the amounts appropriated 

17 under this heading shall be in addition to any other 

18 amounts available to the Council of the Inspectors General 

19 on Integrity and Efficiency under section 424 of title 5, 

20 United States Code. 

21 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer24 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $30,000,000, 

25 of which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the Na-
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1 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 

2 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 

3 Act of 2002; of which not less than $2,324,429 shall be 

4 for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General; 

5 and of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official 

6 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of 

7 the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 

8 $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2026 . 

10 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS

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

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

13 $75,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com14 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 

15 States for activities to improve the administration of elec16 tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech17 nology and make election security improvements, as au18 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro19 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 

20 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 

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

22 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner 

23 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

24 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 

25 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-
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1 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 

2 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 

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

4 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 

5 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec6 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided 

7 further, That not later than two years after receiving a 

8 payment under this heading, a State shall make available 

9 funds for such activities in an amount equal to 20 percent 

10 of the total amount of the payment made to the State 

11 under this heading: Provided further, That not later than 

12 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Elec13 tion Assistance Commission shall make the payments to 

14 States under this heading: Provided further, That States 

15 shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual 

16 progress reports. 

17 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica20 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni21 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

22 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

23 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi24 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

25 5 U.S.C. 3109, $448,075,000, to remain available until 
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1 expended: Provided, That $448,075,000 of offsetting col2 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

3 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

4 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

5 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

6 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

7 collections are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to 

8 result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated 

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

10 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid11 ding system that may be retained and made available for 

12 obligation shall not exceed $139,000,000 for fiscal year 

13 2025: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 

14 under this heading, not less than $14,335,000 shall be for 

15 the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen16 eral. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

18 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

19 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 

20 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ each place it appears and 

22 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

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

24 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

25 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 
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1 universal service support payments to implement the Feb2 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 

3 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec4 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup5 port payments. 

6 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

7 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 

10 5, United States Code, $52,632,000, to be derived from 

11 the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, 

12 the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

13 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

16 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

17 $85,674,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail18 able for reception and representation expenses. 

19 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga23 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

24 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

25 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
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1 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi2 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

3 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

4 Columbia and elsewhere, $32,100,000, of which 

5 $1,075,563 shall be made available to support the Office 

6 of the Inspector General’s anticipated operating expenses: 

7 Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Im8 passes Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem 

9 in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) 

10 for persons employed intermittently in the Government 

11 service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

12 Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

13 funds received from fees charged to non-Federal partici14 pants at labor-management relations conferences shall be 

15 credited to and merged with this account, to be available 

16 without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out 

17 these conferences. 

18 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com21 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au22 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

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

24 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa25 tion expenses, $450,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

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

3 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

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

5 other provision of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2025 

6 for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott7 Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

8 18a), (and estimated to be $304,000,000 in fiscal year 

9 2025) shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 

10 in this appropriation and shall remain available until ex11 pended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, fees collected to implement and enforce 

13 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

14 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven15 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), regardless of the year 

16 of collection (and estimated to be $15,000,000 in fiscal 

17 year 2025), shall be credited to this account, and be re18 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria19 tion, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

20 further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen21 eral fund shall be reduced (1) as such offsetting collections 

22 are received during fiscal year 2025 and (2) to the extent 

23 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de24 rived from amounts credited to this account as offsetting 

25 collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
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1 appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 

2 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

3 $131,000,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

4 section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

5 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

6 Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds cred7 ited to this account as offsetting collections in previous 

8 fiscal years that were unavailable for obligation as of Sep9 tember 30, 2024, shall become available for obligation ex10 cept as provided in the preceding proviso: Provided further, 

11 That none of the funds made available to the Federal 

12 Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection 

13 (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 

14 Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 

15 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

16 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

17 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

18 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec21 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec22 essary expenses of real property management and related 

23 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

24 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

25 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
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1 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen2 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

3 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al4 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci5 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

6 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 

7 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe8 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

9 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur10 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

11 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con12 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre13 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

14 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip15 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter16 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

17 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag18 gregate amount of $9,730,814,000, of which— 

19 (1) $552,120,000 shall remain available until 

20 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

21 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

22 and construction services), in addition to amounts 

23 otherwise provided for such purposes, as follows: 

24 National Capital Region: 
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1 Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 

2 Consolidation, $375,000,000; 

3 Puerto Rico: 

4 San Juan, Clemente Ruiz-Nazario U.S. Court5 house and Federico Degetau Federal Building, 

6 $100,000,000; 

7 Tennessee: 

8 Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $47,120,000; 

9 Washington: 

10 Seattle, National Archives Replacement Facil11 ity, $30,000,000: 

12 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 

13 on construction and acquisition projects may be ex14 ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 

15 other such projects, but not to exceed 20 percent of 

16 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 

17 required, unless advance approval is obtained from 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

19 Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount; 

20 (2) $392,572,000 shall remain available until 

21 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso22 ciated design and construction services, in addition 

23 to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 

24 which— 
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1 (A) $58,744,000 is for Major Repairs and 

2 Alterations as follows: 

3 Alabama: 

4 Birmingham, Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse, 

5 $4,000,000; 

6 Montgomery, Dothan Federal Building and 

7 U.S. Courthouse, $5,000,000; 

8 Maryland: 

9 Suitland, Washington National Records Center, 

10 $17,632,000; 

11 Woodlawn, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

12 Services Headquarters Campus, $14,625,000; and 

13 Washington: 

14 Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 

15 $17,487,000; 

16 (B) $304,578,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

17 Alterations; and 

18 (C) $29,250,000 is for Special Emphasis 

19 Programs as follows: 

20 Childcare Systems and Security Program, 

21 $14,250,000; 

22 Fire Protection and Life Safety Program, 

23 $5,000,000; 

24 Optimization Program, $5,000,000; 
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1 Judiciary Capital Security Program, 

2 $5,000,000: 

3 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

4 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re5 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 

6 be limited to the amount identified for each project, 

7 except each project in this or any previous Act may 

8 be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 

9 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 

12 Provided further, That additional projects for which 

13 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund14 ed under this category only if advance approval is 

15 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 

16 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro17 vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 

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

19 used to fund costs associated with implementing se20 curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 

21 the minimum standards for security in accordance 

22 with current law and in compliance with the re23 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit24 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 

25 the difference between the funds appropriated and 
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1 expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 

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

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

4 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

5 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 

6 in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al7 terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 

8 Government arising from any projects under the 

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

10 authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

11 (3) $5,586,122,000 for rental of space to re12 main available until expended; and 

13 (4) $3,200,000,000 for building operations to 

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

15 total amount of funds made available from this 

16 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 

17 not be available for expenses of any construction, re18 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 

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

20 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

21 be expended for each project for required expenses 

22 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro23 vided further, That funds available in the Federal 

24 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re25 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

3 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 

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

5 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 

6 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 

7 or other property not in Government ownership or 

8 control as may be appropriate to enable the United 

9 States Secret Service to perform its protective func10 tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 

11 from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 

12 That revenues and collections and any other sums 

13 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2025, ex14 cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 

15 in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 

16 authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed17 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 

18 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex19 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

20 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

21 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

22 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro23 vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the 

24 management of real and personal property assets and cer25 tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-
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1 port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 

2 vehicles, information technology management, and related 

3 technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 

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

5 statute; $71,186,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2026. 

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro9 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

10 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis11 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction and 

12 management; and in addition to any other amounts made 

13 available to the General Services Administration for such 

14 purposes, the hire of passenger motor vehicles pursuant 

15 to 42 U.S.C. 13211(3) and supporting infrastructure, 

16 $54,478,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official 

17 reception and representation expenses. 

18 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

19 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro20 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 

21 Board of Contract Appeals, $10,352,000, of which 

22 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
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1 $74,583,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 

2 be available for payment for information and detection of 

3 fraud against the Government, including payment for re4 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

5 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

6 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

7 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en8 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

9 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

10 PRESIDENTS

11 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

12 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

13 $5,500,000. 

14 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 

17 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses author18 ized by law in support of interagency projects that enable 

19 the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 

20 activities electronically through the development and im21 plementation of innovative uses of information technology; 

22 $90,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 

23 Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 

24 be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur25 pose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 

2 and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 

3 until expended for necessary expenses authorized by 40 

4 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary ex5 penses in support of interagency projects that enable the 

6 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac7 tivities electronically through the development and imple8 mentation of innovative uses of information technology in 

9 the aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000: Pro10 vided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimburse11 ments, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

12 year 2025 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 

13 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 

14 authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, 

15 of the total amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall 

16 be available for support functions and full-time hires to 

17 support activities related to the Administration’s require18 ments under title II of the Foundations for Evidence19 Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): 

20 Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 

21 herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 

22 provided in this Act. 
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1 EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 

4 Transition Act of 1963 (Public Law 88–277), as amended 

5 (in this heading referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), $19,424,177, 

6 of which $14,443,726 is available for activities authorized 

7 by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of the 

8 Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by 

9 section 5 of the Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activi10 ties authorized by subsections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the 

11 Act: Provided, That if there are two or more possible ap12 parent successful candidates, each such candidate, with 

13 the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled to 

14 a proportional share of the appropriations made available 

15 for activities authorized by 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 

16 3(a)(10) and subsections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the Act: 

17 Provided further, That no apparent successful candidate 

18 can receive more than $7,221,863 for activities authorized 

19 by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and 

20 $1,000,000 for activities authorized by subsection 3(a)(8) 

21 and 3(a)(9) of the Act: Provided further, That such 

22 amounts may be transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisi23 tion Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim24 burse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act 

25 for the purposes provided herein related to the Presi-
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1 dential election in 2024: Provided further, That in the case 

2 of two or more possible apparent successful candidates, 

3 after a sole apparent successful candidate is determined, 

4 the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful candidate 

5 shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further, That in 

6 the case where the President-elect is the incumbent Presi7 dent and the Vice President-elect is the incumbent Vice 

8 President, funds other than those authorized by sub9 sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the Act shall be perma10 nently rescinded, pursuant to subsection 3(g) of the Act: 

11 Provided further, That in the case where the President12 elect is the incumbent President or in the case where the 

13 Vice President-elect is the incumbent Vice President, that 

14 incumbent individual is not authorized any transition sup15 port per section 3(g) of the Presidential Transition Act 

16 and no money may be expended for transition activities 

17 for that individual: Provided further, That amounts avail18 able under this heading shall be in addition to any other 

19 amounts available for such purposes. 

20 TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND

21 For carrying out the purposes of the Technology 

22 Modernization Fund, as authorized by section 1078 of 

23 subtitle G of the title X of the National Defense Author24 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 
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1 U.S.C. 11301 note), $25,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

4 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv5 ices Administration, $5,900,000, to remain available until 

6 expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis7 trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide 

8 support services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 

13 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

14 motor vehicles. 

15 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

16 made available for fiscal year 2025 for Federal Buildings 

17 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

18 only to the extent necessary to meet program require19 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap20 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

23 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 

24 a fiscal year 2026 request for United States Courthouse 

25 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
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1 standards for construction as established and approved by 

2 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con3 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage4 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

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

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

7 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 

8 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

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

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

11 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

12 other service usually provided through the Federal Build13 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

14 square foot assessment for space and services as deter15 mined by the General Services Administration in consider16 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

17 (Public Law 92–313). 

18 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 

19 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail20 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

21 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

22 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav23 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti24 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

25 of Representatives and the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 

2 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub4 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

5 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con6 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin7 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

8 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

9 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

10 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter11 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

12 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro13 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

14 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

17 the resolution. 

18 SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 

19 heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis20 trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 

21 and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 527. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), Fed2 eral agencies ordering services from the Office of Evalua3 tion Sciences pursuant to the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 

4 1535) are not required to deobligate funds obligated on 

5 such orders to the extent that the Office of Evaluation 

6 Sciences has not incurred obligations before the end of the 

7 period of availability of such funds. 

8 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

11 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub12 lic Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

18 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza19 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

20 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

21 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author22 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

23 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

24 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

25 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
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1 tion expenses, $48,925,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2026, and in addition not to exceed 

3 $3,075,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 

4 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap5 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 

6 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

7 Systems Protection Board. 

8 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

9 FOUNDATION

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

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

15 seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi16 ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 

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

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

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

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

21 and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec22 tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 

23 available until expended for audits and investigations of 

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

25 consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 
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1 and for annual independent financial audits of the Morris 

2 K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to 

3 the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 

4 107–289): Provided further, That previous amounts trans5 ferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart6 ment of the Interior may be transferred to the Morris K. 

7 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual inde8 pendent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of 

9 Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289). 

10 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

11 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu12 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi13 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

14 $3,943,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

16 OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin18 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis19 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

20 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re21 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

22 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

23 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

24 hire of passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed $10,000 

25 for official reception and representation expenses, and for 
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1 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 

2 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and clean3 ing, $434,650,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain 

4 available until expended for expenses necessary to enhance 

5 the Federal Government’s ability to electronically pre6 serve, manage, and store Government records. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

11 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

13 $5,980,000, of which $897,000 is available until Sep14 tember 30, 2026. 

15 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

16 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar17 chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment 

18 for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 

19 holdings, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

21 COMMISSION

22 GRANTS PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

24 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
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1 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND

4 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 

6 Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 

7 Program’’, $15,181,000, which shall be for initiatives in 

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

9 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 

10 National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the re11 port accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 

12 funds made available by this section may be transferred 

13 for any other purpose. 

14 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

15 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

16 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

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

18 and 9910, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 

19 30, 2026, for technical assistance to low-income des20 ignated credit unions: Provided, That credit unions des21 ignated solely as minority depository institutions shall be 

22 eligible to apply for and receive such technical assistance. 
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1 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of 

5 title 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 

6 1989, and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter 

7 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 

8 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 

9 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else10 where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 

11 $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

12 $22,386,000. 

13 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

17 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re18 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv19 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

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

21 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con22 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

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

24 official reception and representation expenses; and pay25 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
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1 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 

2 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 

3 $205,237,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 

4 available under this heading, $10,710,000 may remain 

5 available until expended, for information technology mod6 ernization, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 

7 made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

8 of the total amount made available under this heading, 

9 $1,445,000 may be made available for strengthening the 

10 capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as 

11 defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, 

12 as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the re13 cruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such work14 force and information technology in support of acquisition 

15 workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to 

16 improve acquisition management; and in addition 

17 $223,975,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans18 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 

19 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

20 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro21 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro22 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 

23 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 

24 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 

25 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
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1 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex2 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 

3 pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 

4 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 

5 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel6 lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo7 ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2025, accept dona8 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 

9 further, That such donations, including those from prior 

10 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate11 rials to provide information about the White House Fel12 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 

13 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala14 ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 

15 That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 

16 under this heading may be transferred to an information 

17 technology working capital fund established for purposes 

18 authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

20 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 

21 further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 

22 approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 

24 in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 

25 Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 
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1 under such transfer authority from any organizational cat2 egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or3 ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 

4 required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 

5 amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 

6 for obligation through September 30, 2028. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 

12 5, United States Code, including services as authorized by 

13 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

14 $6,908,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,487,000 

15 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro16 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage17 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans18 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

19 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

20 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author21 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

22 and elsewhere. 
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1 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 

5 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit6 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co7 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi8 cles, $31,904,000. 

9 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib12 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

13 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

14 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $14,450,000, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2026. 

16 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re19 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 

20 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $4,000,000, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex25 change Commission, including services as authorized by 
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1 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

2 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

3 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa4 tion expenses, $2,231,000,000, to remain available until 

5 expended; of which not less than $21,975,000 shall be for 

6 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

7 $275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 

8 for the International Organization of Securities Commis9 sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail10 able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 

11 by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 

12 regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 

13 staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 

14 such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis15 trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 

16 foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex17 penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 

18 (3) related lodging or subsistence: Provided, That any un19 obligated balances from funds made available under this 

20 heading in prior Acts for replacement leases for the Com21 mission’s headquarters and other regional office facilities 

22 may be used for such purposes at any Commission office 

23 facility, notwithstanding provisos in such Acts limiting use 

24 to particular office facilities, and notwithstanding provisos 

25 in such Acts requiring that de-obligated amounts derived 
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1 from the general fund be returned to the general fund or 

2 that de-obligated amounts derived from fees or assess3 ments be paid to national securities exchanges and na4 tional securities associations in proportion to any fees or 

5 assessments paid by such national securities exchange or 

6 national securities association. 

7 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 

8 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

9 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2025, all amounts appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap11 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2025: Pro12 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 

13 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 

14 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 

15 Provided further, That not to exceed $2,231,000,000 of 

16 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 

17 for necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, 

18 That the total amount appropriated under this heading 

19 from the general fund for fiscal year 2025 shall be reduced 

20 as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a 

21 final total fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general 

22 fund estimated at not more than $0. 
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1 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys4 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

5 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

6 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

7 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv8 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

9 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

10 $33,550,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

11 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

12 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

13 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na14 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con16 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

17 Forces of the United States. 

18 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

22 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

23 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex24 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex25 penses, $385,615,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
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1 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

2 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis3 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub4 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

5 and certain loan program activities, including fees author6 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

7 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

8 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

9 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

10 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro11 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

12 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 

13 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec14 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

15 fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

16 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

17 System, to be available until September 30, 2026: Pro18 vided further, That up to $70,000,000 shall be available 

19 for administrative expenses related to any loan or grant 

20 program of the Small Business Administration, in addition 

21 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, to be 

22 available until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 

23 $15,500,000 shall be available for costs associated with 

24 the certification of small business concerns owned and 

25 controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans under 
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1 sections 36A and 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and section 862 of Public Law 

3 116–283, to be available until September 30, 2026. 

4 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en6 trepreneurial and small business development, 

7 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2026: Provided, That $143,000,000 shall be available to 

9 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2025 or fiscal 

10 year 2026 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi11 ness Act: Provided further, That $42,000,000 shall be for 

12 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

13 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

14 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

15 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

16 $21,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

17 carry out export programs that assist small business con18 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 

19 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 

23 5, United States Code, $47,020,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

3 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

4 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi5 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,211,000, 

6 to remain available until expended. 

7 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the cost of direct loans, $3,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in11 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de12 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

13 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 

14 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

15 2025 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 

16 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com17 mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 

18 section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 

19 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre20 gate, $16,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis21 cal year 2025 commitments for general business loans au22 thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 

23 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

24 $35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

25 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
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1 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

2 year 2025 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

3 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 

4 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,500,000,000: Provided 

5 further, That during fiscal year 2025, guarantees of trust 

6 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi7 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

8 $15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 

9 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

11 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

12 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

15 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 

16 Business Act, $523,674,000, to be available until ex17 pended, of which $20,380,000 is for the Office of Inspec18 tor General of the Small Business Administration for au19 dits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan 

20 programs and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

21 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 

22 which $497,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

23 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

24 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

25 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
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1 which $6,294,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 

2 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 

3 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex4 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 

5 heading, $492,000,000 shall be for major disasters de6 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

7 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro8 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 

9 this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 

10 disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

12 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria17 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

18 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans19 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro20 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

21 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

22 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

23 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail24 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

25 with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria2 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad3 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

4 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans5 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys6 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 

7 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 

8 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

9 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 

10 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 

13 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 

14 for obligation through September 30, 2028. 

15 SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi16 ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

17 $133,367,000, which shall be for initiatives related to 

18 small business development and entrepreneurship, includ19 ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities, 

20 in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table 

21 that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi22 sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the report ac23 companying this Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding sec24 tions 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal 

25 Regulations, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
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1 ministration may permit awards to subrecipients for ini2 tiatives funded under this section: Provided further, That 

3 none of the funds made available by this section may be 

4 transferred for any other purpose. 

5 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

6 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

7 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

8 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub9 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

10 States Code, $50,253,000: Provided, That mail for over11 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

12 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

13 to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple14 ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 

15 or employee of any State or local child support enforce16 ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 

17 or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 

18 information requested or provided concerning an address 

19 of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 

20 funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 

21 close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 

22 further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 

23 continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 

24 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-
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1 ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

2 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241) 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

8 General Act of 1978, $274,000,000, to be derived by 

9 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

10 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account11 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

12 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

15 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 

16 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa17 tion expenses, $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re18 main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex19 penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi20 cate of the judge. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

5 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

6 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

7 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

8 funded in this Act. 

9 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

10 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

11 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria12 tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 

13 in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 

14 expressly so provided herein. 

15 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

16 under this Act for any consulting service through procure17 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

18 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

19 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

20 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex21 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

22 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in24 strumentality of the United States Government, except 
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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

5 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac6 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

7 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol8 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

9 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

10 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

11 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

12 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

13 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

15 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

16 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap17 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

19 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre20 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund21 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex22 penditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any ac23 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

24 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

25 available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
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1 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

2 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

3 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

4 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con5 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac6 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

7 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

8 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac9 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

10 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi11 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

12 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un13 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen15 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 

16 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 

17 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 

18 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur20 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact21 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 

22 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 

24 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans25 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 
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1 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 

2 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 

3 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 

4 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 

5 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust6 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

7 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 

8 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 

9 level by object class and program, project, and activity as 

10 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 

11 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which12 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 

13 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 

14 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 

15 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 

16 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 

17 interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 

18 or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 

19 be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 

20 required date that the report has not been submitted to 

21 the Congress. 

22 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

23 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

24 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from 

25 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
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1 for fiscal year 2025 in this Act, shall remain available 

2 through September 30, 2026, for each such account for 

3 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

4 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

6 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

7 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re8 programming guidelines. 

9 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi11 dent to request— 

12 (1) any official background investigation report 

13 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves14 tigation; or 

15 (2) a determination with respect to the treat16 ment of an organization as described in section 

17 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

18 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

19 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

20 Internal Revenue Service. 

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

22 (1) in the case of an official background inves23 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

24 written consent for such request not more than 6 
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1 months prior to the date of such request and during 

2 the same presidential administration; or 

3 (2) if such request is required due to extraor4 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

5 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul6 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 

7 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed8 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

9 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

11 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

12 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of13 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

14 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

15 expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made 

16 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

17 to court approval. 

18 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

19 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

20 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

21 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

22 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

23 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

24 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
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1 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

2 result of an act of rape or incest. 

3 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

4 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur5 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

6 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu7 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

8 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa9 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

10 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

11 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

12 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

13 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu14 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac15 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

16 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

17 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex18 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

19 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func20 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em21 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

22 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

23 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

24 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

25 person or entity is an organization described in section 
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1 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex2 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

3 SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

5 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

6 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet7 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

8 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of9 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

10 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

11 with the current lessor. 

12 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

13 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

14 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

15 respect to such agency. 

16 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

17 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

18 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen19 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

20 Service. 

21 SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the fol22 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

23 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

24 102). 

25 (2) Payments to— 
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1 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

2 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

3 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

4 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

5 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

6 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

7 178(l)). 

8 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

9 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

10 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

11 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

12 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

13 Stat. 849); and 

14 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene15 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

16 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

17 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

18 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

19 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

20 8348). 

21 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

22 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

23 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

24 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

25 States Code. 
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1 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex2 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

3 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con4 tained in this Act. 

5 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

7 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

8 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro9 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu10 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

11 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

12 No. 13563. 

13 SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch 

14 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In15 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par16 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 

17 related to information technology. 

18 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

19 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa20 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con21 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 

22 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 

23 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 

24 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
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1 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 

2 Officer of the agency and budget officials. 

3 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

5 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

6 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

8 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv9 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con10 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec11 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

12 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

13 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

14 Constitution of the United States. 

15 SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

16 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

17 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail18 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec19 tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 

20 5, United States Code, or to prevent or impede that In21 spector General’s access to such records, documents, or 

22 other materials, under any provision of law, except a provi23 sion of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 

24 and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of ac25 cess. A department or agency covered by this section shall 
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1 provide its Inspector General with access to all such 

2 records, documents, and other materials in a timely man3 ner. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 

4 statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the informa5 tion provided by the establishment over which that Inspec6 tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 

7 5, United States Code. Each Inspector General covered 

8 by this section shall report to the Committees on Appro9 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

10 within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this 

11 requirement. 

12 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

14 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 

15 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 

16 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 

17 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec18 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

19 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 

20 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel21 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter22 native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 

23 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 

24 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-
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1 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com2 mences. 

3 SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

5 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

9 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

10 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi11 ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 

12 activity. 

13 SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

15 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

16 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

17 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

18 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

19 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government20 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

21 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 

22 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 

23 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

24 SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 

25 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
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1 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 

2 department, agency, board or commission funded by this 

3 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 

4 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 

5 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 

8 determination. 

9 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 

10 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 

11 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 

12 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 

13 United States unless the agency or entity determines that 

14 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 

15 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in17 cludes the basis of that determination. 

18 SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 

20 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 

21 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.101, 301–10.102, 

22 301–10.103, and 301–10.121 of title 41, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations. 

24 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 
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1 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man2 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 

3 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 

4 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

6 SEC. 630. Federal agencies funded under this Act 

7 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 

8 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 

9 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub10 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex11 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 

12 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 

13 available to the agency for advertising or other commu14 nications regarding the programs and activities of the 

15 agency. 

16 SEC. 631. When issuing statements, press releases, 

17 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu18 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

19 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

20 funds included in this Act, shall clearly state— 

21 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro22 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

23 money; 

24 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

25 project or program; and 
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1 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

2 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

3 by non-governmental sources. 

4 SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis6 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 

7 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 

8 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 

9 to trade associations. 

10 SEC. 633. Not later than 45 days after the last day 

11 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub12 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

13 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re14 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 

15 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 

16 appropriation. 

17 SEC. 634. Of the unobligated balances available in 

18 the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture 

19 Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United 

20 States Code, $150,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 

21 not later than September 30, 2025. 

22 SEC. 635. Of the unobligated balances made available 

23 for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the So24 cial Security Act, $6,640,000,000 shall not be available 

25 for obligation in this fiscal year. 
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1 SEC. 636. Section 15010(k) of division B of the 

2 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 

4 SEC. 637. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

5 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec6 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 

8 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 

9 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

10 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

6 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

7 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2025 shall obligate 

8 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen9 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

10 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en11 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

12 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

13 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

14 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

15 agency, or instrumentality. 

16 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

17 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

18 in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United 

19 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve20 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforce21 ment vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 

22 vehicles, and police-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at 

23 $40,000 except station wagons for which the maximum 

24 shall be $41,140: Provided, That these limits may be ex25 ceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police-type vehicles: 
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1 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 

2 may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 

3 or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 

4 provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 

5 Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided 

6 further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 

7 exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 

8 vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over 

9 the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Pro10 vided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 

11 not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and 

12 which operates on alternative fuel, including but not lim13 ited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel 

14 cell vehicles. 

15 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart16 ments and independent establishments for the current fis17 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex18 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

19 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

20 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

21 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

22 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con23 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

24 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern25 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
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1 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

2 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti3 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

4 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit5 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

6 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

7 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant8 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

9 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

10 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 

11 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur12 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 

13 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require14 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 

15 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 

16 of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub17 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec18 essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 

19 affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 

20 shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 

21 more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 

22 above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub23 stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 

24 further, That any payment made to any officer or em25 ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 
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1 recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 

2 further, That this section shall not apply to any person 

3 who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 

4 United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 

5 to international broadcasters employed by the Broad6 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

7 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 

8 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

9 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

10 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 

11 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart12 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

13 to an agreement with another country. 

14 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart15 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec16 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex17 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

18 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

19 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build20 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

21 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

22 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

23 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

24 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

25 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
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1 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

2 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

3 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre4 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex5 pended for the following purposes: 

6 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

7 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

8 Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 

9 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

10 the Executive order. 

11 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man12 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

13 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

14 management and pollution prevention programs. 

15 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

16 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

17 Federal agency. 

18 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

19 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

20 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

21 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

22 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

23 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

24 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

25 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
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1 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

2 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

3 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex4 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

5 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

6 correspondingly reduced. 

7 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

8 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

9 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

10 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

11 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

12 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

13 financial support from more than one agency or instru14 mentality. 

15 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

16 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

17 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

18 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

19 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

20 United States. 

21 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

22 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

23 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

24 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

25 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
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1 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

2 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

3 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

4 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec7 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of8 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

9 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

10 directly controlled by the individual. 

11 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec12 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

13 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

14 the interagency funding of national security and emer15 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

16 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti17 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

18 2012). 

19 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

20 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

21 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

22 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

23 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol24 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com25 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 
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1 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

2 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

3 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

4 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer5 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage6 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi7 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

8 the individual to the White House. 

9 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

10 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de11 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

12 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

13 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

14 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

15 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

16 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

17 Government, who— 

18 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat19 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em20 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

21 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

22 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

23 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

24 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

25 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
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1 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

2 whether such communication or contact is at the ini3 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re4 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

5 committee, or subcommittee; or 

6 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

7 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

8 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

9 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis10 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti11 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em12 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

13 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

14 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

15 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

16 communication or contact of such other officer or 

17 employee with any Member, committee, or sub18 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

21 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

22 any employee training that— 

23 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl24 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

25 performance of official duties; 
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1 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev2 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

3 some participants; 

4 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

5 of the content and methods to be used in the train6 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

7 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

8 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

9 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em10 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

11 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

12 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par13 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

14 workplace. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

16 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

18 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

19 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu20 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu21 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

22 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

23 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

24 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
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1 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

2 to the Congress itself. 

3 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

4 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed5 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

6 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

7 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

8 competent jurisdiction. 

9 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

10 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

11 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail12 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

13 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate. 

16 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

17 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

18 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa19 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

20 authorized by Congress. 

21 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

22 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

23 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
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1 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

2 under section 102 of such title and the United 

3 States Postal Service. 

4 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu5 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

6 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

7 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

8 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

9 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

10 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

11 in the performance of official duties. 

12 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec13 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

14 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

15 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

16 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

17 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

18 costs. 

19 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec20 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart21 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

22 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government23 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of24 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

25 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
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1 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

2 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis3 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

4 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

5 procurement, and other management innovations, initia6 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

7 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

8 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

9 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des10 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man11 agement Council for overall management improvement ini12 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

13 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

14 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

15 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia16 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure17 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun18 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur19 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

20 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 

21 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 

22 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 

23 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno24 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 

25 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
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1 Services Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during 

2 fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obligation 

3 through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That not 

4 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc5 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta6 tion with the Administrator of General Services, shall sub7 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on 

9 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen10 ate, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

11 of the House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for 

12 the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided fur13 ther, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: 

14 (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under 

15 this section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred 

16 or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a detailed break17 down of the purposes for all funds estimated to be trans18 ferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including 

19 total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose 

20 salaries are provided for by this section); (iii) where appli21 cable, a description of the funds intended for use by or 

22 for the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where 

23 applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by 

24 or for the implementation of specific laws passed by Con25 gress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimburse-
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1 ments may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days 

2 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 

4 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

5 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

7 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

8 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

9 the location. 

10 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec11 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

12 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

13 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

14 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

15 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

16 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

17 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

18 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re19 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

20 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

22 and the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, 

23 and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

24 Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of 

25 this Act. 
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1 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

2 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

3 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

4 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

5 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 

6 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

7 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 

8 funds. 

9 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

10 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

11 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

12 be used by any Federal agency— 

13 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

14 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

15 personally identifiable information relating to an in16 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern17 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

18 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

19 party (including another government agency) to col20 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de21 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

22 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

23 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

24 site. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

2 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

4 identify particular persons; 

5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden6 tifiable information; 

7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

9 applicable law; or 

10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

11 that is a system security action taken by the oper12 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

13 to providing the Internet site services or to pro14 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

15 Internet site. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

17 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac18 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

19 provided in law. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina21 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ22 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

23 condition, management practices and policies and 

24 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

25 law. 
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1 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

2 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

3 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

4 except where the contract also includes a provision for con5 traceptive coverage. 

6 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

7 with— 

8 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

9 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

10 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

11 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

12 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

13 religious beliefs. 

14 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

15 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub16 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

17 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

18 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

19 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

20 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re21 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

22 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur23 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

24 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

25 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
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1 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

2 oversight authorities. 

3 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de5 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

6 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

7 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov8 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

9 ownership pilot program. 

10 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

12 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

13 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

14 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im15 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per16 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

17 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg18 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

19 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

20 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

21 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

23 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig24 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

25 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
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1 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

3 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author4 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

5 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

6 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 

7 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

8 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

9 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

10 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis11 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

12 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre13 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

14 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

15 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

17 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

18 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

19 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap20 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

21 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con22 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

23 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

25 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
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1 (b) WAIVERS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

3 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern4 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

5 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re6 quired in the interest of national security. 

7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

8 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

9 such issuance to Congress. 

10 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

11 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

13 pursuant to such contract. 

14 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2025, for each employee 

15 who— 

16 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

17 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

18 (2) retires under any other provision of sub19 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

20 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa21 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

22 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

23 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver24 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

25 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
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1 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 

2 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis3 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

4 5, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 

6 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re7 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

8 to disclose any of the following information as a condition 

9 of submitting the offer: 

10 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

11 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse12 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

13 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 

14 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

15 election for Federal office or to a political com16 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

17 election for Federal office. 

18 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

19 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

20 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

21 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

22 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 

23 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

24 (1). 
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1 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

2 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election3 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

4 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

5 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 

6 et seq.). 

7 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

8 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

9 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern10 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem11 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com12 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

13 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

14 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

15 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

16 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

17 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

18 2025, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

19 prevailing rate employee described in section 

20 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

21 (A) during the period from the date of expira22 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec23 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef24 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust25 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2025, in an 
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1 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli2 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

3 in accordance with such section; and 

4 (B) during the period consisting of the remain5 der of fiscal year 2025, in an amount that exceeds, 

6 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

7 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 

8 sum of— 

9 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

10 in fiscal year 2025 under section 5303 of title 

11 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

12 under the General Schedule; and 

13 (ii) the difference between the overall aver14 age percentage of the locality-based com15 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

16 2025 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

17 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av18 erage percentage of such payments which was 

19 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

20 section. 

21 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

22 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

23 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

24 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

25 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
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1 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

2 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli3 cable to such employee. 

4 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay5 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

6 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

7 30, 2024, shall be determined under regulations pre8 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

9 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

10 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 

11 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

12 30, 2024, except to the extent determined by the Office 

13 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur14 pose of this subsection. 

15 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 

16 for service performed after September 30, 2024. 

17 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

18 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre19 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em20 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu21 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

22 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

23 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub24 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
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1 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

2 permit or require the payment to any employee covered 

3 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

4 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 

5 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

6 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub7 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 

8 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali9 fied employees. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

11 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

12 take place in fiscal year 2025 under sections 5344 and 

13 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

14 (1) not less than the percentage received by em15 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

16 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

17 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

18 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ19 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

20 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

21 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

22 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

23 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

24 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
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1 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

2 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 

3 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap4 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

5 2024. 

6 SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de7 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

8 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

9 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

10 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

11 costs and contracting procedures related to each con12 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com13 mission, or office during fiscal year 2025 for which the 

14 cost to the United States Government was more than 

15 $100,000. 

16 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con17 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica18 ble period— 

19 (1) a description of its purpose; 

20 (2) the number of participants attending; 

21 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

22 United States Government, including— 

23 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

24 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
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1 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

2 travel to and from the conference; and 

3 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

4 to determine which costs relate to the con5 ference; and 

6 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

7 used including— 

8 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

9 competitive basis; and 

10 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

11 conducted by the departmental component or 

12 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

13 conference. 

14 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 

15 head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 

16 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 

17 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

18 date, location, and number of employees attending a con19 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

20 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

21 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2025 for which the 

22 cost to the United States Government was more than 

23 $20,000. 

24 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro25 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
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1 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con2 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

3 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

4 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

5 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

6 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

7 the grant or contract. 

8 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

9 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con10 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

11 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

13 memorandum. 

14 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 

15 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

16 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac17 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

18 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

19 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

20 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi21 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

24 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

25 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
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1 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

2 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

5 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

6 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

7 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of8 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

9 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

10 SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

12 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

13 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 

14 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

15 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib16 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac17 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

18 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent19 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re20 ceive such information. 

21 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con22 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

23 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart24 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

25 information. 
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1 SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

2 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree3 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern4 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree5 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

6 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

7 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

8 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

9 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi10 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

11 reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 

12 Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 

13 mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au14 thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 

15 health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 

16 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc17 tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or18 ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 

19 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith20 standing the preceding provision of this section, a non21 disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 

22 by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 

23 or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 

24 officer of the United States Government, may contain pro25 visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 
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1 such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 

2 shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis3 close any classified information received in the course of 

4 such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 

5 United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 

6 shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 

7 to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 

8 agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 

9 to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

10 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

11 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

12 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

13 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

14 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

15 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en16 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 

17 substantially similar language to that required in sub18 section (a). 

19 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

21 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

22 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

23 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil24 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad25 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
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1 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

2 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col3 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

4 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

5 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

6 and has made a determination that this further action is 

7 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

8 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

9 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

10 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

11 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

12 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

13 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

14 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic15 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

16 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter17 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro18 tect the interests of the Government. 

19 SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2025, on the date 

20 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac21 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

22 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv25 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
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1 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

2 of such request. 

3 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 

4 made available on the Bureau’s public website. 

5 SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad6 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 

7 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 

8 year 2025 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 

9 on December 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of divi10 sion E of Public Law 117–328. 

11 (b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 

12 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 

13 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 

14 2025 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 

15 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

16 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 

17 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De18 cember 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of division 

19 E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re20 ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2025, except 

21 as provided in subsection (i). 

22 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv23 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi24 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 
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1 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em2 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 

3 (d)(1) This subsection applies to— 

4 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu5 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 

6 official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 

7 or 

8 (B) a limited term appointee or limited emer9 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

10 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

11 rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 

12 level IV of the Executive Schedule. 

13 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

14 5, United States Code, an employee described in para15 graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal16 endar year 2025, except as provided in subsection (i). 

17 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

18 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 

19 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 

21 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 

22 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 

23 increase during calendar year 2025, except as provided in 

24 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 

25 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 
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1 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 

2 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

3 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

4 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap5 plied to them. 

6 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre7 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint8 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

9 under applicable law. 

10 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who 

11 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

12 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 

13 for such time as that election is in effect. 

14 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who 

15 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 

16 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 

17 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 

18 election is in effect. 

19 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

20 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in21 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov22 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du23 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 

24 the level or range for the position held immediately before 

25 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 
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1 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 

2 of pay in effect on December 31, 2024, by operation of 

3 section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–328. 

4 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

5 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

6 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

7 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

8 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 

9 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub10 lic Law 117–328. 

11 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 

12 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2025 

13 but ends in calendar year 2026, the bar on the employee’s 

14 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 

15 of that pay period. 

16 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 

17 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 

18 pay is restricted under this section. 

19 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 

20 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 

21 1, 2025. 

22 SEC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound23 ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 

24 the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 

25 shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 
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1 and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 

2 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 

5 report is transmitted to the Congress. 

6 SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec7 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 

8 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 

10 appropriate congressional committees if— 

11 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re12 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 

13 title 31, United States Code; 

14 (2) an approved apportionment received by the 

15 department or agency conditions the availability of 

16 an appropriation on further action; or 

17 (3) an approved apportionment received by the 

18 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli19 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 

20 program, project, or activity by such department or 

21 agency. 

22 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 

23 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa24 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 
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1 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 

2 account. 

3 SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 

4 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 

5 year 2025 that are specified in the disclosure table sub6 mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 

7 Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of 

8 the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the 

9 report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 

10 Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award 

11 with respect to such funds for purposes of the require12 ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and 

13 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen14 eral of the United States. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 

16 amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require17 ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de18 scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 

19 Comptroller General. 

20 SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 

22 made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 

23 agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter24 agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 

25 recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 
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1 Medical Research and Development Command, the Con2 gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 

3 National Institutes of Health research programs. 

4 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec5 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart6 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

7 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit8 izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 

9 the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail10 able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 

11 including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 

12 Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other13 wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 

14 of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed15 eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government16 wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech17 nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv18 ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 

19 agencies to take advantage of information technology in 

20 sharing information: Provided further, That the total 

21 funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 

22 $29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 

23 funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 

24 Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 

25 during fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obliga-
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1 tion through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 

2 not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

3 Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 

4 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

5 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 

7 plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro8 vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 

9 include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 

10 under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 

11 transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a de12 tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 

13 to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 

14 (including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 

15 whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 

16 where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 

17 use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 

18 by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim19 bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 

20 15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen22 ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 

23 Budget. 

24 SEC. 753. If, for fiscal year 2025, new budget author25 ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre-
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1 tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 

2 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

3 Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 

4 Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre5 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 

6 2025 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man7 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 

8 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 

9 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 

10 for all categories for that fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the unobligated balances of funds made available in 

13 division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

14 (Public Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded 

15 by this or any other Act may be transferred to the United 

16 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

17 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re18 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

19 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 

20 required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with ac21 tivities and projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Pro22 vided, That such transfers shall support activities and 

23 projects executed by the department or agency making 

24 such transfer: Provided further, That such transfers shall 

25 be approved by the head of such department or agency 
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1 making such transfer: Provided further, That each depart2 ment or agency shall provide notification to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate no less than 30 days prior to such transfer: 

5 Provided further, That any such transfers from the De6 partment of Transportation, including from agencies with7 in the Department of Transportation, shall be from fund8 ing provided for personnel, contracting, and other costs 

9 to administer and oversee grants: Provided further, That 

10 amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be in 

11 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 

12 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 

13 this section shall be in addition to any other transfer au14 thority provided by law: Provided further, That amounts 

15 transferred pursuant to this section shall continue to be 

16 treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 

17 A of Public Law 118–5. 

18 SEC. 755. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

19 available, amounts appropriated to any department or 

20 agency funded by this or any other Act for the fiscal year 

21 ending September 30, 2025 are available for and may be 

22 transferred to the Bureau of Land Management to per23 form cadastral surveys necessary for and requested by the 

24 giving department or agency: Provided, That such trans25 ferred amounts shall be available to the Bureau of Land 
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1 Management until expended: Provided further, That, after 

2 the Bureau of Land Management officially files the survey 

3 record, any remaining unobligated balances shall be cred4 ited to the originating account currently available. 

5 SEC. 756. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

6 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

7 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

8 VIII. 
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1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

3 COLUMBIA 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

6 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

7 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

8 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

9 the District of Columbia government. 

10 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

11 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

12 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

13 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

14 or any State legislature. 

15 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

16 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

17 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

18 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, 

19 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

20 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

21 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

22 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re23 programming of funds which— 

24 (1) creates new programs; 
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1 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi2 bility center; 

3 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi4 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

5 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

7 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

8 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre9 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

10 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

11 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

12 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which13 ever is less; or 

14 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

15 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi16 bility center, unless prior approval is received from 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

18 Representatives and the Senate. 

19 (b) The District of Columbia government is author20 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

21 requests of local funds under this title through November 

22 7, 2025. 

23 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

24 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

25 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
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1 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep2 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

3 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

4 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

5 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec6 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

7 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em8 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

9 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

10 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

11 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

12 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

13 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

14 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

15 Police Department who resides in the District of Co16 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

17 Department; 

18 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi19 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

20 Emergency Medical Services Department who re21 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

22 hours a day; 

23 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De24 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

25 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
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1 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

2 call 24 hours a day; 

3 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex4 aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 

5 Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 

6 of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

7 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the 

8 Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

9 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se10 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re11 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

12 hours a day; 

13 (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

14 (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

15 of Columbia. 

16 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

17 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor18 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

19 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

20 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

21 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co22 lumbia. 

23 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co24 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
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1 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi2 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

3 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

4 this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 

5 for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 

6 pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 

7 local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 

8 be inappropriate for such distribution. 

9 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

10 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

11 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

12 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

13 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

14 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep15 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

16 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

17 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 

18 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 

19 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

20 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

21 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de22 rivative. 

23 (b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 

24 by the District of Columbia government under any author25 ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
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1 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 

2 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 

3 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 

4 seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec5 reational purposes. 

6 SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex7 penditure by the District of Columbia government under 

8 any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 

9 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 

10 fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 

11 result of an act of rape or incest. 

12 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

14 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

15 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

16 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

17 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

18 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

19 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

20 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

21 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2025 that 

22 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

23 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

24 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

25 actual expenditures. 
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1 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

2 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co3 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

4 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

5 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi7 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro8 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

9 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

10 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

11 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 

12 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for13 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern14 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

15 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 

16 204.42). 

17 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

18 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co19 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

20 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con21 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 

22 (b) The District of Columbia government is author23 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

24 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

25 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
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1 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro2 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

3 with the provisions of this Act. 

4 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

5 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

6 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

7 capital projects. 

8 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

9 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

10 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

11 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

13 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob14 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

15 year 2025 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

16 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2025 in 

17 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

18 2026, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

19 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

21 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 

22 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

23 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out24 lined in section 803 of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2026, during a 

2 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

3 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

4 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

5 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

6 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub7 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum8 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 

9 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

10 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 

11 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 

12 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2026 

13 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co14 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 

15 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern16 ment for fiscal year 2026 for purposes of section 446 of 

17 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 

18 D.C. Official Code). 

19 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

20 to be available— 

21 (1) during any period in which a District of Co22 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2026 is 

23 in effect; or 
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1 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

2 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

3 2026. 

4 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro5 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

6 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

7 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

8 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

9 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

10 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2026 

11 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

12 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

13 during any period of fiscal year 2026 if any other provi14 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria15 tions)— 

16 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail17 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

18 to continue for such period; or 

19 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

20 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

21 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac22 tivity to continue for such period. 

23 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

24 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

25 mandated by other law. 
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1 SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 

2 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 

3 (sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 

4 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 

5 Bridge Project. 

6 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 

7 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 

8 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 

9 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 

10 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 

11 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 

12 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 

13 access crossings over the Potomac River. 

14 SEC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day 

15 of each quarter, each Federal and District government 

16 agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub17 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re19 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 

20 quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 

21 this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 

22 SEC. 819. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col23 lege Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; D.C. Official 

24 Code, sec. 38–2702), is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection(a)(2)(A), by striking 

2 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 

4 ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

6 at the end; 

7 (4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub8 paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 

9 after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara10 graph: 

11 ‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub12 paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 

13 the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu14 dent who receives more than $10,000 for the 

15 award year; and’’; and 

16 (5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as 

17 so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 

19 SEC. 820. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

20 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

21 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

22 of this title or of title IV. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

24 General Government Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 

Calendar No. 470 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4928 

[Report No. 118–206] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. general government for the fiscal year ending 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar