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Union Calendar No. 367 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7668 

[Report No. 116–456] 

Making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 17, 2020 

Mr. QUIGLEY, 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 Financial Services and General 

Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2021, 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, 2021, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

9 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

12 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

13 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas14 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve15 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 

16 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec17 essary for the performance of official business; executive 

18 direction program activities; international affairs and eco19 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac20 tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 

21 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli22 cies and programs activities, $231,861,000: Provided, 

23 That of the amount appropriated under this heading— 

24 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep25 tion and representation expenses; 


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

2 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

3 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

4 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

5 Secretary’s certificate; and 

6 (3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2022, for— 

8 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

9 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

10 (B) information technology modernization 

11 requirements; 

12 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra13 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

14 (D) the development and implementation 

15 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 

16 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 

17 entering into cooperative agreements; 

18 (E) operations and maintenance of facili19 ties; and 

20 (F) international operations. 

21 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED

22 STATES FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 

25 Investment in the United States, $20,000,000, to remain 


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1 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 

2 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de3 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ4 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 

5 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur7 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 

8 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 

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

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

11 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro12 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 

13 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset14 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 

15 appropriated under this heading from the general fund 

16 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 

17 during fiscal year 2021, so as to result in a total appro18 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

19 $0. 

20 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

23 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys24 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter25 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 


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1 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 

2 drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 

3 $172,751,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 

4 available for addressing human rights violations and cor5 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 

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

7 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 

8 under this heading, up to $10,000,000 shall remain avail9 able until September 30, 2022. 

10 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

11 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 

12 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 

13 $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2023: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 

15 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas16 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur17 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 

18 heading $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative 

19 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 

20 provide oversight of the investments made under this 

21 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple22 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 

23 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 


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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

2 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

5 processing equipment, software, and services and for re6 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart7 ment of the Treasury, $6,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2023: Provided, That these funds 

9 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec10 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of11 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

12 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

13 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur14 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head15 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev16 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 

17 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, $41,044,000, including hire of pas23 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 

24 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con25 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 


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1 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

2 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2022, shall be for audits and investigations 

4 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 

5 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re6 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 

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

8 shall be available for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

14 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In15 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur16 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

17 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 

18 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 

19 for Tax Administration; $171,350,000, of which 

20 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2022; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 

22 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 

23 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 

24 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

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1 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 

2 for official reception and representation expenses. 

3 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

4 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

7 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 

8 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

9 Law 110–343), $19,000,000. 

10 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En13 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve14 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

15 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

16 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in17 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula18 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

19 $12,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

20 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

21 with or without reimbursement, $126,963,000, of which 

22 not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 

23 September 30, 2023. 


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1 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

4 of the Fiscal Service, $341,069,000; of which not to ex5 ceed $7,733,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2023, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 

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

8 and representation expenses. 

9 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 

10 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

11 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

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

13 380. 

14 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

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

18 passenger motor vehicles, $121,804,000; of which not to 

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

20 representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 

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

23 of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 

24 or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 

25 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 


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1 the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 

2 label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 

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

4 available until September 30, 2022, shall be for the costs 

5 associated with enforcement of and education regarding 

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

8 UNITED STATES MINT

9 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

10 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

11 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

12 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

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

16 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in17 curred during fiscal year 2021 under such section 5136 

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

20 $50,000,000. 

21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

22 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

24 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

25 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 


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1 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

2 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

3 to the rate for EX–III, $273,500,000. Of the amount ap4 propriated under this heading— 

5 (1) not less than $171,000,000, notwith6 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 

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

9 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 

10 2022, for financial assistance and technical assist11 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

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

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

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

16 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $2,375,000 may be 

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

18 to $6,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of 

19 section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 

20 (d)), may be available to provide financial assistance, 

21 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com22 munity development financial institutions to expand 

23 investments that benefit individuals with disabilities: 

24 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

25 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 


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1 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

3 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga4 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

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

6 funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 

7 those made to community development financial in8 stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ9 uals with disabilities and those made to community 

10 development financial institutions that serve popu11 lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 

12 CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 

13 awards to organizations that invest and lend in high14 poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 

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

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

17 percent as measured by the 2011–2015 5-year data 

18 series available from the American Community Sur19 vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 

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

21 percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De22 cennial Census data for any territory or possession 

23 of the United States; 

24 (2) Not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding 

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


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1 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2022, for 

2 financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 

3 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

4 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com5 munities and provided primarily through qualified 

6 community development lender organizations with 

7 experience and expertise in community development 

8 banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

9 American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza10 tions, and other suitable providers; 

11 (3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until 

12 September 30, 2022, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

13 program; 

14 (4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding 

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

16 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 

17 until September 30, 2022, for a Healthy Food Fi18 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 

19 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com20 munity development financial institutions for the 

21 purpose of offering affordable financing and tech22 nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 

23 food options in distressed communities; 

24 (5) not less than $10,000,000 is available until 

25 September 30, 2022, to provide grants for loan loss 


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1 reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 

2 small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 

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

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

5 Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 

6 and technical assistance; 

7 (6) up to $29,500,000 is available until Sep8 tember 30, 2021, for administrative expenses, in9 cluding administration of CDFI Fund programs and 

10 the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not 

11 less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to 

12 better assess and inform CDFI investment perform13 ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex14 penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 

15 (7) during fiscal year 2021, none of the funds 

16 available under this heading are available for the 

17 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

18 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 

19 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 

20 Community Development and Regulatory Improve21 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 

22 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 

23 under such section 114A shall not exceed 

24 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 

25 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 


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1 2021: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 

2 under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be 

3 used for awards that support investments that serve 

4 populations living in persistent poverty counties: 

5 Provided further, That for the purposes of this para6 graph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘persistent pov7 erty counties’’ means any county, including county 

8 equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has had 20 

9 percent or more of its population living in poverty 

10 over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 

11 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5- 

12 year data series available from the American Com13 munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census or any 

14 other territory or possession of the United States 

15 that has had 20 percent or more of its population 

16 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 

17 by the 1990, 2000, and 2010 Island Areas Decen18 nial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bureau of 

19 the Census. 

20 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

21 TAXPAYER SERVICES

22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv23 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist24 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

25 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 


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

2 Commissioner, $2,602,554,000, of which not less than 

3 $11,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the El4 derly Program, of which not less than $13,000,000 shall 

5 be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which 

6 not less than $28,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2022, shall be available for the Community 

8 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Pro9 gram for tax return preparation assistance, and of which 

10 not less than $211,000,000 shall be available for operating 

11 expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, 

12 That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Ad13 vocate Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for iden14 tity theft and refund fraud casework. 

15 ENFORCEMENT

16 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

17 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

18 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con19 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

20 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi21 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi22 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

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

24 determined by the Commissioner, $5,206,246,000, of 

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


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1 until September 30, 2022, and of which not less than 

2 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

3 Enforcement program. 

4 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv6 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro7 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print8 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

9 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

10 of income; telecommunications; information technology de11 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se12 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

13 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 

14 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

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

16 Commissioner; $4,057,691,000, of which not to exceed 

17 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2022; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended for acquisition of equipment and 

20 construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which 

21 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2023, for research; of which not to exceed 

23 $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

24 expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 

25 end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 


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1 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 

3 Comptroller General detailing the cost and schedule per4 formance for its major information technology invest5 ments, including the purpose and life-cycle stages of the 

6 investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule 

7 variances; the risks of such investments and strategies the 

8 Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; 

9 and the expected developmental milestones to be achieved 

10 and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided fur11 ther, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in 

12 its budget justification for fiscal year 2022, a summary 

13 of cost and schedule performance information for its major 

14 information technology systems. 

15 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

16 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv17 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

18 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2023, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech20 nology systems, including management and related con21 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter22 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as23 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

24 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 

25 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 


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1 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp3 troller General detailing the cost and schedule perform4 ance for major information technology investments, in5 cluding the purposes and life-cycle stages of the invest6 ments; the reason for any cost and schedule variances; the 

7 risks of such investments and the strategies the Internal 

8 Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the 

9 expected developmental milestones to be achieved and 

10 costs to be incurred in the next quarter. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

12 SERVICE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropria15 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

16 Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex17 ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available 

18 in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans19 ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria20 tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen22 ate. 

23 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main24 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

25 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 


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1 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im2 partial application of tax law. 

3 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti4 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe5 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro6 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

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

8 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

9 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi10 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

11 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

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

13 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

14 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

15 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

16 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

17 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

18 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

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

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

21 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

22 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic23 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

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

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


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1 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

2 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con3 stitution of the United States. 

4 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

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

6 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

7 beliefs. 

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

9 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex10 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce11 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

12 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

13 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re14 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

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

16 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

17 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana18 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

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

20 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

21 expended— 

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

23 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

24 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

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


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1 unless such program or process takes into account the 

2 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 

3 former employee. 

4 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

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

6 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

7 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

8 SEC. 111. There is hereby established in the Treasury 

9 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Internal 

10 Revenue Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’: Provided, 

11 That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 

12 appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the 

13 General Fund of the Treasury to the Internal Revenue 

14 Service by this or any other Act may be transferred (not 

15 later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 

16 fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur17 poses for which appropriated) into the Internal Revenue 

18 Service Nonrecurring Expenses Fund: Provided further, 

19 That amounts deposited in the Fund pursuant to this sec20 tion shall remain available for obligation for three fiscal 

21 years after the fiscal year of such transfer, and in addition 

22 to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, 

23 for facilities and information technology expenses: Pro24 vided further, That transfer authority under this section 

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1 vided in this Act: Provided further, That amounts in the 

2 Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen4 ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned 

5 use of funds: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue 

6 Service shall include in the annual operating plan required 

7 under section 608 of this Act a report on the unobligated 

8 balances of the Internal Revenue Service Nonrecurring 

9 Expenses Fund and a plan for the use of such funds. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

11 TREASURY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Department of the 

14 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al15 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

16 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

17 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

18 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

19 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

21 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

22 of health and medical services to employees and their de23 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author24 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 


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1 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria2 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De3 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

4 Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ , ‘‘Financial Crimes 

5 Enforcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, 

6 and ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may 

7 be transferred between such appropriations upon the ad8 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

10 That no transfer under this section may increase or de11 crease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

12 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria13 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

14 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen15 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad16 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

18 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro19 priation by more than 2 percent. 

20 SEC. 115. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

21 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

22 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

23 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

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1 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec2 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 

3 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex4 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 

5 Collection Fund. 

6 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

8 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu9 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

12 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

13 Affairs. 

14 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

16 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav17 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

18 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func19 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

20 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

21 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com22 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 119. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De3 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re4 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

5 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

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

7 2021 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2021. 

9 SEC. 120. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail10 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus11 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

12 representation expenses. 

13 SEC. 121. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

14 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

16 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an17 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

18 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest19 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

20 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart21 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac22 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas23 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

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1 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

2 project that has not been fully completed. 

3 SEC. 122. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

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

5 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

7 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran8 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

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

10 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

11 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip12 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran13 chise Fund. 

14 SEC. 123. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 

15 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 

16 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

17 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

19 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 

20 and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

21 Urban Affairs. 

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

23 include— 

24 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

25 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 


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1 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

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

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

4 each office during the previous quarter; 

5 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva6 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis7 cal year; and 

8 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec9 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

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

11 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 

12 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

13 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

14 subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, none of the funds available in the Department of the 

17 Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by section 9705 of 

18 title 31, United States Code, may be obligated, expended, 

19 or used to plan, design, construct, or carry out a project 

20 to construct a wall, barrier, fence, or road along the south21 ern border of the United States, or a road to provide ac22 cess to a wall, barrier, or fence constructed along the 

23 southern border of the United States. 

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

25 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 THE WHITE HOUSE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

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

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

10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

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

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

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

14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 

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

18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

22 at the White House, $13,641,000, to be expended and ac23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

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

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

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

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

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

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

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

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

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

3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

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

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

9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

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

14 fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the 

15 reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi16 dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

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

18 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

19 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

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

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

22 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

23 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

24 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

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1 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

2 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res3 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub4 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

5 Code. 

6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

8 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

9 U.S.C. 105(d), $1,625,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

11 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,000,000. 

17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

18 SECURITY COUNCIL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

21 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

22 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,500,000, of 

23 which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official 

24 reception and representation expenses. 


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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

6 $96,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re7 main available until expended for continued modernization 

8 of information resources within the Executive Office of the 

9 President. 

10 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

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

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

18 title 31, United States Code, $107,245,000, of which not 

19 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa20 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro21 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

22 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri23 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

24 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree25 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 


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

2 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

3 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit4 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

5 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap6 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

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

8 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

9 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 

10 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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

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

14 evaluating or determining if water resource project or 

15 study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 

16 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 

17 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 

18 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro19 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 

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

21 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 

22 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur23 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

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1 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

2 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

3 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 

4 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 

5 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as6 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 

7 the report and act accordingly. 

8 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT

9 COORDINATOR

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec11 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 

12 title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 

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

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

15 $1,300,000. 

16 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

19 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

20 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza21 tion Act of 1998; not to exceed $10,000 for official recep22 tion and representation expenses; and for participation in 

23 joint projects or in the provision of services on matters 

24 of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public orga25 nizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 


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1 $18,400,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 

2 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

3 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

4 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

5 Office. 

6 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

7 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

10 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

11 Areas Program, $290,000,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2022, for drug control activities consistent 

13 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

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

15 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 

16 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

17 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

18 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans19 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

20 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

21 Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used 

22 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided 

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1 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 

2 of September 30, 2020, shall be funded at not less than 

3 the fiscal year 2020 base level, unless the Director submits 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 

6 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub7 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

8 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di9 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2021 funding among 

11 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

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

13 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta14 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

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

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

17 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

18 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap21 propriation. 

22 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

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


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1 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, 

2 $123,965,000, to remain available until expended, which 

3 shall be available as follows: $102,000,000 for the Drug4 Free Communities Program, of which $2,500,000 shall be 

5 made available as directed by section 4 of Public Law 

6 107–82, as amended by section 8204 of Public Law 115– 

7 271; $3,000,000 for drug court training and technical as8 sistance; $10,000,000 for anti-doping activities; up to 

9 $2,715,000 for the United States membership dues to the 

10 World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the Model 

11 Acts Program; and $5,000,000 for activities authorized by 

12 section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That 

13 amounts made available under this heading may be trans14 ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 

15 out such activities. 

16 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

17 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

18 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

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

20 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

21 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2022. 


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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte4 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

5 technology in the Federal Government, $11,491,000, to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc7 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

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

9 projects to meet these purposes. 

10 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

13 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

14 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

15 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex16 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex17 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,698,000. 

19 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

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

24 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi25 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 


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

2 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That advances, re3 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

4 made to any department or agency for expenses of car5 rying out such activities. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

7 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

8 THE PRESIDENT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

11 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi12 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

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

14 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of15 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi16 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

17 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

18 such other officer as the President may designate in writ19 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap22 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

23 with and available for the same time and for the same 

24 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro25 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 


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1 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro2 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

3 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi4 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

5 Vice President. 

6 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2021, any Executive 

7 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 

8 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 

9 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg10 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 

11 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

12 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

13 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im14 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

15 Government; 

16 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

17 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

18 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 

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

20 year 2021; and 

21 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov22 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 

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

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1 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo2 randum is issued during fiscal year 2021 due to a national 

3 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

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

6 or memorandum is issued. 

7 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi8 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 

9 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 

10 of $100,000,000. 

11 SEC. 203. Not later than 10 days after the date of 

12 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man13 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 

14 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 

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

16 SEC. 204. (a) Beginning not later than 10 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act and until the require18 ments of subsection (b) are completed, the Office of Man19 agement and Budget shall provide to the Committees on 

20 Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Represent21 atives and the Senate each document apportioning an ap22 propriation, pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, 

23 United States Code, approved by the Office of Manage24 ment and Budget, including any associated footnotes, not 

25 later than 2 business days after the date of approval of 


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1 such apportionment by the Office of Management and 

2 Budget. 

3 (b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact4 ment of this Act, the Office of Management and Budget 

5 shall complete implementation of an automated system to 

6 post each document apportioning an appropriation, pursu7 ant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, 

8 including any associated footnotes, in a format that quali9 fies each such document as an Open Government Data 

10 Asset (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

11 Code), not later than 2 business days after the date of 

12 approval of such apportionment, and shall place on such 

13 website each document apportioning an appropriation, 

14 pursuant to such section 1513(b), including any associated 

15 footnotes, already approved the current fiscal year, and 

16 shall report the date of completion of such requirements 

17 to the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of 

18 the House of Representatives and Senate. 

19 (c) Each document apportioning an appropriation 

20 pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States 

21 Code, that is posted on a publicly accessible website pursu22 ant to such section shall also include a written explanation 

23 by the official approving each such apportionment stating 

24 the rationale for the apportionment schedule and for any 

25 footnotes: Provided, That the Office of Management and 


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1 Budget or the applicable department or agency shall make 

2 available classified documentation relating to any appor3 tionment to the appropriate congressional committees on 

4 a schedule to be determined by each such committee. 

5 (d)(1) Not later than 15 days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, any delegation of apportionment author7 ity pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States 

8 Code, that is in effect as of such date shall be submitted 

9 for publication in the Federal Register: Provided, That 

10 any delegation of such apportionment authority after the 

11 date of enactment of this section shall, on the date of such 

12 delegation, be submitted for publication in the Federal 

13 Register: Provided further, That the Office of Management 

14 and Budget shall publish such delegations in a format that 

15 qualifies such publications as an Open Government Data 

16 Asset (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

17 Code) on a public Internet website, which shall be continu18 ously updated with the position of each Federal officer or 

19 employee to whom apportionment authority has been dele20 gated. 

21 (2) Not later than 5 days after any change in 

22 the position of the approving official with respect to 

23 such delegated apportionment authority for any ac24 count is made, the Office shall submit a report to 

25 the Congress explaining why such change was made. 


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

2 the President Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 

3 TITLE III 

4 THE JUDICIARY 

5 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su8 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

9 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

10 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

11 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

12 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

13 as the Chief Justice may approve, $95,025,000, of which 

14 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

17 justice and associate justices of the court. 

18 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

19 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

20 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im21 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

22 $10,618,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 $33,802,000. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

9 judge and judges of the court. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author14 ized by law, $20,027,000. 

15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

17 judge and judges of the court. 

18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

19 JUDICIAL SERVICES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

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

24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

25 and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 


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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author2 ized by law, $5,412,919,000 (including the purchase of 

3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

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

5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 

6 related to new space alteration and construction projects. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

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

12 service. 

13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,700,000, to be appro17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

18 Fund. 

19 DEFENDER SERVICES

20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

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

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

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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

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

3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

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

6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

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

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

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

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

14 general administrative expenses, $1,322,543,000 to re15 main available until expended. 

16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

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

21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $55,478,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 


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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

2 5332. 

3 COURT SECURITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

8 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa9 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

10 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

11 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

12 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

13 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

14 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi15 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve16 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

17 $664,011,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

18 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

19 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

20 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

21 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

22 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

23 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen24 eral. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

2 COURTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else9 where, $97,970,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $31,115,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2022, to provide education and training to 

17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa19 tion expenses. 

20 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

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

24 Code, $20,133,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au25 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

4 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

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

6 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi8 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro9 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

10 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De11 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

12 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis13 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

14 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

15 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

16 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

17 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

18 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

19 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

22 shall be available for official reception and representation 

23 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

24 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

25 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 


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1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

2 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

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

4 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec5 utive’’ each place it appears. 

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

7 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

8 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

9 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

10 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

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

12 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De13 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

14 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build15 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di16 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

17 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

18 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

19 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve20 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

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

22 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis23 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6 

24 months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’; 

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1 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis2 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘26 years and 6 

3 months’’ and inserting ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’. 

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

5 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis6 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

8 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

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

10 ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘28 years and 

11 6 months’’. 

12 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart13 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

14 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘ex16 cept in the case of’’ the following: ‘‘the northern dis17 trict of Alabama,’’; 

18 (2) in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘the 

19 central district of California’’ the following: ‘‘,’’; 

20 (3) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘18 years’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘19 years’’; 

22 (4) by adding at the end of the first sentence 

23 the following: ‘‘The first vacancy in the office of dis24 trict judge in the northern district of Alabama oc25 curring 18 years or more after the confirmation date 


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1 of the judge named to fill the temporary district 

2 judgeship created in that district by this subsection, 

3 shall not be filled.’’; 

4 (5) in the third sentence (relating to the central 

5 District of California), by striking ‘‘17 years and 6 

6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years and 6 months’’; 

7 and 

8 (6) in the fourth sentence (relating to the west9 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘16 

10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘17 years’’. 

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria12 tions Act, 2021’’. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

15 FEDERAL FUNDS

16 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

17 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

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

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

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

21 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in22 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be23 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

24 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

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1 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

2 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

3 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

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

5 eligible students and such other factors as may be author6 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov7 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi8 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

9 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

10 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal11 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

12 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

13 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

14 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

15 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup16 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

17 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

18 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show20 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur21 pose therefor. 

22 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

23 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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1 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

2 of surrounding jurisdictions, $52,900,000, to remain 

3 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

4 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

5 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re6 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv7 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 

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

9 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

10 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

11 surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That funds appro12 priated under this heading may be used to reimburse pres13 idential inauguration expenditures incurred in fiscal year 

14 2020. 

15 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

16 COURTS

17 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum18 bia Courts, $265,618,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

19 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,977,000, 

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

21 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 

22 District of Columbia, $127,514,000, of which not to ex23 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex24 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 

25 $80,974,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 


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1 reception and representation expenses; and $42,153,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for capital 

3 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili4 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im5 provements shall be expended consistent with the District 

6 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi7 tion assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the 

8 amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District 

9 of Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations 

10 and processing District of Columbia bar admissions may 

11 be retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain 

12 available until expended, for salaries and expenses associ13 ated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of 

14 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 

15 Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwith16 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

17 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

18 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

19 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

20 expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 

21 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 

22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 

24 not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under 

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1 this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee 

2 on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia 

3 may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi4 lar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 

5 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the 

6 District of Columbia Courts. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

8 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

9 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

10 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen11 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

12 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro13 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

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

15 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

16 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech17 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

18 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

19 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

20 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay21 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

22 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

23 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du24 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 

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1 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

2 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis3 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap5 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

6 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

7 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen8 cies. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF10 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

11 OF COLUMBIA

12 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

14 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au15 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self16 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $245,923,000, of 

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

18 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

19 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

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

21 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

22 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 

23 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head24 ing, $179,180,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com25 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to inVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:33 Jul 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7668.RH H7668

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1 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 

2 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re3 lated to such persons: Provided further, That, of the funds 

4 appropriated under this heading, $66,743,000 shall be 

5 available to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which 

6 $459,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023, 

7 for costs associated with relocation under a replacement 

8 lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related fa9 cilities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 

11 apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

12 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

13 as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 

14 Federal agencies: Provided further, That amounts under 

15 this heading may be used for programmatic incentives for 

16 defendants to successfully complete their terms of super17 vision. 

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

19 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

20 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

22 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

23 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

24 1997, $44,011,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

25 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 


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1 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage2 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

3 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

4 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 

5 of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 

6 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

7 Service a program substantially similar to the program set 

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

9 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay10 ment made under the program to any individual may not 

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

12 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

13 District of Columbia Public Defender Service may be 

14 deemed an ‘‘agency’’ for purposes of engaging with and 

15 receiving services from Federal Franchise Fund Programs 

16 established in accordance with section 403 of the Govern17 ment Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

18 356), as amended. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

20 COORDINATING COUNCIL

21 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co22 ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until 

23 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

24 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis25 trict of Columbia. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

2 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2022, to the Commission on Judicial Dis4 abilities and Tenure, $325,000, and for the Judicial Nomi5 nation Commission, $275,000. 

6 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

7 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro8 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 

9 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

10 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

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

12 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

13 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

14 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

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

16 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu17 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre18 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro19 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall 

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

21 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 

22 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act: Provided 

23 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

24 heading may be used for an opportunity scholarship for 

25 a student to attend a school which does not certify to the 


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1 Secretary of Education that the student will be provided 

2 with the same protections under the Federal laws which 

3 are enforced by the Office for Civil Rights of the Depart4 ment of Education which are provided to a student of a 

5 public elementary or secondary school in the District of 

6 Columbia and which does not certify to the Secretary of 

7 Education that the student and the student’s parents will 

8 be provided with the same services, rights, and protections 

9 under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (20 

10 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) which are provided to a student and 

11 a student’s parents of a public elementary or secondary 

12 school in the District of Columbia, as enumerated in Table 

13 2 of Government Accountability Office Report 18–94 (en14 titled ‘‘Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Parents Are 

15 Notified About Changes in Rights for Students with Dis16 abilities’’), issued November 2017. 

17 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

18 NATIONAL GUARD

19 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

20 National Guard, $413,000, to remain available until ex21 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis22 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

23 Access Program. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

2 HIV/AIDS

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

4 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in5 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac6 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co7 lumbia, $4,000,000. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

9 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

10 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

11 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail12 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

13 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

14 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

15 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

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

17 Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 

18 TITLE V 

19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con23 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

24 et seq., $3,500,000, to remain available until September 


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1 30, 2022, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re2 ception and representation expenses. 

3 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

6 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve7 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

8 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv9 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

10 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi11 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

12 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex13 penses, $137,000,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain 

14 available until expended to carry out the program, includ15 ing administrative costs, required by section 1405 of the 

16 Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public 

17 Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT

19 SAFETY COMMISSION

20 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2021, none of the 

21 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final22 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 

23 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 

24 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 

25 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 


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1 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con2 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 

3 Administration and the Department of Defense, 

4 completes a study to determine— 

5 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta6 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro7 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc8 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi9 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll10 overs in the off-road environment, including the 

11 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 

12 compliance with such requirements; 

13 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 

14 would be prevented if the proposed require15 ments were adopted; 

16 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 

17 the proposal to provide information on a point18 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist19 ance on a progressive scale; and 

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

21 by the United States military if the proposed 

22 requirements were adopted; and 

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

24 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

2 and Transportation of the Senate; 

3 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com4 merce of the House of Representatives; 

5 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

6 the Senate; and 

7 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives. 

9 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer13 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $19,063,000, 

14 of which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National 

15 Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 

16 activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 

17 2002. 

18 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS

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

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

21 $500,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com22 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 

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1 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro2 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 

3 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 

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

5 101(d)(2) and 103(a), shall be treated in the same manner 

6 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

7 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 

8 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen9 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 

10 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 

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

12 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 

13 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec14 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided 

15 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en16 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission 

17 shall make the payments to States under this heading: 

18 Provided further, That a State shall use such payment to 

19 replace voting systems which use direct-recording elec20 tronic voting machines with a voting system which uses 

21 an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot which is 

22 marked by the voter by hand or through the use of a non23 tabulating ballot-marking device or system, so long as the 

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1 spect and confirm the marked ballot before casting (in this 

2 heading referred to as a ‘‘qualified voting system’’): Pro3 vided further, That for purposes of determining whether 

4 a voting system is a qualified voting system, a voter5 verified paper audit trail receipt generated by a direct-re6 cording electronic voting machine is not a paper ballot: 

7 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

8 under this heading may be used to purchase or obtain any 

9 voting system which is not a qualified voting system: Pro10 vided further, That a State may use such payment to carry 

11 out other authorized activities to improve the administra12 tion of elections for Federal office only if the State cer13 tifies to the Election Assistance Commission that the 

14 State has replaced all voting systems which use direct-re15 cording electronic voting machines with qualified voting 

16 systems: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent 

17 of the amount of the payment made to a State under this 

18 heading shall be allocated in cash or in kind to the units 

19 of local government which are responsible for the adminis20 tration of elections for Federal office in the State: Pro21 vided further, That not later than two years after receiving 

22 a payment under this heading, a State shall make avail23 able funds for such activities in an amount equal to 5 per24 cent of the total amount of the payment made to the State 

25 under this heading. 


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1 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica4 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni5 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

7 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi8 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

9 5 U.S.C. 3109, $376,070,000, to remain available until 

10 expended, of which not less than $33,000,000 shall be for 

11 implementing title VIII of the Communications Act of 

12 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as added by the Broadband 

13 DATA Act (Public Law 116–130): Provided, That 

14 $376,070,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 

15 and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Com16 munications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for 

17 necessary expenses, and shall remain available until ex18 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro19 priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 

20 received during fiscal year 2021 so as to result in a final 

21 fiscal year 2021 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 

22 further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), 

23 proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that 

24 may be retained and made available for obligation shall 

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1 further, That, of the amount appropriated under this 

2 heading, not less than $11,105,700 shall be for the sala3 ries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

5 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

6 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 

7 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ each place it appears and 

9 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

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

11 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

12 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 

13 universal service support payments to implement the Feb14 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 

15 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec16 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup17 port payments. 

18 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en20 force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Universal Service Con21 tribution Methodology’’ published by the Federal Commu22 nications Commission in the Federal Register on June 13, 

23 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 27570). 

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1 sion to establish or implement a 5G Fund for Rural Amer2 ica, or any similar Federal universal service support mech3 anism, as proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

4 in the matter of Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural Amer5 ica that was adopted by the Commission on April 23, 2020 

6 (FCC 20–52), until the Commission completes the cre7 ation of the map that depicts the availability of mobile 

8 broadband internet access service required by section 

9 802(c)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

10 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)(C)). 

11 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, $42,982,000, to be derived from the 

16 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

17 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

18 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

22 $73,329,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail23 able for reception and representation expenses. 


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1 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga5 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

6 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult8 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi9 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

10 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

11 Columbia and elsewhere, $26,100,000: Provided, That 

12 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

13 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub14 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

15 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

16 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

17 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re18 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

19 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 

20 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

21 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

22 conferences. 


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1 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING

2 COUNCIL

3 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 

6 Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

7 4370m–8(d), $6,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That funds appropriated in prior appro9 priations Acts under the heading ‘‘General Services Ad10 ministration—General Activities—Environmental Review 

11 Improvement Fund’’ shall be transferred to and merged 

12 with this account. 

13 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com16 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au17 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

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

19 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa20 tion expenses, $341,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

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

23 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

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

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1 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

2 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro3 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

4 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

5 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

6 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, not to exceed $19,000,000 in offsetting collec8 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

9 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

10 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven11 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

12 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

13 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here14 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

15 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

16 year 2021, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2021 appro17 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

18 $172,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

19 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

20 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

21 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 


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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec7 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec8 essary expenses of real property management and related 

9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

10 maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and 

11 leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co12 lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern13 mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele14 communications relocation expenses) in connection with 

15 the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space; contrac16 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, 

17 and moving; repair and alteration of Federally owned 

18 buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur19 tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 

20 preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 

21 buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth22 erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur23 chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 

24 Federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de25 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 


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1 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 

2 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga3 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 

4 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 

5 $9,052,711,000, of which— 

6 (1) $209,700,000 shall remain available until 

7 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

8 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

9 and construction services) as follows: 

10 (A) $200,700,000 shall be for the Depart11 ment of Homeland Security Consolidation at St. 

12 Elizabeths, Washington, DC; and 

13 (B) $9,000,000 shall be for the Southeast 

14 Federal Center Remediation, Washington, DC: 

15 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 

16 on new construction and acquisition projects may be 

17 exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 

18 other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of 

19 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 

20 required, unless advance approval is obtained from 

21 the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 

22 amount; 

23 (2) $585,965,000 shall remain available until 

24 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso25 ciated design and construction services, of which— 


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1 (A) $203,908,000 is for Major Repairs and 

2 Alterations; and 

3 (B) $382,057,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

4 Alterations; 

5 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

6 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re7 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 

8 be limited to the amount identified for each project, 

9 except each project in this or any previous Act may 

10 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 

11 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro13 vided further, That additional projects for which 

14 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund15 ed under this category only if advance approval is 

16 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 

17 Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

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

19 be used to fund costs associated with implementing 

20 security improvements to buildings necessary to 

21 meet the minimum standards for security in accord22 ance with current law and in compliance with the re23 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit24 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, 

25 That the difference between the funds appropriated 


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1 and expended on any projects in this or any prior 

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

3 may be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alter4 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro5 spectus projects: Provided further, That the amount 

6 provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs 

7 and Alterations’’ may be used to pay claims against 

8 the Government arising from any projects under the 

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

10 authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

11 (3) $5,723,900,000 for rental of space to re12 main available until expended; and 

13 (4) $2,533,146,000 for building operations to 

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

15 total amount of funds made available from this 

16 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 

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

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

20 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

21 be expended for each project for required expenses 

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

24 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re25 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

2 That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable 

3 special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 

4 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 

5 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 

6 on private or other property not in Government own7 ership or control as may be appropriate to enable 

8 the United States Secret Service to perform its pro9 tective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall 

10 be available from such revenues and collections: Pro11 vided further, That revenues and collections and any 

12 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 

13 2021, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 

14 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 

15 obligational authority authorized for Real Property 

16 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act 

17 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 

18 for expenditure except as authorized in appropria19 tions Acts. 

20 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

21 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

22 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro23 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac24 tivities associated with the management of real and per25 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 


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1 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

2 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 

3 management, and related technology activities; and serv4 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,000,000. 

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro7 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

8 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis9 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man10 agement, and communications; and services as authorized 

11 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which not to exceed 

12 $7,500 is for official reception and representation ex13 penses. 

14 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

15 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro16 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 

17 Board of Contract Appeals, $9,625,000, of which 

18 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2022. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

23 $67,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 

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1 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

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

3 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

4 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en5 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

6 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

7 PRESIDENTS

8 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

9 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

10 $3,915,000. 

11 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 

14 Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 

15 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup16 port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov17 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec18 tronically, through the development and implementation of 

19 innovative uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to 

20 be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro21 vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to 

22 Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal 

23 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro24 priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de25 posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 


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1 necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other 

2 activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 

3 its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggre4 gate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur5 ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 

6 collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2021 

7 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 

8 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 

9 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, of the total 

10 amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall be available 

11 for support functions and full-time hires to support activi12 ties related to the Administration’s requirements under 

13 title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy14 making Act (Public Law 115–435): Provided further, That 

15 the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addi16 tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

17 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 

20 Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and 40 U.S.C. 

21 581(e), $9,900,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is 

22 for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) 

23 of the Act: Provided, That such amounts may be trans24 ferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or 

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1 curred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes pro2 vided herein related to the Presidential election in 2020: 

3 Provided further, That amounts available under this head4 ing shall be in addition to any other amounts available 

5 for such purposes: Provided further, That if the President6 elect is the incumbent President or the Vice-President7 elect is the incumbent Vice President, $8,900,000 is here8 by transferred to the ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ account 

9 for Consolidation Activities under paragraph (2) of such 

10 account. 

11 TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND

12 For the Technology Modernization Fund, 

13 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, for tech14 nology-related modernization activities. 

15 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

16 For carrying out section 16(b)(2) of the Federal 

17 Asset Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114- 

18 287), $16,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 

23 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

24 motor vehicles. 


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1 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

2 made available for fiscal year 2021 for Federal Buildings 

3 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

4 only to the extent necessary to meet program require5 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap6 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

8 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

9 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 

10 a fiscal year 2022 request for United States Courthouse 

11 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

12 standards for construction as established and approved by 

13 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con14 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

16 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

17 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 

18 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 

19 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

20 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

21 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

22 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

23 other service usually provided through the Federal Build24 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

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1 mined by the General Services Administration in consider2 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

3 (Public Law 92–313). 

4 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 

5 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail6 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

7 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

8 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav9 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti10 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate. 

12 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 

13 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub15 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

16 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con17 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin18 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

19 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

20 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

21 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter22 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

23 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro24 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

25 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

3 the resolution. 

4 SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 

5 the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’, and with 

6 respect to E–Government projects funded under the head7 ing ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator 

8 of General Services shall submit a spending plan and ex9 planation for each project to be undertaken to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of 

12 enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 527. Section 3173(d)(1) of title 40, United 

14 States Code, is amended by inserting before the period the 

15 following: ‘‘or for agency-wide acquisition of equipment or 

16 systems or the acquisition of services in lieu thereof, as 

17 necessary to implement the Act’’. 

18 SEC. 528. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

19 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the General 

20 Services Administration shall transmit to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc23 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

24 on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, a report 


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1 on the construction of a new headquarters for the Federal 

2 Bureau of Investigation in the National Capital Region. 

3 (b) The report transmitted under subsection (a) shall 

4 be consistent with the requirements of section 3307(b) of 

5 title 40, United States Code and include a summary of 

6 the material provisions of the construction and full con7 solidation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a new 

8 headquarters facility, including all the costs associated 

9 with site acquisition, design, management, and inspection, 

10 and a description of all buildings and infrastructure need11 ed to complete the project. 

12 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used by the General Services Administration 

14 to award or facilitate the award of any contract for the 

15 provision of architectural, engineering, and related serv16 ices in a manner inconsistent with the procedures in the 

17 Brooks Act (40 U.S.C. 1101 et. seq.) and part 36.6 of 

18 the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

19 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to implement or otherwise carry out di21 rectives contained in any Executive order that would es22 tablish a preferred architectural style for Federal build23 ings and courthouses or that would otherwise conflict with 

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1 lished by the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Space on 

2 June 1, 1962. 

3 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

6 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub7 lic Law 93–642, $1,670,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

13 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza14 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

15 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

16 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author17 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

18 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

19 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

20 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa21 tion expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2022, and in addition not to exceed 

23 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 

24 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap25 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 


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1 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

2 Systems Protection Board. 

3 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

4 FOUNDATION

5 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

8 Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 

9 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 

10 seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available until expended, of 

11 which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up 

12 to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities 

13 authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and 

14 section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 

15 5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous 

16 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 

17 the Department of the Interior will remain available until 

18 expended for audits and investigations of the Morris K. 

19 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with 

20 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as 

21 amended, and for annual independent financial audits of 

22 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 

23 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

24 (Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous 

25 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 


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1 the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the 

2 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an3 nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac4 countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

5 289). 

6 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

7 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu8 tion Fund to carry out activities under sections 10 and 

9 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Founda10 tion Act (Public Law 111–90), $3,200,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That during fiscal year 

12 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, any amounts in such 

13 Fund shall, pursuant to section 1557 of title 31, United 

14 State Code, be exempt from the provisions of subchapter 

15 IV of chapter 15 of such title. 

16 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin19 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis20 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

21 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re22 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

23 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

24 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

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1 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

2 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

3 $361,449,000, of which up to $2,000,000 shall remain 

4 available until expended to implement the Civil Rights 

5 Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (Public Law 

6 115–426). 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 

11 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 

12 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

13 vehicles, $5,195,000. 

14 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

15 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar16 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold17 ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

19 COMMISSION

20 GRANTS PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

22 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

23 U.S.C. 2504, $7,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 


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1 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

3 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

4 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

5 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 

6 30, 2022, for technical assistance to low-income des7 ignated credit unions. 

8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

12 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 

13 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 

14 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

15 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

16 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex17 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex18 penses, $18,600,000. 

19 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

23 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re24 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv25 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 


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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 

2 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con3 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

4 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

5 official reception and representation expenses; advances 

6 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 

7 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 

8 under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 

9 as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 

10 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 

11 require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 

12 of duty, $152,630,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

13 made available under this heading, up to $9,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until expended, for information tech15 nology infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Fed16 eral Financial System migration or modernization, and 

17 shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for 

18 such purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount 

19 made available under this heading, $1,068,000 may be 

20 made available for strengthening the capacity and capa21 bilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Of22 fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 

23 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, 

24 training, and retention of such workforce and information 

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1 ness or for management solutions to improve acquisition 

2 management; and in addition $154,625,000 for adminis3 trative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate 

4 trust funds of OPM without regard to other statutes, in5 cluding direct procurement of printed materials, for the 

6 retirement and insurance programs: Provided further, 

7 That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 

8 the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 

9 sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 

10 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur11 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

12 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

13 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 

14 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: 

15 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on 

16 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 

17 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2021, 

18 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv19 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including 

20 those from prior years, may be used for the development 

21 of publicity materials to provide information about the 

22 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 

23 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 

24 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

7 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

8 $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $26,265,000 

9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

16 and elsewhere. 

17 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

20 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 

21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit22 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co23 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi24 cles, $28,900,000. 


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1 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

5 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

6 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

7 435), $18,614,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

8 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec9 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

10 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib13 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

14 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

15 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $8,500,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2022. 

17 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD

18 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re19 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 

20 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,500,000, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex25 change Commission, including services as authorized by 


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1 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

2 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

3 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa4 tion expenses, $1,920,000,000, to remain available until 

5 expended; of which not less than $16,313,000 shall be for 

6 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

7 $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

8 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

9 and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 

10 for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

11 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu12 latory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to 

13 exchange views concerning securities matters, such ex14 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex15 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 

16 invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses 

17 such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) re18 lated lodging or subsistence. 

19 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 

20 replication, and related costs associated with a replace21 ment lease for the Commission’s District of Columbia 

22 headquarters, not to exceed $18,650,000, to remain avail23 able until expended; and for move, replication, and related 

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1 sion’s San Francisco Regional Office facilities, not to ex2 ceed $12,677,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 

4 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

5 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2021, all amounts appropriated 

6 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap7 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2021: Pro8 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 

9 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 

10 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 

11 Provided further, That not to exceed $1,920,000,000 of 

12 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 

13 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 

14 $18,650,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail15 able until expended for move, replication, and related costs 

16 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for 

17 the Commission’s District of Columbia headquarters facili18 ties; and not to exceed $12,677,000 of such offsetting col19 lections shall be available until expended for move, replica20 tion, and related costs under this heading associated with 

21 a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Francisco 

22 Regional Office facilities: Provided further, That the total 

23 amount appropriated under this heading from the general 

24 fund for fiscal year 2021 shall be reduced as such offset25 ting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal 


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1 year 2021 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

2 at not more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount 

3 of the appropriation for move, replication, and related 

4 costs associated with a replacement lease for the Commis5 sion’s District of Columbia headquarters office facilities 

6 or if any amount of the appropriation for costs associated 

7 with a replacement lease for the Commission’s San Fran8 cisco Regional Office is subsequently de-obligated by the 

9 Commission, such amount that was derived from the gen10 eral fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such 

11 amounts that were derived from fees or assessments col12 lected for such purpose shall be paid to each national secu13 rities exchange and national securities association, respec14 tively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by 

15 such national securities exchange or national securities as16 sociation under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 

17 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2021. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SECURITIES AND

19 EXCHANGE COMMISSION

20 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, 

22 regulation, or order regarding the exempt offering frame23 work changes proposed at 85 Fed. Reg. 17956 without 

24 previously finalizing, issuing, or implementing a final rule 

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1 ferings in the same or stronger manner as proposed at 

2 78 Fed. Reg. 44806 to enhance the Securities and Ex3 change Commission’s ability to evaluate the development 

4 of market practices in Rule 506 offerings and to address 

5 concerns that may arise in connection with permitting 

6 issuers to engage in general solicitation. 

7 SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, 

9 regulation, or order changing the procedural requirements 

10 or raising resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act 

11 Rule 14a-8 (section 240.14a–8 of title 17, Code of Federal 

12 Regulations) as proposed at 84 Fed. Reg. 66458. 

13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

18 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

19 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv20 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

21 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

22 $27,800,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

23 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

24 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

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1 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

2 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con3 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

4 Forces of the United States. 

5 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

9 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

10 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex11 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex12 penses, $287,947,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 

13 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

14 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis15 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub16 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

17 and certain loan program activities, including fees author18 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

19 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

20 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

21 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

22 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro23 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

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1 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

2 fiscal year 2021: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

3 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

4 System, to be available until September 30, 2022. 

5 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

6 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en7 trepreneurial and small business development, 

8 $277,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2022: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to 

10 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2021 or fiscal 

11 year 2022 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi12 ness Act: Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be for 

13 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

14 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

15 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

16 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

17 $20,500,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

18 carry out export programs that assist small business con19 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 

20 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $22,011,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

3 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

4 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi5 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,190,000, to 

6 remain available until expended. 

7 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 

11 loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business 

12 Act (Public Law 83–163), $15,000,000, to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 

14 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 

15 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro16 vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2021 com18 mitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the 

19 Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

20 $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

21 2021 commitments for general business loans authorized 

22 under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not 

23 exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing 

24 term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit 

25 provided by revolving loans: Provided further, That during 


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1 fiscal year 2021 commitments for loans authorized under 

2 subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Business 

3 Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not ex4 ceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal 

5 year 2021 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

6 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 

7 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided 

8 further, That during fiscal year 2021, guarantees of trust 

9 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi10 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

11 $12,000,000,000: Provided further, That the amounts ap12 propriated in the matter preceding the first proviso under 

13 this heading for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized 

14 by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and the com15 mitments for general business loans authorized by the 

16 third proviso under this heading for such loans, shall not 

17 be available for loans authorized under paragraph (36) of 

18 such section 7(a). In addition, for administrative expenses 

19 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

20 $155,150,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

21 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

22 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

25 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 


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1 Business Act, $168,075,000, to be available until ex2 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

3 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

4 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro5 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

6 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 

7 which $158,075,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

8 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

9 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

10 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 

11 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 

12 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 

13 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex14 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 

15 heading, $142,864,000 shall be for major disasters de16 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

17 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro18 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 

19 this heading is designated by Congress as being for dis20 aster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 550. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria5 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

6 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans7 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro8 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

9 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

10 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

11 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail12 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

13 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

14 SEC. 551. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria15 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad16 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

17 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans18 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys19 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 

20 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 

21 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

22 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 

23 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 


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1 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 

2 for obligation through September 30, 2024. 

3 SEC. 552. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $20,000,000 

5 shall not be available for obligation until the date that the 

6 Administrator certifies and reports to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Senate that the Small Business Administration, in con9 sultation with the Comptroller General of the United 

10 States, has established and issued agency-wide guidance 

11 with respect to relations with the Government Account12 ability Office to specifically provide for: (1) expedited 

13 timeframes for providing the Government Accountability 

14 Office with access to records within 10 days after the date 

15 of request; (2) expedited timeframes for interviews of pro16 gram officials by the Government Accountability Office; 

17 and (3) a significant streamlining of the review process 

18 for documents and interview requests by liaisons, counsel, 

19 and program officials, consistent with the objective that 

20 the Government Accountability Office be given timely and 

21 complete access to documents and agency officials. 

22 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

23 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

24 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

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1 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

2 States Code, $55,333,000: Provided, That mail for over3 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

4 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

5 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

7 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

8 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

9 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

10 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

11 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa12 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

13 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

14 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

15 small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 

16 That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall con17 tinue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Spe18 cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized 

19 under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

20 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 


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1 General Act of 1978, $258,180,000, to be derived by 

2 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

3 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account4 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

5 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

8 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 

9 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa10 tion expenses; $57,026,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re11 main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex12 penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi13 cate of the judge. 

14 TITLE VI 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

18 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

19 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

20 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

21 funded in this Act. 

22 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

23 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

24 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria25 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 


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1 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

2 under this Act for any consulting service through procure3 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

4 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

5 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

6 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex7 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

8 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in10 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro12 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

13 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

15 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac16 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

17 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol18 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

19 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

20 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

21 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

22 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

23 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

24 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

25 available under this Act shall be made available to any 


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1 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap2 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

4 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre5 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund6 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex7 penditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any ac8 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

9 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

10 available for obligation or expenditure through a re11 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

12 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

13 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

14 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con15 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac16 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

17 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

18 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac19 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

20 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi21 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

22 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un23 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap24 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen25 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 


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1 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 

2 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 

3 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur5 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 

7 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 

9 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans10 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 

11 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 

12 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 

13 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 

14 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 

15 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust16 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

17 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 

18 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 

19 level by object class and program, project, and activity as 

20 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 

21 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which22 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 

23 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 

24 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 

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1 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 

2 interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 

3 or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 

4 be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 

5 required date that the report has not been submitted to 

6 the Congress. 

7 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

8 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

9 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2021 from 

10 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

11 for fiscal year 2021 in this Act, shall remain available 

12 through September 30, 2022, for each such account for 

13 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

14 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

16 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

17 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re18 programming guidelines. 

19 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

20 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi21 dent to request— 

22 (1) any official background investigation report 

23 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves24 tigation; or 


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1 (2) a determination with respect to the treat2 ment of an organization as described in section 

3 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

4 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

5 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

6 Internal Revenue Service. 

7 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

8 (1) in the case of an official background inves9 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

10 written consent for such request not more than 6 

11 months prior to the date of such request and during 

12 the same presidential administration; or 

13 (2) if such request is required due to extraor14 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

15 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul16 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 

17 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed18 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

19 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

21 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

22 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of23 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

24 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

25 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 


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1 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

2 to court approval. 

3 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

4 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

5 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

6 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

7 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

8 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

9 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

10 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

11 result of an act of rape or incest. 

12 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

13 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur14 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

15 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu16 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

17 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa18 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

19 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

20 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

21 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

22 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu23 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac24 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

25 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 


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1 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex2 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

3 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func4 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em5 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

6 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

7 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

8 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

9 person or entity is an organization described in section 

10 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex11 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

12 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

13 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

14 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

15 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

16 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

17 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

18 SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

20 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

21 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet22 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

23 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of24 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 


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1 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

2 with the current lessor. 

3 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

4 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

5 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

6 respect to such agency. 

7 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

8 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

9 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen10 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

11 Service. 

12 SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol13 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

14 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

15 102). 

16 (2) Payments to— 

17 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

18 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

19 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

20 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

21 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

22 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

23 178(l)). 

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1 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

2 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

3 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

4 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

5 Stat. 849); and 

6 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene7 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

8 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

9 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

10 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

11 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

12 8348). 

13 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

14 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

15 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

16 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

17 States Code. 

18 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex19 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

20 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con21 tained in this Act. 

22 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

24 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

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1 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu2 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

3 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

4 No. 13563. 

5 SEC. 621. (a) The head of each executive branch 

6 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In7 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par8 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 

9 related to information technology. 

10 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

11 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa12 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con13 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 

14 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 

15 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 

16 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of17 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 

18 Officer of the agency and budget officials. 

19 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

21 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

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1 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec2 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

3 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

4 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

5 Constitution of the United States. 

6 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

8 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 

9 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 

10 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 

11 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec12 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

13 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 

14 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel15 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter16 native to Mobility Fund Phase II. 

17 SEC. 625. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

18 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

19 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail20 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec21 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen22 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 

23 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma24 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

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1 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

2 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

3 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu4 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In5 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

6 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro7 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen8 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

9 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

10 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal12 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

13 SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

15 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

16 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 

21 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ22 ity. 

23 SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

25 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 


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1 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

2 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

3 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

4 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government5 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

6 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 

7 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 

8 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

9 SEC. 628. (a) None of the funds made available under 

10 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac11 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 

12 department, agency, board or commission funded by this 

13 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 

14 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 

15 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 

18 determination. 

19 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 

20 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 

21 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 

22 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 

23 United States unless the agency or entity determines that 

24 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 

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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in2 cludes the basis of that determination. 

3 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 

5 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 

6 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

7 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

8 SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 

10 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man11 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 

12 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 

13 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

15 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to penalize a financial institution solely 

17 because the institution provides financial services to an en18 tity that is a manufacturer, a producer, or a person that 

19 participates in any business or organized activity that in20 volves handling hemp, hemp-derived cannabidiol products, 

21 other hemp-derived cannabinoid products, marijuana, 

22 marijuana products, or marijuana proceeds, and engages 

23 in such activity pursuant to a law established by a State, 

24 political subdivision of a State, or Indian Tribe. In this 

25 section, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 


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1 States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or pos2 session of the United States. 

3 SEC. 632. None of the funds made available in this 

4 or any other Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or 

5 implement any rule, principle, policy, standard, or guid6 ance, or take any other action with respect to, changing 

7 the 2017 methodology prescribed by the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget for determining the Official Poverty 

9 Measure. 

10 SEC. 633. Of the unobligated balances available in 

11 the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture 

12 Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United 

13 States Code, $250,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 

14 not later than September 30, 2021. 

15 SEC. 634. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth16 erwise made available by this Act may be used to enter 

17 into any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 

18 any entity in which a covered individual directly or indi19 rectly owns, controls, or holds not less than 20 percent, 

20 by vote or value, of the outstanding amount of any class 

21 of equity interest in an entity. For the purposes of deter22 mining whether the requirements of this subsection are 

23 met, the securities owned, controlled, or held by 2 or more 

24 individuals who are related as described in subsection (c) 

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1 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘equity interest’’ has the 

2 meaning given such term in section 4019 of the CARES 

3 Act (Public Law 116–136). 

4 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ 

5 means the President or Vice President or a family member 

6 (as that term is defined in section 630.201(b) of title 5, 

7 Code of Federal Regulations) of the President or Vice 

8 President. 

9 SEC. 635. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act (including prior Acts and Acts other than 

11 appropriations Acts) may be obligated or expended to re12 organize or transfer any function or authority of the Office 

13 of Personnel Management to the General Services Admin14 istration or to the Office of Management and Budget. 

15 SEC. 636. None of the funds made available in this 

16 or any other Act may be used by the Office of Personnel 

17 Management to enter into interagency or service- level 

18 agreements with the General Services Administration or 

19 the Office of Management and Budget exceeding 

20 $100,000 in total unless, not later than 15 days before 

21 the date any such agreement that would breach the 

22 $100,000 limitation is proposed to be entered into, written 

23 notice describing the agreement is provided to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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1 SEC. 637. None of the funds provided by this Act 

2 may be used by the Federal Trade Commission or the 

3 Federal Communications Commission to consider taking 

4 action, or to take any action, consistent with Executive 

5 Order 13925 of May 28, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 34079), or 

6 to seek comment on or otherwise take action on any peti7 tion for rulemaking filed pursuant to such Executive 

8 order, or to interpret section 230 of the Communications 

9 Decency Act in the manner described in section 2 of such 

10 Executive order. 

11 TITLE VII 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

13 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

16 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

17 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2021 shall obligate 

18 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen19 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

20 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en21 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

22 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

23 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

24 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

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1 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

2 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

3 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

4 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve5 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve6 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve7 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 

8 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 

9 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 

10 police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 

11 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

12 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

13 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

14 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra15 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

16 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

17 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

18 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con19 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim20 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

21 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter22 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 

23 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

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1 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex2 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

3 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

4 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

5 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

6 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con7 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

8 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern9 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma10 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

11 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti12 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

13 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit14 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

15 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

16 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant17 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

18 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

19 then a citizen when eligible; (4) is a person who owes alle20 giance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is au21 thorized to be employed in the United States pursuant to 

22 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program estab23 lished under the memorandum of the Secretary of Home24 land Security dated June 15, 2012: Provided, That for 

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1 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re2 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 

3 are being complied with: Provided further, That for pur4 poses of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be 

5 submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as 

6 necessary: Provided further, That any person making a 

7 false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon convic8 tion, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned 

9 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That 

10 the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in 

11 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro12 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or 

13 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 

14 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro15 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per16 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of 

17 the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, 

18 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad19 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

20 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 

21 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

22 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

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1 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

2 to an agreement with another country. 

3 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart4 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec5 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex6 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

7 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

8 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build9 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

10 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

11 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

12 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

13 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

14 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re15 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

16 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

17 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre18 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex19 pended for the following purposes: 

20 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

21 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

22 Order No. 13834 (May 17, 2018), including any 

23 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

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1 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man2 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

3 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

4 management and pollution prevention programs. 

5 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

6 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

7 Federal agency. 

8 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

9 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

10 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

11 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

12 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

13 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

14 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

15 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

16 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

17 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

18 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex19 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

20 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

21 correspondingly reduced. 

22 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

24 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

25 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 


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1 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

2 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

3 financial support from more than one agency or instru4 mentality. 

5 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

6 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

7 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

8 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

9 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

10 United States. 

11 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

12 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

13 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

14 President, holds office, no funds may be obligated or ex15 pended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 

16 office of such department head, agency head, officer, or 

17 employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements 

18 for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur19 nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 

22 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi23 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 

24 individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 

25 individual. 


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1 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec2 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

3 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

4 the interagency funding of national security and emer5 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

6 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti7 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

8 2012). 

9 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

10 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

11 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

12 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

13 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol14 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com15 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

17 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

18 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

19 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer20 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage21 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi22 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

23 the individual to the White House. 

24 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

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1 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

2 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

3 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

4 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

6 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

7 Government, who— 

8 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat9 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em10 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

11 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

12 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

13 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

14 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

15 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

16 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

17 whether such communication or contact is at the ini18 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re19 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

20 committee, or subcommittee; or 

21 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

22 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

23 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

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1 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em2 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

3 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

4 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

5 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

6 communication or contact of such other officer or 

7 employee with any Member, committee, or sub8 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

9 (1). 

10 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

11 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

12 any employee training that— 

13 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl14 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

15 performance of official duties; 

16 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev17 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

18 some participants; 

19 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

20 of the content and methods to be used in the train21 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

22 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

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1 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

2 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

3 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par4 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

5 workplace. 

6 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

7 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

8 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

9 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

10 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu11 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu12 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

13 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

14 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

15 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla16 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

17 to the Congress itself. 

18 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

19 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed20 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

21 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

22 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

23 competent jurisdiction. 

24 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

25 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 


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1 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail2 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

3 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate. 

6 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

7 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

8 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa9 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

10 authorized by Congress. 

11 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

12 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

13 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

14 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

15 under section 102 of such title, the United States 

16 Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis17 sion. 

18 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu19 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

20 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

21 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

22 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

23 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

24 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

25 in the performance of official duties. 


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1 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec2 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

3 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

4 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

5 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

6 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

7 costs. 

8 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec9 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart10 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

11 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government12 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of13 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

14 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

15 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

16 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis17 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

18 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

19 procurement, and other management innovations, initia20 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

21 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

22 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

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1 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

2 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

3 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

4 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia5 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure6 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun7 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur8 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

9 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 

10 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 

11 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 

12 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno13 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 

14 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 

15 Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 

16 fiscal year 2021 shall remain available for obligation 

17 through September 30, 2022: Provided further, That such 

18 transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 

19 days following notification of the Committees on Appro20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

21 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

22 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

24 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 


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1 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

2 the location. 

3 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec4 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

5 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

6 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

7 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

8 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

9 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

10 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

11 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re12 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

13 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

15 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com16 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 

17 after enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

19 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

20 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

21 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

22 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 

23 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

24 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 

25 funds. 


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1 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

2 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

3 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

4 be used by any Federal agency— 

5 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

6 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

7 personally identifiable information relating to an in8 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern9 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

10 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

11 party (including another government agency) to col12 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de13 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

14 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

15 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

16 site. 

17 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

18 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

19 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

20 identify particular persons; 

21 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden22 tifiable information; 

23 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu24 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

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1 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

2 that is a system security action taken by the oper3 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

4 to providing the Internet site services or to pro5 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

6 Internet site. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

8 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac9 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

10 provided in law. 

11 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina12 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ13 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

14 condition, management practices and policies and 

15 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

16 law. 

17 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

18 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

19 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

20 except where the contract also includes a provision for con21 traceptive coverage. 

22 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

23 with— 

24 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

25 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 


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1 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

2 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

3 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

4 religious beliefs. 

5 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

6 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub7 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

8 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

9 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

10 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

11 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re12 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

13 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur14 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

15 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

16 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu17 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

18 oversight authorities. 

19 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de21 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

22 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

23 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov24 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

25 ownership pilot program. 


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1 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

3 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

4 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

5 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im6 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per7 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

8 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg9 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

10 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

11 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

12 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

14 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig15 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

16 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

17 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

19 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author20 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

21 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

22 cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 

23 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

24 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

25 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 


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1 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis2 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

3 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre4 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

5 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

6 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

8 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

9 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

10 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap11 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

12 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con13 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

14 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

15 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

16 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

17 (b) WAIVERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

19 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern20 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

21 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re22 quired in the interest of national security. 

23 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

24 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

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1 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

2 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

4 pursuant to such contract. 

5 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2021, for each employee 

6 who— 

7 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

8 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

9 (2) retires under any other provision of sub10 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

11 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa12 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

13 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

14 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver15 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

16 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 

17 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 

18 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis19 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

20 5, United States Code. 

21 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this 

22 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

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1 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

2 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

3 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

4 SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

6 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

7 2021, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

8 prevailing rate employee described in section 

9 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

10 (A) during the period from the date of expira11 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec12 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef13 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust14 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2021, in an 

15 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli16 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

17 in accordance with such section; and 

18 (B) during the period consisting of the remain19 der of fiscal year 2021, in an amount that exceeds, 

20 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

21 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 

22 sum of— 

23 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

24 in fiscal year 2021 under section 5303 of title 


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1 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

2 under the General Schedule; and 

3 (ii) the difference between the overall aver4 age percentage of the locality-based com5 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

6 2021 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

7 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av8 erage percentage of such payments which was 

9 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

10 section. 

11 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

12 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

13 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

14 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

15 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 

16 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

17 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli18 cable to such employee. 

19 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay20 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

21 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

22 30, 2020, shall be determined under regulations pre23 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

24 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

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1 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

2 30, 2020, except to the extent determined by the Office 

3 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur4 pose of this subsection. 

5 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 

6 for service performed after September 30, 2020. 

7 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

8 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre9 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em10 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu11 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

12 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

13 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub14 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

15 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

16 permit or require the payment to any employee covered 

17 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

18 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 

19 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

20 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub21 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 

22 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali23 fied employees. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

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1 take place in fiscal year 2021 under sections 5344 and 

2 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

3 (1) not less than the percentage received by em4 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

5 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

6 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

7 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ8 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

9 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

10 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

11 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

12 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

13 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

14 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

15 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 

16 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap17 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

18 2020. 

19 SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de20 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

21 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

22 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

23 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

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1 mission, or office during fiscal year 2021 for which the 

2 cost to the United States Government was more than 

3 $100,000. 

4 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con5 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica6 ble period— 

7 (1) a description of its purpose; 

8 (2) the number of participants attending; 

9 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

10 United States Government, including— 

11 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

12 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

13 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

14 travel to and from the conference; and 

15 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

16 to determine which costs relate to the con17 ference; and 

18 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

19 used including— 

20 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

21 competitive basis; and 

22 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

23 conducted by the departmental component or 

24 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

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1 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 

2 head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 

3 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 

4 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

5 date, location, and number of employees attending a con6 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

7 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

8 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2021 for which the 

9 cost to the United States Government was more than 

10 $20,000. 

11 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro12 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

13 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con14 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

15 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

16 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

17 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

18 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

19 the grant or contract. 

20 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

21 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con22 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

23 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

24 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

25 memorandum. 


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1 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this 

2 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

3 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac4 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

5 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

6 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

7 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi8 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

11 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

12 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 

13 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

14 et seq.). 

15 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

17 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

18 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

19 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of20 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

21 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

22 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth23 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

24 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

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1 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

2 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib3 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac4 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

5 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent6 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re7 ceive such information. 

8 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con9 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

10 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart11 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

12 information. 

13 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

14 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree15 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern16 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree17 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

18 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

19 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

20 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

21 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi22 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

23 reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 

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1 cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 

2 whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 

3 obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 

4 controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 

5 incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 

6 Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 

7 this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 

8 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 

9 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 

10 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern11 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 

12 activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 

13 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 

14 will not disclose any classified information received in the 

15 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 

16 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 

17 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo18 sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu19 tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen20 tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

21 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

22 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

23 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

24 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 


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1 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

2 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en3 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 

4 substantially similar language to that required in sub5 section (a). 

6 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

8 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

9 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

10 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil11 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad12 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

13 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

14 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col15 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

16 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

17 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

18 and has made a determination that this further action is 

19 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

20 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

21 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

22 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

23 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

24 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

25 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 


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1 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic2 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

3 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter4 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro5 tect the interests of the Government. 

6 SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2021, on the date 

7 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac8 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

9 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv12 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

13 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

14 of such request. 

15 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 

16 made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 

17 SEC. 746. If, for fiscal year 2021, new budget author18 ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre19 tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 

20 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

21 Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 

22 Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre23 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 

24 2021 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man25 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 


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1 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 

2 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 

3 for all categories for that fiscal year. 

4 SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate ad5 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 

6 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 

7 year 2021 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 

8 on December 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of divi9 sion D of Public Law 116–6. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under 

11 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 

12 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 

13 2021 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 

14 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

15 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 

16 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De17 cember 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of division 

18 D of Public Law 116–6. Such an employee may not receive 

19 a pay rate increase during calendar year 2021, except as 

20 provided in subsection (i). 

21 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv22 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi23 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 

24 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em25 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 


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1 (d)(1) This subsection applies to— 

2 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior 

3 Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or 

4 above the official rate for level IV of the Execu5 tive Schedule; or 

6 (B) a limited term appointee or limited 

7 emergency appointee in the Senior Executive 

8 Service serving under a political appointment 

9 and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the of10 ficial rate for level IV of the Executive Sched11 ule. 

12 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of 

13 title 5, United States Code, an employee described 

14 in paragraph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase 

15 during calendar year 2021, except as provided in 

16 subsection (i). 

17 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

18 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality19 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 

21 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 

22 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 

23 increase during calendar year 2021, except as provided in 

24 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 

25 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 


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1 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 

2 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

3 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

4 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap5 plied to them. 

6 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre7 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint8 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

9 under applicable law. 

10 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who 

11 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

12 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 

13 for such time as that election is in effect. 

14 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who 

15 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 

16 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 

17 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 

18 election is in effect. 

19 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

20 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in21 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov22 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du23 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 

24 the level or range for the position held immediately before 

25 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 


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1 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 

2 of pay in effect on December 31, 2019, by operation of 

3 section 749 of division D of Public Law 116–6. 

4 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

5 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

6 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

7 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

8 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 

9 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of division D of Pub10 lic Law 116–6. 

11 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 

12 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2021 

13 but ends in calendar year 2022, the bar on the employee’s 

14 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 

15 of that pay period. 

16 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 

17 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 

18 pay is restricted under this section. 

19 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 

20 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 

21 1, 2021. 

22 SEC. 748. During the current fiscal year— 

23 (a) With respect to budget authority proposed to be 

24 rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed to be 

25 deferred in a special message transmitted under section 


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1 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Impound2 ment Control Act of 1974, such budget authority— 

3 (1) shall be made available for obligation in suf4 ficient time to be prudently obligated as required 

5 under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act; and 

6 (2) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld 

7 from obligation during the 90-day period before the 

8 expiration of the period of availability of such budget 

9 authority, including, if applicable, the 90-day period 

10 before the expiration of an initial period of avail11 ability for which such budget authority was pro12 vided. 

13 (b) With respect to an apportionment of an appro14 priation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, 

15 United States Code, an appropriation (as that term is de16 fined in section 1511 of title 31, United States Code) shall 

17 be apportioned— 

18 (1) to make available all amounts for obligation 

19 in sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and 

20 (2) to make available all amounts for obligation, 

21 without precondition or limitation (including foot22 notes) that shall be met prior to obligation, not later 

23 than 90 days before the expiration of the period of 

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1 riod of availability for which such appropriation was 

2 provided. 

3 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget author4 ity’’ includes budget authority made available by this or 

5 any other Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law 

6 other than an appropriations Act. 

7 (d)(1) The Comptroller General shall review compli8 ance with this section and shall submit to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations and the Budget, and any other appro10 priate congressional committees of the House of Rep11 resentatives and Senate a report, and any relevant infor12 mation related to the report, on any noncompliance with 

13 this section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 

14 (2) The President or the head of the relevant 

15 department or agency of the United States shall pro16 vide information, documentation, and views to the 

17 Comptroller General, as is determined by the Comp18 troller General to be necessary to determine such 

19 compliance, not later than 20 days after the date on 

20 which the request from the Comptroller General is 

21 received, or if the Comptroller General determines 

22 that a shorter or longer period is appropriate based 

23 on the specific circumstances, within such shorter or 

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1 (3) To carry out the responsibilities of this sec2 tion and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the 

3 Comptroller General shall also have access to inter4 view the officers, employees, contractors, and other 

5 agents and representatives of a department, agency, 

6 or office of the United States at any reasonable time 

7 as the Comptroller General may request. 

8 (e)(1) An officer or employee of the Executive Branch 

9 of the United States Government violating this section 

10 shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline in11 cluding, when circumstances warrant, suspension from 

12 duty without pay or removal from office. 

13 (2) In the event of a violation of this section or 

14 the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, or in the 

15 case that the Government Accountability Office 

16 issues a legal decision concluding that a department, 

17 agency, or office of the United States violated this 

18 section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 

19 the President or the head of the relevant department 

20 or agency as the case may be, shall report imme21 diately to the Congress all relevant facts and a state22 ment of actions taken: Provided, That a copy of each 

23 report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller 

24 General and the relevant inspector general on the 

25 same date the report is transmitted to the Congress. 


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1 (3) Any such report shall include a summary of 

2 the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and 

3 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appro4 priation or fund account, the amount involved for 

5 each violation, the date on which the violation oc6 curred, the position of any individuals responsible 

7 for the violation, a statement of the administrative 

8 discipline imposed and any further action taken with 

9 respect to any officer or employee involved in the 

10 violation, and a statement of any additional action 

11 taken to prevent recurrence of the same type of vio12 lation: Provided, That in the case that the Govern13 ment Accountability Office issues a legal decision 

14 concluding that a department, agency, or office of 

15 the United States violated this section and the rel16 evant department, agency, or office does not agree 

17 that a violation has occurred, the report provided to 

18 Congress, the Comptroller General, and relevant in19 spector general will explain such department, agen20 cy, or office’s position. 

21 (4) If the report identifies the position of any 

22 officer or employee as involved in the violation, such 

23 officer or employee shall be provided a reasonable 

24 opportunity to respond in writing, and any such re25 sponse shall be appended to the report. 


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1 SEC. 749. (a) If an executive agency or the District 

2 of Columbia government receives a written request for in3 formation, documentation, or views from the Government 

4 Accountability Office relating to a decision or opinion on 

5 budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the 

6 District of Columbia government shall provide the re7 quested information, documentation, or views not later 

8 than 20 days after receiving the written request, unless 

9 such written request specifically provides otherwise. 

10 (b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia 

11 government fails to respond to the request for information, 

12 documentation, or views within the time required by this 

13 section— 

14 (1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in 

15 writing, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 

16 the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

17 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

18 Senate, and any other appropriate congressional 

19 committee of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate of such failure; and 

21 (2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly 

22 empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, 

23 to bring a civil action in the United States District 

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1 duced, and such court is expressly empowered to 

2 enter in such civil action, against any department, 

3 agency, officer, or employee of the United States, 

4 any decree, judgment, or order which may be nec5 essary or appropriate to require such production. 

6 (c) If the Government Accountability Office deter7 mines that an officer or employee of an executive agency 

8 or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov9 ernment has violated section 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) 

10 of title 31, United States Code, the head of the agency 

11 or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as the case may 

12 be, shall report immediately to the President and Congress 

13 all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Pro14 vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted 

15 to the Comptroller General on the same date the report 

16 is transmitted to the President and Congress: Provided 

17 further, That any such report shall include a summary of 

18 the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 

19 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 

20 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 

21 on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer 

22 or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of 

23 the administrative discipline imposed and any further ac24 tion taken with respect to any officer or employee involved 

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1 to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a 

2 statement of any determination that the violation was not 

3 knowing and willful that has been made by the executive 

4 agency or District of Columbia government, and any writ5 ten response by any officer or employee identified by posi6 tion as involved in the violation: Provided further, That 

7 in the case that the Government Accountability Office 

8 issues a legal decision concluding that section 1341(a), 

9 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States Code was vio10 lated, and the executive agency or District of Columbia 

11 government, as applicable, does not agree that a violation 

12 has occurred, the report provided to the President, the 

13 Congress, and the Comptroller General will explain its po14 sition. 

15 SEC. 750. (a) Each department or agency of the exec16 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 

17 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 

19 appropriate congressional committees if— 

20 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re21 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 

22 title 31, United States Code; 

23 (2) an approved apportionment received by the 

24 department or agency conditions the availability of 

25 an appropriation on further action; or 


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1 (3) an approved apportionment received by the 

2 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli3 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 

4 program, project, or activity by such department or 

5 agency. 

6 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 

7 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa8 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 

9 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 

10 account. 

11 SEC. 751. (a) None of the funds made available by 

12 this or any other Act may be used to administer, imple13 ment, or enforce any collective bargaining agreement, or 

14 any article or any term of any collective bargaining agree15 ment under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, with 

16 an effective date after April 30, 2019, that— 

17 (1) was not mutually and voluntarily agreed to 

18 by all parties to the agreement; or 

19 (2) was not ordered following the completion of 

20 binding arbitration pursuant to section 7119(b)(2) 

21 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (b) Any collective bargaining agreement that was in 

23 effect before April 30, 2019, or that expired before April 

24 30, 2019, without a new agreement having been executed, 

25 shall remain in full force and effect until a new collective 


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1 bargaining agreement reached through mutual and vol2 untary agreement, or ordered following the completion of 

3 binding arbitration pursuant to such section 7119(b)(2), 

4 becomes effective. 

5 SEC. 752. No funds appropriated by this or any other 

6 Act may be used to exclude, or to implement the exclusion 

7 of, any department, agency, or activity or subdivision 

8 thereof, from coverage under the Federal Service Labor9 Management Relations Statute pursuant to section 

10 7103(b)(1) or section 7103(b)(2) of title 5, United States 

11 Code. 

12 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to prevent Federal workers 

14 from— 

15 (1) using official time for union activities; 

16 (2) teleworking for telework deemed positions 

17 or when the health or safety of an employee is in 

18 question; or 

19 (3) denying unions space in Federal buildings. 

20 SEC. 754. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es21 tablished the Commission on Federal Naming and Dis22 plays (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

23 (b) DUTIES.— 

24 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF LIST.—Not later than 

25 180 days after the day by which all of its members 


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1 have been appointed, the Commission, with input 

2 from the general public, shall develop and publish a 

3 list of property names, monuments, statues, public 

4 artworks, historical markers, and other symbols 

5 owned by the Federal government or located on 

6 property owned by the Federal government (includ7 ing the legislative branch and the judicial branch) 

8 which the Commission identifies as inconsistent with 

9 the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

10 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 180 

11 days after publishing the list under paragraph (1), 

12 and after holding not fewer than 2 public meetings, 

13 the Commission shall submit to the President and 

14 Congress a report containing the following informa15 tion: 

16 (A) A recommendation regarding whether 

17 each property name, monument, statue, public 

18 artwork, historical marker, or other symbol on 

19 the list developed under paragraph (1) should 

20 remain unchanged or should be renamed or re21 moved. 

22 (B) Supporting materials and context in23 formation for each recommendation under sub24 paragraph (A). 


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1 (C) Such other recommendations as the 

2 Commission may consider appropriate, includ3 ing recommendations for educational programs, 

4 supplemental historical markers, or other activi5 ties to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion 

6 and to promote national reconciliation. 

7 (3) SEPARATE VIEWS OF MEMBERS.—The Com8 mission may include in the report submitted under 

9 paragraph (2) supplemental or dissenting rec10 ommendations from individual members of the Com11 mission. 

12 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

13 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall con14 sist of the following: 

15 (A) 2 members appointed by the President. 

16 (B) 2 members appointed by the Speaker 

17 of the House of Representatives. 

18 (C) 2 members appointed by the Majority 

19 Leader of the Senate. 

20 (D) 1 member appointed by the Minority 

21 Leader of the House of Representatives. 

22 (E) 1 member appointed by the Minority 

23 Leader of the Senate. 

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1 (i) The Secretary of the Smithsonian 

2 Institution. 

3 (ii) The Historian of the House of 

4 Representatives. 

5 (iii) The Historian of the Senate. 

6 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member of the 

7 Commission appointed under subparagraphs (A) 

8 through (E) of paragraph (1) shall have 10 or more 

9 years of educational and professional experience in 

10 one or more of the following disciplines: 

11 (A) History. 

12 (B) Art and antiquities. 

13 (C) Historic preservation. 

14 (D) Cultural heritage. 

15 (E) Education. 

16 (3) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE; TRAVEL

17 EXPENSES.—Members of the Commission shall serve 

18 without pay, but each member shall receive travel 

19 expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 

20 in accordance with applicable provisions under sub21 chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

22 Code. 

23 (4) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The mem24 bers of the Commission shall be appointed not later 


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1 than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 (5) CO-CHAIRS.—Not later than 10 days after 

4 the first meeting of the Commission, the members of 

5 the Commission shall select 2 co-chairs from among 

6 the members. 

7 (d) POWERS.— 

8 (1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis9 sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 

10 hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 

11 testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 

12 considers appropriate, except that the Commission 

13 shall hold its initial meeting not later than 10 days 

14 after the day by which all of its members have been 

15 appointed. 

16 (2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis17 sion may secure directly from any department or 

18 agency of the United States information necessary 

19 to enable it to carry out its duties. Upon request of 

20 the Commission, the head of that department or 

21 agency shall furnish that information to the Com22 mission. 

23 (3) MAILS.—The Commission may use the 

24 United States mails in the same manner and under 


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1 the same conditions as other departments and agen2 cies of the United States. 

3 (4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.— 

4 Upon the request of the Commission, the Librarian 

5 of Congress shall provide to the Commission, on a 

6 reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv7 ices necessary for the Commission to carry out its 

8 duties. 

9 (5) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the 

10 request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 

11 department or agency may detail any of the per12 sonnel of that department or agency to the Commis13 sion to assist it in carrying out its duties. Any per14 sonnel detailed to the Commission under this para15 graph may receive travel expenses, including per 

16 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli17 cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 

18 title 5, United States Code. 

19 (6) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission 

20 may contract with and compensate government and 

21 private agencies or persons for goods and services, 

22 without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 

23 States Code. 


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1 (e) FUNDING.—There is appropriated to carry out 

2 this section $1,500,000, to remain available until ex3 pended. 

4 (f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

5 60 days after submitting the report under subsection 

6 (b)(2). 

7 SEC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

9 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

10 VIII. 

11 TITLE VIII 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

13 COLUMBIA 

14

15 SEC. 801. None of the Federal funds provided under 

16 this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal 

17 and District government agencies, that remain available 

18 for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2021, or pro19 vided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 

20 States derived by the collection of fees available to the 

21 agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga22 tion or expenditures for an agency through a reprogram23 ming of funds which— 

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1 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi2 bility center; 

3 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi4 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

5 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

7 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

8 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre9 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

10 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

11 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

12 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which13 ever is less; or 

14 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

15 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi16 bility center, 

17 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Senate. 

20 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds available for 

21 obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia gov22 ernment under any authority shall be expended for any 

23 abortion except where the life of the mother would be en24 dangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the 

25 pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 


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1 SEC. 803. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

3 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

4 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

5 SEC. 804. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

6 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob7 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

8 year 2021 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

9 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2021 in 

10 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

11 2022, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

12 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 

15 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

16 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out17 lined in section 801 of this Act. 

18 SEC. 805. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2022, during a 

19 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

20 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

21 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

22 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

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1 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 

2 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

3 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 

4 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 

5 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2022 

6 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co7 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 

8 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern9 ment for fiscal year 2022 for purposes of section 446 of 

10 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 

11 D.C. Official Code). 

12 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

13 to be available— 

14 (1) during any period in which a District of Co15 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2022 is 

16 in effect; or 

17 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

18 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

19 2022. 

20 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro21 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

22 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

23 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

24 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

25 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 


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1 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2022 

2 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

3 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

4 during any period of fiscal year 2022 if any other provi5 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria6 tions)— 

7 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail8 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

9 to continue for such period; or 

10 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

11 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

12 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac13 tivity to continue for such period. 

14 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

15 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

16 mandated by other law. 

17 SEC. 806. (a) Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of 

18 Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38– 

19 2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(G) is from a family with a taxable an22 nual income of less than the applicable family 

23 income limit, as defined in paragraph (7).’’. 


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1 (b) Section 3(c) of such Act (sec. 38–2702(c), D.C. 

2 Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing new paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(7) APPLICABLE FAMILY INCOME LIMIT.—The 

5 term ‘applicable family income limit’ means, with re6 spect to an individual, the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) In the case of an individual who 

8 began an undergraduate course of study prior 

9 to school year 2015-2016, $1,000,000. 

10 ‘‘(B) In the case of an individual who be11 gins an undergraduate course of study in school 

12 year 2016-2017, $750,000. 

13 ‘‘(C) In the case of an individual who be14 gins an undergraduate course of study in school 

15 year 2017-2018 or school year 2018-2019, the 

16 applicable family income limit under this para17 graph for an individual who began an under18 graduate course of study in the previous school 

19 year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, as 

20 measured by the percentage increase, if any, 

21 from the preceding fiscal year in the Consumer 

22 Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub23 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 

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1 ‘‘(D) In the case of an individual who be2 gins an undergraduate course of study in school 

3 year 2019-2020, $500,000. 

4 ‘‘(E) In the case of an individual who be5 gins an undergraduate course of study in school 

6 year 2020-2021, the amount described in sub7 paragraph (D), adjusted by the Mayor for infla8 tion, as measured by the percentage increase, if 

9 any, from the preceding fiscal year in the Con10 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 

11 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 

12 the Department of Labor. 

13 ‘‘(F) In the case of an individual who be14 gins an undergraduate course of study in school 

15 year 2021-2022, $750,000. 

16 ‘‘(G) In the case of an individual who be17 gins an undergraduate course of study in school 

18 year 2022-2023 or any succeeding school year, 

19 the applicable family income limit under this 

20 paragraph for an individual who began an un21 dergraduate course of study in the previous 

22 school year, adjusted by the Mayor for inflation, 

23 as measured by the percentage increase, if any, 

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1 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 

2 Department of Labor.’’. 

3 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take 

4 effect as if included in the enactment of the Financial 

5 Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 

6 2019 (division D of Public Law 116–6). 

7 SEC. 807. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

8 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

9 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

10 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

11 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

12 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep13 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

14 SEC. 808. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 

15 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 

16 (sec. 9-1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 

17 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 

18 Bridge Project. 

19 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 

20 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 

21 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 

22 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 

23 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 

24 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 


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1 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 

2 access crossings over the Potomac River. 

3 SEC. 809. No services may be made available in ac4 cordance with section 740(a) of the District of Columbia 

5 Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40(a), D.C. Official Code) at 

6 any time during fiscal year 2021. 

7 SEC. 810. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

9 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

10 of this title or of title IV. 

11 TITLE IX 

12 INFRASTRUCTURE 

13 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex16 penses’’, $40,000,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2025, for implementing title VIII of the Communica18 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as added by 

19 the Broadband DATA Act (Public Law 116–130): Pro20 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

21 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec22 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 SECURE AND TRUSTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

2 REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM

3 For the ‘‘Secure and Trusted Communications Net4 works Reimbursement Program’’, as authorized by section 

5 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

6 Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–124; 47 U.S.C. 1603), 

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

8 2025: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

9 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

13 For payments by the Federal Communications Com14 mission to providers of broadband internet access service 

15 to expand availability of such service to unserved areas, 

16 underserved areas, and unserved anchor institutions, 

17 $60,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2025: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

19 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 In addition to amounts that are otherwise available 

6 for real property management and related activities, for 

7 an additional amount to be deposited in the ‘‘Federal 

8 Buildings Fund’’, $5,990,000,000, to carry out the pur9 poses of the Fund, of which— 

10 (1) $2,800,000,000 shall be available for border 

11 stations and land ports of entry; 

12 (2) $1,000,000,000 shall be available for acqui13 sition and construction (including sites and ex14 penses, and associated design and construction serv15 ices) of Federal buildings and United States court16 houses, including annexes, expansions, or similar ad17 ditions; 

18 (3) $1,000,000,000 shall be for repairs and al19 terations to facilitate converting General Services 

20 Administration facilities to ‘‘high-performance green 

21 buildings’’, as the term is defined in section 401 of 

22 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

23 (Public Law 110–140); and 

24 (4) $940,000,000 shall be available for repairs 

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1 Provided, That not to exceed $110,000,000 of the 

2 amounts provided under this heading shall be available 

3 without regard to fiscal year limitations and may be ex4 pended for rental of space, related to leasing of temporary 

5 space in connection with projects funded under this head6 ing: Provided further, That not to exceed $130,000,000 

7 of the amounts provided under this heading shall be avail8 able without regard to fiscal year limitations and may be 

9 expended in the building operations account, for the costs 

10 of completing and supporting the projects funded under 

11 this heading: Provided further, That not less than 

12 $10,000,000 of the funds provided shall be for on-the-job 

13 pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs 

14 registered with the Department of Labor, for the construc15 tion, repair, and alteration of Federal buildings: Provided 

16 further, That not less than $3,000,000,000 of the funds 

17 provided under this heading shall be obligated by Sep18 tember 30, 2022, and the remainder of the funds provided 

19 under this heading shall be available until September 30, 

20 2024: Provided further, That the Administrator of General 

21 Services is authorized to initiate design, construction, re22 pair, alteration, and other projects through existing au23 thorities of the Administrator: Provided further, That none 

24 of the funds in this paragraph may be used to initiate de25 sign, construction, repair, alteration, and other projects in 


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1 the National Capital Region: Provided further, That the 

2 General Services Administration shall submit a detailed 

3 plan, by project, regarding the use of funds made available 

4 in this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days 

6 of enactment of this Act, and update on a quarterly basis 

7 thereafter if there any changes: Provided further, That, 

8 hereafter, the Administrator shall report to the Commit9 tees on the obligation of these funds on a quarterly basis 

10 beginning with the end of the first quarter after the initial 

11 plan is submitted: Provided further, That amounts pro12 vided under this heading that are savings or cannot be 

13 used for the activity for which originally obligated may be 

14 de-obligated and, notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, re-obligated for the purposes identified in the plan 

16 required under this heading not less than 15 days after 

17 notification has been provided to the Committees on Ap18 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen19 ate: Provided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings 

20 Fund made available in this Act for Federal Buildings 

21 Fund activities may be transferred between activities only 

22 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: 

23 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

24 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 


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

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

5 General’’, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 

6 for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects 

7 funded under this title, $10,000,000: Provided, That such 

8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

9 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INFRASTRUCTURE

13 SEC. 901. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

14 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 

17 (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 

18 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 

19 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

21 General Government Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 367 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7668 

[Report No. 116–456] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Financial Services and 

September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. General Government for the fiscal year ending 

JULY 17, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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