II 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3179 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 4, 2021 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

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

6 ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, 

7 namely: 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

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

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

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

15 territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli16 cies and programs activities, $261,669,000: Provided, 

17 That of the amount appropriated under this heading— 

18 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep19 tion and representation expenses; 

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

21 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

22 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

23 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

24 Secretary’s certificate; and 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 3179 IS

1 (3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2023, for— 

3 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

4 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

5 (B) information technology modernization 

6 requirements; 

7 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra8 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

9 (D) the development and implementation 

10 of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 

11 and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 

12 entering into cooperative agreements; 

13 (E) operations and maintenance of facili14 ties; and 

15 (F) international operations. 

16 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED

17 STATES FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 

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

21 available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 

22 of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de23 partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ24 ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 

25 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 3179 IS

1 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur2 ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 

3 until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 

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

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

6 other funds available to any department or agency: Pro7 vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 

8 such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset9 ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 

10 appropriated under this heading from the general fund 

11 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 

12 during fiscal year 2022, so as to result in a total appro13 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

14 $0. 

15 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

18 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys19 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter20 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

21 proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 

22 drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 

23 $186,192,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 

24 available for addressing human rights violations and cor25 ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
5 

•S 3179 IS

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

2 2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 

3 under this heading, up to $10,000,000 shall remain avail4 able until September 30, 2023. 

5 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

6 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 

7 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 

8 $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2024: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 

10 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas11 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur12 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 

13 heading $4,000,000 shall be available for administrative 

14 expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 

15 provide oversight of the investments made under this 

16 heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple17 ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 

18 to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 

19 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

20 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

23 processing equipment, software, and services and for re24 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart25 ment of the Treasury, $6,118,000, to remain available 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
6 

•S 3179 IS

1 until September 30, 2024: Provided, That these funds 

2 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec3 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of4 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

5 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

6 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur7 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head8 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev9 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 

10 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, $42,362,000, including hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 

17 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con18 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

19 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

20 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2023, shall be for audits and investigations 

22 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 

23 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re24 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
7 

•S 3179 IS

1 shall be available for official reception and representation 

2 expenses. 

3 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

7 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In8 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur9 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

10 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 

11 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 

12 for Tax Administration; $174,250,000, of which 

13 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2023; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 

15 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 

16 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 

17 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

18 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra19 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 

20 for official reception and representation expenses. 

21 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

22 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

25 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
8 

•S 3179 IS

1 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

2 Law 110–343), $17,000,000. 

3 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En6 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve7 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

8 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

9 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in10 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula11 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

12 $45,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

13 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

14 with or without reimbursement, $176,652,000, of which 

15 not to exceed $80,600,000 shall remain available until 

16 September 30, 2024 for information technology and to im17 plement division F of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

19 (Public Law 116–283). 

20 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

23 of the Fiscal Service, $360,266,000; of which not to ex24 ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2024, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
9 

•S 3179 IS

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

2 and representation expenses. 

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

4 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

5 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

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

7 380. 

8 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

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

12 passenger motor vehicles, $130,000,000; of which 

13 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2023; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for 

15 official reception and representation expenses; and of 

16 which not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for coopera17 tive research and development programs for laboratory 

18 services; and provision of laboratory assistance to State 

19 and local agencies with or without reimbursement: Pro20 vided, That of the amount appropriated under this head21 ing, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the 

22 processing of formula and label applications: Provided fur23 ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

24 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 

25 shall be for the costs associated with enforcement of and 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
10 

•S 3179 IS

1 education regarding the trade practice provisions of the 

2 Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et 

3 seq.). 

4 UNITED STATES MINT

5 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

6 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

7 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

8 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

9 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis10 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper11 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

12 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in13 curred during fiscal year 2022 under such section 5136 

14 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in15 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

16 $50,000,000. 

17 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

18 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

20 Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

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

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

23 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

24 to the rate for EX–III, $360,000,000. Of the amount ap25 propriated under this heading— 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
11 

•S 3179 IS

1 (1) not less than $221,383,000, notwith2 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 

3 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg4 ing Community Development Financial Institutions 

5 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 

6 2023, for financial assistance and technical assist7 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

8 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 

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

10 $1,600,000 may be available for training and out11 reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 

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

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

14 $8,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec15 tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 

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

17 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com18 munity development financial institutions to expand 

19 investments that benefit individuals with disabilities, 

20 and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be for 

21 the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con22 junction with the Corporation for National and 

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

24 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

25 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
12 

•S 3179 IS

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 $27,500,000, notwithstanding 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
13 

•S 3179 IS

1 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2023, 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 $42,000,000 is available until 

12 September 30, 2023, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

13 program; 

14 (4) not less than $25,000,000, 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, 2023, 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 $8,500,000 is available until 

25 September 30, 2023, to provide grants for loan loss 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
14 

•S 3179 IS

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 $35,617,000 is available for adminis8 trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 

9 Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 

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

11 the development of tools to better assess and inform 

12 CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 

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

14 expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and 

15 (7) during fiscal year 2022, 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, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
15 

•S 3179 IS

1 2022: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 

2 under this heading, except those provided for the 

3 Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 10 percent 

4 shall be used for awards that support investments 

5 that serve populations living in persistent poverty 

6 counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of 

7 this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘per8 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county, includ9 ing county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has 

10 had 20 percent or more of its population living in 

11 poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 

12 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2011– 

13 2015 5-year data series available from the American 

14 Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or 

15 any other territory or possession of the United 

16 States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu17 lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 

18 measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas 

19 Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu20 reau of the Census. 

21 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

22 TAXPAYER SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv24 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist25 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
16 

•S 3179 IS

1 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 

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

3 Commissioner, $2,940,876,000 which is provided to meet 

4 the terms of section 4004(b)(2)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 

5 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 

6 for fiscal year 2022, of which not less than $11,000,000 

7 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 

8 of which not less than $13,000,000 shall be available for 

9 low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than 

10 $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2023, shall be available for the Community Volunteer In12 come Tax Assistance Matching Grants Program for tax 

13 return preparation assistance, and of which not less than 

14 $215,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of 

15 the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That of the 

16 amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Serv17 ice, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft 

18 and refund fraud casework. 

19 ENFORCEMENT

20 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

21 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

22 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con23 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

24 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi25 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehiVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
17 

•S 3179 IS

1 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

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

3 determined by the Commissioner, $5,750,275,000, of 

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

5 until September 30, 2023; of which not less than 

6 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

7 Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 

8 $21,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 

9 Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 

10 amount made available for investigative technology for the 

11 Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 

12 amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di13 vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading: Provided 

14 further, That, of such amount, $5,462,823,000 is provided 

15 to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(2)(B) and section 

16 4005(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the con17 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 

18 $287,452,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

19 to pay for tax enforcement activities, including tax compli20 ance to address the Federal tax gap, for purposes of sec21 tion 4004(b)(2) and section 4005(b) of such resolution: 

22 Provided further, That such additional new budget author23 ity may not be transferred or reprogrammed for any other 

24 activity. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
18 

•S 3179 IS

1 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

2 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv3 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro4 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print5 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

6 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

7 of income; telecommunications; information technology de8 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se9 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

10 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 

11 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

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

13 Commissioner; $4,577,640,000, of which not to exceed 

14 $275,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2023; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 

16 available until expended for acquisition of equipment and 

17 construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which 

18 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2024, for research; of which not less than 

20 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 available for establishment of an application through 

22 which entities registering and renewing registrations in 

23 the System for Award Management may request an au24 thenticated electronic certification stating that the entity 

25 does or does not have a seriously delinquent tax debt; and 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
19 

•S 3179 IS

1 of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official recep2 tion and representation expenses: Provided, That not later 

3 than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal 

4 Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States 

7 detailing major information technology investments in the 

8 Internal Revenue Service Integrated Modernization Busi9 ness Plan portfolio, including detailed, plain language 

10 summaries on the status of plans, costs, and results; prior 

11 results and actual expenditures of the prior quarter; up12 coming deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and 

13 mitigation strategies associated with ongoing work; rea14 sons for any cost or schedule variances; and total expendi15 tures by fiscal year: Provided further, That the Internal 

16 Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification 

17 for fiscal year 2023, a summary of cost and schedule per18 formance information for its major information technology 

19 systems: Provided further, That, of such amount, 

20 $4,448,195,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 

21 4004(b)(2)(B) and section 4005(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 14 

22 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 

23 for fiscal year 2022, and $129,445,000 is additional new 

24 budget authority specified to pay for tax enforcement ac25 tivities, including tax compliance to address the Federal 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
20 

•S 3179 IS

1 tax gap, for purposes of section 4004(b)(2) and section 

2 4005(b) of such resolution: Provided further, That such 

3 additional new budget authority may not be transferred 

4 or reprogrammed for any other activity. 

5 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv7 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

8 $305,032,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2024, which is provided to meet the terms of section 

10 4004(b)(2)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 

11 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 

12 and shall be for the capital asset acquisition of information 

13 technology systems, including management and related 

14 contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related In15 ternal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs 

16 associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

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

18 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

19 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp21 troller General of the United States detailing major infor22 mation technology investments in the Internal Revenue 

23 Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan portfolio, 

24 including detailed, plain language summaries on the status 

25 of plans, costs, and results; prior results and actual exVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
21 

•S 3179 IS

1 penditures of the prior quarter; upcoming deliverables and 

2 costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitigation strategies 

3 associated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost or 

4 schedule variances; and total expenditures by fiscal year. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

6 SERVICE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropria9 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

10 Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex11 ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available 

12 in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans13 ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria14 tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap15 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen16 ate. 

17 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main18 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

19 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

20 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im21 partial application of tax law. 

22 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti23 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe24 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro25 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
22 

•S 3179 IS

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

2 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

3 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi4 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

5 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

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

7 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

8 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

9 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

10 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

11 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

12 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

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

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

15 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

16 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic17 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

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

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

20 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

21 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con22 stitution of the United States. 

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

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
23 

•S 3179 IS

1 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

2 beliefs. 

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

4 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex5 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce6 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

7 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

8 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re9 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

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

11 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

12 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana13 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

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

15 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

16 expended— 

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

18 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

19 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

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

21 unless such program or process takes into account the 

22 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 

23 former employee. 

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

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
24 

•S 3179 IS

1 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

2 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

4 TREASURY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the 

7 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al8 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

9 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

10 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

11 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

12 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

14 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

15 of health and medical services to employees and their de16 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author17 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

18 SEC. 112. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria19 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De20 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

21 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 

22 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En23 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and 

24 ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be 

25 transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
25 

•S 3179 IS

1 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 

3 no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 

4 any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

5 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria6 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

7 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen8 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad9 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

11 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro12 priation by more than 2 percent. 

13 SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

14 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

15 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

16 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

17 SEC. 115. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans18 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala19 ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec20 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 

21 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex22 penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 

23 Collection Fund. 

24 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
26 

•S 3179 IS

1 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu2 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

5 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

6 Affairs. 

7 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

9 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav10 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

11 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func12 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

13 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

14 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com15 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent17 atives and the Senate. 

18 SEC. 118. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

19 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De20 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re21 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

22 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

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

24 2022 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

25 Act for Fiscal Year 2022. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
27 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 119. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail2 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus3 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

4 representation expenses. 

5 SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

6 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro7 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

8 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an9 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

10 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest11 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

12 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart13 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac14 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas15 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

16 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur17 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

18 project that has not been fully completed. 

19 SEC. 121. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

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

21 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

23 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran24 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
28 

•S 3179 IS

1 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

2 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip3 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran4 chise Fund. 

5 SEC. 122. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 

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

7 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

8 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

10 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

12 Affairs. 

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

14 include— 

15 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

16 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

17 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

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

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

20 each office during the previous quarter; 

21 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva22 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis23 cal year; and 

24 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec25 tives, and performance measures of each office. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
29 

•S 3179 IS

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

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

3 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

4 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

5 subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 123. For an additional amount for ‘‘Special In7 spector General for Pandemic Recovery’’, $10,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, for necessary expenses in 

9 carrying out section 4018 of the Coronavirus Act, Relief, 

10 and Economic Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116– 

11 136). 

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

13 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
30 

•S 3179 IS

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, $69,500,000. 

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

22 at the White House, $15,077,000, to be expended and ac23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

24 112–114. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
31 

•S 3179 IS

1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

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

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

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

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

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

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

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

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is inVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
32 

•S 3179 IS

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, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

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

15 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res16 idence 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 

25 for the classification of any such expense as political or 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
33 

•S 3179 IS

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), $2,500,000, 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.), $4,700,000. 

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 $10,000 shall be available for official 

24 reception and representation expenses. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
34 

•S 3179 IS

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 $105,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 

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

9 of the President. 

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, $115,000,000, 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, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
35 

•S 3179 IS

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 

24 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap25 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initiVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
36 

•S 3179 IS

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 $1,838,000. 

16 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 

19 Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil20 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza21 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 

22 $15,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail23 able for official reception and representation expenses. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
37 

•S 3179 IS

1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

4 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

5 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 

7 official reception and representation expenses; and for par8 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 

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

10 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim11 bursement, $20,000,000: Provided, That the Office is au12 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 

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

14 limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 

15 work of the Office. 

16 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

17 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

20 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

21 Areas Program, $293,500,000, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2023, for drug control activities consistent 

23 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

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

25 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
38 

•S 3179 IS

1 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

2 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

3 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans4 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

5 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

6 Control Policy, of which up to $5,800,000 may be used 

7 for auditing services and associated activities and 

8 $3,500,000 shall be for a new Grants Management System 

9 for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro10 vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 

11 to fiscal year 2020 may be used for any other approved 

12 activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re13 quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des14 ignated as of September 30, 2021, shall be funded at not 

15 less than the fiscal year 2021 base level, unless the Direc16 tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 

18 changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior19 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 

20 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 

21 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro22 priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2022 fund23 ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enact24 ment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of 

25 planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as deterVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
39 

•S 3179 IS

1 mined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not 

2 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 

3 further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

4 funds so transferred from this appropriation are not nec5 essary for the purposes provided herein and upon notifica6 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be 

8 transferred back to this appropriation. 

9 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

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

13 Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 

14 amended, $132,417,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, which shall be available as follows: $106,000,000 

16 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which 

17 $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by section 

18 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by section 8204 of 

19 Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for drug court training 

20 and technical assistance; $14,000,000 for anti-doping ac21 tivities; up to $3,167,000 for the United States member22 ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 

23 for the Model Acts Program; and $5,000,000 for activities 

24 authorized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Pro25 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
40 

•S 3179 IS

1 may be transferred to other Federal departments and 

2 agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, 

3 That the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 

4 Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to obligating 

5 funds under this heading for United States membership 

6 dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency, submit to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and the Senate a spending plan and explanation of 

9 the proposed uses of these funds. 

10 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

11 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

12 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

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

14 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

15 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2023. 

17 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte20 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

21 technology in the Federal Government, $10,000,000, to 

22 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc23 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

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

25 projects to meet these purposes. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
41 

•S 3179 IS

1 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

4 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

5 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

6 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex7 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex8 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

9 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,726,000. 

10 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

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

15 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi16 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

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

18 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $313,000: Provided, That advances, re19 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

20 made to any department or agency for expenses of car21 rying out such activities. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
42 

•S 3179 IS

1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

2 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

3 THE PRESIDENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi7 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

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

9 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of10 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi11 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

12 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

13 such other officer as the President may designate in writ14 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap17 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

18 with and available for the same time and for the same 

19 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro20 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

21 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro22 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

23 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi24 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

25 Vice President. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
43 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2022, any Executive 

2 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 

3 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 

4 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg5 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 

6 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

7 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

8 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im9 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

10 Government; 

11 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

12 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

13 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 

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

15 year 2022; and 

16 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov17 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 

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

19 2022. 

20 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo21 randum is issued during fiscal year 2022 due to a national 

22 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

23 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

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

25 or memorandum is issued. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
44 

•S 3179 IS

1 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi2 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 

3 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 

4 of $100,000,000. 

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

6 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man7 agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 

8 Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 

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

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

11 the date of enactment of this Act and until the require12 ments of subsection (b) are completed, the Office of Man13 agement and Budget shall provide to the Committees on 

14 Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Represent15 atives and the Senate each document apportioning an ap16 propriation, pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, 

17 United States Code, approved by the Office of Manage18 ment and Budget, including any associated footnotes, not 

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

20 such apportionment by the Office of Management and 

21 Budget. 

22 (b) Not later than 120 days after the date of enact23 ment of this Act, the Office of Management and Budget 

24 shall complete implementation of an automated system to 

25 post each document apportioning an appropriation, pursuVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
45 

•S 3179 IS

1 ant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, 

2 including any associated footnotes, in a format that quali3 fies each such document as an Open Government Data 

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

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

6 approval of such apportionment, and shall place on such 

7 website each document apportioning an appropriation, 

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

9 footnotes, already approved the current fiscal year, and 

10 shall report the date of completion of such requirements 

11 to the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of 

12 the House of Representatives and Senate. 

13 (c) Each document apportioning an appropriation 

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

15 Code, that is posted on a publicly accessible website pursu16 ant to such section shall also include a written explanation 

17 by the official approving each such apportionment stating 

18 the rationale for any footnotes for apportioned amounts: 

19 Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget or 

20 the applicable department or agency shall make available 

21 classified documentation referenced in any apportionment 

22 at the request of the chair or ranking member of any ap23 propriate congressional committee or subcommittee. 

24 (d)(1) Not later than 15 days after the date of enact25 ment of this Act, any delegation of apportionment authorVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
46 

•S 3179 IS

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

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

3 for publication in the Federal Register: Provided, That 

4 any delegation of such apportionment authority after the 

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

6 delegation, be submitted for publication in the Federal 

7 Register: Provided further, That the Office of Management 

8 and Budget shall publish such delegations in a format that 

9 qualifies such publications as an Open Government Data 

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

11 Code) on a public Internet website, which shall be continu12 ously updated with the position of each Federal officer or 

13 employee to whom apportionment authority has been dele14 gated. 

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

16 position of the approving official with respect to such dele17 gated apportionment authority for any account is made, 

18 the Office shall submit a report to the appropriate con19 gressional committees explaining why such change was 

20 made. 

21 SEC. 205. (a) The Office of Administration may carry 

22 out a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub23 sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to 

24 students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis25 charged from active duty who are performing voluntary 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
47 

•S 3179 IS

1 services in the Executive Office of the President under 5 

2 U.S.C. 3111(b) or comparable authority. Such payments 

3 shall not be considered compensation for purposes of 5 

4 U.S.C. 3111(b)(2) and may be paid in advance. (b) Of 

5 the amounts made available to the Office of Administra6 tion for salaries and expenses, up to $4,500,000 shall be 

7 available to carry out the program, to be allocated as the 

8 Director of the Office of Administration considers appro9 priate. (c) Amounts available under subsections (a) and 

10 (b) are in addition to any other amounts available to a 

11 component of the Executive Office of the President for 

12 making payments or providing compensation to students, 

13 recent graduates, and veterans recently discharged from 

14 active duty. 

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

16 the President Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
48 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE III 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

7 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

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

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

10 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

11 as the Chief Justice may approve, $98,338,000, of which 

12 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

13 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

15 justice and associate justices of the court. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im19 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

20 $10,309,000, to remain available until expended. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
49 

•S 3179 IS

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 $34,506,000. 

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, $20,766,000. 

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 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
50 

•S 3179 IS

1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author2 ized by law, $5,651,379,000 (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 $9,850,000, to be appro17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

18 Fund. 

19 DEFENDER SERVICES

20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

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

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

25 expert, and other services for such representations as auVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
51 

•S 3179 IS

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, $1,368,175,000, 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)), $46,957,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
52 

•S 3179 IS

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 $682,265,000, 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. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
53 

•S 3179 IS

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, $100,000,000, 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, $30,400,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2023, 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, $20,829,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au25 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
54 

•S 3179 IS

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 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
55 

•S 3179 IS

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 ‘‘30 years and 6 

24 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’; 

25 and 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
56 

•S 3179 IS

1 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis2 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘27 years and 6 

3 months’’ and inserting ‘‘28 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 ‘‘28 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘29 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 striking ‘‘19 years’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘20 years’’; 

17 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen18 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘18 years 

19 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘19 years and 6 

20 months’’; and 

21 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west22 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘17 

23 years’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years’’. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria25 tions Act, 2022’’. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
57 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE IV 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

3 FEDERAL FUNDS

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

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

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

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

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

12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

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

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

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

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

22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

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

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
58 

•S 3179 IS

1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

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

5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

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

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $25,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

17 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

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

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

22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

24 surrounding jurisdictions. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
59 

•S 3179 IS

1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 COURTS

3 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum4 bia Courts, $238,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

5 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,366,000, 

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

7 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 

8 District of Columbia, $133,829,000, of which not to ex9 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex10 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 

11 $83,443,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 

12 reception and representation expenses; and $6,362,000, to 

13 remain available until September 30, 2023, for capital im14 provements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: 

15 Provided, That funds made available for capital improve16 ments shall be expended consistent with the District of 

17 Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi18 tion assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the 

19 amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District 

20 of Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations 

21 and processing District of Columbia bar admissions may 

22 be retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain 

23 available until expended, for salaries and expenses associ24 ated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
60 

•S 3179 IS

1 Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwith2 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

3 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

4 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

5 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

6 expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 

7 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 

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

11 this heading among the items and entities funded under 

12 this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee 

13 on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia 

14 may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi15 lar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 

16 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the 

17 District of Columbia Courts. 

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

19 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

20 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

21 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen22 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

23 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro24 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
61 

•S 3179 IS

1 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

2 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech3 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

4 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

5 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

6 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay7 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

8 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

9 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du10 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 

11 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

12 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

13 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis14 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap16 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

17 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

18 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen19 cies. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF21 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

22 OF COLUMBIA

23 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

25 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as auVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
62 

•S 3179 IS

1 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self2 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $286,425,000, of 

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

4 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

5 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

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

7 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

8 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 

9 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head10 ing, $206,006,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com11 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in12 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 

13 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re14 lated to such persons, of which $14,747,000 shall remain 

15 available until September 30, 2024, for costs associated 

16 with the relocation under replacement leases for head17 quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro18 vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 

19 heading, $80,419,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 

20 Services Agency, of which $7,304,000 shall remain avail21 able until September 30, 2023, for costs associated with 

22 relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters of23 fices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, 

24 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 

25 amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
63 

•S 3179 IS

1 by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 

2 and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 

3 for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro4 vided further, That amounts under this heading may be 

5 used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc6 cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

8 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

9 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

11 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

12 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

13 1997, $57,676,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

15 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

17 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

18 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 

19 of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 

20 employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

21 Service a program substantially similar to the program set 

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

23 States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay24 ment made under the program to any individual may not 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
64 

•S 3179 IS

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

2 the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 

3 from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 

4 accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage5 ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 

6 Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 

7 agency of the United States Government. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

9 COORDINATING COUNCIL

10 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co11 ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until 

12 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

13 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis14 trict of Columbia. 

15 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

16 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2023, to the Commission on Judicial Dis18 abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi19 nation Commission, $300,000. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

21 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro22 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 

23 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

24 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
65 

•S 3179 IS

1 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

2 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

3 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

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

5 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu6 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre7 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro8 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall 

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

10 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 

11 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

13 NATIONAL GUARD

14 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

15 National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex16 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis17 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

18 Access Program. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

20 HIV/AIDS

21 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

22 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in23 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac24 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co25 lumbia, $4,000,000. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
66 

•S 3179 IS

1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

4 Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

6 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

7 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

8 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

9 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

10 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co11 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

12 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro13 grams and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2022 

14 Local Budget Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24–173) and at rates 

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

16 enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 

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

18 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 

19 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 

20 the Financial Services and General Government Appro21 priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 

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

23 appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 

24 District of Columbia for fiscal year 2022 under this head25 ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
67 

•S 3179 IS

1 Year 2022 Local Budget Act of 2021, as amended as of 

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

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

4 Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 

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

6 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 

7 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

8 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 

9 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis10 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 

11 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

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

13 District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 

14 the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap15 propriations and funds made available to the District dur16 ing fiscal year 2022, except that the Chief Financial Offi17 cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

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

19 capital projects. 

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

21 Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
68 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE V 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

7 et seq., $3,400,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2023, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re9 ception and representation expenses. 

10 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in14 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

16 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $322,000,000, 

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

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

19 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

20 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu21 latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 

22 remain available until September 30, 2023, and of which 

23 not less than $4,017,000 shall be for expenses of the Of24 fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith25 standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts proVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
69 

•S 3179 IS

1 vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 

2 of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 

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

4 Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 

5 liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re6 corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 

7 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro8 viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 

9 in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es10 tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 

11 and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

12 In addition, for move, replication, and related costs 

13 associated with replacement leases for the Commission’s 

14 facilities, not to exceed $62,000,000, to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

19 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve20 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

21 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv22 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

23 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi24 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
70 

•S 3179 IS

1 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex2 penses, $148,000,000. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT

4 SAFETY COMMISSION

5 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2022, none of the 

6 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final7 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 

8 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 

9 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 

10 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 

11 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con12 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 

13 Administration and the Department of Defense, 

14 completes a study to determine— 

15 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta16 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro17 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc18 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi19 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll20 overs in the off-road environment, including the 

21 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 

22 compliance with such requirements; 

23 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 

24 would be prevented if the proposed require25 ments were adopted; 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
71 

•S 3179 IS

1 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 

2 the proposal to provide information on a point3 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist4 ance on a progressive scale; and 

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

6 by the United States military if the proposed 

7 requirements were adopted; and 

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

9 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 

10 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

11 and Transportation of the Senate; 

12 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com13 merce of the House of Representatives; 

14 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

15 the Senate; and 

16 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

17 the House of Representatives. 

18 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer21 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $20,000,000, 

22 of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na23 tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 

24 reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 

25 Act of 2002. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
72 

•S 3179 IS

1 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS

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

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

4 $100,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com5 mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 

6 States for activities to improve the administration of elec7 tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech8 nology and make election security improvements, as au9 thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro10 vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 

11 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 

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

13 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner 

14 as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

15 Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 

16 further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen17 eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 

18 103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 

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

20 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 

21 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec22 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided 

23 further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en24 actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission 

25 shall make the payments to States under this heading: 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
73 

•S 3179 IS

1 Provided further, That States shall submit semi-annual fi2 nancial reports and annual progress reports. 

3 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica6 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni7 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

8 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

9 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi10 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

11 5 U.S.C. 3109, $387,950,000, to remain available until 

12 expended: Provided, That $387,950,000 of offsetting col13 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

14 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

15 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

16 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

17 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

18 collections are received during fiscal year 2022 so as to 

19 result in a final fiscal year 2022 appropriation estimated 

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

21 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid22 ding system that may be retained and made available for 

23 obligation shall not exceed $128,621,000 for fiscal year 

24 2022: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 

25 under this heading, not less than $11,854,000 shall be for 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
74 

•S 3179 IS

1 the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen2 eral. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

4 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

5 SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 

6 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ each place it appears and 

8 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 

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

10 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

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

12 universal service support payments to implement the Feb13 ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 

14 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec15 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup16 port payments. 

17 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

18 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $46,500,000, to be derived from the 

22 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

23 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
75 

•S 3179 IS

1 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

5 $76,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail6 able for reception and representation expenses. 

7 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

10 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga11 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

12 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult14 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi15 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

16 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

17 Columbia and elsewhere, $27,900,000: Provided, That 

18 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

19 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub20 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

21 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

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

23 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re24 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

25 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
76 

•S 3179 IS

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

2 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

3 conferences. 

4 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING

5 COUNCIL

6 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

7 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 

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

9 4370m–8(d), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com14 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au15 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

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

17 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa18 tion expenses, $384,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

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

21 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

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

23 other provision of law, not to exceed $138,000,000 of off24 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

25 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-RoVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
77 

•S 3179 IS

1 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

2 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

3 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

4 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, not to exceed $20,000,000 in offsetting collec6 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

7 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

8 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven9 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

10 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

11 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here12 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

13 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

14 year 2022, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2022 appro15 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

16 $226,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

17 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

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

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
78 

•S 3179 IS

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 leased 

11 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

12 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen13 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

14 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al15 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci16 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

17 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 

18 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe19 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

20 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur21 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

22 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con23 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre24 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

25 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
79 

•S 3179 IS

1 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter2 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

3 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag4 gregate amount of $11,049,095,000, of which— 

5 (1) $1,298,066,000 shall remain available until 

6 expended for new construction and acquisition (in7 cluding funds for sites and expenses, and associated 

8 design and construction services and feasibility stud9 ies), and demolition and related site and security ex10 penses, of which— 

11 (A) $1,243,666,000 is for new construction 

12 and acquisition as follows: 

13 Alaska: 

14 Alcan, U.S. Land Port of Entry, $187,509,000; 

15 Arizona: 

16 San Luis I, U.S. Land Port of Entry, Phase II, 

17 $115,875,000; 

18 California: 

19 Calexico West, U.S. Land Port of Entry, Phase 

20 IIB, $103,376,000; 

21 District of Columbia: 

22 DHS Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, 

23 $253,797,000; 

24 Southeast Federal Center Remediation, 

25 $9,000,000; 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
80 

•S 3179 IS

1 Maine: 

2 Coburn Gore, U.S. Land Port of Entry, 

3 $93,840,000; 

4 Minnesota: 

5 International Falls, U.S. Land Port of Entry, 

6 $249,629,000; 

7 Missouri: 

8 Kansas City, Hardesty Federal Complex Reme9 diation, $28,553,000; 

10 Puerto Rico: 

11 San Juan, U.S. Courthouse, $22,476,000; 

12 Tennessee: 

13 Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $94,611,000; 

14 Vermont: 

15 Highgate, Highgate Springs, U.S. Land Port of 

16 Entry, $85,000,000; 

17 (B) $52,000,000 is for demolition of the 

18 buildings located at 202-220 South State Street 

19 in Chicago, Illinois, and protection of the adja20 cent buildings during the demolition process, se21 curing the vacant site of the demolished build22 ings, and landscaping the vacant site following 

23 demolition; and 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
81 

•S 3179 IS

1 (C) $1,500,000 is for feasibility studies to 

2 assess goals, scope, customer need, and alter3 natives for the following projects: 

4 Arizona: 

5 Nogales, Dennis DeConcini U.S. Land Port of 

6 Entry, $500,000: 

7 Georgia: 

8 Atlanta, Chamblee Campus, $500,000; 

9 New Mexico: 

10 Santa Teresa, U.S. Land Port of Entry, 

11 $500,000: 

12 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 

13 new construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded 

14 to the extent that savings are effected in other such 

15 projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts in16 cluded in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless ad17 vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro18 priations of a greater amount; 

19 (2) $1,000,000,000 shall remain available until 

20 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso21 ciated design and construction services, of which— 

22 (A) $476,753,000 is for Major Repairs and 

23 Alterations as follows: 

24 Alabama: 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
82 

•S 3179 IS

1 Selma, U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, 

2 $4,200,000; 

3 District of Columbia: 

4 Regional Office Building Phase, 2 $89,172,000; 

5 Ronald Reagan Building Complex, 

6 $64,800,000; 

7 Hawaii: 

8 Honolulu, Prince J. Kuhio Kalanianaole Fed9 eral Building and U.S. Courthouse, $44,364,000; 

10 Indiana: 

11 Indianapolis, Major General Emmett J. Bean 

12 Federal Center, $44,239,000; 

13 Indianapolis, Minton-Capehart Federal Build14 ing, $19,373,000; 

15 Maryland: 

16 Suitland, Suitland Federal Campus, 

17 $20,000,000; 

18 Massachusetts: 

19 Boston, Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal Build20 ing, $15,107,000; 

21 Michigan: 

22 Detroit, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Build23 ing Garage, $20,734,000; 

24 Mississippi: 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
83 

•S 3179 IS

1 Hattiesburg, William M. Colmer Federal Build2 ing and U.S. Courthouse, $27,000,000; 

3 Vicksburg, Mississippi River Commission Build4 ing, $23,749,000; 

5 Washington: 

6 Tacoma, Tacoma Union Station, $48,615,000; 

7 West Virginia: 

8 Clarksburg, Clarksburg Post Office and U.S. 

9 Courthouse, $55,400,000: 

10 (B) $388,710,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

11 Alterations; and 

12 (C) $134,537,000 is for Special Emphasis 

13 Programs: 

14 Provided, That funds made available in this or any pre15 vious Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and 

16 Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the 

17 amount identified for each project, except each project in 

18 this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount 

19 not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is ob20 tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a great21 er amount: Provided further, That additional projects for 

22 which prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund23 ed under this category only if advance approval is obtained 

24 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

25 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
84 

•S 3179 IS

1 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs asso2 ciated with implementing security improvements to build3 ings necessary to meet the minimum standards for secu4 rity in accordance with current law and in compliance with 

5 the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Commit6 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the 

7 difference between the funds appropriated and expended 

8 on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 

9 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to ‘‘Basic 

10 Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized in11 creases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That the 

12 amount provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Re13 pairs and Alterations’’ may be used to pay claims against 

14 the Government arising from any projects under the head15 ing ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized 

16 increases in prospectus projects; 

17 (3) $5,906,024,000 for rental of space to re18 main available until expended; and 

19 (4) $2,845,005,000 for building operations to 

20 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

21 total amount of funds made available from this 

22 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 

23 not be available for expenses of any construction, re24 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
85 

•S 3179 IS

1 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

2 be expended for each project for required expenses 

3 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro4 vided further, That funds available in the Federal 

5 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re6 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 

7 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

8 That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable 

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

10 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 

11 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 

12 on private or other property not in Government own13 ership or control as may be appropriate to enable 

14 the United States Secret Service to perform its pro15 tective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall 

16 be available from such revenues and collections: Pro17 vided further, That revenues and collections and any 

18 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 

19 2022, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 

20 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 

21 obligational authority authorized for Real Property 

22 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act 

23 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 

24 for expenditure except as authorized in appropria25 tions Acts. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
86 

•S 3179 IS

1 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

2 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

3 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro4 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac5 tivities associated with the management of real and per6 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

7 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

8 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 

9 management, and related technology activities; and serv10 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $67,000,000. 

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro13 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

14 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis15 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man16 agement, and communications; and services as authorized 

17 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $52,000,000, of which not to exceed 

18 $7,500 is for official reception and representation ex19 penses. 

20 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

21 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro22 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 

23 Board of Contract Appeals, $9,800,000, of which 

24 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2023. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
87 

•S 3179 IS

1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

4 $69,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 

5 be available for payment for information and detection of 

6 fraud against the Government, including payment for re7 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

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

9 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

10 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en11 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

12 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

13 PRESIDENTS

14 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

15 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

16 $5,000,000. 

17 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 

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

21 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup22 port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov23 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec24 tronically, through the development and implementation of 

25 innovative uses of information technology; $59,200,000, to 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
88 

•S 3179 IS

1 be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro2 vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to 

3 Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal 

4 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro5 priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de6 posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 

7 necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other 

8 activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 

9 its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggre10 gate amount not to exceed $150,000,000: Provided fur11 ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 

12 collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2022 

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

14 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 

15 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the transfer 

16 authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 

17 other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

18 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

19 For carrying out section 16(b) of the Federal Assets 

20 Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note), 

21 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv25 ices Administration, $14,250,000, to remain available 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
89 

•S 3179 IS

1 until expended, of which $8,500,000 is available for nec2 essary costs incurred by the Administrator to modernize 

3 rulemaking systems and to provide support services for 

4 Federal rulemaking agencies, and of which $5,750,000 is 

5 available for work related to human resources information 

6 technology modernization, including costs associated with 

7 facilitating the development and finalization of human 

8 capital data standards: Provided, That such funds for 

9 human resources information technology modernization 

10 may be transferred and credited to other appropriations, 

11 including those of the Office of Personnel Management, 

12 in amounts necessary to cover or reimburse costs incurred 

13 for the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That 

14 amounts made available under this heading shall be in ad15 dition to any other amounts available for such purposes. 

16 ELECTRIC VEHICLES FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the procurement of zero emission and electric 

19 passenger motor vehicles and the associated charging in20 frastructure, notwithstanding section 303(c) of the En21 ergy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(c)), 

22 $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

24 shall be in addition to any other amounts available for 

25 such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
90 

•S 3179 IS

1 available under this heading may be transferred to and 

2 merged with appropriations at other Federal agencies, at 

3 the discretion of the Administrator, for carrying out the 

4 purposes under this heading, including for the procure5 ment of charging infrastructure for the United States 

6 Postal Service. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 

11 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles. 

13 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

14 made available for fiscal year 2022 for Federal Buildings 

15 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

16 only to the extent necessary to meet program require17 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap18 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

19 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

20 SEC. 522. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 

21 title, funds made available by this Act shall be used to 

22 transmit a fiscal year 2023 request for United States 

23 Courthouse construction only if the request: (1) meets the 

24 design guide standards for construction as established and 

25 approved by the General Services Administration, the JuVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
91 

•S 3179 IS

1 dicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of 

2 Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the 

3 Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in its 

4 approved Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) in5 cludes a standardized courtroom utilization study of each 

6 facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

7 (b) Funds made available by this Act shall only be 

8 used to execute a United States Courthouse construction 

9 project funded under this Act if the design guide stand10 ards in subsection (a)(1) are met for such project. 

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

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

13 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

14 other service usually provided through the Federal Build15 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

16 square foot assessment for space and services as deter17 mined by the General Services Administration in consider18 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

19 (Public Law 92–313). 

20 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 

21 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail22 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

23 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

24 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav25 ings effected in other construction projects with prior notiVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
92 

•S 3179 IS

1 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

4 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub6 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

7 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con8 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin9 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

10 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

11 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

12 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter13 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

14 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro15 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

16 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

19 the resolution. 

20 SEC. 526. With respect to E–Government projects 

21 funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services 

22 Fund’’, the Administrator of General Services shall submit 

23 a spending plan and explanation for each project to be 

24 undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
93 

•S 3179 IS

1 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 

2 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 527. Section 323 of title 40, United States 

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end a new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(f) The Administrator may enter into agreements to 

6 provide services through the Fund on a fully reimbursable 

7 basis.’’. 

8 SEC. 528. Section 3173(d)(1) of title 40, United 

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

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

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

12 necessary to implement the Act’’. 

13 SEC. 529. Section 3173(b)(1) of title 40, United 

14 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including advance 

15 payments,’’ after ‘‘Amounts received’’. 

16 SEC. 530. (a) No later than 180 days after the date 

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

18 Services Administration shall transmit to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc21 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

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

23 on the construction of a new headquarters for the Federal 

24 Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the National Capital Re25 gion. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
94 

•S 3179 IS

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

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

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

4 the material provisions of the construction and consolida5 tion of the FBI in a new headquarters facility, including 

6 all the costs associated with site acquisition, design, man7 agement, and inspection, and a description of all buildings 

8 and infrastructure needed to complete the project. 

9 (c) Any FBI headquarters project shall result in a 

10 consolidation of space in the National Capital Area and 

11 shall meet key tenets of the space, transportation, and se12 curity requirements included in the General Services Ad13 ministration’s Fiscal Year 2017 prospectus (PNCR–FBI– 

14 NCR 17). 

15 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

18 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub19 lic Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

25 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to ReorganizaVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
95 

•S 3179 IS

1 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

2 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

3 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author4 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

5 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

6 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

7 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses, $46,027,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2023, and in addition not to exceed 

10 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 

11 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap12 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 

13 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

14 Systems Protection Board. 

15 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

16 FOUNDATION

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

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

20 Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 

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

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

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

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

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


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
96 

•S 3179 IS

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

2 5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous 

3 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 

4 the Department of the Interior will remain available until 

5 expended for audits and investigations of the Morris K. 

6 Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with 

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

8 amended, and for annual independent financial audits of 

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

10 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

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

12 amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 

13 the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the 

14 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an15 nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac16 countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

17 289). 

18 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

19 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu20 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi21 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

22 $3,586,000, to remain available until expended. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
97 

•S 3179 IS

1 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin4 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis5 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

6 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re7 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

8 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

9 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al11 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

12 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

13 $403,667,000, of which $29,000,000 shall remain avail14 able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the 

15 Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 

16 manage, and store Government records. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

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

22 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

23 vehicles, $5,000,000. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
98 

•S 3179 IS

1 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar4 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold5 ings, $71,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

6 which $11,500,000 is for the Harry S. Truman Library 

7 Institute for National and International Affairs in Kansas 

8 City, Missouri, and of which $20,000,000 is for the Ulys9 ses S. Grant Presidential Library in Starkville, Mis10 sissippi: Provided, That such funds may be transferred di11 rectly to the Truman Library Institute and to Mississippi 

12 State University and maybe used for improvements to li13 brary grounds and construction and related activities. 

14 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

15 COMMISSION GRANTS PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

17 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

18 U.S.C. 2504, $7,500,000, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND

21 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 531. For an additional amount under the head23 ing ‘‘National Historical Publications and Records Com24 mission Grants Program’’, $5,265,000, which shall be for 

25 initiatives in the amounts and for the projects specified 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
99 

•S 3179 IS

1 in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Administra2 tive Provisions—National Archives and Records Adminis3 tration’’ in the explanatory statement accompanying this 

4 Act: Provided, That none of the funds made available by 

5 this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 

6 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

7 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

8 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

9 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

10 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 

11 30, 2023, for technical assistance to low-income des12 ignated credit unions. 

13 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

16 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

17 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 

18 and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop 

19 Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, includ20 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of con21 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

22 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 

23 for official reception and representation expenses, 

24 $19,500,000. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
100 

•S 3179 IS

1 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

5 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re6 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv7 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

8 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 

9 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con10 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

11 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

12 official reception and representation expenses; and pay13 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ14 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 

15 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 

16 $186,500,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 

17 available under this heading, $8,842,000 shall remain 

18 available until expended, for information technology infra19 structure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Finan20 cial System migration or modernization, and shall be in 

21 addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur22 poses: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

23 available under this heading, $1,073,201 may be made 

24 available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities 

25 of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
101 

•S 3179 IS

1 Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 

2 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, 

3 and retention of such workforce and information tech4 nology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or 

5 for management solutions to improve acquisition manage6 ment; and in addition $175,000,000 for administrative ex7 penses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 

8 of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct 

9 procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 

10 insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions 

11 of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use 

12 applicable trust funds as provided by sections 

13 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 

14 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur15 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

16 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

17 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 

18 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: 

19 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on 

20 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 

21 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2022, 

22 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv23 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including 

24 those from prior years, may be used for the development 

25 of publicity materials to provide information about the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
102 

•S 3179 IS

1 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 

2 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 

3 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission; Pro4 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts 

5 made available under this heading may be transferred to 

6 an information technology working capital fund estab7 lished for purposes authorized by subtitle G of title X of 

8 division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 

10 note) upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap11 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen12 ate: Provided further, That amounts transferred to such 

13 a fund under the preceding proviso from any organiza14 tional category of the Office of Personnel Management 

15 shall not exceed 5 percent of its budget as identified in 

16 the report required by section 608 of this Act: Provided 

17 further, That amounts transferred to such a fund shall re18 main available for obligation through September 30, 2025. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

25 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
103 

•S 3179 IS

1 $5,345,000, and in addition, not to exceed $28,700,000 

2 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro3 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage4 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans5 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

6 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

7 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author8 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

9 and elsewhere. 

10 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

13 Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 

14 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit15 nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co16 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi17 cles; $30,440,000. 

18 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

22 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

23 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

24 435), $19,585,000, to be derived by transfer from the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
104 

•S 3179 IS

1 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec2 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

3 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib6 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

7 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

8 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $9,400,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2023. 

10 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re13 form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 

14 Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $4,500,000, 

15 to remain available until expended. 

16 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex19 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

20 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

21 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

22 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa23 tion expenses, $1,992,917,000, to remain available until 

24 expended; of which not less than $17,649,400 shall be for 

25 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
105 

•S 3179 IS

1 $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

2 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

3 and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 

4 for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

5 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu6 latory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to 

7 exchange views concerning securities matters, such ex8 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex9 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 

10 invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses 

11 such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) re12 lated lodging or subsistence. 

13 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 

14 replication, and related costs associated with a replace15 ment lease for the Commission’s Fort Worth Regional Of16 fice facilities, not to exceed $6,746,000, to remain avail17 able until expended. 

18 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 

19 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

20 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2022, all amounts appropriated 

21 under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap22 propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2022: Pro23 vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 

24 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 

25 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
106 

•S 3179 IS

1 Provided further, That not to exceed $1,992,917,000 of 

2 such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 

3 for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 

4 $6,746,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available 

5 until expended for move, replication, and related costs 

6 under this heading associated with a replacement lease for 

7 the Commission’s Fort Worth Regional Office facilities: 

8 Provided further, That the total amount appropriated 

9 under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 

10 2022 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received 

11 so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2022 appropria12 tion from the general fund estimated at not more than 

13 $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the appropria14 tion for move, replication, and related costs associated 

15 with a replacement lease for the Commission’s Fort Worth 

16 Regional Office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by 

17 the Commission, such amount that was derived from the 

18 general fund shall be returned to the general fund, and 

19 such amounts that were derived from fees or assessments 

20 collected for such purpose shall be paid to each national 

21 securities exchange and national securities association, re22 spectively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid 

23 by such national securities exchange or national securities 

24 association under section 31 of the Securities Exchange 

25 Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2022. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
107 

•S 3179 IS

1 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys4 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

5 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

6 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

7 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv8 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

9 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

10 $27,600,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

11 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

12 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

13 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na14 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con16 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

17 Forces of the United States. 

18 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

22 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

23 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex24 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex25 penses, $283,430,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
108 

•S 3179 IS

1 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

2 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis3 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub4 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

5 and certain loan program activities, including fees author6 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

7 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

8 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

9 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

10 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro11 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

12 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 

13 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec14 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

15 fiscal year 2022: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

16 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

17 System, to be available until September 30, 2023. 

18 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

19 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en20 trepreneurial and small business development, 

21 $323,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2023: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to 

23 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2022 or fiscal 

24 year 2023 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi25 ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
109 

•S 3179 IS

1 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

2 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

3 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

4 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

5 $19,500,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

6 carry out export programs that assist small business con7 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 

8 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

12 General Act of 1978, $23,112,000. 

13 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

15 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

16 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi17 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,620,000, to 

18 remain available until expended. 

19 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in23 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de24 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

25 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
110 

•S 3179 IS

1 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

2 2022 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 

3 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 

4 exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis5 cal year 2022 commitments for general business loans au6 thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 

7 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

8 $30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

9 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 

10 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

11 year 2022 commitments for loans authorized under sub12 paragraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Business In13 vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed 

14 $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

15 2022 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

16 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 

17 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided 

18 further, That during fiscal year 2022, guarantees of trust 

19 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi20 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

21 $13,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 

22 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

23 $165,300,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

24 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
111 

•S 3179 IS

1 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

4 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 

5 Business Act, $169,472,000, to be available until ex6 pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

7 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

8 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro9 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

10 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 

11 which $159,472,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

12 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

13 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

14 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 

15 which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 

16 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 

17 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex18 penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 

19 heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de20 clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

21 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro22 vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 

23 this heading is designated by Congress as being for dis24 aster relief pursuant to section 4004(b)(6) and section 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
112 

•S 3179 IS

1 4005(f) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concur2 rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

8 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans9 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro10 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

11 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

12 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

13 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail14 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

15 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

16 SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria17 tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad18 ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

19 and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans20 ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys21 tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 

22 as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 

23 A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

24 Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 

25 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
113 

•S 3179 IS

1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 

3 to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 

4 for obligation through September 30, 2025. 

5 SEC. 542. For an additional amount under the head6 ing ‘‘Small Business Administration—Salaries and Ex7 penses’’, $54,113,000, which shall be for initiatives related 

8 to small business development and entrepreneurship, in9 cluding programmatic and construction activities, in the 

10 amounts and for the projects specified in the table that 

11 appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 

12 Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory state13 ment accompanying this Act: Provided, That, notwith14 standing sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code 

15 of Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the Small 

16 Business Administration may permit awards to subrecipi17 ents for initiatives funded under this section: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the funds made available by this section 

19 may be transferred for any other purpose. 

20 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

21 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

22 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

23 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub24 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

25 States Code, $52,570,000: Provided, That mail for overVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
114 

•S 3179 IS

1 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

2 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

3 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro4 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

5 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

6 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

7 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

8 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

9 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa10 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

11 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

13 small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 

14 That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall con15 tinue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Spe16 cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized 

17 under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

18 Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $266,000,000, to be derived by 

25 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
115 

•S 3179 IS

1 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account2 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

3 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

6 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 

7 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses; $58,200,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re9 main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex10 penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi11 cate of the judge. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
116 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE VI 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

5 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

6 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

7 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

8 funded in this Act. 

9 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

10 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

11 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria12 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

13 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

14 under this Act for any consulting service through procure15 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

16 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

17 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

18 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex19 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

20 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

23 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro24 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
117 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

3 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac4 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

5 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol6 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

7 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

8 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

9 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

10 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

11 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

13 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

14 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap15 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

17 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre18 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund19 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex20 penditure in fiscal year 2022, or provided from any ac21 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

22 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

23 available for obligation or expenditure through a re24 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

25 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
118 

•S 3179 IS

1 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

2 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con3 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac4 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

5 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

6 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac7 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

8 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi9 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

10 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un11 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 

14 restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 

15 or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 

16 consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur18 ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 

20 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 

22 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans23 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 

24 That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 

25 for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
119 

•S 3179 IS

1 equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 

2 to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 

3 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust4 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

5 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 

6 each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 

7 level by object class and program, project, and activity as 

8 detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 

9 budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which10 ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 

11 for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 

12 for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 

13 discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 

14 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 

15 interest. 

16 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

18 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2022 from 

19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

20 for fiscal year 2022 in this Act, shall remain available 

21 through September 30, 2023, for each such account for 

22 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

23 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

25 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
120 

•S 3179 IS

1 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re2 programming guidelines. 

3 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi5 dent to request— 

6 (1) any official background investigation report 

7 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves8 tigation; or 

9 (2) a determination with respect to the treat10 ment of an organization as described in section 

11 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

12 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

13 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

14 Internal Revenue Service. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

16 (1) in the case of an official background inves17 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

18 written consent for such request not more than 6 

19 months prior to the date of such request and during 

20 the same presidential administration; or 

21 (2) if such request is required due to extraor22 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

23 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul24 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 

25 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the FedVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
121 

•S 3179 IS

1 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

2 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

4 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

5 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of6 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

7 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

8 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

9 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

10 to court approval. 

11 SEC. 613. In order to promote Government access to 

12 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur13 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

14 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu15 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

16 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa17 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

18 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

19 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

20 SEC. 614. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu22 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac23 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

24 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

25 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related exVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
122 

•S 3179 IS

1 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

2 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func3 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em4 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

5 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

6 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

7 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

8 person or entity is an organization described in section 

9 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex10 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

11 SEC. 615. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

13 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

14 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet15 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

16 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of17 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

18 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

19 with the current lessor. 

20 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

21 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

22 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

23 respect to such agency. 

24 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

25 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
123 

•S 3179 IS

1 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen2 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

3 Service. 

4 SEC. 616. (a) There are appropriated for the fol5 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

6 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

7 102). 

8 (2) Payments to— 

9 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

10 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

11 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

12 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

13 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

14 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

15 178(l)). 

16 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

17 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

18 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

19 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

20 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

21 Stat. 849); and 

22 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene23 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

24 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
124 

•S 3179 IS

1 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

2 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

3 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

4 8348). 

5 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

6 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

7 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

8 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex11 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

12 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con13 tained in this Act. 

14 SEC. 617. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

16 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

17 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro18 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu19 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

20 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

21 No. 13563. 

22 SEC. 618. (a) The head of each executive branch 

23 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In24 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to parVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
125 

•S 3179 IS

1 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 

2 related to information technology. 

3 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

4 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa5 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con6 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 

7 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 

8 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 

9 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of10 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 

11 Officer of the agency and budget officials. 

12 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

14 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

17 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv18 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con19 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec20 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

21 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

22 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

23 Constitution of the United States. 

24 SEC. 621. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
126 

•S 3179 IS

1 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 

2 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 

3 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 

4 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec5 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

6 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 

7 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel8 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter9 native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 

10 any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 

11 high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni12 cations carriers until support under such mechanism com13 mences. 

14 SEC. 622. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

15 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

16 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail17 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec18 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen19 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 

20 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma21 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

22 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex23 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

24 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

25 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docuVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
127 

•S 3179 IS

1 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In2 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

3 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro4 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen5 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

6 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

7 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal9 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

10 SEC. 623. (a) None of the funds made available in 

11 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

12 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

13 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

14 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

15 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

16 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi17 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 

18 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ19 ity. 

20 SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

22 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

23 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

24 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

25 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
128 

•S 3179 IS

1 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government2 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

3 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 

4 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 

5 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

6 SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available under 

7 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac8 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 

9 department, agency, board or commission funded by this 

10 Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 

11 the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 

12 in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 

15 determination. 

16 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 

17 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 

18 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 

19 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 

20 United States unless the agency or entity determines that 

21 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 

22 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in24 cludes the basis of that determination. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
129 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 

3 the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 

4 Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

5 10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

6 SEC. 627. In addition to any amounts appropriated 

7 or otherwise made available for expenses related to en8 hancements to www.oversight.gov, $850,000, to remain 

9 available until expended, shall be provided for an addi10 tional amount for such purpose to the Inspectors General 

11 Council Fund established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) 

12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.): 

13 Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any 

14 amounts or any authority available to the Council of the 

15 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under sec16 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

17 App.). 

18 SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 

20 public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man21 agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 

22 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 

23 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Senate. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
130 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 629. Federal agencies funded under this Act 

2 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 

3 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 

4 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub5 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex6 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 

7 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 

8 available to the agency for advertising or other commu9 nications regarding the programs and activities of the 

10 agency. 

11 SEC. 630. When issuing statements, press releases, 

12 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu13 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

14 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

15 funds included in this act, shall clearly state— 

16 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro17 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

18 money; 

19 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

20 project or program; and 

21 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

22 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

23 by non-governmental sources. 

24 SEC. 631. Not later than 45 days after the last day 

25 of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall subVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
131 

•S 3179 IS

1 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

2 and the House of Representatives a quarterly budget re3 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 

4 quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 

5 appropriation. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
132 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

6 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

7 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2022 shall obligate 

8 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen9 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

10 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en11 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

12 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

13 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

14 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

15 agency, or instrumentality. 

16 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

17 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

18 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

19 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve20 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve21 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve22 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 

23 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 

24 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 

25 police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
133 

•S 3179 IS

1 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

2 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

3 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

4 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra5 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

6 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

7 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

8 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con9 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim10 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

11 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter12 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 

13 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

14 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart15 ments and independent establishments for the current fis16 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex17 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

18 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

19 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

20 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

21 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con22 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

23 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern24 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma25 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
134 

•S 3179 IS

1 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti2 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

3 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit4 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

5 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

6 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant7 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

8 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

9 then a citizen when eligible; (4) is a person who owes alle10 giance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is au11 thorized to be employed in the United States pursuant to 

12 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program estab13 lished under the memorandum of the Secretary of Home14 land Security dated June 15, 2012: Provided, That for 

15 purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such per16 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re17 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 

18 are being complied with: Provided further, That for pur19 poses of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be 

20 submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as 

21 necessary: Provided further, That any person making a 

22 false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon convic23 tion, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned 

24 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That 

25 the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
135 

•S 3179 IS

1 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro2 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or 

3 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 

4 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro5 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per6 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of 

7 the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, 

8 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad9 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

10 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 

11 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

12 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

13 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 

14 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart15 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

16 to an agreement with another country. 

17 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart18 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec19 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex20 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

21 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

22 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build23 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

24 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
136 

•S 3179 IS

1 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

2 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

3 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

4 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re5 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

6 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

7 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre8 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex9 pended for the following purposes: 

10 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

11 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

12 Order No. 13834 (May 17, 2018), including any 

13 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

14 the Executive order. 

15 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man16 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

17 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

18 management and pollution prevention programs. 

19 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

20 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

21 Federal agency. 

22 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

23 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

24 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

25 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
137 

•S 3179 IS

1 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

2 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

3 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

4 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

5 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

6 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

7 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex8 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

9 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

10 correspondingly reduced. 

11 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

12 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

13 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

14 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

15 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

16 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

17 financial support from more than one agency or instru18 mentality. 

19 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

20 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

21 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

22 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

23 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

24 United States. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
138 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

2 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

3 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

4 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

5 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

6 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

7 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

8 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

9 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec12 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of13 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

14 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

15 directly controlled by the individual. 

16 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec17 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

18 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

19 the interagency funding of national security and emer20 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

21 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti22 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

23 2012). 

24 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

25 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
139 

•S 3179 IS

1 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

2 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

3 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol4 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com5 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

7 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

8 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

9 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer10 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi12 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

13 the individual to the White House. 

14 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

15 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de16 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

17 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

18 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

19 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

20 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

21 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

22 Government, who— 

23 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat24 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em25 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
140 

•S 3179 IS

1 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

2 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

3 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

4 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

5 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

6 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

7 whether such communication or contact is at the ini8 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re9 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

10 committee, or subcommittee; or 

11 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

12 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

13 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

14 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis15 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti16 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em17 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

18 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

19 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

20 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

21 communication or contact of such other officer or 

22 employee with any Member, committee, or sub23 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

24 (1). 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
141 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

3 any employee training that— 

4 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl5 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

6 performance of official duties; 

7 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev8 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

9 some participants; 

10 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

11 of the content and methods to be used in the train12 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

13 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

14 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

15 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em16 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

17 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

18 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par19 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

20 workplace. 

21 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

22 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

23 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

24 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

25 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execuVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
142 

•S 3179 IS

1 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu2 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

3 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

4 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

5 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla6 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

7 to the Congress itself. 

8 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

9 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed10 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

11 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

12 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

13 competent jurisdiction. 

14 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

15 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

16 information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail17 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

18 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate. 

21 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

23 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa24 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

25 authorized by Congress. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
143 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

2 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

3 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

4 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

5 under section 102 of such title, the United States 

6 Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis7 sion. 

8 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu9 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

10 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

11 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

12 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

13 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

14 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

15 in the performance of official duties. 

16 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec17 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

18 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

19 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

20 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

21 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

22 costs. 

23 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec24 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart25 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
144 

•S 3179 IS

1 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government2 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of3 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

4 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

5 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

6 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis7 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

8 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

9 procurement, and other management innovations, initia10 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

11 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

12 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

13 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des14 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man15 agement Council for overall management improvement ini16 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

17 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

18 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

19 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia20 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure21 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun22 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur23 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

24 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 

25 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
145 

•S 3179 IS

1 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 

2 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno3 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 

4 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 

5 Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 

6 fiscal year 2022 shall remain available for obligation 

7 through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That such 

8 transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 

9 days following notification of the Committees on Appro10 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

11 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

12 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

14 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

15 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

16 the location. 

17 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec18 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

19 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

20 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

21 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

22 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

23 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

24 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

25 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a reVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
146 

•S 3179 IS

1 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

2 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

4 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com5 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 

6 after enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

8 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

9 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

10 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

11 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 

12 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

13 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 

14 funds. 

15 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

16 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

17 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

18 be used by any Federal agency— 

19 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

20 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

21 personally identifiable information relating to an in22 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern23 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

24 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

25 party (including another government agency) to colVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
147 

•S 3179 IS

1 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de2 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

3 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

4 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

5 site. 

6 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

7 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

8 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

9 identify particular persons; 

10 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden11 tifiable information; 

12 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu13 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

14 applicable law; or 

15 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

16 that is a system security action taken by the oper17 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

18 to providing the Internet site services or to pro19 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

20 Internet site. 

21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

22 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac23 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

24 provided in law. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
148 

•S 3179 IS

1 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina2 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ3 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

4 condition, management practices and policies and 

5 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

6 law. 

7 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

8 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

9 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

10 except where the contract also includes a provision for con11 traceptive coverage. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

13 with— 

14 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

15 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

16 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

17 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

18 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

19 religious beliefs. 

20 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

21 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub22 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

23 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

24 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

25 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
149 

•S 3179 IS

1 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re2 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

3 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur4 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

5 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

6 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu7 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

8 oversight authorities. 

9 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de11 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

12 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

13 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov14 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

15 ownership pilot program. 

16 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

18 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

19 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

20 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im21 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per22 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

23 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg24 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
150 

•S 3179 IS

1 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

2 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

3 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

5 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig6 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

7 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

8 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

10 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author11 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

12 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

13 cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

14 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

15 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

16 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

17 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis18 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

19 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre20 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

21 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

22 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

24 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

25 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
151 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap2 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

3 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con4 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

5 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

6 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

7 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

8 (b) WAIVERS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

10 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern11 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

12 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re13 quired in the interest of national security. 

14 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

15 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

16 such issuance to Congress. 

17 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

18 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

20 pursuant to such contract. 

21 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2022, for each employee 

22 who— 

23 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

24 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
152 

•S 3179 IS

1 (2) retires under any other provision of sub2 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

3 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa4 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

5 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

6 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver7 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

8 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 

9 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 

10 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis11 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

12 5, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this 

14 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

15 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern16 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem17 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com18 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

19 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

20 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

21 SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

23 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

24 2022, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
153 

•S 3179 IS

1 prevailing rate employee described in section 

2 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

3 (A) during the period from the date of expira4 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec5 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef6 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust7 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2022, in an 

8 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli9 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

10 in accordance with such section; and 

11 (B) during the period consisting of the remain12 der of fiscal year 2022, in an amount that exceeds, 

13 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

14 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 

15 sum of— 

16 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

17 in fiscal year 2022 under section 5303 of title 

18 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

19 under the General Schedule; and 

20 (ii) the difference between the overall aver21 age percentage of the locality-based com22 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

23 2022 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

24 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av25 erage percentage of such payments which was 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
154 

•S 3179 IS

1 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

2 section. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

4 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

5 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

6 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

7 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 

8 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

9 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli10 cable to such employee. 

11 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay12 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

13 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

14 30, 2021, shall be determined under regulations pre15 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

16 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

17 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 

18 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

19 30, 2021, except to the extent determined by the Office 

20 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur21 pose of this subsection. 

22 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 

23 for service performed after September 30, 2021. 

24 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

25 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides preVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
155 

•S 3179 IS

1 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em2 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu3 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

4 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

5 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub6 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

7 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

8 permit or require the payment to any employee covered 

9 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

10 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 

11 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

12 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub13 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 

14 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali15 fied employees. 

16 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

17 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

18 take place in fiscal year 2022 under sections 5344 and 

19 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

20 (1) not less than the percentage received by em21 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

22 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

23 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

24 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ25 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
156 

•S 3179 IS

1 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

2 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

3 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

4 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

5 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

6 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 

8 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap9 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

10 2021. 

11 SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de12 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

13 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

14 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

15 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

16 costs and contracting procedures related to each con17 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com18 mission, or office during fiscal year 2022 for which the 

19 cost to the United States Government was more than 

20 $100,000. 

21 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con22 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica23 ble period— 

24 (1) a description of its purpose; 

25 (2) the number of participants attending; 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
157 

•S 3179 IS

1 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

2 United States Government, including— 

3 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

4 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

5 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

6 travel to and from the conference; and 

7 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

8 to determine which costs relate to the con9 ference; and 

10 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

11 used including— 

12 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

13 competitive basis; and 

14 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

15 conducted by the departmental component or 

16 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

17 conference. 

18 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 

19 head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 

20 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 

21 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

22 date, location, and number of employees attending a con23 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

24 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

25 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2022 for which the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
158 

•S 3179 IS

1 cost to the United States Government was more than 

2 $20,000. 

3 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro4 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

5 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con6 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

7 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

8 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

9 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

10 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

11 the grant or contract. 

12 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

13 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con14 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

15 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

16 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

17 memorandum. 

18 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this 

19 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

20 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac21 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

22 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

23 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

24 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi25 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
159 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

3 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

4 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 

5 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

6 et seq.). 

7 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

9 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

10 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

11 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of12 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

13 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

14 SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth15 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

16 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

17 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 

18 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

19 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib20 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac21 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

22 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent23 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re24 ceive such information. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
160 

•S 3179 IS

1 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con2 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

3 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart4 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

5 information. 

6 SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

7 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree8 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern9 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree10 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

11 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

12 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

13 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

14 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi15 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

16 reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 

17 law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste 

18 of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe19 cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 

20 whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 

21 obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 

22 controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 

23 incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 

24 Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 

25 this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
161 

•S 3179 IS

1 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 

2 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 

3 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern4 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 

5 activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 

6 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 

7 will not disclose any classified information received in the 

8 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 

9 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 

10 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo11 sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu12 tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen13 tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

14 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

15 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

16 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

17 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

18 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

19 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en20 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 

21 substantially similar language to that required in sub22 section (a). 

23 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

24 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

25 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
162 

•S 3179 IS

1 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

2 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil3 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad4 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

5 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

6 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col7 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

8 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

9 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

10 and has made a determination that this further action is 

11 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

12 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

14 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

15 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

16 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

17 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

18 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic19 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

20 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter21 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro22 tect the interests of the Government. 

23 SEC. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2022, on the date 

24 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac25 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
163 

•S 3179 IS

1 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shall notify the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv4 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

5 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

6 of such request. 

7 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 

8 made available on the Bureau’s public website. 

9 SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad10 justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 

11 the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 

12 year 2022 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 

13 on December 31, 2021, by operation of section 748 of divi14 sion E of Public Law 116–260. 

15 (b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 

16 section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 

17 provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 

18 2022 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 

19 position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

20 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 

21 payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De22 cember 31, 2021, by operation of section 749 of division 

23 C of Public Law 116–93. Such an employee may not re24 ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2022, except 

25 as provided in subsection (i). 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
164 

•S 3179 IS

1 (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv2 ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi3 sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 

4 subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em5 ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 

6 (d)(1) This subsection applies to— 

7 (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior 

8 Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or 

9 above the official rate for level IV of the Execu10 tive Schedule; or 

11 (B) a limited term appointee or limited 

12 emergency appointee in the Senior Executive 

13 Service serving under a political appointment 

14 and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the of15 ficial rate for level IV of the Executive Sched16 ule. 

17 (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of 

18 title 5, United States Code, an employee described 

19 in paragraph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase 

20 during calendar year 2022, except as provided in 

21 subsection (i). 

22 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

23 employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality24 based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 

25 States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
165 

•S 3179 IS

1 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 

2 under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 

3 increase during calendar year 2022, except as provided in 

4 subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 

5 in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 

6 pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 

7 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

8 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

9 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap10 plied to them. 

11 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre12 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint13 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

14 under applicable law. 

15 (g) This section does not apply to an individual who 

16 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

17 pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 

18 for such time as that election is in effect. 

19 (h) This section does not apply to an individual who 

20 makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 

21 entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 

22 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 

23 election is in effect. 

24 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

25 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate inVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00165 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
166 

•S 3179 IS

1 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov2 ered position only if that new position has higher-level du3 ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 

4 the level or range for the position held immediately before 

5 the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 

6 rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 

7 of pay in effect on December 31, 2021, by operation of 

8 section 748 of division E of Public Law 116–260. 

9 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

10 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

11 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

12 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

13 limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 

14 31, 2021, by operation of section 748 of division E of Pub15 lic Law 116–260. 

16 (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 

17 to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2022 

18 but ends in calendar year 2023, the bar on the employee’s 

19 receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 

20 of that pay period. 

21 (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 

22 position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 

23 pay is restricted under this section. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
167 

•S 3179 IS

1 (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 

2 first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 

3 1, 2022. 

4 SEC. 747. During the current fiscal year— 

5 (1) With respect to budget authority proposed 

6 to be rescinded or that is set to be reserved or pro7 posed to be deferred in a special message trans8 mitted under section 1012 or 1013 of the Congres9 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

10 1974, such budget authority— 

11 (A) shall be made available for obligation 

12 in sufficient time to be prudently obligated as 

13 required under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such 

14 Act; and 

15 (B) may not be deferred or otherwise with16 held from obligation during the 90-day period 

17 before the expiration of the period of avail18 ability of such budget authority, including, if 

19 applicable, the 90-day period before the expira20 tion of an initial period of availability for which 

21 such budget authority was provided. 

22 (2) With respect to an apportionment of an ap23 propriation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of 

24 title 31, United States Code, an appropriation (as 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
168 

•S 3179 IS

1 that term is defined in section 1511 of title 31, 

2 United States Code) shall be apportioned— 

3 (A) to make available all amounts for obli4 gation in sufficient time to be prudently obli5 gated; and 

6 (B) to make available all amounts for obli7 gation, without precondition (including foot8 notes) that shall be met prior to obligation, not 

9 later than 90 days before the expiration of the 

10 period of availability of such appropriation, in11 cluding, if applicable, 90 days before the expira12 tion of an initial period of availability for which 

13 such appropriation was provided. 

14 (3) As used in this section, the term ‘‘budget 

15 authority’’ includes budget authority made available 

16 by this or any other Act, by prior appropriations 

17 Acts, or by any law other than an appropriations 

18 Act. 

19 (4)(A) The Comptroller General shall review 

20 compliance with this section and shall submit to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations and the Budget, and 

22 any other appropriate congressional committees of 

23 the House of Representatives and Senate a report, 

24 and any relevant information related to the report, 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
169 

•S 3179 IS

1 on any noncompliance with this section or the Im2 poundment Control Act of 1974. 

3 (B) The President or the head of the relevant 

4 department or agency of the United States shall pro5 vide information, documentation, and views to the 

6 Comptroller General, as is determined by the Comp7 troller General to be necessary to determine such 

8 compliance, not later than 20 days after the date on 

9 which the request from the Comptroller General is 

10 received, or if the Comptroller General determines 

11 that a shorter or longer period is appropriate based 

12 on the specific circumstances, within such shorter or 

13 longer period. 

14 (C) To carry out the responsibilities of this sec15 tion and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the 

16 Comptroller General shall also have access to inter17 view the officers, employees, contractors, and other 

18 agents and representatives of a department, agency, 

19 or office of the United States at any reasonable time 

20 as the Comptroller General may request. 

21 (5)(A) An officer or employee of the Executive 

22 Branch of the United States Government violating 

23 this section shall be subject to appropriate adminis24 trative discipline including, when circumstances warVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00169 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
170 

•S 3179 IS

1 rant, suspension from duty without pay or removal 

2 from office. 

3 (B) In the event of a violation of this section 

4 or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, or in the 

5 case that the Government Accountability Office 

6 issues a legal decision concluding that a department, 

7 agency, or office of the United States violated this 

8 section or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 

9 the President or the head of the relevant department 

10 or agency as the case may be, shall report imme11 diately to the Congress all relevant facts and a state12 ment of actions taken: Provided, That a copy of each 

13 report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller 

14 General and the relevant inspector general on the 

15 same date the report is transmitted to the Congress. 

16 (C) Any such report shall include a summary of 

17 the facts pertaining to the violation, the title and 

18 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appro19 priation or fund account, the amount involved for 

20 each violation, the date on which the violation oc21 curred, the position of any individuals responsible 

22 for the violation, a statement of the administrative 

23 discipline imposed and any further action taken with 

24 respect to any officer or employee involved in the 

25 violation, a statement of any additional action taken 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
171 

•S 3179 IS

1 to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, 

2 and any written response by any officer or employee 

3 identified by position as involved in the violation: 

4 Provided, That in the case that the Government Ac5 countability Office issues a legal decision concluding 

6 that a department, agency, or office of the United 

7 States violated this section and the relevant depart8 ment, agency, or office does not agree that a viola9 tion has occurred, the report provided to Congress, 

10 the Comptroller General, and relevant inspector gen11 eral will explain such department, agency, or office’s 

12 position. 

13 SEC. 748. (a) If an executive agency or the District 

14 of Columbia government receives a written request for in15 formation, documentation, or views from the Government 

16 Accountability Office relating to a decision or opinion on 

17 budget or appropriations law, the executive agency or the 

18 District of Columbia government shall provide the re19 quested information, documentation, or views not later 

20 than 20 days after receiving the written request, unless 

21 such written request specifically provides otherwise. 

22 (b) If an executive agency or the District of Columbia 

23 government fails to respond to the request for information, 

24 documentation, or views within the time required by this 

25 section— 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
172 

•S 3179 IS

1 (1) the Comptroller General shall notify, in 

2 writing, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 

3 the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

4 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

5 Senate, and any other appropriate congressional 

6 committee of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Senate of such failure; and 

8 (2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly 

9 empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, 

10 to bring a civil action in the United States District 

11 Court for the District of Columbia to require such 

12 information, documentation, or views to be pro13 duced, and such court is expressly empowered to 

14 enter in such civil action, against any department, 

15 agency, officer, or employee of the United States, 

16 any decree, judgment, or order which may be nec17 essary or appropriate to require such production. 

18 (c) If the Government Accountability Office deter19 mines that an officer or employee of an executive agency 

20 or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov21 ernment has violated section 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) 

22 of title 31, United States Code, the head of the agency 

23 or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, as the case may 

24 be, shall report immediately to the President and Congress 

25 all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Nov 04, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00172 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3179.IS S3179

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
173 

•S 3179 IS

1 vided, That a copy of each report shall also be transmitted 

2 to the Comptroller General on the same date the report 

3 is transmitted to the President and Congress: Provided 

4 further, That in the case that the Government Account5 ability Office issues a legal decision concluding that sec6 tion 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States 

7 Code was violated, and the executive agency or District 

8 of Columbia government, as applicable, does not agree 

9 that a violation has occurred, the report provided to the 

10 President, the Congress, and the Comptroller General will 

11 explain its position. 

12 (d) The report required by subsection (c) and any re13 port required by section 1351 or section 1517(b) of title 

14 31, United States Code, shall include a summary of the 

15 facts pertaining to the violation, the title and Treasury 

16 Appropriation Fund Symbol of the appropriation or fund 

17 account, the amount involved for each violation, the date 

18 on which the violation occurred, the position of any officer 

19 or employee responsible for the violation, a statement of 

20 the administrative discipline imposed and any further ac21 tion taken with respect to any officer or employee involved 

22 in the violation, a statement of any additional action taken 

23 to prevent recurrence of the same type of violation, a 

24 statement of any determination that the violation was not 

25 knowing and willful that has been made by the executive 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
174 

•S 3179 IS

1 agency or District of Columbia government, and any writ2 ten response by any officer or employee identified by posi3 tion as involved in the violation. 

4 SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec5 utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 

6 the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 

8 appropriate congressional committees if— 

9 (1) an apportionment is not made in the re10 quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 

11 title 31, United States Code; 

12 (2) an approved apportionment received by the 

13 department or agency conditions the availability of 

14 an appropriation on further action; or 

15 (3) an approved apportionment received by the 

16 department or agency may hinder the prudent obli17 gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 

18 program, project, or activity by such department or 

19 agency. 

20 (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 

21 committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa22 tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 

23 name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 

24 account. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
175 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 750. (a) As a condition of receiving funds pro2 vided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 

3 year 2022 that are specified in the disclosure table sub4 mitted in compliance with Rule XLIV of the Standing 

5 Rules of the Senate that is included in the report or ex6 planatory statement accompanying any such Act, any non7 Federal entity shall, to the extent practicable— 

8 (1) retain until the date that is 3 years after 

9 the date on which such entity has expended such 

10 funds any records related to the planned or actual 

11 obligation or expenditure of such funds, and make 

12 available any such records to the Comptroller Gen13 eral of the United States, upon request; and 

14 (2) subject to reasonable advance notification 

15 by the Comptroller General— 

16 (A) make available to the Comptroller Gen17 eral or their designee for interview, any officers, 

18 employees, or staff of such entity involved in 

19 the obligation or expenditure of such funds; and 

20 (B) grant access to the Comptroller Gen21 eral or their designee for inspection, any facili22 ties, work sites, offices, or other locations, as 

23 the Comptroller General deems necessary, at 

24 which the individuals referenced in subpara25 graph (A) carry out their responsibilities related 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
176 

•S 3179 IS

1 to such funds. The Comptroller General may 

2 make and retain copies of these records as the 

3 Comptroller General determines necessary. 

4 (b) Access, rights, and authority provided to the 

5 Comptroller General or their designee under this section 

6 shall be in addition to any other authority vested in the 

7 Comptroller General, and nothing in this section shall be 

8 construed to limit, amend, supersede, or restrict in any 

9 manner any existing authority of the Comptroller General. 

10 SEC. 751. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

11 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

12 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

13 VIII. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
177 

•S 3179 IS

1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

3 COLUMBIA 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

6 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

7 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

8 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

9 the District of Columbia government. 

10 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

11 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

12 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

13 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

14 or any State legislature. 

15 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

16 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

17 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

18 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2022, 

19 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

20 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

21 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

22 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re23 programming of funds which— 

24 (1) creates new programs; 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
178 

•S 3179 IS

1 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi2 bility center; 

3 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi4 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

5 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

7 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

8 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre9 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

10 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

11 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

12 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which13 ever is less; or 

14 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

15 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi16 bility center, unless prior approval is received from 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

18 Representatives and the Senate. 

19 (b) The District of Columbia government is author20 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

21 requests of local funds under this title through November 

22 7, 2022. 

23 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

24 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

25 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
179 

•S 3179 IS

1 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep2 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

3 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

4 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

5 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec6 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

7 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em8 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

9 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

10 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

11 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

12 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

13 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

14 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

15 Police Department who resides in the District of Co16 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

17 Department; 

18 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi19 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

20 Emergency Medical Services Department who re21 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

22 hours a day; 

23 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De24 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

25 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
180 

•S 3179 IS

1 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

2 call 24 hours a day; 

3 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex4 aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 

5 Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 

6 of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

7 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the 

8 Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

9 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se10 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re11 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

12 hours a day; 

13 (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

14 (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

15 of Columbia. 

16 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

17 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor18 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

19 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

20 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

21 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co22 lumbia. 

23 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co24 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
181 

•S 3179 IS

1 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi2 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

3 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

4 this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 

5 for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 

6 pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 

7 local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 

8 be inappropriate for such distribution. 

9 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

10 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

11 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

12 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

13 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

14 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep15 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

16 SEC. 809. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

18 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

19 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

20 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

21 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

22 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

23 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

24 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

25 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2022 that 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
182 

•S 3179 IS

1 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

2 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

3 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

4 actual expenditures. 

5 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

6 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co7 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

8 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

9 SEC. 810. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi11 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro12 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

13 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

14 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

15 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 

16 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for17 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern18 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

19 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 

20 204.42). 

21 SEC. 811. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

22 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co23 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

24 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con25 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
183 

•S 3179 IS

1 (b) The District of Columbia government is author2 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

3 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

4 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 

5 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro6 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

7 with the provisions of this Act. 

8 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

9 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

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

11 capital projects. 

12 SEC. 812. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

13 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

14 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

15 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 SEC. 813. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob18 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

19 year 2022 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

20 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2022 in 

21 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

22 2023, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

23 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
184 

•S 3179 IS

1 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

2 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out3 lined in section 803 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 814. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2023, during a 

5 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

6 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

7 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

8 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

9 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub10 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum11 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 

12 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

13 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 

14 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 

15 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2023 

16 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co17 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 

18 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern19 ment for fiscal year 2023 for purposes of section 446 of 

20 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 

21 D.C. Official Code). 

22 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

23 to be available— 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
185 

•S 3179 IS

1 (1) during any period in which a District of Co2 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2023 is 

3 in effect; or 

4 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

5 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

6 2023. 

7 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro8 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

9 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

10 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

11 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

12 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

13 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2023 

14 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

15 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

16 during any period of fiscal year 2023 if any other provi17 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria18 tions)— 

19 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail20 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

21 to continue for such period; or 

22 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

23 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

24 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac25 tivity to continue for such period. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
186 

•S 3179 IS

1 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

2 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

3 mandated by other law. 

4 SEC. 815. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 

5 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 

6 (sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 

7 respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 

8 Bridge Project. 

9 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 

10 means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 

11 and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 

12 Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 

13 the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 

14 other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 

15 passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 

16 access crossings over the Potomac River. 

17 SEC. 816. Not later than 45 days after the last day 

18 of each quarter, each Federal and District government 

19 agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub20 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

21 of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re22 port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 

23 quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 

24 this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
187 

•S 3179 IS

1 SEC. 817. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col2 lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702, D.C. Official 

3 Code), is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 

5 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 

7 ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 at the end; 

10 (4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub11 paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 

12 after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara13 graph: 

14 ‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub15 paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 

16 the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu17 dent who receives more than $10,000 for the 

18 award year; and’’; and 

19 (5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as 

20 so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 

22 SEC. 818. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

23 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

24 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

25 of this title or of title IV. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
188 

•S 3179 IS

1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

2 General Government Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 

Æ 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS