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Calendar No. 444 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4795 

[Report No. 118–198] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mrs. SHAHEEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 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 the 

5 Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Re6 lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

7 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses for international trade activi6 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

7 to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract8 ing, and retaining business investment in the United 

9 States, to carry out activities associated with title VI of 

10 division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 

11 (Public Law 117–328), and for engaging in trade pro12 motional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 

13 and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting 

14 exports of United States firms, without regard to sections 

15 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full med16 ical coverage for dependent members of immediate fami17 lies of employees stationed overseas and employees tempo18 rarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of em19 ployees of the International Trade Administration between 

20 two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of title 

21 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the 

22 United States and aliens by contract for services; recog23 nizing contributions to export expansion pursuant to Exec24 utive Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not 

25 exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or 
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1 improvement; purchase or construction of temporary de2 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 

3 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para4 graph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 

5 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 

6 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur7 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

8 not to exceed $65,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $350,000 

9 for purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on 

11 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

12 $648,000,000, of which $102,000,000 shall remain avail13 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 

14 amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 

15 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

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

17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985: Provided further, That $12,000,000 is to be derived 

19 from fees to be retained and used by the International 

20 Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of 

21 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That, of 

22 amounts provided under this heading, not less than 

23 $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and counter24 vailing duty enforcement and compliance activities: Pro25 vided further, That the provisions of the first sentence of 
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1 section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu2 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

3 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac4 tivities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions 

5 under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cul6 tural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for as7 sessments for services provided as part of these activities. 

8 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

9 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

11 national security activities of the Department of Com12 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

13 export administration field activities both domestically and 

14 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

15 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em16 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

17 contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 

18 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

19 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

20 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi21 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa22 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 

23 of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 

24 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 

25 Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 
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1 seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

2 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

3 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi4 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi5 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi6 tation otherwise established by law, $206,000,000, of 

7 which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

9 heading, other than amounts for defense related and na10 tional security activities that are in direct support of na11 tional defense programs, $50,000,000 is designated by the 

12 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

15 That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) 

16 and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and 

17 Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 

18 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro19 vided further, That payments and contributions collected 

20 and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 

21 such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 

22 of such activities, and for providing information to the 

23 public with respect to the export administration and na24 tional security activities of the Department of Commerce 
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1 and other export control programs of the United States 

2 and other governments. 

3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

5 For economic development assistance as provided by 

6 the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 

7 1965, including provision of assistance under section 

8 207(b) of such Act, for trade adjustment assistance, and 

9 for programs authorized by sections 27, 28, 29, and 30 

10 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

11 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, 3722b, and 3723), as 

12 amended, $410,000,000 to remain available until ex13 pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for programs under 

14 section 27, $100,000,000 shall be for programs under sec15 tion 28, $10,000,000 shall be for programs under section 

16 29, and $2,500,000 shall be for programs under section 

17 30: Provided, That amounts made available for any pro18 grams provided under this heading may be used to imple19 ment prize competitions as authorized by section 24 of the 

20 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

21 U.S.C. 3719): Provided further, That of the amounts made 

22 available under this heading for programs under section 

23 28, $41,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 

24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

25 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That any 

2 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi3 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

4 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

5 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

6 forth in section 505 of this Act. 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of administering the eco9 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

10 law, $73,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under 

11 this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 

12 pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 

13 of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 

14 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova15 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 

16 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

17 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

18 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De20 velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 

21 minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 

22 $70,000,000. 
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1 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco4 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

5 of Commerce, $130,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2026. 

7 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

8 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana10 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

11 by law, $367,347,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro12 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

13 and marketing activities. 

14 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

15 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana16 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 

17 censuses and programs provided for by law, 

18 $1,210,344,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2026: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 

20 funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar21 keting activities. 
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1 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 

5 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad6 ministration (NTIA), $59,650,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, notwith8 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

9 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec10 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv11 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

12 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off15 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

16 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

17 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

18 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

19 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

20 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

21 Government agencies shall remain available until ex22 pended. 

23 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

24 For necessary expenses for the design, construction, 

25 alteration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of build-
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1 ings and facilities managed by the National Telecommuni2 cations and Information Administration, not otherwise 

3 provided for, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

9 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in10 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec11 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

12 of the USPTO, $4,554,940,000, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

14 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec15 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

16 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

17 2025, so as to result in a fiscal year 2025 appropriation 

18 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

19 That during fiscal year 2025, should the total amount of 

20 such offsetting collections be less than $4,554,940,000, 

21 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 

22 That any amount received in excess of $4,554,940,000 in 

23 fiscal year 2025 and deposited in the Patent and Trade24 mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex25 pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 
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1 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro2 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

3 for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 

4 and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram5 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail6 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

7 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur8 ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 

9 the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 

10 States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex11 penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 

12 President submitted for fiscal year 2026 under section 

13 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 

14 amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex15 penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 

16 result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu17 lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as18 sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei19 ther fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026: Provided further, 

20 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 

21 $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2025 for 

22 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

23 further, That in fiscal year 2025 from the amounts made 

24 available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 

25 amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 
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1 percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 

2 employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 

3 Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec4 tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 

5 Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 

6 of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 

7 chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 

8 otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 

9 for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 

10 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

11 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

12 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

13 Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 

14 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

15 Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 

16 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 

17 accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 

18 the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 

19 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 

20 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im21 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli22 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

23 provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col24 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 

25 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend-
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1 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

2 (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 

3 amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to 

4 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as5 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re6 lated to the USPTO. 

7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

8 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

11 Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,064,244,000, to 

12 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

13 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

14 Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 

15 this heading, $99,093,000 shall be made available for the 

16 NIST—STRS projects, and in the amounts, specified in 

17 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 

18 the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

19 the amounts made available for the projects referenced in 

20 the preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 

21 purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 

22 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro23 vided further, That NIST may provide local transportation 

24 for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 

25 participants. 
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1 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

2 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

3 services, $225,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, of which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

5 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

6 $50,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro7 gram. 

8 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

9 For construction of new research facilities, including 

10 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

11 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro12 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech13 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

14 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $245,600,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail17 able under this heading, $95,000,000 is designated by the 

18 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

21 That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

22 $135,600,000 shall be made available for the NIST—Con23 struction projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 

24 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the re25 port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That up to 
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1 one percent of amounts made available for the projects 

2 referenced in the preceding proviso may be used for the 

3 administrative costs of such projects: Provided further, 

4 That the Director of the National Institute of Standards 

5 and Technology shall submit a spending plan to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

8 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

9 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

10 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

11 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

13 include in the budget justification materials for fiscal year 

14 2026 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support 

15 of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted 

16 with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 

17 of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each Na18 tional Institute of Standards and Technology construction 

19 project having a total multi-year program cost of more 

20 than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justifica21 tion materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 

22 requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subse23 quent fiscal years. 
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1 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

6 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

7 (NOAA), including maintenance, operation, and hire of 

8 aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries 

9 management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 

10 grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi11 zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 

12 to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

13 $4,679,077,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2026: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 

15 National Ocean Service for the management of national 

16 marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala17 ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith18 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro19 vided further, That in addition, $335,121,000 shall be de20 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De21 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer22 ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi23 ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 

24 Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Ob25 servers and Training; Fisheries Management Programs 
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1 and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 

2 Provided further, That not to exceed $80,000,000 shall be 

3 for payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working 

4 Capital Fund’’: Provided further, That of the 

5 $5,042,198,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

6 this heading, $4,679,077,000 is appropriated from the 

7 general fund, $335,121,000 is provided by transfer, and 

8 $28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli9 gations: Provided further, That of the amounts appro10 priated under this heading, $69,481,000 shall be made 

11 available for the NOAA—ORF projects, and in the 

12 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Di13 rected Spending’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

14 Provided further, That the amounts made available for the 

15 projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be 

16 transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, That 

17 any deviation from the amounts designated for specific ac18 tivities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use 

19 of deobligated balances of funds provided under this head20 ing in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 

21 set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

22 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

23 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

24 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

25 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
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1 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

2 may be necessary. 

3 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

4 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

5 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

6 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

7 $1,961,516,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2027, except that funds provided for acquisition and con9 struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili10 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

11 of the amounts made available in the matter preceding 

12 this proviso, $815,000,000 is designated by the Congress 

13 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

16 of the $1,974,516,000 provided for in direct obligations 

17 under this heading, $1,961,516,000 is appropriated from 

18 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov19 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

20 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi21 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

22 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

23 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

24 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

25 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus-
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1 tification materials for fiscal year 2026 that the Secretary 

2 submits to Congress in support of the Department of 

3 Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 

4 President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

5 Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmos6 pheric Administration procurement, acquisition or con7 struction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 

8 and simultaneously the budget justification shall include 

9 an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such 

10 project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

11 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

12 For necessary expenses associated with the restora13 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $70,000,000, to re14 main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, 

15 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

16 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 

17 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder18 ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

19 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con20 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

21 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

22 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu23 lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 

24 rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 

25 Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 
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1 guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 

2 Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 

3 on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 

4 available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 

5 funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 

6 requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 

7 of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

8 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

9 For necessary expenses of administering the fishery 

10 disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson11 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Pub12 lic Law 94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act 

13 (title III of Public Law 99–659), $300,000. 

14 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

15 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

16 Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 

17 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

21 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2025, obligations of direct 

22 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 

23 Quota loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for tradi24 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

25 Act of 1936. 
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1 RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND

2 For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the 

3 Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title 

4 I of division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

5 2023 (Public Law 117–328)), the National Oceanic and 

6 Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect fees 

7 pursuant to such section, which shall be credited to this 

8 account, to remain available until expended, for the pur9 poses specified in subsection (b) of such section, in addi10 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 

11 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

14 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

15 not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa16 tion, $95,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the De17 partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 

18 a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act 

19 to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart20 ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 

21 unless the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully 

22 reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 

23 for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 

24 under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 

25 available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 
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1 prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 

2 of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this 

3 heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 

4 that threaten life or property. 

5 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

6 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod7 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

11 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $50,000,000. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

15 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart16 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

17 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 

18 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

19 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 

20 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

21 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

22 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

23 public interest. 

24 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria25 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
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1 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

3 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

4 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

5 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

6 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De8 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be9 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

10 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans11 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

12 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec13 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga14 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce15 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

16 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap17 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

18 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

19 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

20 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

21 of Commerce. 

22 SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 

23 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

24 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 

25 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 
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1 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 

2 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 

3 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

4 $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 

5 On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the 

6 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se7 ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 

8 for the Space Weather Follow On Program is 

9 $692,800,000. 

10 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in12 cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 

13 and security services) necessary to support the operation, 

14 maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 

15 firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 

16 Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 

17 authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover 

18 Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte19 nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele20 gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 

21 Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis22 trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non23 reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 

24 for services provided under this section or the authority 

25 under which the use or occupancy of the space is author-
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1 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria2 tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 

3 SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 

4 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog5 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac6 tivity over its networks. 

7 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

8 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

9 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim10 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip11 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

12 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 

13 local government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or 

14 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

15 any foreign government or international organization, for 

16 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

17 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos18 pheric Administration. 

19 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv20 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

21 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

22 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

23 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

24 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus25 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig-
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1 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

2 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re3 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

4 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na5 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

6 the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 

7 into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 

8 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per9 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex10 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

11 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern12 ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any 

13 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

14 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

15 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na16 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper17 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2026, for such purposes: Pro19 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 

20 corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 

21 SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 

22 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga23 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco24 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 

25 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
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1 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 

2 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 

3 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed4 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 

5 higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 

6 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

7 which such amounts have been made available. 

8 SEC. 111. The Secretary of Commerce, or the des9 ignee of the Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the 

10 cost sharing requirements under section 315, of the Coast11 al Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) as 

12 necessary at the request of the grant applicant, for 

13 amounts made available under this Act under the heading 

14 ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ under the 

15 heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra16 tion’’. 

17 SEC. 112. Any unobligated balances of expired discre18 tionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce 

19 Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 

20 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may 

21 be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti23 fied at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of 

24 funds. 
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1 SEC. 113. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

2 and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the 

3 employees of the National Weather Service and non-gov4 ernmental experts in personnel management, may estab5 lish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, 

6 including permanent change of station allowance, notwith7 standing the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regula8 tions prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com10 merce Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 JUSTICE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND

4 ACCOUNTABILITY

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the operations, manage7 ment, and accountability of the Department of Justice, 

8 $145,000,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re9 main available until September 30, 2026, and of which 

10 not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of 

11 Department of Justice facilities shall remain available 

12 until expended. 

13 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech16 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

17 departmental direction, $155,029,000, to remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

19 transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 

20 available to the Department of Justice for information 

21 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter22 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur23 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

24 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

25 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
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1 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

2 under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 

3 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

4 procedures set forth in that section. 

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary for the administration of im8 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im9 migration Review, $860,000,000, of which $4,000,000 

10 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

11 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

12 Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not less than 

13 $29,000,000 shall be available for services and activities 

14 provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, 

15 That not to exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made 

16 available under this heading shall remain available until 

17 September 30, 2029, for build-out and modifications of 

18 courtroom space. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General, $146,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 

22 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char23 acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re24 main available until September 30, 2026. 
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1 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

4 Commission as authorized, $14,591,000: Provided, That, 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi6 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis7 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap8 pointed. 

9 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

13 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ14 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi15 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

16 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

17 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti18 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 

19 the District of Columbia, $1,130,000,000, of which not 

20 to exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 

21 information technology projects, including cybersecurity 

22 and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 

23 until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 

24 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 

25 $900,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 
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1 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex2 ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 

3 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro4 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 

5 to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Divi6 sion for official reception and representation expenses: 

7 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 

8 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 

9 emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti10 gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 

11 may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 

12 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 

13 for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, 

14 as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 

15 Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre16 ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

17 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli18 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce19 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of 

20 the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

21 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

22 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro23 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

24 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per25 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

2 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 

3 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

4 That any funds provided under this heading in prior year 

5 appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil 

6 Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 

7 the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 

8 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also 

9 be used to carry out any authorized purposes of the Civil 

10 Rights Division: Provided further, That amounts 

11 repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be used to 

12 increase the number of permanent positions. 

13 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De14 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

15 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

16 $22,700,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 

17 Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 

18 expended. 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

20 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti21 trust and kindred laws, $288,000,000, to remain available 

22 until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 

23 available for official reception and representation ex24 penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 
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1 under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 

2 of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collec3 tion, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in 

4 this appropriation, and shall remain available until ex5 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro6 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

7 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2025, 

8 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation 

9 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

10 That any premerger notification filing fees received in ex11 cess of $288,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 shall remain 

12 available until expended: Provided further, That the Attor13 ney General shall submit a spending plan to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

16 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

17 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

18 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

19 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

21 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

22 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop23 erative agreements, $2,664,000,000: Provided, That of the 

24 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be 

25 available for official reception and representation ex-
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1 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 

2 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

3 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par4 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

5 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

6 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

7 Program, as authorized, $250,000,000, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 

10 collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 

11 amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 

12 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi13 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre15 tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of 

16 title 28, United States Code (as limited by section 

17 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re18 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria19 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

20 further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the 

21 Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 

22 2025, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi23 tors, exceed $250,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 

24 available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 

25 in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
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1 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 

2 be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 

3 2025, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi4 tors, (estimated at $245,000,000) and (2) to the extent 

5 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de6 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 

7 offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 

8 otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

9 2025 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

10 $5,000,000. 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

12 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

14 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

15 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, $2,504,000. 

17 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

18 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

19 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

20 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad21 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $320,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

23 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

24 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur25 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 
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1 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 

2 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up3 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se4 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

5 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro6 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

7 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

8 Act. 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

10 SERVICE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

13 Service, $25,024,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec14 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

15 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

16 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac17 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

18 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re19 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur20 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

21 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur22 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

23 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

24 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
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1 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

2 forth in that section. 

3 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

4 For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 

5 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 

6 Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 

7 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

8 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar11 shals Service, $1,733,000,000, of which not to exceed 

12 $20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

15 amounts made available under this heading, $196,000,000 

16 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

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

18 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

19 1985. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, 

22 or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for pris23 oner holding and related support, $18,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended. 
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1 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

2 For necessary expenses related to United States pris3 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

4 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 

5 Code, $2,240,697,000, to remain available until expended: 

6 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

7 heading, $250,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 

8 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That not 

11 to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appro12 priated for State and local law enforcement assistance’’ 

13 pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United States 

14 Code: Provided further, That the United States Marshals 

15 Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Pris16 oner and Alien Transportation System. 

17 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

21 the National Security Division, $133,512,000, of which 

22 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys23 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

24 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter25 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
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1 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 

2 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

3 transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap4 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 

5 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir6 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

7 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram8 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail9 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

10 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

11 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

12 ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCES

13 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves14 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

15 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

16 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or17 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter18 governmental agreements with State and local law en19 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros20 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

21 crime and drug trafficking, $550,458,000, of which 

22 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

24 under this heading may be used under authorities avail-
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1 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria2 tion. 

3 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In6 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

7 crimes against the United States, $10,761,762,000, of 

8 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 

9 until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail10 able under this heading for appropriations under the ‘‘re11 vised nonsecurity category’’, as defined in section 

12 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def13 icit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amend14 ed, $338,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 

15 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That not 

18 to exceed $284,000 shall be available for official reception 

19 and representation expenses. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip22 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

23 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili24 ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

25 law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally 
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1 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

2 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

3 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

4 $211,895,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad8 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un9 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

10 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex11 penses for conducting drug education and training pro12 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici13 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

14 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

15 $2,600,000,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

16 remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 

17 shall be available for official reception and representation 

18 expenses: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

19 under this heading, $361,000,000 is designated by the 

20 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

23 That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 106– 

24 310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, 

25 units of local government, Indian Tribal Governments, 
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1 other public entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional 

2 consortia thereof for expenses incurred to clean up and 

3 safely dispose of substances associated with clandestine 

4 methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and extraction 

5 operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and proc6 essing operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related sub7 stances which may present a danger to public health or 

8 the environment: Provided further, That none of the funds 

9 made available by this Act or any prior Department of 

10 Justice Appropriations Act shall be available to restart the 

11 illicit crop imagery program. 

12 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

13 EXPLOSIVES

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To16 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

17 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse18 ment, including training in connection with the training 

19 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

20 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as21 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

22 or without reimbursement, $1,685,000,000, of which not 

23 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep24 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

25 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 
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1 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 

2 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

4 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica5 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

6 section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided 

7 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

8 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

9 from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 

10 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

11 funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 

12 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu13 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

14 other agencies or Departments. 

15 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

19 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

20 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

21 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

22 related issues to foreign governments, $8,492,588,000: 

23 Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for 

24 the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 

25 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 
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1 2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap2 propriation for ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for 

3 the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations 

4 of programs and activities related to the First Step Act 

5 of 2018: Provided further, That the Attorney General may 

6 transfer to the Department of Health and Human Serv7 ices such amounts as may be necessary for direct expendi8 tures by that Department for medical relief for inmates 

9 of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided 

10 further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, 

11 where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal 

12 agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine 

13 the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Fed14 eral Prison System, furnish health services to individuals 

15 committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: 

16 Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be avail17 able for official reception and representation expenses: 

18 Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re19 main available until expended for necessary operations: 

20 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con21 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 

22 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

23 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

24 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed25 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv-
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1 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

2 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro3 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not4 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

5 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre6 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili7 ties: Provided further, That amounts made available under 

8 this heading for programs and activities related to the 

9 First Step Act may not be transferred, or otherwise made 

10 available, to or for administration by the Department of 

11 Labor. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 

14 of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 

15 remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

16 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

17 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

18 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili19 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ20 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

21 force account, $290,215,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, of which $30,000,000 shall be available only for 

23 costs related to construction of new facilities: Provided, 

24 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

25 $119,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 
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1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That labor 

4 of United States prisoners may be used for work per5 formed under this appropriation. 

6 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

7 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here8 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

9 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

10 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit11 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

12 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 

13 be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 

14 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

16 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

17 Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 

18 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

19 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

20 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com21 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

22 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys23 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

24 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account25 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
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1 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

2 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui3 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

4 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

5 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

6 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

7 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

8 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

9 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

12 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio13 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

14 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (34 

15 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II of the 

16 Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian 

17 Civil Rights Act of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284, as 

18 amended) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights Act’’); the Violent 

19 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public 

20 Law 103–322, as amended) (34 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 

21 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

22 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu23 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

24 of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 

25 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
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1 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

2 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

3 Law 106–386, as amended) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice 

4 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405, as amended) 

5 (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De6 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

7 Law 109–162, as amended) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio8 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

9 Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of 

10 Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 

11 Act’’); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 

12 115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reau13 thorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117– 

14 103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for related victims services, 

15 $739,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to 

17 exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this head18 ing may be used for expenses related to evaluation, train19 ing, and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the 

20 amount provided— 

21 (1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat vio22 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

23 1968 Act, and any applicable increases for the 

24 amount of such grants, as authorized by section 

25 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au-
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1 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: Provided, That 

2 $10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under 

3 such section 5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 

4 2025 grants funded by amounts provided in this 

5 paragraph; 

6 (2) $53,000,000 is for transitional housing as7 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat8 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

9 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

10 (3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of 

11 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re12 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 

13 women and related issues addressed by grant pro14 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

15 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

16 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

17 Justice Programs; 

18 (4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to pro19 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

20 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

21 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

22 youth exposed to such violence; assistance to middle 

23 and high school students through education and 

24 other services related to such violence, and programs 

25 to engage men and youth in preventing domestic vio-
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1 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking: 

2 Provided, That unobligated balances available for the 

3 programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

4 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

5 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

6 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

7 the total amount available for this grant program 

8 shall be available for grants under the program au9 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

10 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

11 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

12 program; 

13 (5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the 

14 criminal justice response as authorized by part U of 

15 title I of the 1968 Act, of which up to $4,000,000 

16 is for a homicide reduction initiative; and up to 

17 $4,000,000 is for a domestic violence lethality reduc18 tion initiative; 

19 (6) $80,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 

20 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

21 1994 Act; 

22 (7) $53,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

23 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

24 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
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1 (8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

2 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

3 section 304 of the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 

4 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Uni5 versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal 

6 colleges and universities; 

7 (9) $56,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic8 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

9 (10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

10 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

11 in later life, as authorized by section 40801 of the 

12 1994 Act; 

13 (11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami14 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

15 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

16 balances available for the programs authorized by 

17 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

18 the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 

19 Act, shall be available for this program; 

20 (12) $12,000,000 is for education and training 

21 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

22 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

23 2000 Act; 

24 (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 

25 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 
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1 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

2 the 1994 Act; 

3 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

4 violence against Indian women, including as author5 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

6 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval7 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of8 fice of Justice Programs; 

9 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

10 that provides training and technical assistance on 

11 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

12 and Alaska Native women; 

13 (16) $15,000,000 is for programs to assist 

14 Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 

15 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 

16 the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 

17 grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act 

18 shall apply to grants made; 

19 (17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 

20 under the 2015 Act; 

21 (18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to 

22 support restorative justice responses to domestic vio23 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

24 including evaluations of those responses; 
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1 (19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific serv2 ices for victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 

3 2005 Act; 

4 (20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support 

5 cross-designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Spe6 cial Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, 

7 That the definitions and grant conditions in section 

8 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative; 

9 (21) $1,000,000 is for grants to support victims 

10 of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

11 and stalking, including through the provision of 

12 technical assistance, as authorized by section 206 of 

13 the 2022 Act: Provided, That the definitions and 

14 grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

15 shall apply to this program; 

16 (22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 

17 Line to provide services to Deaf victims of domestic 

18 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk19 ing: Provided, That the definitions and grant condi20 tions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 

21 to this service line; 

22 (23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and 

23 services to underserved populations, as authorized by 

24 section 120 of the 2005 Act; 
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1 (24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide 

2 financial assistance to victims, including evaluation 

3 of the effectiveness of funded projects: Provided, 

4 That the definitions and grant conditions in section 

5 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative; 

6 (25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim7 centered training for law enforcement, and related 

8 research and evaluation activities, as authorized by 

9 section 41701 of the 1994 Act; 

10 (26) $15,000,000 is for grants to support ac11 cess to sexual assault nurse examinations, as author12 ized by section 304 of title III of the 2004 Act: Pro13 vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of 

14 the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; 

15 (27) $6,000,000 is for local law enforcement 

16 grants for prevention, enforcement, and prosecution 

17 of cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by 

18 section 1401 of the 2022 Act, and for a National 

19 Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individ20 uals, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2022 Act: 

21 Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 

22 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph; 

23 (28) $3,000,000 is for a National Services Line 

24 to provide services for incarcerated survivors of sex25 ual abuse: Provided, That the definitions and grant 
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1 conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall 

2 apply to this paragraph; and 

3 (29) $5,000,000 is for grants to address the 

4 intersection of missing or murdered Indigenous per5 sons with domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

6 and human trafficking: Provided, That the defini7 tions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 

8 1994 Act shall apply to any such programs. 

9 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

10 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

11 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

12 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

13 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘title I of 

14 the 1968 Act’’) (Public Law 90–351); the Violent Crime 

15 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 

16 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and De17 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’) (Pub18 lic Law 93–415); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 

19 (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public 

20 Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 

21 108–405); the Violence Against Women and Department 

22 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

23 162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act 

24 of 1990 (title II of Public Law 101–647); the Second 

25 Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Victims 
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1 of Crime Act of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public 

2 Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe3 ty Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 

4 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 

5 Law 110–401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se6 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 

7 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

8 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the NICS Improvement Amend9 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence 

10 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

11 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

12 and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); the 

13 First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and other 

14 programs, $75,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, of which— 

16 (1) $41,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

17 programs and other activities as authorized by part 

18 C of title I of the 1968 Act; and 

19 (2) $34,000,000 is for research, development, 

20 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au21 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

22 subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act, and for activi23 ties authorized by or consistent with the First Step 

24 Act of 2018, and of which $750,000 is for research 

25 on online crimes against children. 
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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

4 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

5 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

6 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

7 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351, as 

8 amended) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 

9 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child Abuse 

10 Act of 1990 (title II of Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 

11 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

12 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 

13 2005’’); the Violence Against Women and Department of 

14 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

15 162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

16 and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the 

17 Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vio18 lence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 

19 Victims of Trafficking Act’’); the NICS Improvement 

20 Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle 

21 C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 

22 Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimi23 nation Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the 

24 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (Public 

25 Law 107–12); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public 
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1 Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organiza2 tion for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 

3 110–403) (‘‘the PRO-IP Act’’); the Victims of Crime Act 

4 of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473) 

5 (‘‘the 1984 Act’’); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment 

6 and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

7 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence Against 

8 Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113– 

9 4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and 

10 Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’); 

11 the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public 

12 Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (division Q of 

13 Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the 

14 Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of division 

15 S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young Athletes 

16 Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title 

17 V of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP 

18 School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title 

19 VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the Project Safe 

20 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

21 (Public Law 115–185); the SUPPORT for Patients and 

22 Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); the Second 

23 Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

24 391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate 

25 Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111–84); title II of 
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1 Kristen’s Act (title II of Public Law 106–468, as amend2 ed); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–401); 

3 the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 

4 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Jabara-Heyer NO 

5 HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Violence Against 

6 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 

7 Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); the Daniel 

8 Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 

9 Law 117–263); and other programs, $2,149,338,000, to 

10 remain available until expended as follows— 

11 (1) $720,338,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo12 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

13 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act 

14 (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 

15 for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of 

16 the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this 

17 Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1— 

18 (A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert 

19 Wilson III memorial initiative on Preventing Vi20 olence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring 

21 Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR); 

22 (B) $3,500,000 is for the operation, main23 tenance, and expansion of the National Missing 

24 and Unidentified Persons System; 
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1 (C) $10,000,000 is for a grant program 

2 for State and local law enforcement to provide 

3 officer training on responding to individuals 

4 with mental illness or disabilities, including for 

5 purposes described in the Law Enforcement De6 Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 

7 117–325); 

8 (D) $5,000,000 is for a student loan re9 payment assistance program pursuant to part 

10 JJ of title I of the 1968 Act, as amended; 

11 (E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape preven12 tion and prosecution grants to States and units 

13 of local government, and other programs, as au14 thorized by PREA: Provided, That for grants 

15 requested or issued this fiscal year, section 

16 8(e)(2)(D)(iii)(I) of PREA shall be applied by 

17 striking ‘‘during the 2-year period beginning 6 

18 years after December 16, 2016’’; 

19 (F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri20 cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 

21 Act), as amended by Kevin and Avonte’s Law; 

22 (G) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized 

23 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

24 Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

25 185); 
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1 (H) $13,000,000 is for the Capital Litiga2 tion Improvement Grant Program, as author3 ized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405, 

4 and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 

5 (I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on 

6 restorative justice; 

7 (J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 

8 Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au9 thorized by title II of Kristen’s Act, as amended 

10 by the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 

11 115–401), and for related planning, implemen12 tation and other support activities; 

13 (K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to 

14 replicate and support family-based alternative 

15 sentencing programs; 

16 (L) $2,000,000 is for a grant program to 

17 support child advocacy training in post-sec18 ondary education; 

19 (M) $10,000,000 is for a rural violent 

20 crime initiative, including assistance for law en21 forcement; 

22 (N) $6,000,000 is for grants authorized 

23 under the Missing Persons and Unidentified 

24 Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); 
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1 (O) $2,500,000 is for grants to accredited 

2 institutions of higher education to support fo3 rensic ballistics programs; 

4 (P) $5,000,000 is for the purposes author5 ized under section 1506 of the 2022 Act; and 

6 (Q) $131,393,000 is for discretionary 

7 grants to improve the functioning of the crimi8 nal justice system, to prevent or combat juve9 nile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime 

10 (other than compensation), which shall be made 

11 available for the OJP—Byrne projects, and in 

12 the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Con13 gressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report 

14 accompanying this Act: Provided, That such 

15 amounts may not be transferred for any other 

16 purpose; 

17 (2) $95,000,000 for victim services programs 

18 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

19 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the 

20 TVPRA of 2005, or by the 2013 Act, and related 

21 activities such as investigations and prosecutions; 

22 (3) $13,000,000 for a grant program to prevent 

23 and address economic, high technology, white collar, 

24 and Internet crime, including as authorized by sec25 tion 401 of the PRO–IP Act, of which not less than 
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1 $2,500,000 is for intellectual property enforcement 

2 grants including as authorized by section 401, and 

3 $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on 

4 Internet of Things device capabilities and to build 

5 and execute training modules for law enforcement; 

6 (4) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

7 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

8 and related activities; 

9 (5) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bullet10 proof Vest Partnership Grant Program, as author11 ized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Pro12 vided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred directly 

13 to the National Institute of Standards and Tech14 nology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards for 

15 research, testing, and evaluation programs; 

16 (6) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

17 Public Website; 

18 (7) $95,000,000 for grants to States to up19 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

20 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys21 tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 

22 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im23 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

24 110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 
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1 (8) $35,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

2 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

3 I of the 1968 Act; 

4 (9) $170,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 

5 programs and activities, of which— 

6 (A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes au7 thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 

8 Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 

9 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 

10 Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per11 cent of funds made available under this para12 graph may be used for the purposes described 

13 in the DNA Training and Education for Law 

14 Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 

15 Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 

16 section 303); 

17 (B) $20,000,000 is for other local, State, 

18 and Federal forensic activities; 

19 (C) $15,000,000 is for the purposes de20 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic21 tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 

22 108–405, section 412); and 

23 (D) $5,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo24 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au25 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 
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1 (10) $55,000,000 for community-based grant 

2 programs to improve the response to sexual assault 

3 including assistance for investigation and prosecu4 tion of related cold cases; 

5 (11) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed spe6 cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 

7 of the 1990 Act; 

8 (12) $60,000,000 for assistance to Indian 

9 Tribes; 

10 (13) $125,000,000 for offender reentry pro11 grams and research, as authorized by the Second 

12 Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by 

13 the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 

14 (Public Law 115–391), without regard to the time 

15 limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of 

16 which not to exceed— 

17 (A) $8,000,000 is for a program to im18 prove State, local, and Tribal probation or pa19 role supervision efforts and strategies; 

20 (B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcer21 ated parents demonstration programs to en22 hance and maintain parental and family rela23 tionships for incarcerated parents as a reentry 

24 or recidivism reduction strategy; 
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1 (C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication 

2 sites employing the Project HOPE Opportunity 

3 Probation with Enforcement model imple4 menting swift and certain sanctions in proba5 tion, of which no less than $500,000 shall be 

6 used for a project that provides training, tech7 nical assistance, and best practices; and 

8 (D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program 

9 for crisis stabilization and community reentry, 

10 as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 

11 Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 

12 116–281): 

13 Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made 

14 available in this paragraph may be used for perform15 ance-based awards for Pay for Success projects, of 

16 which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success 

17 programs implementing the Permanent Supportive 

18 Housing Model and reentry housing; 

19 (14) $445,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

20 use reduction activities, including as authorized by 

21 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

22 address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis23 orders consistent with underlying program authori24 ties, of which— 
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1 (A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as 

2 authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I 

3 of the 1968 Act; 

4 (B) $45,000,000 is for mental health 

5 courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro6 gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 

7 of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill 

8 Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re9 authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 

10 (Public Law 110–416); 

11 (C) $45,000,000 is for grants for Residen12 tial Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris13 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

14 1968 Act; 

15 (D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treat16 ment courts program, and for other services for 

17 veterans in the criminal justice system; 

18 (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon19 itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 

20 chemical products; and 

21 (F) $190,000,000 is for a comprehensive 

22 opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 

23 program; 
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1 (15) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant pro2 gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe 

3 Act; 

4 (16) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered 

5 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes au6 thorized under the STOP School Violence Act; 

7 (17) $3,500,000 for grants to State and local 

8 law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 

9 with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of10 fenses involving civil rights, including as authorized 

11 by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes 

12 Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); 

13 (18) $25,000,000 for grants to State, local, and 

14 Tribal law enforcement agencies to conduct edu15 cational outreach and training on hate crimes and to 

16 investigate and prosecute hate crimes, including as 

17 authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard 

18 and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act 

19 (Public Law 111–84), without regard to section 

20 4704(b)(5); 

21 (19) $10,000,000 for grants to support commu22 nity-based approaches to advancing justice and rec23 onciliation, facilitating dialogue between all parties, 

24 building local capacity, de-escalating community ten25 sions, and preventing hate crimes through conflict 
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1 resolution and community empowerment and edu2 cation; 

3 (20) $10,000,000 for programs authorized 

4 under the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 

5 30507); 

6 (21) $125,000,000 for initiatives to improve po7 lice-community relations, of which $35,000,000 is 

8 for a competitive matching grant program for pur9 chases of body-worn cameras and related expenses 

10 for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement; 

11 $35,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative, 

12 for activities related to criminal justice reform and 

13 recidivism reduction; and $55,000,000 is for a com14 munity violence intervention initiative; and 

15 (22) $10,000,000 for a grant program as au16 thorized by the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and 

17 Privacy Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–263); and 

18 (23) $2,000,000 for a grant program to assist 

19 states with satisfying the reporting requirements of 

20 sections 2(a) and (b) of the Death in Custody Re21 porting Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. 60105; Public Law 

22 113–242): 

23 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

24 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

25 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 
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1 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

2 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub3 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 

4 spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 

5 Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 

6 explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com7 petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2025, including 

8 changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 

9 weightings, and the application review process. 

10 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

11 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

12 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

13 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–415) 

14 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

15 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 

16 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Department 

17 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

18 162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance 

19 Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public 

20 Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

21 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 

22 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 

23 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our 

24 Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) (‘‘the 2008 

25 Act’’); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 
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1 of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice 

2 for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 

3 324); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018 (Pub4 lic Law 115–267); the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 

5 2018 (Public Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act 

6 of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473) 

7 (‘‘the 1984 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Re8 covery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); and other juve9 nile justice programs, $407,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended as follows— 

11 (1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by 

12 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 

13 technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi14 zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 

15 That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

16 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

17 grant program to support emergency planning 

18 among State, local, and Tribal juvenile justice resi19 dential facilities; 

20 (2) $107,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

21 (3) $65,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of 

22 which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 

23 1974 Act— 

24 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to pre25 vent trafficking of girls; 
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1 (B) $18,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 

2 Youth Program; 

3 (C) $6,500,000 shall be for competitive 

4 grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice 

5 system; 

6 (D) $12,500,000 shall be for an initiative 

7 relating to youth affected by opioids, stimu8 lants, and substance use disorder; and 

9 (E) $10,000,000 shall be for an initiative 

10 relating to children exposed to violence; 

11 (4) $45,000,000 for programs authorized by 

12 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

13 (5) $107,000,000 for missing and exploited 

14 children programs, including as authorized by sec15 tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except 

16 that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the 2008 Act shall not 

17 apply for purposes of this Act); 

18 (6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training pro19 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

20 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

21 (7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juve22 nile indigent defense; 

23 (8) $1,000,000 for a collaborative reform for 

24 juvenile justice initiative: 
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1 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

2 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi3 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author4 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

5 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) 

6 and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: 

7 Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

8 apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec9 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and 

10 exploited children programs. 

11 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

14 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

15 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in16 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail17 able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au18 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu19 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

20 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not21 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina22 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

23 require additional funding for such disability and edu24 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

25 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail-
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1 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

2 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

3 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro4 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

5 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

6 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

7 set forth in that section. 

8 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

9 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con12 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

13 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

14 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 

15 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

16 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American 

17 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 

18 37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 

19 Act (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); the 

20 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 

21 Law 115–271); the Supporting and Treating Officers In 

22 Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC 

23 Act’’); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 

24 Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–325), $548,123,000, to re25 main available until expended: Provided, That any bal-
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1 ances made available through prior year deobligations 

2 shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of 

3 this Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided 

4 under this heading— 

5 (1) $257,000,000 is for grants under section 

6 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

7 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

8 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not9 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro10 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

11 title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re12 hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex13 ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 

14 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

15 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 

16 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

17 $37,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforce18 ment, including hiring, equipment, training, anti19 methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activi20 ties: Provided further, That of the amounts appro21 priated under this paragraph, $46,000,000 is for re22 gional information sharing activities, as authorized 

23 by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be 

24 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua25 tion, and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 
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1 of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the 

2 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less 

3 than $6,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 

4 Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap5 propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 

6 training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac7 tivities, and other support services as authorized 

8 under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: Pro9 vided further, That of the amounts appropriated 

10 under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collabo11 rative reform model of technical assistance in fur12 therance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act 

13 (34 U.S.C. 10381); 

14 (2) $14,000,000 is for activities authorized by 

15 the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 

16 (3) $17,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

17 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

18 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth19 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei20 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

21 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

22 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

23 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet24 amine traffickers; 
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1 (4) $36,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

2 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

3 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her4 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

5 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

6 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re7 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis8 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

9 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

10 collaboration; 

11 (5) $55,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 

12 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 

13 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 

14 STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 

15 Public Law 115–141); 

16 (6) $45,000,000 is for community policing de17 velopment activities in furtherance of section 1701 

18 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381); 

19 (7) $104,123,000 is for a law enforcement tech20 nologies and interoperable communications program, 

21 and related law enforcement and public safety equip22 ment, which shall be made available for the COPS 

23 Tech projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 

24 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 

25 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
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1 such amounts may not be transferred for any other 

2 purpose: Provided further, That grants funded by 

3 such amounts shall not be subject to section 1703 

4 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383); and 

5 (8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by 

6 the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 

7 2022 (Public Law 117–325). 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

11 available in this title for official reception and representa12 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

13 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

14 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re15 ception and representation expenses. 

16 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

17 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 

18 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 

19 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro20 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu21 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

22 shall be null and void. 

23 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 

24 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 

25 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
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1 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re2 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris3 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in4 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

5 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin6 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil7 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

8 Prisons. 

9 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De11 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be12 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex13 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

14 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

15 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

16 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

17 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com18 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro19 vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol20 lowing— 

21 (1) paragraph 1(Q) under the heading ‘‘State 

22 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 

23 (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘Commu24 nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 
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1 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 

2 this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 

3 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

4 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

5 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

6 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

7 than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 

8 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

9 such a prisoner. 

10 SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

11 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele12 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec13 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

14 purposes. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main16 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

17 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

18 programs. 

19 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 

20 this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 

21 enhanced information technology program having total es22 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un23 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re24 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
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1 information technology program has appropriate program 

2 management controls and contractor oversight mecha3 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

4 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

5 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

6 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi7 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

8 in this Act and in the explanatory statement described in 

9 section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con10 solidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances of 

11 funds provided under this title in previous years. 

12 SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 

14 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

15 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc16 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

17 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

18 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

19 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 

21 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

22 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

23 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

24 from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 

25 United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

2 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

3 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 

4 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head5 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

6 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus7 tice Programs’’— 

8 (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to 

9 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim10 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

11 provide training and technical assistance; and 

12 (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 

13 grant or reimbursement programs under such head14 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

15 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis16 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

17 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

18 and merged with funds provided to the National In19 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis20 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

21 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza22 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 

23 This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(Q) under 

24 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assist25 ance’’. 
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1 SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 

2 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard3 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap4 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 

5 for fiscal years 2022 through 2025 for the following pro6 grams, waive the following requirements: 

7 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

8 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

9 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

10 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 

11 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 

12 part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 

13 (2) For grants to protect inmates and safe14 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 

15 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 

16 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

17 such Act. 

18 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 

20 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

21 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail22 able by this or any other Act. 

23 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 

24 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back25 ground check system established under section 103 of the 
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1 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 

2 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

3 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi4 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus5 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un6 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con7 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

8 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De9 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

10 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 

11 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

12 year 2025, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 

13 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan14 cial management system. 

15 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal16 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

17 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

18 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 

19 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2025, and 

20 any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 

21 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec22 tion 505 of this Act. 

23 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli24 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

25 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-
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1 tion during fiscal year 2025, and any use, obligation, 

2 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 

3 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made avail5 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 

6 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 

7 authorized under such authorities as have been enacted 

8 for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts 

9 in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year. 

10 SEC. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic13 tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 

14 Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re15 ports shall contain at least the same level of information 

16 and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

18 and the Senate in fiscal year 2024. 

19 SEC. 219. None of the funds made available under 

20 this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 

21 support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 

22 issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 

23 training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 

24 by alternatives. 
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1 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to target 

3 or investigate parents who peacefully protest at school 

4 board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in un5 lawful activity. 

6 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute religious insti8 tutions on the basis of their religious beliefs. 

9 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act shall be available for the application of Justice Manual 

11 1-8.200 and 1-8.210, or for the application of any associ12 ated or substantially similar memoranda, policy docu13 ments, or informal guidance, to communications to and 

14 from the Chair, Vice Chair, or staff of the Committee on 

15 Appropriations of the Senate, or the Chair, Ranking Mem16 ber, or staff of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives, relating to Departmental re18 sources, the application of enacted appropriations acts, or 

19 the application of Federal laws related to appropriations. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

21 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 SCIENCE 

3 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

5 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na6 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

7 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 

8 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

9 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 

10 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

11 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum12 bia, $7,965,000. 

13 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

14 For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun15 cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 

16 100–685 and Executive Order No. 14056, hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec18 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 

19 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

20 $1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 

22 personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 

23 and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 

24 offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na25 tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 
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1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

2 SCIENCE

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 in the conduct and support of science research and devel5 opment activities, including research, development, oper6 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa7 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

8 and communications activities; program management; per9 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

10 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

11 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

12 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

13 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

14 aircraft, $7,575,700,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2026. 

16 AERONAUTICS

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

19 development activities, including research, development, 

20 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

21 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con22 trol, and communications activities; program manage23 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

24 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

25 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
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1 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

2 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

3 administrative aircraft, $965,800,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2026. 

5 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

8 and development activities, including research, develop9 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

10 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space11 craft control, and communications activities; program 

12 management; personnel and related costs, including uni13 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

14 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex15 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

16 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 

17 mission and administrative aircraft, $1,181,800,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2026. 

19 EXPLORATION

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

22 development activities, including research, development, 

23 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

24 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con25 trol, and communications activities; program manage-
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1 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

2 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

3 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur4 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

5 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

6 administrative aircraft, $7,648,200,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 

8 amounts made available under this heading, 

9 $1,212,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 SPACE OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

16 and development activities, including research, develop17 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space18 craft control, and communications activities, including op19 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re20 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

21 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow22 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

23 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 

24 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 

25 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-
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1 ministrative aircraft, $4,399,700,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2026. 

3 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

4 MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

7 education research and development activities, including 

8 research, development, operations, support, and services; 

9 program management; personnel and related costs, includ10 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec11 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

12 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

13 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

14 of mission and administrative aircraft, $143,500,000, to 

15 remain available until September 30, 2026, of which 

16 $26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 

17 Stimulate Competitive Research and $58,500,000 shall be 

18 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro19 gram. 

20 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 

23 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

24 research and development activities, including research, 

25 development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
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1 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

2 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

3 program management; personnel and related costs, includ4 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec5 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

6 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

7 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen8 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte9 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air10 craft, $3,044,400,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That if available balances in 

12 the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 

13 Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse14 ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 

15 such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 

16 Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

17 1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart18 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel19 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

20 1995 (Public Law 103–327), up to $1,000,000 shall be 

21 available from amounts made available under this heading 

22 to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That 

23 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

24 $30,310,000 shall be made available for the SSMS 

25 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
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1 ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report accom2 panying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 

3 made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 

4 proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose. 

5 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

6 RESTORATION

7 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

8 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi9 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad10 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

11 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

12 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli13 ance and restoration, $424,100,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2030: Provided, That proceeds from 

15 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

16 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 

17 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

18 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail19 able for obligation for fiscal year 2025 in an amount not 

20 to exceed $33,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 

21 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

22 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col23 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

24 Code. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

4 $50,500,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2026. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

9 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

10 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

11 Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 

12 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero13 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

14 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap15 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

16 be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans17 fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ18 mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac19 tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 

20 percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

21 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

22 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

23 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram24 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
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1 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

2 procedures set forth in that section. 

3 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro4 vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra5 tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 

6 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025 

7 may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 

8 such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro9 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

10 such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 

11 shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 

12 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

13 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com14 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

15 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro16 vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra17 tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 

18 spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 

19 amount established in that spending plan that meets the 

20 notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 

21 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

22 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

23 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

24 section. 
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1 Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 

2 is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 

3 Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora4 tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 

5 projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria6 tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 

7 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

8 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

9 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

10 Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 

11 heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe12 matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to 

13 $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi14 tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 

15 made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, 

16 ‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and 

17 ‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging 

18 students in STEM and increasing STEM research capac19 ities of universities, including Minority Serving Institu20 tions. 

21 Not to exceed $38,500,000 made available for the 

22 current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 

23 Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap24 ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis25 tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex-
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1 pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 

2 of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 

3 and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 

4 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram5 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

6 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

7 procedures set forth in that section. 

8 There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 

9 United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘National Aero10 nautics and Space Administration Nonrecurring Expenses 

11 Fund’’ (the Fund). Unobligated balances of expired dis12 cretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding 

13 fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the 

14 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

15 by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later 

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

17 year for which such funds are available for the purposes 

18 for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited 

19 in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addi20 tion to such other funds as may be available for such pur21 poses, for facilities infrastructure improvements, including 

22 nonrecurring maintenance, necessary for the operation of 

23 NASA, subject to approval by the Office of Management 

24 and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may not be available 

25 for the purpose described in subsection (b)(3) of section 
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1 30102 of title 51, United States Code. Amounts in the 

2 Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen4 ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned 

5 use of funds. 

6 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

7 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

8 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

9 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 

10 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 

11 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

12 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

13 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air14 craft; and authorized travel; $7,528,280,000, to remain 

15 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 

16 amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

17 $700,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

18 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse19 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

20 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

21 United States Antarctic program: Provided further, That 

22 of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than 

23 $106,000,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Sup24 port: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 

25 services and materials furnished by the National Research 
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1 Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 

2 research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: 

3 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

4 under this heading, $973,000,000 is designated by the 

5 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

9 CONSTRUCTION

10 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc11 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

12 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu13 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

14 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 

15 $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 STEM EDUCATION

17 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math18 ematics, and engineering education and human resources 

19 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

20 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ21 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

22 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con23 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

24 $1,225,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2026. 
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1 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

2 For agency operations and award management nec3 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

4 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 

5 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

7 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

8 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

9 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

10 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

11 $465,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,000 is 

12 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro13 vided further, That contracts may be entered into under 

14 this heading in fiscal year 2025 for maintenance and oper15 ation of facilities and for other services to be provided dur16 ing the next fiscal year. 

17 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

18 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala19 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

20 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

21 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec22 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car23 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

24 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $5,220,000: Provided, That not 
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1 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

2 and representation expenses. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

6 1978, $26,500,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2026. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

11 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

12 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be13 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

14 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans15 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

16 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

17 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

18 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

19 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

20 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 

22 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans23 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 

24 any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in-
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1 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 

2 than $2,500,000. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria4 tions Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 $14,850,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi9 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

10 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe11 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 

12 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 

13 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 

14 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 

15 who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 

16 the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 

17 out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 

18 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

19 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au20 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 

21 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That not22 withstanding the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be 

23 used to separately fund the Commission on the Social Sta24 tus of Black Men and Boys. 
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1 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

4 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

5 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em6 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

7 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

8 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 

9 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

10 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend11 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), the Lilly 

12 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), and 

13 the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Public Law 117– 

14 328), including services as authorized by section 3109 of 

15 title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehi16 cles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United 

17 States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and 

18 up to $32,500,000 for payments to State and local en19 forcement agencies for authorized services to the Commis20 sion, $488,221,000, of which $2,788,000 shall be for the 

21 Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That the Com22 mission is authorized to make available for official recep23 tion and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 

24 from available funds: Provided further, That the Commis25 sion may take no action to implement any workforce repo-
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1 sitioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time 

2 as the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate have been notified of such pro4 posals, in accordance with the reprogramming require5 ments of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

6 the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 

7 out the work of the Commission. 

8 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

11 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

12 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

13 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 

14 reception and representation expenses, $126,100,000, to 

15 remain available until expended. 

16 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

17 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

18 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

19 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

20 Act of 1974, $566,000,000, of which $520,100,000 is for 

21 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

22 $6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

23 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

24 additional audits of recipients; $27,900,000 is for manage25 ment and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self- 
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1 help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro 

2 Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay3 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor4 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

5 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 

6 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em7 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

8 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 

9 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 

10 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

11 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora12 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

13 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

14 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

16 CORPORATION

17 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

18 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur19 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

20 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

21 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

22 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

23 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

24 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
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1 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2024 and 

2 2025, respectively. 

3 Section 501 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus4 tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap5 propriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119) is amended 

6 by adding the following new subsection at the end: 

7 ‘‘(d) MODIFIED GOVERNING BODY REQUIREMENT.— 

8 For purposes of this Act, section 1007(c) of the Legal 

9 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)) shall be ap10 plied by substituting ‘33 percent’ for ‘60 percent’.’’. 

11 Section 502(2) of the Departments of Commerce, 

12 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 

13 Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134) is 

14 amended by striking subparagraph (B) in its entirety and 

15 replacing it with the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) is governed by a board of directors or 

17 other governing body, 33 percent of which is 

18 comprised of attorneys who are members of the 

19 bar of a State, as defined in section 1002(8) of 

20 the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 2996a(8)), in which the legal assistance is to be 

22 provided;’’. 
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1 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com4 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

5 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

6 $5,040,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026. 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

8 REPRESENTATIVE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

11 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas12 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

13 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

14 United States Code, $61,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

15 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

16 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

17 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 

18 and representation expenses. 

19 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For activities of the United States Trade Representa22 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

23 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 

24 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

25 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
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1 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

2 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

3 Act. 

4 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

7 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

8 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 

9 shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

10 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

11 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

12 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

13 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

14 United States Government. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

6 not authorized by the Congress. 

7 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

10 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

11 under this Act for any consulting service through procure12 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

13 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

14 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

15 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

16 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

17 issued pursuant to existing law. 

18 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica19 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

20 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica21 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

22 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af23 fected thereby. 

24 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

25 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
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1 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli2 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from 

3 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

4 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

5 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

6 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini7 tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 

8 a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per9 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

10 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of11 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro12 grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

13 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em14 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac15 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

16 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

17 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

18 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

19 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

20 change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap21 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

23 of such reprogramming of funds. 

24 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

25 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
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1 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

2 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

3 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

4 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re5 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

6 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen7 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

8 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula9 tions. 

10 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au11 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

12 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

13 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

14 States, its territories or possessions. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

16 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

17 Item (1)(f)(3). 

18 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

19 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na20 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta23 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

24 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com25 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
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1 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

2 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

3 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

4 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

5 obligation. 

6 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

7 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

8 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

9 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

10 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

11 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

12 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys13 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re14 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

15 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

16 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre17 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re18 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

19 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

20 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be21 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

22 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

23 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

24 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

25 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
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1 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

2 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

3 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

4 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

5 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

6 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

7 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

8 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

9 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

10 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

11 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

12 products of the same type. 

13 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab15 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

16 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex17 cess of $1,900,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

18 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith19 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 

20 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $5,000,000 

21 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 

22 of Inspector General and remain available until expended 

23 for oversight and auditing purposes associated with this 

24 section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 

25 for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re-
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1 quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes 

2 to improve services for victims of crime. 

3 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

4 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi5 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

6 students who participate in programs for which financial 

7 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

8 or legal guardians of such students. 

9 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in11 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

12 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro13 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

14 SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart15 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na16 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na17 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor18 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

19 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

20 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

21 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

22 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

23 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi24 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

25 any such audit is completed. 
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1 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

2 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

3 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis4 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

5 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter6 net website maintained by the Department, Administra7 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

8 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

9 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

10 title 5, United States Code; and 

11 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi12 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

13 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

14 unlawful purposes. 

15 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

16 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state17 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

18 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

19 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

20 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

21 other manner to another person who has a financial inter22 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

23 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

24 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

25 which the Director of the Office of Management and 
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1 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

2 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

3 and requirements, substantially similar to the require4 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

5 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart6 ments, agencies, and entities. 

7 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth8 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

9 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer10 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

11 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate12 impact information system, as defined for security cat13 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

14 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

15 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat16 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys17 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

18 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor19 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

20 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

21 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

22 moderate-impact information systems within the 

23 Federal Government; 

24 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre25 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
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1 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

2 appropriate agencies; and 

3 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap4 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

5 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

6 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

7 risk associated with such system being produced, 

8 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

9 identified by the United States Government as pos10 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

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

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

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

14 or the Russian Federation. 

15 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

17 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re18 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

19 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

20 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

21 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

22 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

23 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

24 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

25 the national interest of the United States; and 
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1 (3) reported that determination to the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa3 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen4 eral. 

5 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

7 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em8 ployee of the United States Government. 

9 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi11 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

12 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

13 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

14 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

15 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

16 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

17 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

18 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

20 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author21 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

22 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

23 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

24 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-
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1 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

2 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

3 SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro4 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

5 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero6 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

7 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason8 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in9 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

10 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis11 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di12 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

13 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

14 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

15 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

16 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

17 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

18 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

19 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

20 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti21 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

22 statement validating that the project’s management struc23 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

24 costs. 
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1 SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel3 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

4 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec5 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

6 3094) during fiscal year 2025 until the enactment of the 

7 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025. 

8 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

10 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

11 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro12 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

13 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

14 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

15 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

16 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

17 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi19 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

20 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as21 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

22 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter23 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess24 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

25 judicial proceeding. 
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1 (RESCISSIONS)

2 SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

3 to the Department of Commerce, the following funds are 

4 hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 

5 30, 2025, from the following accounts in the specified 

6 amounts— 

7 (1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration— 

8 Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

9 $20,000,000, only from prior year appropriations; 

10 and 

11 (2) ‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’, 

12 $9,560,000,000, only from amounts appropriated by 

13 section 101(e) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 

14 2023 (Public Law 118–5). 

15 (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year ap16 propriations available to the Department of Justice, the 

17 following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 

18 later than September 30, 2025, from the following ac19 counts in the specified amounts— 

20 (1) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries 

21 and Expenses’’, $50,000,000; 

22 (2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi23 ties—Office on Violence Against Women—Violence 

24 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro25 grams’’, $15,000,000; 
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1 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi2 ties—Office of Justice Programs’’, $125,000,000; 

3 and 

4 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi5 ties—Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

6 $20,000,000. 

7 (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the De8 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby per9 manently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2025, 

10 from the following account in the specified amounts: 

11 ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $250,000,000. 

12 (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 

13 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

14 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 

15 September 1, 2025, specifying the amount of each rescis16 sion made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c). 

17 (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), 

18 and (c) shall not be from amounts that were designated 

19 by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require20 ment pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget 

21 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

22 Act of 1985. 

23 (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections 

24 (b) and (c) shall not be from— 
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1 (1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) 

2 of paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘State and 

3 Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice 

4 Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As5 sistance’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 

6 117–103 or Public Law 117–328, or amounts pro7 vided under subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) 

8 under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce9 ment Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State 

10 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II 

11 of division C of Public Law 118–42; or 

12 (2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 

13 under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce14 ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv15 ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro16 grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 

17 103 or Public Law 117–328, or amounts provided 

18 under paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State and 

19 Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Ori20 ented Policing Services—Community Oriented Polic21 ing Services Programs’’ in title II of division C of 

22 Public Law 118–42. 

23 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
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1 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

2 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend5 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart6 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

7 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

8 States unless— 

9 (1) such conference is a law enforcement train10 ing or operational conference for law enforcement 

11 personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

12 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 

13 outside the United States; or 

14 (2) such conference is a scientific conference 

15 and the department or agency head determines that 

16 such attendance is in the national interest and noti17 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 

19 days of that determination and the basis for that de20 termination. 

21 SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 

22 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in23 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro24 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

25 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-
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1 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

2 following: 

3 (1) Details on future action the department, 

4 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

5 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

6 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

7 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

8 in expired grant accounts. 

9 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex10 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

11 Treasury of the United States. 

12 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

13 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

14 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

15 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

16 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

17 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

18 SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made 

19 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

20 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En21 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

22 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 

23 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

24 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 

25 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 
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1 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 

2 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 

3 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat4 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com5 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

6 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

8 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

9 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

10 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

11 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 

12 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves13 tigation, have certified— 

14 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

15 technology, data, or other information with national 

16 security or economic security implications to China 

17 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

18 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

19 officials who have been determined by the United 

20 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

21 human rights. 

22 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

23 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

25 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 
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1 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

2 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici3 pants, and its location and timing. 

4 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

6 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

7 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

9 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

10 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

11 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 

12 law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

13 SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus14 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

15 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

16 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

17 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

18 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

19 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

20 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 

21 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 

22 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 

25 the date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

3 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

4 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

5 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per6 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

7 contract. 

8 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit10 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

11 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

12 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

13 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under 

14 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 

15 respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

16 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

17 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken18 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi19 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

20 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

21 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

22 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da23 kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash24 ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 

25 respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
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1 of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 

2 Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 

3 from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 

4 distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari5 juana. 

6 SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na7 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na8 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

11 by any employee of such Department or agency, including 

12 the purpose of such travel. 

13 SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

14 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

15 respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the 

16 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 

17 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

18 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 

19 be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 

20 Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per21 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 

22 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 

23 the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area 

24 Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial cen25 sus, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty 
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1 Estimates, or any Territory or possession of the United 

2 States. 

3 SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

6 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in7 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

8 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

9 United States in connection with requiring an export li10 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac11 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

12 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

13 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

14 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

15 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

16 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

17 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

18 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex19 port license— 

20 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

21 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

22 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

23 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

24 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub25 section (a); and 
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1 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

2 of— 

3 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo4 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

5 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

6 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

7 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

8 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

9 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

10 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu11 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

12 (C) articles for export from Canada to an13 other foreign destination. 

14 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di15 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per16 manent or temporary export without a license of any un17 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

18 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem19 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

20 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

21 Canadian citizen. 

22 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

23 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter24 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

25 the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
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1 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

2 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

3 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter4 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an5 other nation. The President shall terminate the require6 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require7 ments have ceased. 

8 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

10 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

11 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

12 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

13 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

14 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

15 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

16 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori17 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

18 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per20 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

21 importation of any model of shotgun if— 

22 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

23 the proposed importation are met; and 

24 (2) no application for the importation of such 

25 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 
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1 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu2 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

3 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

4 sporting purposes. 

5 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

7 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

8 ratification for the Treaty. 

9 SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

11 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

12 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

13 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

14 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

15 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

16 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

17 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

18 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

19 SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth20 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

21 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

22 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi23 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de24 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec25 tive control of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

4 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

5 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

7 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

9 and 

10 (2) is— 

11 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

12 control of the Department of Defense; or 

13 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

14 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

15 SEC. 540. Funds made available to the Department 

16 of Commerce and the Department of Justice in this Act 

17 and any remaining unobligated balances of funds made 

18 available to the Department of Commerce and the Depart19 ment of Justice in prior year Acts, other than amounts 

20 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 

22 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

23 Control Act of 1985 or from amounts made available 

24 under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice—Legal Activi25 ties—Fees and Expenses of Witnesses’’, shall be available 
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1 to provide payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title 

2 IX of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropria3 tions Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, That 

4 payments made pursuant to the matter preceding this pro5 viso may not exceed $5,000,000 for the Department of 

6 Commerce and $10,000,000 for the Department of Jus7 tice. 

8 SEC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

9 Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 

10 made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 

11 Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 

12 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

13 section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

14 Public Law 117–167) not otherwise allocated pursuant to 

15 section 546(a)(1)(B) of division C of Public law 118–42, 

16 including the transfer authority in such paragraphs of 

17 that section of that Act, to the accounts specified, in the 

18 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec19 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Commerce Alloca20 tion of National Institute of Standards and Technology 

21 Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report ac22 companying this Act. 

23 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di24 rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 

25 amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen-
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1 tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 

2 Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2025 pur3 suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di4 vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, 

5 in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi6 ties specified in the table titled ‘‘National Science Founda7 tion Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

8 in the report accompanying this Act. 

9 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo10 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

11 year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 

12 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is 

13 in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for 

14 part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce 

15 and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, 

16 That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso 

17 shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot18 ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro19 grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 

20 which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 

21 than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 

22 this section. 

23 (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

24 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
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1 subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 

2 Act— 

3 (1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate 

4 funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 

5 section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection 

6 (a)(1) of this section; and 

7 (2) the Director of the National Science Foun8 dation may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS 

9 for America Workforce and Education Fund by sub10 section (a)(2) of this section. 

11 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 

12 the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Com13 merce and the Director of the National Science Founda14 tion, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, 

17 project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 

18 amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and sec19 tion 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 

20 2026. 

21 (e) The Department of Commerce and the National 

22 Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal25 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
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1 America Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub2 section (a)(1) of this section and prior appropriations 

3 Acts, the status of balances of projects and activities fund4 ed by the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund 

5 for amounts allocated pursuant to section 543 (a)(2) of 

6 division B of Public Law 117–328, and the status of bal7 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 

8 America Workforce and Education Fund for amounts allo9 cated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section and 

10 prior appropriations Acts, including all uncommitted, com11 mitted, and unobligated funds. 

12 SEC. 542. (a) Any unobligated balances identified in 

13 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 080X0115 are 

14 hereby permanently cancelled. 

15 (b) Upon enactment of this Act: 

16 (1) obligated balances in 080X0115 pertaining 

17 to the Space Operations Direct Program shall be 

18 transferred to and merged with Treasury Appropria19 tion Fund Symbol 080–25/26–0115, Space Oper20 ations, and any upward adjustments to such obliga21 tions may be made from 080–25/26–0115; and 

22 (2) obligated balances in 080X0115 pertaining 

23 to Space Operations Hurricane Recovery shall be 

24 transferred to and merged with Treasury Appropria25 tion Fund Symbol 080–25/30–0130, Construction 
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1 and Environmental Compliance and Restoration, 

2 and any upward adjustments to such obligations 

3 may be made from 080–25/30–0130. 

4 (c) Following the cancellation of unobligated balances 

5 and transfer of obligated balances in 080X0115, such ac6 count shall be closed. Any collections authorized or re7 quired to be credited to this account that are not received 

8 before closing of the account shall be deposited in the 

9 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

10 SEC. 543. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

11 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec12 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 

14 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 

15 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

16 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

17 SEC. 544. Section 3 of Public Law 116–77 is amend18 ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep19 tember 30, 2025’’. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

21 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
Calendar No. 444 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4795 

[Report No. 118–198] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2025, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

JULY 25, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar