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Union Calendar No. 482 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9026 

[Report No. 118–582] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2024 

Mr. ROGERS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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. 


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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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses for international trade activi12 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

13 to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract14 ing, and retaining business investment in the United 

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

16 division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 

17 (Public Law 117–328), and for engaging in trade pro18 motional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 

19 and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting 

20 exports of United States firms, without regard to sections 

21 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full med22 ical coverage for dependent members of immediate fami23 lies of employees stationed overseas and employees tempo24 rarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of em25 ployees of the International Trade Administration between 


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

2 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the 

3 United States and aliens by contract for services; recog4 nizing contributions to export expansion pursuant to Exec5 utive Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not 

6 exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or 

7 improvement; purchase or construction of temporary de8 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 

9 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para10 graph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 

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

12 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur13 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

14 not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $325,000 

15 for purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the 

16 general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on 

17 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

18 $570,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail19 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 

20 $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 

21 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith22 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro23 vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head24 ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti25 dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9026.RH H9026

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1 ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 

2 first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 

3 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

4 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car5 rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 

6 Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 

7 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in8 clude payment for assessments for services provided as 

9 part of these activities. 

10 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

11 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

13 national security activities of the Department of Com14 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

15 export administration field activities both domestically and 

16 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

17 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em18 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

20 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

21 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

22 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi23 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa24 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 

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


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1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 

2 Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 

3 seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

4 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

5 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi6 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi7 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi8 tation otherwise established by law, $186,683,000, of 

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

10 Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec11 tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu12 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

13 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac14 tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu15 tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro16 vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 

17 in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 

18 information to the public with respect to the export admin19 istration and national security activities of the Depart20 ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 

21 the United States and other governments. 

22 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

23 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

24 For grants for economic development assistance as 

25 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 


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1 Act of 1965, and for grants authorized by sections 27, 

2 28, and 29 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova3 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, and 3723), as 

4 amended, $256,500,000 to remain available until ex5 pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 

6 section 27, $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 

7 28, and $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 29: 

8 Provided, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

9 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 

10 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

11 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro12 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of administering the eco15 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

16 law, $68,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under 

17 this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 

18 pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 

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

20 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova21 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 

22 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 


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1 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De4 velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 

5 minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 

6 $55,000,000. 

7 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco10 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

11 of Commerce, $116,000,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2026. 

13 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

14 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

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

17 by law, $300,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro18 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

19 and marketing activities. 

20 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana22 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 

23 censuses and programs provided for by law, 

24 $1,054,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2026: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 


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1 funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar2 keting activities. 

3 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

7 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad8 ministration (NTIA), $55,000,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

11 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec12 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv13 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

14 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off17 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

18 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

19 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

20 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

21 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

22 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

23 Government agencies shall remain available until ex24 pended. 


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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

3 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov4 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro5 priated are available for the administration of all open 

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

8 For necessary expenses for the design, construction, 

9 alteration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of build10 ings and facilities managed by the National Telecommuni11 cations and Information Administration, not otherwise 

12 provided for, $1,500,000, to remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

18 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in19 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec20 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

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

22 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

23 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec24 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

25 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 


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1 2025, so as to result in a fiscal year 2025 appropriation 

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

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

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

5 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 

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

7 fiscal year 2025 and deposited in the Patent and Trade8 mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex9 pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 

10 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro11 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

12 for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 

13 and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram14 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail15 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

16 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur17 ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 

18 the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 

19 States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex20 penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 

21 President submitted for fiscal year 2026 under section 

22 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 

23 amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex24 penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 

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1 lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as2 sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei3 ther fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026: Provided further, 

4 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 

5 $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2025 for 

6 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

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

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

9 amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 

10 percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 

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

12 Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec13 tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 

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

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

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

17 otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 

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

19 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

20 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

21 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

23 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

25 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 


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1 accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 

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

3 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 

4 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im5 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli6 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col8 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 

9 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend10 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

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

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

13 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as14 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re15 lated to the USPTO. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

17 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

20 Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,003,000,000, to 

21 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

22 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

24 this heading, $245,722,000 shall be for scientific and tech25 nical research projects, which shall be for the purposes, 


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1 and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC NIST–STRS’’ in 

2 the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 

3 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 

4 amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 

5 preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 

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

7 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro8 vided further, That NIST may provide local transportation 

9 for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 

10 participants. 

11 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

13 services, $212,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, of which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

15 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

16 $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro17 gram. 

18 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

19 For construction of new research facilities, including 

20 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

21 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro22 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech23 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

24 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

25 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $200,000,000, to remain available 


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1 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

2 shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 

3 year 2026 that the Secretary submits to Congress in sup4 port of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub5 mitted with the budget of the President under section 

6 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

7 each National Institute of Standards and Technology con8 struction project having a total multi-year program cost 

9 of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget 

10 justification materials shall include an estimate of the 

11 budgetary requirements for each such project for each of 

12 the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

13 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

18 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

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

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

21 management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 

22 grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi23 zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 

24 to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

25 $4,210,951,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2026: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 

2 National Ocean Service for the management of national 

3 marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala4 ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith5 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro6 vided further, That in addition, $377,363,000 shall be de7 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De8 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer9 ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi10 ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 

11 Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Ob12 servers and Training; Fisheries Management Programs 

13 and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 

14 Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be 

15 for payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working 

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

17 $4,611,314,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

18 this heading, $4,210,951,000 is appropriated from the 

19 general fund, $377,363,000 is provided by transfer, and 

20 $23,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli21 gations: Provided further, That of the amounts appro22 priated under this heading, $67,523,000 shall be for the 

23 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘NOAA– 

24 CZM’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 

25 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 


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1 That the amounts made available for the projects ref2 erenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred 

3 for any other purpose: Provided further, That any devi4 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

5 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

6 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

9 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

10 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

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

12 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend13 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

14 may be necessary. 

15 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

16 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

17 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

18 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

19 $1,378,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2027, except that funds provided for acquisition and con21 struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili22 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

23 of the $1,390,200,000 provided for in direct obligations 

24 under this heading, $1,378,200,000 is appropriated from 

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1 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

2 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi3 ties in the report, or any use of deobligated balances of 

4 funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 

5 be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of 

6 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com7 merce shall include in budget justification materials for 

8 fiscal year 2026 that the Secretary submits to Congress 

9 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

10 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

11 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

12 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

13 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

14 total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 

15 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg16 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

17 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

18 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

19 For necessary expenses associated with the restora20 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, 

22 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

24 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder25 ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 


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1 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con2 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

3 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

4 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu5 lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 

6 rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 

7 Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 

8 guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 

9 Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 

10 on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 

11 available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 

12 funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 

13 requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 

14 of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

15 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

16 For necessary expenses of administering the fishery 

17 disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson18 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Pub19 lic Law 94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act 

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

21 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

22 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

24 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

25 until expended. 


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1 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

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

5 Quota loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for tradi6 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

7 Act of 1936. 

8 RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND

9 For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the 

10 Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title 

11 I of division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

12 2023 (Public Law 117–328)), the National Oceanic and 

13 Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect fees 

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

15 account, to remain available until expended, for the pur16 poses specified in subsection (b) of such section, in addi17 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 

18 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

21 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

22 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa23 tion, $90,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the De24 partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 

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


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1 to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart2 ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 

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

4 reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 

5 for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 

6 under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 

7 available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 

8 prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 

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

10 heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 

11 that threaten life or property. 

12 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

13 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod14 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000. 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

22 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart23 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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


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

2 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

3 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

4 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

5 public interest. 

6 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria7 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

8 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

9 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

11 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

12 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

13 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De15 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be16 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

17 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans18 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

19 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec20 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga21 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce22 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

23 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap24 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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


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1 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

2 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

3 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

7 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 

8 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 

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

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

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

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

13 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se14 ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 

15 for the Space Weather Follow On Program is 

16 $692,800,000. 

17 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in19 cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 

20 and security services) necessary to support the operation, 

21 maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 

22 firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 

23 Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 

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

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1 nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele2 gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 

3 Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis4 trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non5 reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 

6 for services provided under this section or the authority 

7 under which the use or occupancy of the space is author8 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria9 tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 

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

11 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog12 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac13 tivity over its networks. 

14 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

15 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

16 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim17 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip18 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

20 local government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or 

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

22 any foreign government or international organization, for 

23 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

24 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos25 pheric Administration. 


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1 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv2 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

3 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

4 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

5 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

6 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus7 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig8 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

9 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re10 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

11 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na12 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

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

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

15 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per16 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex17 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

18 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern19 ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any 

20 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

21 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

22 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na23 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper24 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2026, for such purposes: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:11 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9026.RH H9026

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1 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 

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

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

4 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga5 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco6 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 

7 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 

8 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 

9 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 

10 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed11 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 

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

13 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

14 which such amounts have been made available. 

15 SEC. 111. Any unobligated balances of expired discre16 tionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce 

17 Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 

18 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may 

19 be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti21 fied at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of 

22 funds. 

23 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

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1 ernmental experts in personnel management, may estab2 lish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, 

3 including permanent change of station allowance, notwith4 standing the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regula5 tions prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com7 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 $113,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 

9 until September 30, 2026, and of which not to exceed 

10 $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department 

11 of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended. 

12 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech15 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

16 departmental direction, $38,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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

19 available to the Department of Justice for information 

20 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter21 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur22 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

23 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

24 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

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

2 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

3 procedures set forth in that section. 

4 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses necessary for the administration of im7 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im8 migration Review, $760,000,000, of which $4,000,000 

9 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

10 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

11 Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That the Executive 

12 Office for Immigration Review shall implement case per13 formance metrics that are linked to performance evalua14 tions for individual immigration judges. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General, $144,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 

18 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char19 acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re20 main available until September 30, 2026. 

21 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

24 Commission as authorized, $14,000,000: Provided, That, 

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1 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis2 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap3 pointed. 

4 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

8 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ9 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi10 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

11 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

12 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti13 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 

14 the District of Columbia, $988,500,000, of which not to 

15 exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 

16 information technology projects, including cybersecurity 

17 and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 

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

19 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 

20 $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 

21 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex22 ceed $3,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 

23 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro24 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 

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1 sion for official reception and representation expenses: 

2 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 

3 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 

4 emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti5 gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 

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

7 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 

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

9 as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 

10 Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre11 ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

12 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli13 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce14 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of 

15 the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

16 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

17 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro18 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

19 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per20 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro21 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

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

23 shall remain available until expended. 

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1 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

2 $31,738,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 

3 Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 

4 expended. 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

6 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti7 trust and kindred laws, $192,776,000, to remain available 

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

9 available for official reception and representation ex10 penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law, not to exceed $192,776,000 to be derived from 

12 fees collected for premerger notification filings under the 

13 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 

14 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall 

15 be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro16 priation, and shall remain available until expended: Pro17 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 

18 general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 

19 are received during fiscal year 2025, so as to result in 

20 a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general 

21 fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That, notwith22 standing section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, 

23 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 

24 Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of 

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1 during the current fiscal year shall become available for 

2 obligation in any fiscal year except as provided in the pre3 ceding two provisos or as provided in a subsequent appro4 priations Act. 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

6 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

7 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop8 erative agreements, $2,312,000,000: Provided, That of the 

9 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $5,600 shall be 

10 available for official reception and representation ex11 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 

12 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

13 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par14 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

15 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

17 Program, as authorized, $245,000,000, to remain avail18 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 

20 collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 

21 amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 

22 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi23 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre25 tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of 


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

2 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re3 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria4 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

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

6 Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 

7 2025, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi8 tors, exceed $245,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 

9 available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 

10 in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

11 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 

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

13 2025, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi14 tors, (estimated at $245,000,000) and (2) to the extent 

15 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de16 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 

17 offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 

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

19 2025 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

21 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

23 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

25 States Code, $2,504,000. 


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1 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

2 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

3 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

4 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad5 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $320,000,000, 

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

7 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

8 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur9 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

10 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 

11 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up12 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se13 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

14 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro15 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

16 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

17 Act. 

18 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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

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

22 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 


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1 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar4 shals Service, $1,715,700,000, of which not to exceed 

5 $20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, 

10 or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for pris11 oner holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain 

12 available until expended. 

13 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

14 For necessary expenses related to United States pris15 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

17 Code, $2,125,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid19 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce20 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

21 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

22 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

23 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 


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1 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

5 the National Security Division, $120,681,000, of which 

6 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys7 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

8 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter9 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir10 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 

11 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

12 transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap13 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 

14 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir15 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

16 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram17 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail18 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

19 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

20 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCES

22 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves23 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

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1 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter2 governmental agreements with State and local law en3 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros4 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

5 crime and drug trafficking, $547,000,000, of which 

6 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

8 under this heading may be used under authorities avail9 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria10 tion. 

11 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In14 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

15 crimes against the United States, $10,276,000,000, of 

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

17 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 

18 be available for official reception and representation ex19 penses. 

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 

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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 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That such amount shall be used for a second DNA 

6 laboratory: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law, unobligated balances from prior 

8 year appropriations made available under Federal Bureau 

9 of Investigation, Construction, for a new headquarters, 

10 may only be used to sustain use of the Federal Bureau 

11 of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building. 

12 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad15 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un16 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

17 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex18 penses for conducting drug education and training pro19 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici20 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

21 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

22 $2,760,924,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

23 remain available until expended and not to exceed $20,000 

24 shall be available for official reception and representation 

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1 Public Law 106–310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to 

2 reimburse States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 

3 Governments, other public entities, and multi-jurisdic4 tional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred 

5 to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 

6 with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conver7 sion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 

8 laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and 

9 fentanyl-related substances which may present a danger 

10 to public health or the environment. 

11 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

12 EXPLOSIVES

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To15 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

16 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse17 ment, including training in connection with the training 

18 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

19 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as20 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

21 or without reimbursement, $1,436,500,000, of which not 

22 to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception and rep23 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

24 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

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1 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex2 pended: Provided, That no funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, 

4 missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

5 Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or depart6 ments: Provided further, That not more than 40 percent 

7 of the amounts made available under this heading may 

8 be obligated unless processing times for National Fire9 arms Act applications do not exceed 120 days in the case 

10 of paper applications and 60 days in the case of electronic 

11 applications. 

12 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

16 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

17 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

18 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

19 related issues to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000: 

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

21 the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 

22 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 

23 2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap24 propriation for ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for 

25 the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations 


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1 of programs and activities related to the First Step Act 

2 of 2018 (‘‘First Step Act’’): Provided further, That the 

3 Attorney General may transfer to the Department of 

4 Health and Human Services such amounts as may be nec5 essary for direct expenditures by that Department for 

6 medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correc7 tional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of 

8 the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter 

9 into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary 

10 claims processor to determine the amounts payable to per11 sons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish 

12 health services to individuals committed to the custody of 

13 the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not to 

14 exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 

15 representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex16 ceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

17 necessary operations: Provided further, That, of the 

18 amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 

19 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

20 make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim21 bursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided fur22 ther, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 

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1 standing the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes 

2 services under contracts to the Federal Prison System re3 lating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway 

4 houses, or other custodial facilities: Provided further, That 

5 amounts made available under this heading for programs 

6 and activities related to the First Step Act may not be 

7 transferred, or otherwise made available, to or for admin8 istration by the Department of Labor. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 

11 of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 

12 remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

13 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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

15 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili16 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ17 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

18 force account, $273,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners 

20 may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 

21 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

22 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here23 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

24 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

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1 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

4 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

6 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

8 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

9 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

10 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com11 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

12 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys13 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

14 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account15 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

16 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

17 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui18 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

19 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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


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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

2 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

3 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

4 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio8 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

9 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 

10 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act 

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

12 of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights 

13 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

14 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 

15 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

16 647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

17 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

18 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and 

19 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et 

20 seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vi21 olence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) 

22 (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public 

23 Law 108–405) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against 

24 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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1 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

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

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

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

5 115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reau6 thorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117– 

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

8 $667,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That of the amount provided— 

10 (1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat vio11 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

12 1968 Act, and any authorized, applicable incentive 

13 funding amounts with respect to such grants; 

14 (2) $48,000,000 is for transitional housing as15 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat16 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

17 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

18 (3) $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; and assistance to 

23 middle and high school students through education 

24 and other services related to such violence, of which 

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1 venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as2 sault, and stalking: Provided, That unobligated bal3 ances available for the programs authorized by sec4 tions 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 

5 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall 

6 be available for this program: Provided further, That 

7 10 percent of the total amount available for this 

8 grant program shall be available for grants under 

9 the program authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 

10 Act: Provided further, That the definitions and grant 

11 conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall 

12 apply to this program; 

13 (4) $55,000,000 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 $6,000,000 

16 is for an initiative to promote effective policing and 

17 prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating 

18 violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including eval19 uation of the effectiveness of funded interventions 

20 (‘‘Policing and Prosecution Initiative’’) and 

21 $1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu22 tion and investigation of online abuse and harass23 ment (‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online 

24 Abuse Initiative’’): Provided, That subsections (c) 

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1 apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initiative or 

2 the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse 

3 Initiative; 

4 (5) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 

5 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

6 1994 Act; 

7 (6) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

8 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

9 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

10 (7) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

11 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

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

13 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Uni14 versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal 

15 colleges and universities; 

16 (8) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic17 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

18 (9) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

19 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

21 1994 Act; 

22 (10) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami23 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

24 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

25 balances available for the programs authorized by 


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1 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

3 Act, shall be available for this program; 

4 (11) $12,000,000 is for education and training 

5 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

6 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

7 2000 Act; 

8 (12) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 

9 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

10 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

11 the 1994 Act; 

12 (13) $3,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

13 violence against Indian women, including as author14 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

15 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval16 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of17 fice of Justice Programs; 

18 (14) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

19 that provides training and technical assistance on 

20 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

21 and Alaska Native women; 

22 (15) $15,000,000 is for programs to assist 

23 Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 

24 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 

25 the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 


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

2 shall apply to grants made: Provided further, That 

3 $5,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-des4 ignation of Tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special As5 sistant United States Attorneys; 

6 (16) $1,500,000 is for the National Institute of 

7 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re8 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 

9 women and related issues addressed by grant pro10 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

11 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

12 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

13 Justice Programs; 

14 (17) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 

15 Line to provide remote services to Deaf victims of 

16 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

17 and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and 

18 grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

19 shall apply to this service line; 

20 (18) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim21 centered training for law enforcement, and related 

22 research and evaluation activities, as authorized by 

23 section 41701 of the 1994 Act; and 

24 (19) $5,000,000 is for local law enforcement 

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1 of cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by 

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

3 Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individ4 uals, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2022 Act: 

5 Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 

6 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph. 

7 (20) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 

8 under title IV the 2015 Act (the ‘‘Rape Survivor 

9 Child Custody Act’’); and 

10 (21) $5,000,000 is for grants to State and 

11 Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot 

12 programs. 

13 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

14 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 

18 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

19 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 

20 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

21 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 

22 (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

23 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

24 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21) (‘‘the PROTECT Act’’); the 

25 Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the 


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1 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Re2 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 

3 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Pub4 lic Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public 

5 Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public 

6 Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe7 ty Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 

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

9 Law 110–401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se10 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 

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

12 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the NICS Improvement Amend13 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence 

14 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

15 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

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

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

18 programs, $55,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, of which— 

20 (1) $33,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

21 programs and other activities as authorized by part 

22 C of title I of the 1968 Act; and 

23 (2) $22,000,000 is for research, development, 

24 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au25 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 


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1 subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act, and for activi2 ties authorized by or consistent with the First Step 

3 Act of 2018. 

4 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

9 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

10 Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968 

11 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 

12 405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 

13 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro14 tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

15 164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); the Violence Against 

16 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

17 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 

18 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

19 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic20 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

21 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims of Trafficking Act’’); 

22 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

23 Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se24 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 

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


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1 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the Second Chance Act of 2007 

2 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Or3 ganization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public 

4 Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public 

5 Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

6 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act 

7 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 Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

25 401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act 


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1 of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Violence Against 

2 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 

3 Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and other pro4 grams, $2,210,110,000, to remain available until ex5 pended as follows— 

6 (1) $847,810,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me7 morial Justice Assistance Grant program as author8 ized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 

9 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special 

10 rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title 

11 I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of 

12 this Act), including grants authorized by section 

13 502(b)(1), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 

14 1— 

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

16 Wilson III memorial initiative on Preventing Vi17 olence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring 

18 Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR); 

19 (B) $15,500,000 is for prison rape preven20 tion and prosecution grants to States and units 

21 of local government, and other programs, as au22 thorized by PREA; 

23 (C) $2,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri24 cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 

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1 (D) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized 

2 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

3 Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

4 185); 

5 (E) $15,000,000 is for the Capital Litiga6 tion Improvement Grant Program, as author7 ized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405, 

8 and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 

9 (F) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 

10 Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au11 thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 

12 (Public Law 115–401); 

13 (G) $5,000,000 is for a rural violent crime 

14 initiative, including assistance for law enforce15 ment; 

16 (H) $30,000,000 is for the Patrick Leahy 

17 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, 

18 as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 

19 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 

20 transferred directly to the National Institute of 

21 Standards and Technology’s Office of Law En22 forcement Standards for research, testing, and 

23 evaluation programs; 

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1 worn cameras for State, local, and Tribal law 

2 enforcement; and 

3 (J) $380,240,000 is for Byrne Justice 

4 projects to assist State, local, and Tribal law 

5 enforcement efforts to enforce laws, address vio6 lent crime, increase prosecutions, improve the 

7 criminal justice system (including the correc8 tional system), provide victims’ services, and 

9 other related activities, which shall be for the 

10 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 

11 ‘‘DOJ OJP–Byrne’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Com12 munity Project Funding’’ in the report accom13 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts 

14 may not be transferred for any other purpose; 

15 (2) $234,000,000 is for the State Criminal 

16 Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

17 241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

18 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)); 

19 (3) $88,000,000 is for victim services programs 

20 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

21 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the 

22 TVPRA of 2005, or programs authorized under 

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1 (4) $4,800,000 is for intellectual property en2 forcement grants including as authorized by section 

3 401; 

4 (5) $18,000,000 is for sex offender manage5 ment assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh 

6 Act, and related activities, of which $1,000,000 is 

7 for the National Sex Offender Public Website; 

8 (6) $88,000,000 is for grants to States to up9 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

10 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys11 tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 

12 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im13 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

14 110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 

15 (7) $28,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

16 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

17 I of the 1968 Act, of which $2,500,000 is for grants 

18 to strengthen the medical examiner-coroner system; 

19 (8) $153,000,000 is for DNA-related and foren20 sic programs and activities, of which— 

21 (A) $121,000,000 is for the purposes au22 thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 

23 Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 

24 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 

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1 cent of funds made available under this para2 graph may be used for the purposes described 

3 in the DNA Training and Education for Law 

4 Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 

5 Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 

6 section 303); 

7 (B) $14,000,000 is for the purposes de8 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic9 tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 

10 108–405, section 412); 

11 (C) $9,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo12 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au13 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405: 

14 Provided, That the grant conditions in section 

15 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this pro16 gram; 

17 (D) $6,000,000 is for the operation, main18 tenance, and expansion of the National Missing 

19 and Unidentified Persons System; and 

20 (E) $3,000,000 is for grants authorized 

21 under the Missing Persons and Unidentified 

22 Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); 

23 (9) $51,500,000 is for community-based grant 

24 programs to improve the response to sexual assault 

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1 reduce violent crime, including assistance for inves2 tigation and prosecution of related cold cases; 

3 (10) $15,000,000 is for the court-appointed 

4 special advocate program, as authorized by section 

5 217 of the 1990 Act; 

6 (11) $50,000,000 is for assistance to Indian 

7 Tribes; 

8 (12) $115,000,000 is for offender reentry pro9 grams and research, as authorized by the Second 

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

11 the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 

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

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

14 which not to exceed— 

15 (A) $5,000,000 is for grants to enhance 

16 and maintain parental and family relationships 

17 for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidi18 vism reduction strategy; 

19 (B) $10,000,000 is for a grant program 

20 for crisis stabilization and community reentry, 

21 as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 

22 Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 

23 116–281); and 

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1 2014, for activities related to criminal justice 

2 reform and recidivism reduction: Provided, That 

3 no funds are used to support initiatives that 

4 promote the closing and repurposing of youth 

5 detention facilities; 

6 (13) $420,000,000 is for comprehensive opioid 

7 use reduction activities, including as authorized by 

8 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

9 address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis10 orders consistent with underlying program authori11 ties, of which— 

12 (A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as 

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

14 of the 1968 Act; 

15 (B) $40,000,000 is for mental health 

16 courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro17 gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 

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

19 Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re20 authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 

21 (Public Law 110–416); 

22 (C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residen23 tial Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris24 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

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1 (D) $32,000,000 is for a veterans treat2 ment courts program; 

3 (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon4 itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 

5 chemical products; and 

6 (F) $189,000,000 is for a comprehensive 

7 opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 

8 program, of which— 

9 (i) $20,000,000 is for grants for local 

10 and regional efforts to prevent substance 

11 use and misuse: Provided, That priority is 

12 given to non-profit organizations imple13 menting comprehensive approaches to com14 bating substance abuse, including inves15 tigations, treatment, and education; and 

16 (ii) $17,000,000 is for forensic sup17 port for opioid and synthetic drug inves18 tigations; 

19 (14) $2,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro20 gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe 

21 Act; 

22 (15) $82,000,000 is for grants to be adminis23 tered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for pur24 poses authorized under the STOP School Violence 

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1 (16) $3,000,000 is for grants to State and local 

2 law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 

3 with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of4 fenses involving civil rights, as authorized by the 

5 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reau6 thorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); and 

7 (17) $10,000,000 is for a grant program as au8 thorized by the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and 

9 Privacy Act of 2022 (subtitle D of title LIX of divi10 sion E of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3458– 

11 3493; 28 U.S.C. 601 note): 

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

13 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

14 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

15 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

16 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub17 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 

18 spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 

19 Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 

20 explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com21 petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2025, including 

22 changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 

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1 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

2 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

3 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

4 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 

5 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

6 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De7 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

8 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 

9 Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT 

10 Act (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act 

11 of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the 

12 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

13 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the 

14 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

15 401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 

16 of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice 

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

18 324); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018 (Pub19 lic Law 115–267); the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 

20 2018 (Public Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act 

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

22 (‘‘the 1984 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction and Re23 covery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); and other juve24 nile justice programs, $325,000,000, to remain available 

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1 (1) $40,000,000 is for formula grants author2 ized by section 221 of the 1974 Act; 

3 (2) $104,000,000 is for youth mentoring 

4 grants; 

5 (3) $4,000,000 is for grants to prevent traf6 ficking of girls; 

7 (4) $14,000,000 is for the Tribal Youth Pro8 gram; 

9 (5) $4,500,000 is for competitive grants focus10 ing on girls in the juvenile justice system; 

11 (6) $7,500,000 is for an initiative relating to 

12 youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance 

13 use disorder; 

14 (7) $4,500,000 is for an initiative relating to 

15 children exposed to violence; 

16 (8) $41,000,000 is for programs authorized by 

17 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

18 (9) $103,000,000 is for missing and exploited 

19 children programs, including as authorized by sec20 tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except 

21 that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our 

22 Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall 

23 not apply for purposes of this Act), and as author24 ized by the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008; 

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1 (10) $2,500,000 is for child abuse training pro2 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

3 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act: 

4 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

5 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi6 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author7 ized: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 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 

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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 of 2017 (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); 

20 the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 

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

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

23 Act’’), $670,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

24 Provided, That any balances made available through prior 

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1 with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 

2 amount provided under this heading— 

3 (1) $297,423,000 is for grants under section 

4 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

5 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

6 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not7 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro8 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

9 title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re10 hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex11 ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 

12 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

13 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 

14 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

15 $34,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforce16 ment, including hiring, equipment, training, anti17 methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activi18 ties: Provided further, That of the amounts appro19 priated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for re20 gional information sharing activities, as authorized 

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

22 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua23 tion and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 

24 of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the 

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1 than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 

2 Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap3 propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 

4 training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac5 tivities, and other support services as authorized 

6 under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act; 

7 (2) $12,890,000 is for activities authorized by 

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

9 (3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

10 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

11 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth12 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei13 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

14 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

15 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

16 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet17 amine traffickers; 

18 (4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

19 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

20 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her21 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

22 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

23 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re24 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis25 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 


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1 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

2 collaboration; 

3 (5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 

4 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 

5 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 

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

7 Public Law 115–141); and 

8 (6) $255,687,000 is for a law enforcement tech9 nologies and equipment grant program, which shall 

10 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci11 fied for ‘‘DOJ COPS Tech’’ in the table entitled 

12 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom13 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts may 

14 not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 

15 further, That grants funded by such amounts shall 

16 not be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 

17 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383). 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

21 available in this title for official reception and representa22 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $1,000 from funds 

23 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

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

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

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

4 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro5 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu6 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

7 shall be null and void. 

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

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

10 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 

11 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re12 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris13 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in14 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

15 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin16 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil17 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

18 Prisons. 

19 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria20 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De21 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex23 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

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1 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

2 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com3 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro4 vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol5 lowing— 

6 (1) paragraph 1(J) under the heading ‘‘State 

7 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 

8 (2) paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Commu9 nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 

10 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 

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

12 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

13 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

14 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

15 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

17 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

18 such a prisoner. 

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

20 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele21 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec22 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

23 purposes. 

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1 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

2 programs. 

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

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

5 enhanced information technology program having total es6 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un7 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re8 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

10 information technology program has appropriate program 

11 management controls and contractor oversight mecha12 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

13 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

14 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

15 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi16 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

17 in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 

18 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

19 this title in previous years. 

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

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

22 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

23 of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any suc24 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 


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1 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

2 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

3 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

6 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

7 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

9 United States Code. 

10 SEC. 212. (a) Subject to subsection (b), with respect 

11 to funds made available under this title for grant or reim12 bursement programs under the headings ‘‘Office on Vio13 lence Against Women’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce14 ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 

15 Services’’— 

16 (1) up to 1 percent of funds made available for grant 

17 or reimbursement programs under such headings, except 

18 for amounts appropriated specifically for research, evalua19 tion, or statistical programs administered by the National 

20 Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 

21 may be transferred to and merged with funds provided to 

22 the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus23 tice Statistics, to be used for research, evaluation, or sta24 tistical purposes; and 


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1 (2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be trans2 ferred to the Office of Inspector General and remain avail3 able until expended for oversight and auditing purposes 

4 associated with programs administered under such ac5 counts. 

6 (b) This section shall not apply to— 

7 (1) paragraph (1)(J) under the heading ‘‘State and 

8 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; or 

9 (2) paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Community 

10 Oriented Policing Services’’; 

11 SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 

12 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard13 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap14 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 

15 for fiscal years 2022 through 2025 for the following pro16 grams, waive the following requirements: 

17 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

18 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

19 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

20 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 

21 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 

22 part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 

23 (2) For grants to protect inmates and safe24 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 

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1 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

2 such Act. 

3 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 

5 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

6 U.S.C. 12109(a)) and section 506(b)(1) of the Omnibus 

7 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

8 10157) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 

9 or any other Act. 

10 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 

11 this Act, other than for the National Instant Criminal 

12 Background Check System established under section 103 

13 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 

14 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

15 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi16 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus17 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un18 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con19 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

20 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De21 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

22 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 

23 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

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1 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan2 cial management system. 

3 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal4 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

5 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

6 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 

7 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2025, and 

8 any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 

9 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec10 tion 505 of this Act. 

11 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli12 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

13 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga14 tion during fiscal year 2025, and any use, obligation, 

15 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 

16 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

17 SEC. 217. The Attorney General shall submit to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent19 atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic20 tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 

21 Fund, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re22 ports shall contain at least the same level of information 

23 and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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1 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available under 

2 this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 

3 support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 

4 issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 

5 training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 

6 by alternatives. 

7 SEC. 219. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to target 

9 or investigate parents who peacefully protest at school 

10 board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in un11 lawful activity. 

12 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute religious insti14 tutions on the basis of their religious beliefs. 

15 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used by the Antitrust Division to implement, 

17 administer, or enforce amendments to part 803 of the 

18 premerger notification rules that implement the Hart19 Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and to 

20 the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Report 

21 Form and Instructions published on June 29, 2023 (88 

22 Fed. Reg. 42178). 

23 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Competi2 tion and Markets Authority, or the People’s Republic of 

3 China’s State Administration for Market Regulation for 

4 any merger review, investigation, or enforcement action. 

5 SEC. 223. The United States District Court for the 

6 Eastern District of Kentucky shall have original and ex7 clusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from any actions 

8 taken by the Attorney General or the Director of the Fed9 eral Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for the con10 struction of the proposed Federal Bureau of Prisons facil11 ity in Letcher County, Kentucky. 

12 SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act or any other Act shall be used, or transferred to an14 other Federal agency, board, or commission to be used, 

15 to staff or operate the Foreign Influence Task Force for 

16 the purpose of monitoring or labeling constitutionally pro17 tected speech by a United States person as misinforma18 tion, disinformation, or malinformation. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

20 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, $5,544,000. 

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. 13803, 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 $1,865,000: 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, $7,334,200,000, 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 

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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, 

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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, $7,618,200,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Na8 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual 

11 budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for an inte12 grated system that includes the Space Launch System, the 

13 Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground 

14 systems that will ensure a crewed launch as early as pos15 sible. 

16 SPACE OPERATIONS

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

19 and development activities, including research, develop20 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space21 craft control, and communications activities, including op22 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re23 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

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1 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 

2 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 

3 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad4 ministrative aircraft, $4,473,500,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2026. 

6 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

7 MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

10 education research and development activities, including 

11 research, development, operations, support, and services; 

12 program management; personnel and related costs, includ13 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec14 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

15 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

16 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

17 of mission and administrative aircraft, $89,000,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2026, of which 

19 $29,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 

20 Stimulate Competitive Research and $60,000,000 shall be 

21 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro22 gram. 

23 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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1 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

2 research and development activities, including research, 

3 development, operations, support, and services; mainte4 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

5 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

6 program management; personnel and related costs, includ7 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec8 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

9 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

10 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen11 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte12 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air13 craft, $3,044,440,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That if available balances in 

15 the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 

16 Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse17 ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 

18 such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 

19 Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

20 1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart21 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel22 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

23 1995 (Public Law 103–327), up to $1,000,000 shall be 

24 available from amounts made available under this heading 

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1 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

2 $57,828,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

3 amounts, specified for ‘‘NASA SSMS’’ in the table enti4 tled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom5 panying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 

6 made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 

7 proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose. 

8 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

9 RESTORATION

10 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

11 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi12 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad13 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

14 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

15 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli16 ance and restoration, $424,100,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2030: Provided, That proceeds from 

18 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

19 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 

20 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

21 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail22 able for obligation for fiscal year 2025 in an amount not 

23 to exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 

24 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

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1 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

2 Code. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

6 $47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2026. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

11 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

12 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

13 Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 

14 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero15 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

16 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap17 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

18 be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans19 fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ20 mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac21 tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 

22 percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

23 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

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1 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

2 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

3 procedures set forth in that section. 

4 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro5 vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra6 tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 

7 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025 

8 may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 

9 such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro10 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

11 such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 

12 shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 

13 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

14 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com15 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

16 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro17 vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra18 tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 

19 spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 

20 amount established in that spending plan that meets the 

21 notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 

22 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

23 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

24 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

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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 $32,600,000 made available for the 

22 current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 

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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 Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 

9 Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) under the 

10 heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra11 tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 

12 through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through 

13 fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in14 curred in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. 

15 Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 

16 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under 

17 the heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra18 tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 

19 through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through 

20 fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in21 curred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 

22 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

23 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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1 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 

2 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

3 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

4 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air5 craft; and authorized travel; $7,546,630,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 

7 amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

8 $700,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

9 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse10 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

11 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

12 United States Antarctic program: Provided further, That 

13 of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than 

14 $109,310,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Sup15 port: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 

16 services and materials furnished by the National Research 

17 Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 

18 research facilities may be credited to this appropriation. 

19 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc22 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

23 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu24 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 

2 $235,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 STEM EDUCATION

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math5 ematics, and engineering education and human resources 

6 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

7 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ8 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con10 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

11 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2026. 

13 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

14 For agency operations and award management nec15 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

16 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 

17 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas18 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

19 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

20 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

21 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

22 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

23 $448,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

24 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

25 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 


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1 heading in fiscal year 2025 for maintenance and operation 

2 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

3 the next fiscal year. 

4 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

5 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala6 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

8 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec9 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car10 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

11 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

12 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,600,000: Provided, That not 

13 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

14 and representation expenses. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

18 1978, $24,410,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2026. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

23 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

24 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be25 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 


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1 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans2 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

3 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

4 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

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

6 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

7 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 

9 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans10 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 

11 any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in12 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 

13 than $2,500,000. 

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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 $13,000,000: 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). 

22 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

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1 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em2 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

3 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

4 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 

5 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

6 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend7 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

8 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in9 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

10 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

11 authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 

12 Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 

13 $31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

14 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

15 $420,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is author16 ized to make available for official reception and represen17 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

18 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

19 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 

20 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

23 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 

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1 use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com2 mission. 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

6 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

7 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 

9 reception and representation expenses, $115,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

12 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

13 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

14 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

15 Act of 1974, $489,000,000, of which $448,250,000 is for 

16 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

17 $6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

18 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

19 additional audits of recipients; $24,000,000 is for manage20 ment and grants oversight; $4,500,000 is for client self21 help and information technology; $4,250,000 is for a Pro 

22 Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay23 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor24 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

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1 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em2 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 

4 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 

5 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

6 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora7 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

8 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

9 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES

11 CORPORATION

12 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

13 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur14 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

15 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

16 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

17 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

18 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

19 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

20 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2024 and 

21 2025, respectively: Provided, That for the purposes of ap22 plications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 

23 relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the gov24 erning body of an entity providing legal assistance shall 

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1 governing body is composed of attorneys otherwise meet2 ing the criteria established by section 1007(c) of the Legal 

3 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and sec4 tion 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104–134 shall not apply. 

5 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com8 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

9 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

10 $4,200,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

12 REPRESENTATIVE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

15 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

17 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

18 United States Code, $53,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

20 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

21 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 

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1 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For activities of the United States Trade Representa4 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

5 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 

6 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

7 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 

8 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

9 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

10 Act. 

11 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

14 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

15 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

17 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

18 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

19 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

20 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

7 not authorized by the Congress. 

8 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

10 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

11 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

14 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

15 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

16 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

17 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

18 issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica20 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

21 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica22 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

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1 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

2 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

3 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli4 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from 

5 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

6 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

7 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

8 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini9 tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 

10 a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per11 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

12 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of13 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro14 grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

15 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em16 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac17 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

18 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

19 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

20 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

21 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

22 change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap23 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

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1 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

2 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

3 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

4 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

5 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

6 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re7 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

8 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen9 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

10 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula11 tions. 

12 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au13 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

14 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

15 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

16 States, its territories or possessions. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

18 given the term in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, 

19 Item (1)(f)(3). 

20 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

21 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na22 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta25 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 


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1 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com2 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

3 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

4 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

5 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

6 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

7 obligation. 

8 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

9 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

10 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

11 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

12 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

13 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

14 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys15 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re16 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

17 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

18 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre19 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re20 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

21 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

22 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be23 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

24 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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1 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

2 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

3 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

5 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

6 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

7 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

8 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

9 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

10 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

11 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

12 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

13 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

14 products of the same type. 

15 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab17 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

18 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex19 cess of $1,500,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

20 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 

22 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $5,000,000 

23 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 

24 of Inspector General and remain available until expended 

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1 section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 

2 for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re3 quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes 

4 to improve services for victims of crime. 

5 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

6 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi7 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

8 students who participate in programs for which financial 

9 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

10 or legal guardians of such students. 

11 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

14 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro15 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

16 SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart17 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na18 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na19 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor20 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

21 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

22 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

23 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

24 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

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1 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

2 any such audit is completed. 

3 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

4 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

5 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis6 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

7 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter8 net website maintained by the Department, Administra9 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

10 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

11 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

12 title 5, United States Code; and 

13 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi14 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

15 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

16 unlawful purposes. 

17 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

18 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state19 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

20 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

21 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

22 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

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1 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

2 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

3 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

5 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

6 and requirements, substantially similar to the require7 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

8 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart9 ments, agencies, and entities. 

10 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

12 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer13 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

14 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate15 impact information system, as defined for security cat16 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

17 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

18 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat19 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys20 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

21 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor22 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

23 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

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1 moderate-impact information systems within the 

2 Federal Government; 

3 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre4 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

5 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

6 appropriate agencies; and 

7 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap8 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

9 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

10 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

11 risk associated with such system being produced, 

12 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

13 identified by the United States Government as pos14 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

15 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

16 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 

17 of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 

18 or the Russian Federation. 

19 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

21 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re22 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

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1 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

2 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

3 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

4 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

5 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

6 the national interest of the United States; and 

7 (3) reported that determination to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa9 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen10 eral. 

11 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

13 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em14 ployee of the United States Government. 

15 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi17 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

18 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

19 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

20 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

21 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

22 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

23 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

24 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author2 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

3 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

4 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

5 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu6 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

7 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

8 SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro9 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

10 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero11 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

12 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason13 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in14 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

15 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis16 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di17 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

18 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

19 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

20 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

21 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

22 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

23 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

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1 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

2 statement validating that the project’s management struc3 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

4 costs. 

5 SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

6 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel7 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

8 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec9 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

10 3094) during fiscal year 2025 until the enactment of the 

11 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025. 

12 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

14 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

15 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro16 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

17 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

18 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

19 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

20 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

21 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi23 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

24 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as25 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 


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1 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter2 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess3 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

4 judicial proceeding. 

5 (RESCISSIONS)

6 SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

7 year appropriations available to the Department of Com8 merce under the heading ‘‘Economic Development Admin9 istration, Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

10 $30,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled, not later 

11 than September 30, 2025. 

12 (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year ap13 propriations available to the Department of Justice, the 

14 following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 

15 later than September 30, 2025, from the following ac16 counts in the specified amounts— 

17 (1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi18 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

19 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro20 grams’’, $15,000,000; 

21 (2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi22 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $125,000,000; 

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1 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi2 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

3 $20,000,000. 

4 (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the De5 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby per6 manently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2025, 

7 from the following accounts in the specified amounts— 

8 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $340,000,000; 

9 and 

10 (2) ‘‘Legal Activities—Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

11 $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 under subsections (a), (b), 

18 and (c) shall not be derived from amounts that were des19 ignated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief 

20 requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the 

21 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

22 Control Act of 1985. 

23 (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections 

24 (b) and (c) shall not be from amounts provided under— 


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1 (1) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 

2 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac3 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 

4 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di5 vision B of Public Law 117–103; 

6 (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State 

7 and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community 

8 Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented 

9 Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of division B 

10 of Public Law 117–103; 

11 (3) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 

12 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac13 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 

14 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di15 vision B of Public Law 117–328; 

16 (4) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 

17 under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce18 ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv19 ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro20 grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 

21 328; 

22 (5) subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) under 

23 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac24 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 


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1 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di2 vision C of Public Law 118–42; or 

3 (6) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State 

4 and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community 

5 Oriented Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of 

6 division C of Public Law 118–42. 

7 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

9 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

10 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend13 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart14 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

15 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

16 States unless— 

17 (1) such conference is a law enforcement train18 ing or operational conference for law enforcement 

19 personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

20 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 

21 outside the United States; or 

22 (2) such conference is a scientific conference 

23 and the department or agency head determines that 

24 such attendance is in the national interest and noti25 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 


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1 of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 

2 days of that determination and the basis for that de3 termination. 

4 SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 

5 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in6 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro7 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

8 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform9 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

10 following: 

11 (1) Details on future action the department, 

12 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

13 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

14 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

15 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

16 in expired grant accounts. 

17 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex18 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

19 Treasury of the United States. 

20 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

21 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

22 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

23 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

24 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

25 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 


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1 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

3 Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center 

4 or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, 

5 Virginia, to another location. 

6 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 

7 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

8 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 

9 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 

10 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 

11 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 

12 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat13 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com14 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

15 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

16 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

17 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

18 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

19 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

20 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 

21 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves22 tigation, have certified— 

23 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

24 technology, data, or other information with national 


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1 security or economic security implications to China 

2 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

3 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

4 officials who have been determined by the United 

5 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

6 human rights. 

7 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

10 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

11 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

12 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici13 pants, and its location and timing. 

14 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 

15 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

16 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

17 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

18 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

19 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

20 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

21 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 

22 law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

23 SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus24 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

25 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 


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1 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

2 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

3 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

4 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

5 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 

6 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 

7 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

14 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

15 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per16 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

17 contract. 

18 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit20 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

21 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

22 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

23 SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available under 

24 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 

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1 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

2 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken3 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi4 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

5 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

6 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

7 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da8 kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash9 ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 

10 respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

11 of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 

12 Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 

13 from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 

14 distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari15 juana. 

16 (b) Funds made available under this Act to the De17 partment of Justice may be used to enforce violations of 

18 21 U.S.C. 860. 

19 SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na20 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na21 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

24 by any employee of such department or agency, including 

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1 SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

2 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

3 respectively, for grants authorized by section 27 of the 

4 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

5 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 

6 poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this sec7 tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 

8 county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 

9 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

10 the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 

11 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area 

12 Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or pos13 session of the United States. 

14 SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

15 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

17 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

19 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

20 United States in connection with requiring an export li21 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac22 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

23 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

24 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

25 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 


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1 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

2 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

3 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

4 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex5 port license— 

6 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

7 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

8 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

9 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

10 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub11 section (a); and 

12 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

13 of— 

14 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo15 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

16 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

17 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

18 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

19 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

20 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

21 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu22 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

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1 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di2 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per3 manent or temporary export without a license of any un4 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

5 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem6 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

7 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

8 Canadian citizen. 

9 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

10 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter11 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

12 the Government of Canada has implemented or main13 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

14 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

15 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter16 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an17 other nation. The President shall terminate the require18 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require19 ments have ceased. 

20 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

22 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

23 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

24 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

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1 or fail to act on, any application submitted pursuant to 

2 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 

3 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import 

4 United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or 

5 ammunition. 

6 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per8 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

9 importation of any model of shotgun if— 

10 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

11 the proposed importation are met; and 

12 (2) no application for the importation of such 

13 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

14 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu15 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

16 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

17 sporting purposes. 

18 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 

20 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

21 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul22 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

23 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

2 ratification for the Treaty. 

3 SEC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

5 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

6 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

7 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

8 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

9 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

10 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

11 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

12 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

13 SEC. 540. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth14 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

15 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

16 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi17 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de18 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec19 tive control of the Department of Defense. 

20 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

21 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

22 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

23 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

24 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 SEC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

10 Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 

11 made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 

12 Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 

13 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

14 section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

15 Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in 

16 such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac17 counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 

18 projects and activities specified, in the table entitled ‘‘De19 partment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of 

20 Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 

21 Year 2025’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

22 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di23 rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 

24 amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen25 tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 


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1 Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2025 pur2 suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di3 vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, 

4 in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi5 ties specified in the table entitled ‘‘National Science Foun6 dation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

7 in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo9 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

10 year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 

11 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is 

12 in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for 

13 part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce 

14 and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, 

15 That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso 

16 shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot17 ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro18 grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 

19 which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 

20 than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 

21 this section. 

22 (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

23 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria24 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 section 543(a)(1) of divi3 sion B of Public Law 117–328, the status of balances of 

4 projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Sup5 ply Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursu6 ant to section 543(a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117– 

7 328, and the status of balances of projects and activities 

8 funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and Edu9 cation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 

10 (a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B 

11 of Public Law 117–328, including all uncommitted, com12 mitted, and unobligated funds. 

13 SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to issue, implement, administer, or en15 force a proposed or final rule or secretarial action regard16 ing the South Atlantic red snapper stock that includes a 

17 quota decrease, area closure, or any other action that 

18 would limit access to the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the 

19 South Atlantic Region to address overfishing of such stock 

20 until the date on which a third-party scientific review re21 garding whether the report entitled ‘‘SEDAR 73, South 

22 Atlantic Red Snapper, Stock Assessment Report’’ (March 

23 2021) is the best scientific information available for pur24 poses of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

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1 SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

3 or carry out Executive Order 14006, ‘‘Reforming Our In4 carceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Op5 erated Criminal Detention Facilities.’’ 

6 SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

8 apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau 

9 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule 

10 entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identifica11 tion of Firearms’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 24652 (April 26, 2022)). 

12 SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

14 apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14092, ‘‘Re15 ducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities 

16 Safer.’’ 

17 SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

19 carry out, or defend the joint Department of Justice and 

20 Department of Homeland Security interim final rule enti21 tled ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consid22 eration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro23 tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078 

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1 SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to promul3 gate, develop, or implement a regulation, policy, or prac4 tice regarding categorical administrative closure, dis5 missal, or termination of cases in immigration court. 

6 SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

8 or carry out section 19 (establishing accreditation stand9 ards) or section 20 (supporting safe and effective policing 

10 through grantmaking) of Executive Order 14074, ‘‘Ad11 vancing Effective, Accountable, Policing and Criminal 

12 Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public 

13 Safety.’’ 

14 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

16 or carry out any regulation issued by the Bureau of Alco17 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued or finalized 

18 on or after January 21, 2021. 

19 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

21 apply, enforce, carry out, or defend of any part of the Bu22 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final 

23 rule entitled ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with At24 tached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (January 

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1 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

3 or carry out the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021, 

4 memorandum entitled ‘‘Partnership Among Federal, 

5 State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to 

6 Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board 

7 Members, Teachers, and Staff.’’ 

8 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 

9 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

10 apply, enforce, or carry out the Office of Science and 

11 Technology Policy’s August 25, 2022, Memorandum to 

12 Executive Departments and Agencies entitled ‘‘Ensuring 

13 Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally 

14 Funded Research.’’ 

15 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used— 

17 (1) for the— 

18 (A) Department of Commerce— 

19 (i) Equity (DEIA) Council; 

20 (ii) National Institute of Standards 

21 and Technology Diversity, Equity, Inclu22 sion and Accessibility Initiative; 

23 (iii) National Oceanic and Atmos24 pheric Administration— 


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1 (I) Office of Inclusion and Civil 

2 Rights; 

3 (II) Diversity and Inclusion Advi4 sory Management Council; 

5 (III) NOAA Diversity and Pro6 fessional Advancement Working 

7 Group; 

8 (B) Department of Justice— 

9 (i) Chief Diversity Officer; 

10 (ii) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire11 arms and Explosives Diversity and Career 

12 Impact Program; 

13 (iii) Federal Bureau of Investigation 

14 Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 

15 (iv) Antitrust Division Diversity Com16 mittee; 

17 (v) National Resource Center for Jus18 tice-Involved LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit 

19 Youth; 

20 (vi) Executive Office for Immigration 

21 Review diversity, equity, and inclusion 

22 training; 

23 (vii) Environment and Natural Re24 sources Division Office of Environmental 

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1 (C) National Aeronautics and Space Ad2 ministration Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 

3 (D) National Science Foundation— 

4 (i) Office of Equity and Civil Rights; 

5 (ii) Advancing Informal STEM Learn6 ing (AISL) Program; 

7 (2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 

8 carry out— 

9 (A) Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 

10 2021, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

11 for Underserved Communities Through the 

12 Federal Government’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7009); 

13 (B) Executive Order 14091 of February 

14 16, 2023, ‘‘Further Advancing Racial Equity 

15 and Support for Underserved Communities 

16 Through the Federal Government’’ (88 Fed. 

17 Reg. 10825); or 

18 (C) Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 

19 2021, ‘‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Acces20 sibility in the Federal Workforce’’ (86 Fed. 

21 Reg. 34593); or 

22 (3) to conduct any diversity, equity, inclusion, 

23 or implicit bias training. 

24 SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used— 


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1 (1) by the— 

2 (A) Department of Commerce for— 

3 (i) the National Institute of Standards 

4 and Technology Center of Excellence in 

5 Climate Change; or 

6 (ii) climate change fisheries research; 

7 (B) National Science Foundation for the— 

8 (i) U.S. Global Change Research Pro9 gram (USGCRP); or 

10 (ii) Clean Energy Technology pro11 gram; or 

12 (2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 

13 carry out Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 

14 2021, ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

15 Abroad’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7619). 

16 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 

18 to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 

19 and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 

20 as directed by Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 

21 24851, relating to strengthening the Nation’s forests, 

22 communities, and local economies). 

23 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to provide legal representation to any 

25 alien in a removal proceeding. 


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1 SEC. 557. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to incentivize any immigration judge to 

3 close or dismiss any case without adjudicating the merits 

4 of the case. 

5 SEC. 558. None of the funds made available for the 

6 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program may be used in 

7 contravention of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration 

8 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. 

9 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to allow the United States 

11 Census Bureau to include aliens who are unlawfully 

12 present in the United States in rendering apportionment 

13 determinations in subsequent decennial censuses. 

14 SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to pay a compromise settlement in rela16 tion to a civil action brought by an alien who is inadmis17 sible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) of the Im18 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or 

19 (7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States in violation 

20 of section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

21 (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection with conduct described 

22 in such section 275(a), unless expressly authorized by law. 

23 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to implement a limit on reimbursement 

25 available to a local law enforcement jurisdiction under the 


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1 Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program for 

2 the purpose of paying overtime pay to a law enforcement 

3 officer who engages in eradication efforts against unli4 censed or unregistered cannabis grown in a State wherein 

5 production or sales of cannabis is lawful. 

6 SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to review, process, or approve applica8 tions for Federal grants, contracts, cooperative agree9 ments, or other agreements by any individual or organiza10 tion that educates or otherwise trains or informs Federal 

11 employees about diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race 

12 theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally rel13 evant teaching. 

14 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 

16 professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach17 es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit18 ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 

19 concept that condones an individual being discriminated 

20 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 

21 on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom22 fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis23 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 

24 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 

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1 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 

2 as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 

3 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char4 acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 

5 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 

6 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 

7 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 

8 by a particular race to oppress another race. 

9 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to promote or contribute to environ11 mental, social, and corporate governance (also known as 

12 environmental, social, and governance (ESG)) invest13 ments. 

14 SEC. 565. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to investigate, litigate, or 

16 advocate against any person or recipient, as currently de17 fined at section 106.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regula18 tions, for defining ‘‘sex’’ as currently used in, inter alia, 

19 section 1681 of title 20, United States Code, and sections 

20 106.21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 

21 44, and 45 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, to 

22 mean biological sex, male or female, as determined by the 

23 type of gamete an individual produces; and for defining 

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1 mosome, and biological girls, whose DNA consists of two 

2 X sex chromosomes. 

3 SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used for gun buyback or relinquishment pro5 grams. 

6 SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to implement any statute, rule, policy, 

8 or interpretive guidance or to disburse any grants or fund9 ing that would have the effect of creating, utilizing, sup10 porting, or implementing a law or procedure which could 

11 result in the confiscation of any firearm without, in all 

12 cases, providing the gun owner with notice and oppor13 tunity to participate in a hearing. 

14 SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to fund or implement any red flag or 

16 extreme risk protection order laws. 

17 SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the 

19 Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

20 of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, may 

21 be available for obligation or expenditure to study, pre22 pare, propose, or adopt any rule, regulation, administra23 tive order or secretarial or executive action for the purpose 

24 of restricting the production, purchase, sale or transfer of 

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1 SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to create, operate, or main3 tain a Federal firearms registry. 

4 SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per6 sonnel to facilitate, advise, promote, or otherwise support 

7 any civil actions to which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

8 Firearms and Explosives is not a named party against any 

9 licensee or other person purported to be subject to the reg10 ulation and oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

11 Firearms and Explosives. 

12 SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire14 arms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless the 

15 ATF modifies the Demand 2 reporting thresholds such 

16 that the threshold criteria of the Demand 2 program is 

17 25 traces or 2.5 percent of traces relative to a licensee’s 

18 average number of firearm sales as reported on the most 

19 recent Federal firearm license renewal application, which20 ever is greater, and ATF certifies to the Federal firearm 

21 licensee that every trace counted is directly related to/in22 volved in an open/bona fide criminal investigation, and the 

23 ‘Time-to-Crime’ is 3 years or less. 

24 SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 (1) classify, tax, or register any firearm with an 

2 attached ‘‘stabilizing brace’’ or other similar brace 

3 or rearward attachment, notwithstanding any ex4 tended additional contact surface rearward or use 

5 outside of its original design or use as a buttstock 

6 or use to enable shoulder fire, as a ‘‘rifle,’’ ‘‘short7 barreled rifle,’’ or ‘‘short-barreled shotgun’’ under 

8 the Gun Control Act of 1968, the National Firearms 

9 Act of 1934, or any other such act of Congress; or 

10 (2) direct any other law enforcement or regu11 latory entity to conduct any of the activities de12 scribed in paragraph (1) on the ATF’s behalf. 

13 SEC. 574. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be made available to support, directly or indi15 rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 

16 owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 

17 Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re18 public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 

19 the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven20 ezuela under the regime of Nicola ́s Maduro Moros, or any 

21 other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 

22 a foreign adversary. 

23 SEC. 575. None of the funds made available by this 

24 or any other Act may be used to engage in any formal 


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1 or informal negotiations, regardless of subject, with lead2 ership or representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

3 SEC. 576. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 

5 or retain any person who either has been convicted of a 

6 Federal or State child pornography charge, has been con7 victed of any other Federal or State sexual assault charge, 

8 or has been formally disciplined for using Federal re9 sources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 

10 SEC. 577. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 

12 or retain any person based in whole or in part on such 

13 person’s race, national origin, sex, or religion. 

14 SEC. 578. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to fund any sex-altering 

16 surgical procedures in either a Federally owned facility or 

17 a private facility leased or used by the Federal Govern18 ment. 

19 SEC. 579. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s Repro21 ductive Rights Task Force. 

22 SEC. 580. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to sue any State or local government 

24 over laws that restrict or limit abortion, or to intervene 

25 or file an amicus brief in such a case. 


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1 SEC. 581. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to sue any State or local government 

3 over any law protecting single sex sports, single sex facili4 ties, or limiting transgender medical procedures, including 

5 in insurance coverage and age limitations, or to intervene 

6 or file an amicus brief in such a case. 

7 SEC. 582. None of the funds made available by this 

8 or any other Act may be used to sue any State over its 

9 redistricting plans, or to intervene or file an amicus brief 

10 in such a case. 

11 SEC. 583. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 

12 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 

13 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

14 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro15 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

16 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par17 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

18 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

19 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

20 a union of one man and one woman. 

21 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub22 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

23 taken by the Federal Government to— 

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1 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp2 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter3 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

4 in subsection (a); 

5 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur6 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

7 such person; 

8 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

9 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

10 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co11 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li12 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

13 other similar position or status from or to such per14 son; 

15 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth16 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

17 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

18 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

19 degree from an educational program, from or to 

20 such person; or 

21 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth22 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle23 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in24 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 


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1 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam2 paigns from or to such person. 

3 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 

4 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 

5 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 

6 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 

7 such purposes but for a determination against such person 

8 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 

9 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 

10 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 584. (a) None of the funds made available by 

12 this Act may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or pro13 mote exports to the Cuban military or intelligence service 

14 or to any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence serv15 ice, or an immediate family member thereof or any agency 

16 or entity owned or partially owned or operated on behalf 

17 of the previously listed. 

18 (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 

19 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

20 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

21 (c) In this section— 

22 (1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 

23 service’’ includes the Ministry of the Revolutionary 

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1 Cuba, and any subsidiary of either such Ministry; 

2 and 

3 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

4 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 

5 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph6 ew. 

7 SEC. 585. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act or any other Act may be used for an Office of Envi9 ronmental Justice. 

10 SEC. 586. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enforce the Department of Commerce 

12 rule entitled ‘‘Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquida13 tion, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presi14 dential Proclamation 10414’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 56868 (Sep15 tember 16, 2022)). 

16 SEC. 587. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per18 sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con19 clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in20 cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con21 tribute funds to an organization or individual. 

22 SEC. 588. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary, benefits, 

24 bonuses, or expenses of any Federal officer or employee 

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1 sional subpoena, including any circumstances in which a 

2 Federal officer or employee does not produce documents 

3 in unredacted form by a date certain provided in a con4 gressional subpoena. 

5 SEC. 589. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used, or transferred to another Federal agen7 cy, board, or commission to pay the salary, benefits, bo8 nuses, or expenses of a Department of Justice, including 

9 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, employee who is 

10 found to have retaliated against a whistleblower or sup11 pressed an employee’s constitutional rights under the 

12 First Amendment. 

13 SEC. 590. (a) None of the funds made available by 

14 this Act may be used to conduct an interview in connection 

15 with an investigation of a Federal offense, or an investiga16 tion in which the agency is assisting a State, local or Trib17 al law enforcement agency, unless such interview is re18 corded using electronic audio recording equipment. 

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to custo20 dial and noncustodial interviews, but shall not apply with 

21 respect to— 

22 (1) communications with confidential inform23 ants; or 

24 (2) interviews of non-United States persons 

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1 (c) Recordings of such interviews shall be retained 

2 for 10 years. 

3 SEC. 591. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to discourage, or implement a policy that 

5 serves to discourage, United States Marshals Service em6 ployees or personnel from fully enforcing section 1507 of 

7 title 18, United States Code. 

8 SEC. 592. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used be used, or transferred to another Fed10 eral agency, board, or commission to be used in further11 ance of— 

12 (1) any modification or publication of revised 

13 Merger Guidelines without the express authorization 

14 of Congress; 

15 (2) the European Commission’s Digital Markets 

16 Act or in support of such Act; or 

17 (3) the hiring of any new employees to the 

18 Antitrust Division, other than to replace retired or 

19 departed employees, unless expressly authorized by 

20 Congress. 

21 SEC. 593. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to fund the operations or expenses of 

23 any Federal employee union. 

24 SEC. 594. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be made used to— 


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1 (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 

2 communications by a United States person as misin3 formation, disinformation, or malinformation; or 

4 (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or5 ganizations that pressure or recommend private 

6 companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro7 tected speech of United States persons, including 

8 recommending the censoring or removal of content 

9 on social media platforms. 

10 SEC. 595. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enforce any COVID-19 vaccine man12 dates or passports. 

13 SEC. 596. None of the funds made available to the 

14 Department of Justice by this Act, or any other Act, may 

15 be used by the Department, or transferred to a Federal 

16 agency, board, or commission in furtherance of awarding 

17 Department of Justice grants to a grant recipient under 

18 investigation for the misuse of Federal funds. 

19 SEC. 597. None of the funds made available under 

20 this Act may be used by the Secretary of Commerce for 

21 travel, or to incur any fiscal obligations related to travel, 

22 until the amounts allocated as directed by Section 541 of 

23 Public Law 118–42 and detailed by the fiscal year 2024 

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1 TIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FUNDS: 

2 CHIPS ACT FISCAL YEAR 2024’’ for ‘‘Secure Enclave’’ 

3 are obligated and expended by the Department of Com4 merce and the Department provides the Committee notice 

5 of this obligation. 

6 SEC. 598. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

8 interim final rule entitled ‘‘Revision of Firearms License 

9 Requirements’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 34680 (April 30, 2024)) or 

10 any successor rule. 

11 SEC. 599. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used for algorithmic justice. 

13 TITLE VI 

14 OTHER MATTERS 

15 SEC. 601. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be obligated or expended by the National Oceanic 

17 and Atmospheric Administration to issue incidental take 

18 authorizations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

19 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) for any activity related to off20 shore wind energy development, conducted under rights 

21 granted by lease numbers OCS-A 0532; OCS-A 0498; 

22 OCS-A 0499; OCS-A 0549; or OCS-A 0490; until the 

23 Comptroller General of the United States submits the 

24 study requested on May 15, 2023, on the impact of wind 

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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural 

3 Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Com4 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 

5 SEC. 602. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used by the Department of Justice, for use 

7 by the National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys8 tem established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 

9 Violence Prevention Act, to include any personally identifi10 able information of a beneficiary, solely on the basis of 

11 a determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

12 pay benefits to a fiduciary for the use and benefit of the 

13 beneficiary under section 5502 of Title 38, United States 

14 Code. 

15 SEC. 603. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

17 carry out or defend any part of the Bureau of Alcohol, 

18 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final rule entitled ‘‘Def19 inition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Fire20 arms’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 28968 (May 20, 2024)). 

21 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 

23 ATF Order 5370.1E regarding Federal Firearms Admin24 istrative Action Policy and Procedures, or any subsequent 

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1 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

2 to, in all but the most extraordinary circumstances, refrain 

3 from revoking or suspending a Federal firearms license 

4 for initial violations without at least first issuing a warn5 ing letter, working with cooperative licensees to rectify vio6 lations in a reasonable time frame, and holding a final 

7 warning conference. 

8 SEC. 605. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to sue any 

10 State for violating the Rivers and Harbors Act for imple11 menting border security measures. 

12 SEC. 606. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used by the Bureau of Prisons to assign an 

14 individual to a facility that does not correspond to such 

15 individual’s biological sex. 

16 SEC. 607. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 

18 or carry out Executive Order 14043, ‘‘Requiring 

19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Em20 ployees’’ or Executive Order 14042, ‘‘Ensuring Adequate 

21 COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors’’ at any 

22 Federal department, bureau, or subagency. 

23 SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to develop or implement rules or guidance 

25 on climate change as a direct response to data cited by 


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1 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 

2 ‘‘Billions Project.’’ 

3 SEC. 609. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to establish, administer, or enforce any 

5 rule or regulation that would impose a requirement for 

6 a United States Atlantic pelagic longline vessel to pay a 

7 fee for any costs associated with the electronic monitoring 

8 of such vessel. 

9 SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to enforce any vessel speed restriction 

11 for the Rice’s whale that was not in place prior to January 

12 20, 2021. 

13 SEC. 611. (a) None of the funds made available under 

14 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used in con15 travention of protections provided to Department of Jus16 tice employees who allege their security clearance has been 

17 suspended, revoked, or denied in retaliation for protected 

18 whistleblower activity under section 3001 of the Intel19 ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 

20 U.S.C. 3341) and Security Executive Agent Directive 9 

21 (relating to Whistleblower Protection: Appellate Review of 

22 Retaliation Regarding Security Clearances and Access De23 terminations). 

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1 tion of section 3001(b)(7) of the Intelligence Reform and 

2 Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)(7)) 

3 or Security Executive Agent Directive 9 with respect to 

4 providing protections to certain Department of Justice 

5 employees to retain their government employment status. 

6 SEC. 612. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used for the Executive Office for Immigration 

8 Review until such Office publicly posts all immigration 

9 judge hiring procedures on its website. 

10 SEC. 613. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 

12 to the Department of Justice to pay, or agree to pay, the 

13 costs and fees incurred by an alien that are associated 

14 with a civil action, including costs and fees authorized sec15 tion 2412 of title 28, United States Code, involving an 

16 alien who entered the United States in violation of section 

17 275(a) or section 276(a) of the Immigration and Nation18 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a), 1326(a)), in connection with 

19 any proceeding or adjudication initiated under such Act. 

20 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

21 made available by this Act may be made available to the 

22 Department of Justice to pay, or agree to pay, the costs 

23 and fees incurred by an alien that are associated with an 

24 agency adjudication, including costs and fees authorized 

25 under section 504 of title 5, United States Code, involving 


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1 an alien who entered the United States in violation of sec2 tion 275(a) or section 276(a) of the Immigration and Na3 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a), 1326(a)), in connection 

4 with any proceeding or adjudication initiated under such 

5 Act. 

6 SEC. 614. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

8 for the implementation, administration, or enforcement of 

9 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final 

10 rule published on April 19, 2024, 89 Fed. Reg. 29096, 

11 so as to include elective abortion in the definition of ‘‘preg12 nancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions’’ requiring 

13 reasonable accommodation. 

14 SEC. 615. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to enact any withdrawal, suspension, 

16 waiver, or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Re17 lated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights unless the 

18 President obtains explicit authorization from Congress. 

19 SEC. 616. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 

21 ‘‘Proposed Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace’’ 

22 (88 Fed. Reg. 67750 (October 2, 2023)) or any similar, 

23 related, or successor guidance. 

24 SEC. 617. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used by the Equal Employment Opportunity 


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1 Commission to finalize or implement the ‘‘Joint Memo2 randum from the EEOC and the NLRB’s General Counsel 

3 on Civility Rules, Confidentiality in Internal Investiga4 tions, and Employee Conduct in the Course of Protected 

5 Concerted Activity.’’ 

6 SEC. 618. Section 10638(4) of Title VI of division 

7 B of the Research and Development, Competition, and In8 novation Act is amended-- 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘of concern’’ after ‘‘foreign 

10 country’’ each place such term appears; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘means—’’ and all that follows 

12 through ‘‘any program, position, or activity’’ and in13 serting ‘‘means any program, position, or activity’’; 

14 (3) by striking subparagraph (B); 

15 (4) by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as 

16 subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and 

17 moving such subparagraphs as so redesignated, two 

18 ems to the left; 

19 (5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

20 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘directly provided’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘whether directly or indirectly pro22 vided’’; and 

23 (6) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by 

24 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period. 


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1 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act or any other may be used to finalize, implement, or 

3 enforce the draft guidance published by the National Insti4 tute of Standards and Technology entitled ‘‘Draft Inter5 agency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise 

6 of March-In Rights’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 85593 (December 8, 

7 2023)). 

8 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

10 Administration, nor any part of the Department of Com11 merce, to enforce any vessel speed restriction for the 

12 North Atlantic Right Whale that was not in place prior 

13 to January 20, 2021. 

14 SEC. 621. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

15 to enforce involuntary compliance, or to inquire more than 

16 twice for voluntary compliance with any survey conducted 

17 by the Bureau of the Census. 

18 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

20 Administration to implement the proposed rule entitled 

21 ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of 

22 Critical Habitat for the Rice’s Whale’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 

23 47453 (September 12, 2023)) or any successor rule or 

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1 SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to reschedule 

3 marijuana (as such term is defined in section 102 of the 

4 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) or to remove 

5 marijuana from the schedules established under section 

6 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812). 

7 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De9 partment of Justice to implement or administer the reloca10 tion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s headquarters 

11 currently located at 935 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Wash12 ington, DC, 20535. 

13 SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used, or trans15 ferred to another Federal agency, board, or commission 

16 to be used to pay the salary of the ATF Director until 

17 the operations plan related to the execution of the search 

18 warrant on Bryan Malinowski’s home and vehicle is pro19 vided to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 and Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

21 House and Senate. 

22 SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to record, or maintain any recording of, 

24 any record delivered to the Attorney General pursuant to 

25 section 923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 627. The salary of the Attorney General shall 

2 be reduced to $1 until the Attorney General transmits to 

3 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Over4 sight and Accountability, and the Committee on Appro5 priations of the House of Representatives all records in6 cluding transcripts, notes, video, and audio files, related 

7 to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation of President 

8 Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information in ac9 cordance with the subpoenas issued by the House Com10 mittee on Oversight and Accountability and the House 

11 Committee on the Judiciary. 

12 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

13 SEC. 628. $0 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

15 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 482 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9026 

[Report No. 118–582] 

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 11, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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