In the Senate of the United States, 

November 1, 2023. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4366) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 

military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2024, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropria3 tions Act, 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT. 

5 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

6 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

7 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi8 sion. 
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1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT. 

2 (a) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 

3 contained in division A shall be treated as a reference to 

4 Senate Report 118–43. The effect of such Report shall be 

5 limited to division A and shall apply for purposes of deter6 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple7 mentation of, division A. 

8 (b) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 

9 contained in division B shall be treated as a reference to 

10 Senate Report 118–44. The effect of such Report shall be 

11 limited to division B and shall apply for purposes of deter12 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple13 mentation of, division B. 

14 (c) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 

15 contained in division C shall be treated as a reference to 

16 Senate Report 118–70. The effect of such Report shall be 

17 limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of deter18 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple19 mentation of, division C. 

20 SEC. 4. REPORTING REGARDING TELEWORK. 

21 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘em22 ployee’’, ‘‘locality pay area’’, ‘‘locality rate’’, and ‘‘official 

23 worksite’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 

24 531.602 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. 

25 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 

26 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
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1 for each agency funded under division A, division B, or 

2 division C of this Act shall submit to Congress a report 

3 containing— 

4 (1) the number of employees of the agency or de5 partment who, based upon information technology 

6 login information, office swipe-ins, and other measur7 able and observable factors, perform the majority of 

8 their working hours in a locality pay area with a 

9 lower locality rate than the locality rate for the local10 ity pay area in which the official worksite of the em11 ployee is located, but continue to receive the higher lo12 cality rate associated with the official worksite of the 

13 employee; 

14 (2) the cost savings that would be achieved by 

15 adjusting the locality rate for employees described in 

16 paragraph (1) to be the locality rate for the locality 

17 pay area in which the employees perform the major18 ity of their working hours; 

19 (3) the actions the agency or department has 

20 taken to audit and adjust the locality rates for em21 ployees with a telework agreement to account for the 

22 location from which the employees perform the major23 ity of their working hours; 
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1 (4) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the 

2 actions the agency or department has taken to ensure 

3 oversight and quality control of remote work; 

4 (5) any additional steps the agency or depart5 ment is considering taking to improve oversight and 

6 quality control of remote work; 

7 (6) the typical daily onsite attendance in the of8 fice buildings of the agency or department, as a pro9 portion of the total workforce of the agency or depart10 ment; 

11 (7) any guidance, initiatives, or other incentives 

12 in effect to entice the employees of the agency or de13 partment to return to working from the office build14 ings of the agency or department; 

15 (8) a description of the instances in which the 

16 agency or department has exercised the authority 

17 under paragraph (2) of section 531.605(d) of title 5, 

18 Code of Federal Regulations to waive the twice-in-a19 pay-period standard under paragraph (1) of such sec20 tion; 

21 (9) the number of exceptions to the exercises of 

22 authority described in paragraph (8) that have been 

23 revoked during each month beginning on or after July 

24 1, 2021; 
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1 (10) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the 

2 number of employees for whom an exception described 

3 in paragraph (8) remains in effect; 

4 (11) a discussion of the monetary and environ5 mental cost of maintaining underutilized space for 

6 the agency or department, in terms of energy use and 

7 carbon emissions; 

8 (12) any steps the agency or department is tak9 ing or planning to take on or before the date that is 

10 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act to re11 duce underutilization of building and office space; 

12 and 

13 (13) the impacts of telework on the delivery of 

14 services and response times, including any increase or 

15 decrease in backlogs relative to the backlog as of 

16 March 1, 2020. 

17 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING 

18 GRANTS, FUNDING, OR ANY FINANCIAL BEN19 EFIT TO CHINESE ENTITIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated or 

21 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

22 grants, funding, or any financial benefit to any entity, in23 cluding any corporation, that— 

24 (1) is organized under the laws of, is 

25 headquartered in, or has its principal place of busi-
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1 ness in the People’s Republic of China, including any 

2 Special Administrative Region; or 

3 (2) is subject to the control (as defined in section 

4 800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as 

5 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)) of an 

6 entity described in paragraph (1). 

7 (b) DEFINITION OF CORPORATION.—In this section, 

8 the term ‘‘corporation’’— 

9 (1) means an entity with the business structure 

10 of a corporation, a company, a limited liability com11 pany, a limited partnership, a business trust, a busi12 ness association, or another similar entity; and 

13 (2) includes any subsidiary or branch of an enti14 ty described in paragraph (1). 
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1 DIVISION A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 

2 VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 

3 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 

4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

6 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

7 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

8 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

12 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip13 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in14 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

15 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

16 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec17 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con18 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func19 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,876,875,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of this 

21 amount, not to exceed $349,245,000 shall be available for 

22 study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 

23 and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 

24 Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga25 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

2 determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 

3 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

4 $376,320,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 

5 in the amounts, specified in the report accompanying this 

6 Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 

7 purposes. 

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

9 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip10 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in11 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

12 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

13 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

14 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 

15 appropriation, $6,046,309,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of this amount, not 

17 to exceed $708,822,000 shall be available for study, plan18 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as author19 ized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines 

20 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

21 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

23 therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made avail24 able under this heading, $282,880,000 shall be for the 

25 projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
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1 report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts oth2 erwise available for such purposes. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

4 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip5 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in6 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

7 as currently authorized by law, $2,802,924,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of this 

9 amount, not to exceed $562,074,000 shall be available for 

10 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv11 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 

12 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

13 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro14 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

15 and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 

16 amount made available under this heading, $197,610,000 

17 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 

18 specified in the report accompanying this Act, in addition 

19 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip23 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa24 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen25 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
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1 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

2 $3,132,782,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2028: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

4 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

5 transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De6 fense available for military construction or family housing 

7 as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 

8 be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 

9 period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 

10 Provided further, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

11 $318,545,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

12 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

13 unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 

14 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

16 of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided fur17 ther, That of the amount made available under this head18 ing, $36,100,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 

19 in the amounts, specified in the report accompanying this 

20 Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 

21 purposes. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

23 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita24 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad25 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
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1 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza3 tion Acts, $598,572,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That, of the amount, not to ex5 ceed $71,146,000 shall be available for study, planning, de6 sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 

7 law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter8 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

9 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea11 sons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made 

12 available under this heading, $251,386,000 shall be for the 

13 projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 

14 report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts oth15 erwise available for such purposes. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

17 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita18 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad19 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

20 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

22 $304,426,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2028: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

24 $67,854,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

25 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
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1 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

2 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

3 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

5 therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made avail6 able under this heading, $125,704,000 shall be for the 

7 projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 

8 report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts oth9 erwise available for such purposes. 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

11 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita12 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad13 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

14 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con15 struction Authorization Acts, $151,076,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of the 

17 amount, not to exceed $27,389,000 shall be available for 

18 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv19 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 

20 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec21 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap22 propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina23 tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 

24 amount made available under this heading, $44,000,000 

25 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
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1 specified in the report accompanying this Act, in addition 

2 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

4 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita5 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad6 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma7 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

8 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

9 $51,291,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 

10 Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,495,000 

11 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 

12 and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec13 retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 

14 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter16 mination and the reasons therefor. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

18 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita19 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad20 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

21 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

22 Construction Authorization Acts, $309,572,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That, of the 

24 amount, not to exceed $14,646,000 shall be available for 

25 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
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1 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 

2 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec3 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap4 propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina5 tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount made available under this heading, $18,000,000 

7 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 

8 specified in the report accompanying this Act, in addition 

9 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 

10 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

11 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

12 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

13 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro14 gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili15 ties and installations (including international military 

16 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de17 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 

18 section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

19 Construction Authorization Acts, $293,434,000, to remain 

20 available until expended. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

22 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo23 sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 

24 Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 

25 note), $439,174,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

2 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con3 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex4 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

5 $304,895,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2028. 

7 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

8 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper9 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

10 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in11 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $385,485,000. 

12 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

13 CORPS

14 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma15 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace16 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au17 thorized by law, $277,142,000, to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2028. 

19 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

20 AND MARINE CORPS

21 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma22 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

23 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter24 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

25 $363,854,000. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

2 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

3 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

4 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

5 $237,097,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2028. 

7 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

8 FORCE

9 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

10 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas11 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

12 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

13 $314,386,000. 

14 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

15 DEFENSE-WIDE

16 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

17 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili18 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

19 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $50,785,000. 

20 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

21 FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

22 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im23 provement Fund, $6,611,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 

25 to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
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1 alternative means of acquiring and improving military 

2 family housing and supporting facilities. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

4 MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT

5 FUND

6 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom7 panied Housing Improvement Fund, $496,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini9 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir11 ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 

12 supporting facilities. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

15 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a16 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex17 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex18 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

19 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

20 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con21 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi22 cles. 

23 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con24 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

25 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
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1 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

2 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there3 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

4 Secretary of Defense. 

5 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

6 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 

7 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

8 been made. 

9 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

10 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 

11 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 

12 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer13 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

14 of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 

15 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen16 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 

17 (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 

18 be in the public interest. 

19 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

20 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

21 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

22 except housing for which funds have been made available 

23 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con24 struction. 
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1 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo3 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

4 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria5 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

6 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

7 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con8 struction project or activity for which American steel pro9 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 

10 opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

11 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart12 ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 

13 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop14 erty taxes in any foreign nation. 

15 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

16 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

17 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

19 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

20 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

21 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 

22 to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 

23 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

24 Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
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1 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

2 host nation firms. 

3 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title for military construction in the United States terri5 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

6 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 

7 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

8 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 

9 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

10 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

11 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon12 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

13 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con14 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

15 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub16 mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

17 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

18 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ19 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

20 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

21 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex22 pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

23 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

24 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

25 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
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1 for construction authorized for each such military depart2 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur3 rent session of Congress. 

4 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 

5 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex6 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

7 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 

8 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

9 subsequent claims, if any. 

10 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 any funds made available to a military department or de12 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 

13 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

14 or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 

15 time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 

16 year for which funds for such project were made available, 

17 if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 

18 funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 

19 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

20 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in21 creased pursuant to law. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 

24 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

25 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
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1 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 

3 by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 

4 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 

5 from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 

6 Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

7 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

8 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De9 partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im10 provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc11 tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con12 struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

13 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

14 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 

15 appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail16 able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 

17 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

18 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

19 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

20 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 

21 acquiring and improving military family housing, military 

22 unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 

25 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
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1 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

2 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 

3 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 

4 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 

5 the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 

6 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 

7 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

8 for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

9 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte11 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 

12 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

13 units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 

14 That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu15 ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 

16 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

17 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

18 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 

19 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

20 of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 

21 be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 

22 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

23 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis24 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

25 (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

2 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

3 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

4 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im5 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

6 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

7 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

8 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur9 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria12 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

13 for military construction and family housing operation and 

14 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

15 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

16 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

17 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga18 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap19 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

20 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur21 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

22 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

23 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans24 ferred. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

4 title may be transferred among projects and activities with5 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

6 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

7 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 

8 Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 

9 of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 

10 Act. 

11 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

12 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

13 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme14 tery. 

15 SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 

16 and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2028: 

18 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $38,514,000; 

19 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

20 Corps’’, $351,100,000; 

21 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $66,000,000; 

22 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, 

23 $117,100,000; 

24 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 

25 $89,500,000; 
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1 ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 

2 $5,200,000; and 

3 ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, 

4 $23,000,000: 

5 Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 

6 out construction and cost to complete projects identified in 

7 the respective military department’s unfunded priority list 

8 for fiscal year 2024 submitted to Congress: Provided fur9 ther, That such projects are subject to authorization prior 

10 to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out con11 struction: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 

12 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 

13 department concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

15 an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

16 SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Depart17 ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Depart18 ment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

19 Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 

20 Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con21 struction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to the author22 ization of appropriations in a National Defense Authoriza23 tion Act specified for fiscal year 2024 in the funding table 

24 in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 
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1 and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized 

2 projects. 

3 SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, 

4 funds made available in this Act or any available unobli5 gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be obli6 gated before October 1, 2025 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 

7 2019 military construction projects for which project au8 thorization has not lapsed or for which authorization is ex9 tended for fiscal year 2024 by a National Defense Author10 ization Act: Provided, That no amounts may be obligated 

11 pursuant to this section from amounts that were designated 

12 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

13 a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con16 gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 

17 Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 

19 Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 

21 and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives. 

23 SEC. 128. For an additional amount for the accounts 

24 and in the amounts specified for planning and design and 

25 unspecified minor construction, for improving military in-
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1 stallation resilience, to remain available until September 

2 30, 2028: 

3 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 

4 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

5 Corps’’, $7,500,000; and 

6 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $7,500,000: 

7 Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 

8 this Act, the Secretary of the military department con9 cerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 

10 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi11 ture plan for funds provided under this section: Provided 

12 further, That the Secretary of the military department con13 cerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior to ap14 proval by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

15 of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this section. 

16 SEC. 129. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

17 Construction, Air Force’’, $150,000,000, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2028, for expenses incurred as a 

19 result of natural disasters: Provided, That not later than 

20 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con23 gress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this sec24 tion. 
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1 SEC. 130. For an additional amount for the accounts 

2 and in the amounts specified for planning and design and 

3 authorized major construction projects, for child develop4 ment centers, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 

5 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $15,000,000; 

6 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

7 Corps’’, $15,000,000; and 

8 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $15,000,000: 

9 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en10 actment of this Act, the Secretary of the military depart11 ment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 

13 expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

14 SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

15 Construction, Air National Guard’’, $83,000,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2028, for planning and de17 sign and authorized major construction projects at future 

18 foreign military training sites: Provided, That not later 

19 than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

20 the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex22 penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

23 SEC. 132. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

24 Construction, Air Force’’, $20,000,000, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2028, for cost increases identified subse-
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1 quent to the fiscal year 2024 budget request for authorized 

2 major construction projects: Provided, That not later than 

3 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

4 Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi6 ture plan for funds provided under this section. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 133. Of the proceeds credited to the Department 

9 of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund pursuant 

10 to subsection (c)(1)(D) of section 2883 of title 10, United 

11 States Code, pursuant to a Department of Navy investment, 

12 the Secretary of Defense shall transfer $18,800,000 to the 

13 Secretary of the Navy under paragraph (3) of subsection 

14 (d) of such section for use by the Secretary of the Navy as 

15 provided in paragraph (1) of such subsection until ex16 pended. 

17 SEC. 134. For an additional amount for the accounts 

18 and in the amounts specified for authorized major construc19 tion projects, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 

20 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy’’, $48,300,000’’, 

21 and 

22 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, 

23 $37,100,000: 

24 Provided, That not later than 30 days after enactment of 

25 this Act, the Secretary of Defense, or their designee, shall 
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1 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 

3 this section. 

4 SEC. 135. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

6 of the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

7 Cuba. 

8 TITLE II 

9 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

10 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

11 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be14 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina15 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

16 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 

17 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

18 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

19 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

20 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad21 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

22 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 

23 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

24 Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 

25 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
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1 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 

2 Code, $4,655,879,000, which shall be in addition to funds 

3 previously appropriated under this heading that become 

4 available on October 1, 2023, to remain available until ex5 pended; and, in addition, $181,390,281,000, which shall be6 come available on October 1, 2024, to remain available 

7 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $22,109,000 

8 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2025 under 

9 this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Ex10 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and ‘‘Informa11 tion Technology Systems’’ for necessary expenses in imple12 menting the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 

13 38, United States Code, the funding source for which is spe14 cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’ ap15 propriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be 

16 earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reim17 bursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the 

18 funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home 

19 care provided to pensioners as authorized. 

20 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

21 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

22 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

23 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

24 title 38, United States Code, $11,523,134,000, which shall 

25 become available on October 1, 2024, to remain available 
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1 until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation 

2 program services and assistance which the Secretary is au3 thorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of 

4 title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs 

5 (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged 

6 to this account. 

7 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

8 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

9 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet10 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

11 authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United States 

12 Code, $12,701,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre13 viously appropriated under this heading that become avail14 able on October 1, 2023, to remain available until expended; 

15 and, in addition, $135,119,422, which shall become avail16 able on October 1, 2024, to remain available until expended. 

17 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

18 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 

19 as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 

20 by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 

21 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 

22 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec23 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

24 further, That, during fiscal year 2024, within the resources 

25 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
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1 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

2 loans. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

4 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $316,742,419. 

5 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of direct loans, $78,337, as authorized by 

7 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 

8 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

9 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

10 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 

11 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga12 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

13 $2,026,000. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

15 carry out the direct loan program, $460,698, which may 

16 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex17 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

21 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

22 title 38, United States Code, $2,718,546. 
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1 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene4 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

5 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen6 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

7 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

8 cost of overseas employee mail, $3,899,000,000: Provided, 

9 That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

10 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 

11 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af12 fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 

13 (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 

14 and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 

15 to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 

16 charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 

17 made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent 

18 shall remain available until September 30, 2025. 

19 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

20 MEDICAL SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

22 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

23 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet24 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

25 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
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1 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

2 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv3 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

4 hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance and 

5 support services for caregivers as authorized by section 

6 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments au7 thorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Om8 nibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 

9 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance 

10 allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 

11 States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, 

12 United States Code, and administrative expenses necessary 

13 to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 

14 States Code, and hospital care and medical services author15 ized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; 

16 $71,000,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall become 

17 available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 

18 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, of the amount 

19 made available on October 1, 2024, under this heading, 

20 $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2026: Provided further, That of the $74,004,000,000 to be22 come available on October 1, 2023, previously appropriated 

23 under this heading in division J of the Consolidated Appro24 priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), $4,933,113,000 

25 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That, notwith-
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1 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet2 erans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision of 

3 medical treatment for veterans who have service-connected 

4 disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Provided 

5 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding 

7 for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in 

8 enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, 

9 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec10 retary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of 

11 prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration 

12 facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written pre13 scriptions based on requirements established by the Sec14 retary: Provided further, That the implementation of the 

15 program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 

16 additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

18 ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this 

19 heading for medical supplies and equipment are available 

20 for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for 

21 female veterans: Provided further, That nothing in section 

22 2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, may be construed 

23 as limiting amounts that may be made available under this 

24 heading for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in this or prior Acts. 
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1 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

2 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 

3 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, at non-Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, 

5 plus reimbursements, which shall become available on Octo6 ber 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 

7 30, 2025: Provided, That, of the amount made available on 

8 October 1, 2024, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall 

9 remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided fur10 ther, That of the $33,000,000,000 to become available on 

11 October 1, 2023, previously appropriated under this head12 ing in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

13 2023 (Public Law 117–328), $3,159,584,000 is hereby re14 scinded. 

15 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

16 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

17 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

18 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad19 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 

20 and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 

21 for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 

22 as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

23 Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $11,800,000,000, plus reimbursements, 

25 which shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall 
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1 remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, 

2 of the amount made available on October 1, 2024, under 

3 this heading, $350,000,000 shall remain available until 

4 September 30, 2026. 

5 MEDICAL FACILITIES

6 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper7 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

8 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin9 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan10 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

11 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil12 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 

13 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

14 charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 

15 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 

16 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro17 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

18 employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 

19 and for laundry services; $1,000,000,000, which shall be in 

20 addition to funds previously appropriated under this head21 ing that become available on October 1, 2023; and, in addi22 tion, $9,400,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall be23 come available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, of the 

25 amount made available on October 1, 2024, under this 
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1 heading, $500,000,000 shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2026. 

3 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

5 medical and prosthetic research and development as author6 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

7 $938,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary of 

9 Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro10 priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re11 search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo12 sure research. 

13 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad15 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

16 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 

17 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

18 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

19 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 

20 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na21 tional Cemetery Administration, $480,000,000, of which 

22 not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2025. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

5 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad6 ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap7 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

8 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re9 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 

10 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

11 Administration for security guard services, $475,000,000, 

12 of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds provided 

14 under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper15 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

16 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

17 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet18 erans Appeals, $287,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 per19 cent shall remain available until September 30, 2025. 

20 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for information technology sys23 tems and telecommunications support, including develop24 mental information systems and operational information 

25 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
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1 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ2 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac3 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper4 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

5 Code, $6,401,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

6 $1,606,977,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 

7 which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until 

8 September 30, 2025: Provided further, That $4,668,373,000 

9 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 

10 exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2025, and of which $75,288,000 shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2028 for the purpose of facility activa13 tions related to projects funded by the ‘‘Construction, Major 

14 Projects’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, ‘‘Medical Facili15 ties’’, ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, ‘‘General Oper16 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and 

17 ‘‘General Administration’’ accounts: Provided further, That 

18 $125,650,000 shall be for information technology systems 

19 development, and shall remain available until September 

20 30, 2025: Provided further, That amounts made available 

21 for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, and 

22 information technology systems development may be trans23 ferred among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of 

24 Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees on Appro25 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
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1 the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided further, 

2 That amounts made available for the ‘‘Information Tech3 nology Systems’’ account for development may be trans4 ferred among projects or to newly defined projects: Provided 

5 further, That no project may be increased or decreased by 

6 more than $3,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con8 gress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or 

9 absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided 

10 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

11 for information technology systems development shall be for 

12 the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this head13 ing in the report accompanying this Act. 

14 VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

15 For activities related to implementation, preparation, 

16 development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte17 nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in18 cluding contractual costs associated with operations author19 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and sala20 ries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, 

21 United States Code, $1,334,142,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary of 

23 Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro24 priations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports de25 tailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment imple-
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1 mentation by facility, including any changes from the de2 ployment plan or schedule: Provided further, That the Sec3 retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report 

4 containing an earned value analysis of the Veterans Elec5 tronic Health Record system, which shall include a graphic 

6 performance report, a schedule and cost performance in7 dexes, an estimate at completion and budget at completion, 

8 and a variance analysis for cost and schedule: Provided fur9 ther, That the funds provided in this account shall only be 

10 available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be admin11 istered by that Office: Provided further, That 25 percent 

12 of the funds made available under this heading shall not 

13 be available until July 1, 2024, and are contingent upon 

14 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— 

15 (1) providing the Committees on Appropriations 

16 a report, no later than 60 days after enactment of 

17 this Act, outlining the measureable operational 

18 metrics that will be used to determine when it is ap19 propriate to re-start deployments; 

20 (2) providing the Committees on Appropriations 

21 a report on the reset process as of March 1, 2024, in22 cluding progress on achieving the necessary targets on 

23 the operational metrics identified in paragraph (1) 

24 and the current performance at all Department of 

25 Veterans Affairs facilities using the new electronic 
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1 health record on or before September 2023 compared 

2 to pre-deployment baselines; and 

3 (3) certifying in writing no later than 30 days 

4 prior to July 1, 2024, whether the system is stable, 

5 ready, and optimized for further deployment at VA 

6 sites, and if not, an estimate of the timeline required 

7 for further deployment. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen10 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

11 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

12 App.), $296,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2025. 

14 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

15 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

16 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

17 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

18 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

19 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

20 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec21 tural and engineering services, construction management 

22 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as23 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

24 project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 

25 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
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1 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

2 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 

3 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail4 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

5 $881,000,000, of which $373,096,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2028, and of which $507,904,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended, of which $110,000,000 

8 shall be available for seismic improvement projects and seis9 mic program management activities, including for projects 

10 that would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor 

11 Projects, Medical Facilities or National Cemetery Adminis12 tration accounts: Provided, That except for advance plan13 ning activities, including needs assessments which may or 

14 may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 

15 management related activities, including portfolio develop16 ment and management activities, and planning, cost esti17 mating, and design for major medical facility projects and 

18 major medical facility leases and investment strategy stud19 ies funded through the advance planning fund and the plan20 ning and design activities funded through the design fund, 

21 staffing expenses, and funds provided for the purchase, secu22 rity, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 

23 Administration and the Veterans Health Administration 

24 through the land acquisition line item, none of the funds 

25 made available under this heading shall be used for any 
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1 project that has not been notified to Congress through the 

2 budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Con3 gress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory 

4 statement accompanying such Act and presented to the 

5 President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, That 

6 funds provided for the Veterans Health Administration 

7 through the land acquisition line item shall be only for 

8 projects included on the five year development plan notified 

9 to Congress through the budgetary process: Provided further, 

10 That such sums as may be necessary shall be available to 

11 reimburse the ‘‘General Administration’’ account for pay12 ment of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction 

13 and Facilities Management employees to support the full 

14 range of capital infrastructure services provided, including 

15 minor construction and leasing services: Provided further, 

16 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

17 year 2024, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 

18 by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 

19 September 30, 2024; and (2) by the awarding of a construc20 tion contract by September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 

21 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con23 gress a written report on any approved major construction 

24 project for which obligations are not incurred within the 

25 time limitations established above: Provided further, That 
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1 notwithstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 

2 38, United States Code, amounts made available under this 

3 heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic pro4 gram management activities shall be available for the com5 pletion of both new and existing seismic projects of the De6 partment. 

7 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

8 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

9 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

10 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

11 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

12 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi13 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

14 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

15 the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 

16 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi17 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

18 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

19 not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 

20 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec21 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

22 $680,000,000, of which $612,000,000 shall remain available 

23 until September 30, 2028, and of which $68,000,000 shall 

24 remain available until expended, along with unobligated 

25 balances of previous ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appro-
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1 priations which are hereby made available for any project 

2 where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount 

3 set forth in such section: Provided, That funds made avail4 able under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of 

5 the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the 

6 use of the Department which are necessary because of loss 

7 or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

8 and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to min9 imize further loss by such causes. 

10 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

11 FACILITIES

12 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

13 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re14 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

15 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

16 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

17 title 38, United States Code, $164,000,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

20 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

21 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme22 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

23 States Code, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2024 for 

4 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

5 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans6 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro7 priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 

8 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

10 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

11 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

12 has elapsed. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 

15 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any other 

16 Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

17 Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 

18 Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac19 counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 

20 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup21 port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 

22 total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 

23 other Act may take place subject to notification from the 

24 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro25 priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
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1 purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans2 fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

3 Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 

4 in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 

5 for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 

6 requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

8 an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 

9 to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 

10 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

12 make the transfer and an approval is issued. 

13 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal14 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

15 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

17 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec18 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

19 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 

20 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 

21 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 

22 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

23 new hospital or home. 

24 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 

25 available for health care treatment or examination of any 
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1 persons (except beneficiaries entitled to such health care 

2 treatment or examination under the laws providing such 

3 benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment 

4 under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States 

5 Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer6 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim7 bursement of the cost of such health care treatment or exam8 ination is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

9 rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

10 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

11 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

12 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail13 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 

14 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

15 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2023. 

16 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

17 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

18 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

19 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

20 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

21 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen22 sions’’. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
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1 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 

2 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

3 Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 

4 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

5 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

7 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech8 nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

9 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 

10 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

11 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro12 gram during fiscal year 2024 that are available for divi13 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac14 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

15 further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur16 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu17 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

18 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis20 tration for fiscal year 2024 which is properly allocable to 

21 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 

22 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

23 in that insurance program. 

24 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 

25 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
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1 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en2 hanced-use lease services shall be available until expended. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

5 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

6 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, 

7 Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment Dis8 crimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative 

9 Dispute Resolution function within the Office of Human 

10 Resources and Administration for all services provided at 

11 rates which will recover actual costs but not to exceed 

12 $145,408,000 for the Office of Resolution Management, Di13 versity and Inclusion, $6,960,000 for the Office of Employ14 ment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and 

15 $7,772,000 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution function 

16 within the Office of Human Resources and Administration: 

17 Provided, That payments may be made in advance for serv18 ices to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided fur19 ther, That amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘Gen20 eral Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys21 tems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the serv22 ice. 

23 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af24 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

25 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
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1 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con2 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

3 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 

4 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

5 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 

6 for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

7 the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 

8 debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 

9 care or services from any person who does not make such 

10 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 

11 so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 

12 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

13 year in which amounts are received. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac17 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

18 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

19 Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 

20 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve21 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

22 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 

23 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

24 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

25 Projects’’. 
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1 SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

2 Services’’ are available— 

3 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup4 plies, and equipment; and 

5 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

6 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

7 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited into the 

10 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

11 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 

12 ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac13 counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 

14 of these accounts. 

15 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

16 into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 

17 the State of Alaska and Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza18 tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 

19 with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in20 cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in 

21 rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating vet22 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 

23 and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 

24 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within 
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1 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 

2 Fairbanks North Star Borough. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited into the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 

6 to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 

7 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con8 struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

9 until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

10 SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

11 fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con13 gress a report on the financial status of the Department 

14 of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 

15 That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 

16 contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 

17 under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 

18 explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

21 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 

22 and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper23 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board 

24 of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na25 tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
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1 2024 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech2 nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 

3 may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 

4 in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In5 formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 

6 That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet7 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro8 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 

9 the transfer and an approval is issued. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart12 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Medical 

13 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 

14 and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 

15 Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 

16 up to $430,532,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans17 ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 

18 Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es19 tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza20 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

21 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 

22 designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de23 scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

25 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds 
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1 may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 

2 to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet3 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

4 written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress: Provided further, That section 220 of title II of divi7 sion J of Public Law 117–328 is repealed. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart10 ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 

11 1, 2024, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

12 Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 

13 Facilities’’, up to $456,547,000, plus reimbursements, may 

14 be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

16 Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

17 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

18 84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation of the 

19 facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 

20 as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

22 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 

23 funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 

24 section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 

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1 upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af2 fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

3 of Congress. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited into the 

6 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

7 of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at 

8 facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 

9 as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

11 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 

12 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart13 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

14 Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

15 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

16 84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 

17 designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de18 scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De19 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

20 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 

21 section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

23 2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of De24 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

25 Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 

3 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 

4 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 

5 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 

6 VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 

7 section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 

8 available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec9 tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart11 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

12 be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 

13 Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 

14 monitoring supplies and equipment. 

15 SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no16 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

17 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 

18 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro19 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 

20 That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con21 tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap23 propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 

24 the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an25 ticipated use of such savings. 
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1 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con2 struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex3 cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 

4 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

5 request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 

6 Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro7 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

8 SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

9 fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con11 gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 

12 and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re13 gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 

14 shall include the direction contained in the section entitled 

15 ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General 

16 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in 

17 the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 

18 114–223: Provided further, That the report shall also in19 clude information on the number of appeals pending at the 

20 Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of 

21 Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis. 

22 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro23 vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza25 tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
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1 full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 

2 Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

3 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro4 vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria5 tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 

6 national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 

7 which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de10 termination that such action is necessary to address needs 

11 of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 

12 ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria13 tions made available for fiscal year 2024 in this title (except 

14 appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

15 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre16 tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet17 erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 

18 2024, that were provided in advance by appropriations 

19 Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 

20 approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 

21 further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 

22 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

23 law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 

24 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer25 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
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1 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

2 Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 

3 to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 

4 based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

5 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

6 item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con7 gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 

8 or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 

9 not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 

10 appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 

11 as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 

12 a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

13 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

14 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

15 and receive approval of that request. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 

18 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, under the ‘‘Board 

19 of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

20 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans21 ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans22 fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

23 request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

24 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

25 receive approval of that request. 
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1 SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

2 reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro3 grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

4 $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

6 SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

7 ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 

8 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 

9 (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot10 line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 

11 and 

12 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 

13 Association of Suicidology. 

14 (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 

15 may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive 

16 action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 

17 appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 

18 position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the 

19 Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a posi20 tion relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a). 

21 (2) In this subsection— 

22 (A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

23 given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 

24 States Code; and 

25 (B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
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1 (i) any Executive order, Presidential memo2 randum, or other action by the President; and 

3 (ii) any agency policy, order, or other direc4 tive. 

5 (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct 

6 a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in sub7 section (a) during the 5-year period beginning on January 

8 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide data and 

9 data collected from such hotline. 

10 (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 

11 (1) shall— 

12 (A) determine the number of veterans who con13 tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 

14 receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 

15 health services from the Department of Veterans Af16 fairs thereafter; 

17 (B) determine the number of veterans who con18 tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not con19 tinue receiving, mental health care who commit sui20 cide; and 

21 (C) determine the number of veterans described 

22 in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 

23 SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on Oc24 tober 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2025, none of the 

25 funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
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1 by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in 

2 contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration Clin3 ical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Vet4 erans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast Cancer 

5 Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Vet6 erans Health Administration National Center for Health 

7 Promotion and Disease Prevention. 

8 SEC. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 

10 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 

11 Services’’ account may be used to provide— 

12 (1) fertility counseling and treatment using as13 sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or 

14 the spouse of a covered veteran; or 

15 (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 

16 (b) In this section: 

17 (1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean18 ing given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 

19 States Code. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, 

21 as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 

22 United States Code, who has a service-connected dis23 ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 

24 procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 
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1 (3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 

2 means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro3 vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs 

4 a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 

5 section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 

6 as described in the memorandum on the subject of 

7 ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the 

8 Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 

9 II or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the 

10 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on 

11 April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement 

12 such policy, including any limitations on the amount 

13 of such benefits available to such a member except 

14 that— 

15 (A) the time periods regarding embryo 

16 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 

17 III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 

18 shall not apply; and 

19 (B) such term includes embryo 

20 cryopreservation and storage without limitation 

21 on the duration of such cryopreservation and 

22 storage. 

23 (4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 

24 reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 

25 an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
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1 actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 

2 under the adoption reimbursement program of the De3 partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 

4 Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse5 ment limits and requirements set forth in such in6 struction. 

7 (c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 

8 in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require9 ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of 

10 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

11 115–141). 

12 SEC. 235. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart14 ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 

15 is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 

16 Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 

17 the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 

19 or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 236. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 

21 not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 

22 Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Admin23 istration, or National Cemetery Administration to con24 tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 

25 51 percent owned by one or more Indian Tribes as defined 
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1 in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 

2 or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec3 tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 237. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 

5 consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Sec6 retary of Labor, shall discontinue collecting and using So7 cial Security account numbers to authenticate individuals 

8 in all information systems of the Department of Veterans 

9 Affairs for all individuals not later than September 30, 

10 2024. 

11 (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may collect and 

12 use a Social Security account number to identify an indi13 vidual, in accordance with section 552a of title 5, United 

14 States Code, in an information system of the Department 

15 of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of such number 

16 is necessary to: 

17 (1) obtain or provide information the Secretary 

18 requires from an information system that is not 

19 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; 

20 (2) comply with a law, regulation, or court 

21 order; 

22 (3) perform anti-fraud activities; or 

23 (4) identify a specific individual where no ade24 quate substitute is available. 
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1 (c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall super2 sede section 237 of division J of Public Law 117–328. 

3 SEC. 238. For funds provided to the Department of 

4 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 for 

5 ‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of division A of Public Law 

6 114–223 shall apply. 

7 SEC. 239. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

8 prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 

9 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 

10 any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa11 tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 

12 Veterans Affairs. 

13 SEC. 240. Of the funds provided to the Department of 

14 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 

15 2025 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each 

16 year to carry out and expand the child care program au17 thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith18 standing subsection (e) of such section. 

19 SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available in this title may be used by the Secretary 

21 of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to 

22 resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 

23 restrict in any way the individual from speaking to mem24 bers of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 

25 prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 
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1 Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national 

2 defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 

3 SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of 

4 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, sec5 tion 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

6 SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be used to deny an 

8 Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to 

9 any records, documents, or other materials available to the 

10 department or agency over which that Inspector General 

11 has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 

12 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of the 

13 Inspector General to such records, documents, or other ma14 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

15 law that expressly refers to such Inspector General and ex16 pressly limits the right of access. 

17 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 

18 shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, doc19 uments, and other materials in a timely manner. 

20 (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 

21 with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in22 formation provided by the establishment over which that In23 spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
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1 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

2 shall report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen3 ate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

4 Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure by 

5 any department or agency covered by this section to comply 

6 with this requirement. 

7 SEC. 244. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 

9 times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the 

10 Department of Veterans Affairs. 

11 SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

12 made available by this Act to the Veterans Health Adminis13 tration may be used in fiscal year 2024 to convert any pro14 gram which received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 

15 2023 to a general purpose funded program unless the Sec16 retary of Veterans Affairs submits written notification of 

17 any such proposal to the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to any such 

19 action and an approval is issued by the Committees. 

20 SEC. 246. For funds provided to the Department of 

21 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, sec22 tion 248 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

23 SEC. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 

25 research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses 
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1 any canine, feline, or non-human primate unless the Sec2 retary of Veterans Affairs approves such research specifi3 cally and in writing pursuant to subsection (b). 

4 (b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve 

5 the conduct of research commencing on or after October 1, 

6 2019, using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the 

7 Secretary determines that— 

8 (A) the scientific objectives of the research can 

9 only be met by using such canines, felines, or non10 human primates; 

11 (B) such scientific objectives are directly related 

12 to an illness or injury that is combat-related; and 

13 (C) the research is consistent with the revised 

14 Department of Veterans Affairs canine research policy 

15 document dated December 15, 2017, including any 

16 subsequent revisions to such document. 

17 (2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority 

18 under this subsection. 

19 (c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursu20 ant to subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the com21 mencement of such research, the Secretary shall submit to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

23 of Representatives a report describing— 

24 (1) the nature of the research to be conducted 

25 using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
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1 (2) the date on which the Secretary approved the 

2 research; 

3 (3) the justification for the determination of the 

4 Secretary that the scientific objectives of such research 

5 could only be met using canines, felines, or non6 human primates; 

7 (4) the frequency and duration of such research; 

8 and 

9 (5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 

10 safety, and efficacy of the research. 

11 (d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary 

13 shall submit to such Committees a report describing— 

14 (1) any research being conducted by the Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or 

16 non-human primates as of the date of the submittal 

17 of the report; 

18 (2) the circumstances under which such research 

19 was conducted using canines, felines, or non-human 

20 primates; 

21 (3) the justification for using canines, felines, or 

22 non-human primates to conduct such research; and 

23 (4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 

24 safety, and efficacy of such research. 
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1 (e) The Department shall implement a plan under 

2 which the Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research 

3 conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates 

4 by not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 

5 Public Law 116–94. 

6 SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

7 use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 

8 this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 

9 employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita10 tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 

11 Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ12 ment equivalent. 

13 (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

15 report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 

16 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 

17 (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 

18 each such program; and 

19 (2) recommendations for such action as the Sec20 retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to21 staff ratio for each such program. 

22 SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 

23 Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account 

24 in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 

25 may be used for expenses that would otherwise be payable 
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1 from the Veterans Choice Fund established by section 802 

2 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, as 

3 amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

4 SEC. 250. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 

5 the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 through 

6 2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by section 1741 

7 of title 38, United States Code) shall remain in the ‘‘Med8 ical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal years. 

9 SEC. 251. Of the amounts made available for the De10 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this 

11 or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra12 tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra13 tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad14 ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 

15 ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac16 counts, $1,279,096,000 shall be made available for gender17 specific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care for 

18 women veterans, of which $10,000,000 shall be made avail19 able for the Office of Women’s Health of the Department 

20 of Veterans Affairs established under section 7310 of title 

21 38, United States Code, to be used by the Secretary to ex22 pand access of women veterans to— 

23 (1) mobile mammography initiatives; 

24 (2) advanced mammography equipment; and 
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1 (3) outreach activities to publicize such initia2 tives and equipment. 

3 SEC. 252. Of the unobligated balances available in fis4 cal year 2024 in the ‘‘Recurring Expenses Trans5 formational Fund’’ established in section 243 of division 

6 J of Public Law 114–113, and in addition to any funds 

7 otherwise made available for such purposes in this, prior, 

8 or subsequent fiscal years, $600,000,000 shall be available 

9 for constructing, altering, extending, and improving med10 ical facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, in11 cluding all supporting activities and required contin12 gencies, during the period of availability of the Fund: 

13 Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds pro14 vided in this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must 

15 provide a plan for the execution of the funds appropriated 

16 in this section to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress and such Committees issue an approval, 

18 or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 

19 SEC. 253. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

20 fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con22 gress a quarterly report on the status of the ‘‘Cost of War 

23 Toxic Exposures Fund’’, as authorized by section 324 of 

24 title 38, United States Code: Provided, That, at a min25 imum, the report shall include an update on obligations 
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1 by program, project or activity and a plan for expending 

2 the remaining funds: Provided further, That the budget re3 source categories supporting the Veterans Health Adminis4 tration shall be reported by the subcategories ‘‘Medical Serv5 ices’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 

6 Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical and Prosthetics Research’’. 

7 SEC. 254. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary 

8 and administered by a corporation referred to in section 

9 7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 

10 2017 and September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out 

11 an order placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs 

12 pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, 

13 that are available for obligation pursuant to section 

14 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain 

15 available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 

16 by such corporation during the period of performance of 

17 such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

18 determines that such amounts need to remain available for 

19 such liquidation. 

20 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 255. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

22 made available under the heading ‘‘Departmental Adminis23 tration—Veterans Electronic Health Record’’ in division J 

24 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 

25 117–328), $439,750,000 is hereby rescinded. 
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1 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 256. Of the unobligated balances available to the 

3 Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations 

4 Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol5 lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 

6 Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv7 ices, $1,000,000,000; and 

8 Veterans Health Administration—Medical Com9 munity Care, $976,005,000: 

10 Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

11 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re12 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg13 et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

14 Act of 1985. 

15 SEC. 257. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

16 may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs hos17 pitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental 

18 assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at existing 

19 Veterans Health Administration medical facilities as part 

20 of a planned realignment of services until the Secretary 

21 provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress a report including an analysis of how 

23 any such planned realignment of services will impact access 

24 to care for veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, 

25 including travel distances and transportation costs to access 
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1 a Department medical facility and availability of local spe2 cialty and primary care. 

3 SEC. 258. Unobligated balances available under the 

4 headings ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construc5 tion, Minor Projects’’ may be obligated by the Secretary of 

6 Veterans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 2(e)(1) 

7 of the Communities Helping Invest through Property and 

8 Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 

9 114–294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide ad10 ditional funds or to fund an escalation clause under such 

11 section of such Act: Provided, That before such unobligated 

12 balances are obligated pursuant to this section, the Sec13 retary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

15 to obligate such unobligated balances and such Committees 

16 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

17 has elapsed: Provided further, That the request to obligate 

18 such unobligated balances must provide Congress notice 

19 that the entity described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 

20 114–294, as amended, has exhausted available cost contain21 ment approaches as set forth in the agreement under section 

22 2(c) of such Public Law. 

23 SEC. 259. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro24 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

25 year 2024 for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be 
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1 obligated or expended to procure or purchase computers, 

2 printers, software, hardware, connecting cables, or other in3 formation technology equipment needed for an office envi4 ronment in which the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or 

5 any subsidiary or parent entity of the manufacturer, bid6 der, or offeror, of the equipment or software is an entity, 

7 or is a subsidiary or parent company of an entity— 

8 (1) in which the People’s Republic of China has 

9 any ownership stake; 

10 (2) that has been organized under the laws of the 

11 People’s Republic of China; or 

12 (3) that contributes to the defense industry of the 

13 Chinese Communist Party. 

14 (b) APPLICABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES.—The prohibi15 tion in subsection (a) also applies in cases in which the 

16 Secretary has contracted with a third party for the procure17 ment, purchase, or expenditure of funds on any of the equip18 ment and software described in such subsection. 

19 SEC. 260. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 

21 this Act may be used in a manner that would— 

22 (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to par23 ticipate in a medicinal marijuana program approved 

24 by a State; 
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1 (2) deny any services from the Department to a 

2 veteran who is participating in such a program; or 

3 (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health 

4 care provider of the Department to make appropriate 

5 recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to com6 ply with such a program. 

7 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CHANGE RATE OF RE8 IMBURSEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION VIA SPECIAL

9 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

10 SEC. 261. During the period beginning on October 1, 

11 2023, and ending on September 30, 2024, no funds appro12 priated by this division may be obligated or expended to 

13 change rates for reimbursement for transportation of a vet14 eran or other individual via a special mode of transpor15 tation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Vet16 erans Affairs from the rates in place as of January 1, 2023. 

17 REDUCTION OF AMOUNTS FOR DEPARTMENTAL ADMINIS18 TRATION—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT OF

19 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

20 SEC. 262. The amounts otherwise made available by 

21 this division for the Departmental Administration—Gen22 eral Administration account of the Department of Veterans 

23 Affairs are hereby reduced by $43,500,000. 
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1 PRIORITIZATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN TELE2 HEALTH SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

3 FOR VETERANS

4 SEC. 263. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

5 prioritize the use of any amounts provided to the Depart6 ment of Veterans Affairs under this division for telehealth 

7 services or mental health programs, including for suicide 

8 prevention outreach and treatment programs or the Vet9 erans Crisis Line established under section 1720F(h) of title 

10 38, United States Code, in States with the highest rate of 

11 suicide among members of the Armed Forces and veterans. 

12 TELEHEALTH CAPACITY OF VETERANS HEALTH

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SEC. 264. Of the amounts made available to the De15 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 by this 

16 Act or any other Act under the ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis17 tration – Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra18 tion – Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Veterans Health 

19 Administration – Medical Support and Compliance’’ ac20 counts, $5,180,336,000 shall be made available to sustain 

21 and increase telehealth capacity, including in rural and 

22 highly rural areas, and associated programmatic efforts. 
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1 REVIEW OF VETERANS WHO ENGAGED IN TOXIC EXPOSURE

2 RISK ACTIVITIES WHILE SERVING IN KOSOVO AND THE

3 HEALTH EFFECTS OF SUCH TOXIC EXPOSURE RISK

4 ACTIVITIES

5 SEC. 265. (a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

6 Veterans Affairs shall conduct a review of the following: 

7 (1) Data regarding the mortality of covered vet8 erans. 

9 (2) Any data on toxic exposure experienced by 

10 covered veterans that is both relevant and available, 

11 including toxicology studies. 

12 (3) The type of toxic exposure risk activities cov13 ered veterans engaged in while serving in the active 

14 military, naval, air, or space service in Kosovo. 

15 (b) COVERED VETERANS.—For purposes of subsection 

16 (a), a covered veteran is a veteran who— 

17 (1) served in the active military, naval, air, or 

18 space service in Kosovo; and 

19 (2) as part of such service, engaged in a toxic ex20 posure risk activity. 

21 (c) MANNER AND SUITABILITY OF REVIEW.—The Sec22 retary shall carry out the review required by subsection (a) 

23 in a manner such that the findings of the Secretary with 

24 respect to the review are suitable and applicable under sub25 chapter VII of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code. 
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1 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE

3 SERVICE.—The term ‘‘active military, naval, air, or 

4 space service’’ has the meaning given such term in 

5 section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 

6 (2) TOXIC EXPOSURE RISK ACTIVITY.—The term 

7 ‘‘toxic exposure risk activity’’ has the meaning given 

8 such term in section 1710(e)(4) of such title. 

9 (3) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 101 of such title. 

11 IMPROVING HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS

12 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

13 SEC. 266. In carrying out the program under section 

14 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

15 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) (commonly referred to as ‘‘HUD– 

16 VASH’’), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— 

17 (1) coordinate with the Secretary of Housing 

18 and Urban Development to establish pathways that 

19 would allow for temporary, transitional case manage20 ment in areas in which public housing authorities 

21 have vouchers under the program that are available, 

22 allocated, and accompanied with case management 

23 resources provided by the Department of Veterans Af24 fairs, but underutilized due to a lack of referrals from 

25 the Department; and 
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1 (2) not later than 180 days after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act, finalize guidance regarding ap3 proval of a public housing authority to be a des4 ignated service provider. 

5 REPORT ON USE OF THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS TO

6 CONDUCT MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS

7 SEC. 267. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

8 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Secretary of Veterans shall submit to the appropriate com10 mittees of Congress a report on the use of third-party con11 tractors to conduct medical disability examinations of vet12 erans for purposes of obtaining compensation under laws 

13 administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursuant to 

15 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

16 (1) The number of contractors described in sub17 section (a) in each State who are used as described 

18 in such subsection. 

19 (2) The requirements for performance and qual20 ity in the contracts governing the use described in 

21 subsection (a), including qualifications contractors 

22 described in such subsection are required meet for 

23 such uses. 

24 (3) The average milage veterans described in 

25 subsection (a) are required to travel to attend a con-
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1 tract medical disability examination described in 

2 such subsection, disaggregated by state; 

3 (4) The number of veterans described in para4 graph (3) who are required to travel beyond the mile5 age requirement in a contract described in paragraph 

6 (2). 

7 (5) A description of the process at the Depart8 ment for handling complaints of veterans about the 

9 use of contractors as described in subsection (a). 

10 (c) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF

11 CONGRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com12 mittees of Congress’’ means— 

13 (1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

14 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

16 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SECRETARY

19 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO REPORT CERTAIN INFORMA20 TION REGARDING VETERANS

21 SEC. 268. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under 

23 section 5502 of title 38, United States Code, in any case 

24 arising out of the administration by the Secretary of laws 

25 and benefits under such title, to report a person who is 

26 deemed mentally incapacitated, mentally incompetent, or 
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1 to be experiencing an extended loss of consciousness as a 

2 person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective 

3 under subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18, 

4 United States Code, without the order or finding of a judge, 

5 magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent juris6 diction that such person is a danger to himself or herself 

7 or others. 

8 TITLE III 

9 RELATED AGENCIES 

10 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

13 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

14 acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 

15 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

16 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

17 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 

18 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace19 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

20 to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation 

21 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

22 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

23 $158,630,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

3 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 

4 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

5 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

6 States Code. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

8 CLAIMS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

11 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

12 by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 

13 Code, $47,200,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 

14 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

15 as described and in accordance with the process and report16 ing procedures set forth under this heading in Public Law 

17 102–229. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

19 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

22 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol23 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

24 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace25 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 
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1 for official reception and representation expenses, 

2 $99,880,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re3 main available until September 30, 2026. In addition, such 

4 sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 

5 and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart6 ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac7 count. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For necessary expenses for planning and design and 

10 construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 

11 and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $88,600,000, to re12 main available until expended, for planning and design 

13 and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 

14 project at Arlington National Cemetery. 

15 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

16 TRUST FUND

17 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire18 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re19 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

20 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

21 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire22 ment Home Trust Fund, $77,000,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2025, of which $8,940,000 shall remain 

24 available until expended for construction and renovation of 

25 the physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement 
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1 Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed 

2 Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, 

3 That of the amounts made available under this heading 

4 from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home 

5 Trust Fund, $25,000,000 shall be paid from the general 

6 fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

8 SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 

9 established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 

10 shall be available until expended to support activities at 

11 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

6 SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 

8 it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 

9 the funds are made available that the program, project, or 

10 activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 

11 to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 

12 or unfunded mandates. 

13 SEC. 403. All departments and agencies funded under 

14 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

15 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

16 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 

17 of their business practices and public service activities. 

18 SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti19 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub20 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

21 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

23 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

24 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government except pur4 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

5 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 406. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail7 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

8 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re9 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

10 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

11 it shall serve the national interest. 

12 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

13 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

14 national security; or 

15 (2) the report contains confidential or propri16 etary information. 

17 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

18 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

19 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

20 than 45 days. 

21 SEC. 407. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net23 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

24 and exchanging of pornography. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

2 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

5 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 

7 pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 

8 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

9 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

10 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 

12 including construction services, where the contractor has 

13 not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

14 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of 

16 title 10, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 411. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro18 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 

19 Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 

20 expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 

21 possessions to house any individual detained at United 

22 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur23 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

24 the control of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

4 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

5 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

7 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

9 (2) is— 

10 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

11 control of the Department of Defense; or 

12 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 
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1 TITLE V—COUNTING VETERANS’ 

2 CANCER ACT OF 2023 

3 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counting Veterans’ Can5 cer Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 502. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) According to 2017 data from National Pro9 gram of Cancer Registries of the Centers for Disease 

10 Control and Prevention, approximately 26,500 cancer 

11 cases among veterans were not reported to State can12 cer registries funded through such Program. 

13 (2) Established by Congress in 1992 through the 

14 Cancer Registries Amendment Act (Public Law 102– 

15 515), the National Program of Cancer Registries 

16 under section 399B of the Public Health Service Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 280e) collects data on cancer occurrence 

18 (including the type, extent, and location of the can19 cer), the type of initial treatment, and outcomes. 

20 (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Preven21 tion support central cancer registries in 46 States, the 

22 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, certain territories 

23 of the United States in the Pacific Islands, and the 

24 United States Virgin Islands. 
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1 (4) The data obtained by registries described in 

2 paragraph (3) combined with data from the Surveil3 lance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the 

4 National Cancer Institute and mortality data from 

5 National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers 

6 for Disease Control and Prevention comprise the offi7 cial United States Cancer Statistics. 

8 (5) The United States Cancer Statistics reflect 

9 all newly diagnosed cancer cases and cancer deaths 

10 for the entire population of the United States, except 

11 for unreported veterans. 

12 (6) Federal law requires the Centers for Disease 

13 Control and Prevention and the National Cancer In14 stitute to collect cancer data for all newly diagnosed 

15 cancer cases, but that currently cannot be achieved 

16 due to frequent lack of reporting by medical facilities 

17 of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

18 (7) Releasing all data from medical facilities of 

19 the Department to State cancer registries will provide 

20 more complete data for health care providers, public 

21 health officials, and researchers to— 

22 (A) measure cancer occurrence and trends 

23 at the local and national level; 

24 (B) inform and prioritize cancer edu25 cational and screening programs; 
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1 (C) evaluate efficacy of prevention efforts 

2 and treatment; 

3 (D) determine survival rates; 

4 (E) conduct research on the etiology, diag5 nosis, and treatment of cancer; 

6 (F) ensure quality and equity in cancer 

7 care; and 

8 (G) plan for health services. 

9 (8) Capturing cancer data from medical facili10 ties of the Department in State cancer registries and 

11 the United States Cancer Statistics can benefit vet12 erans by— 

13 (A) improving the ability to identify can14 cer-related disparities in the veteran community; 

15 (B) improving understanding of the cancer16 related needs of veterans, which can be incor17 porated into State Comprehensive Cancer Con18 trol planning for screening and treatment pro19 grams funded by the Centers for Disease Control 

20 and Prevention; and 

21 (C) increasing opportunities for veterans 

22 with cancer to be included in more clinical trials 

23 and cancer-related research and analysis being 

24 done outside of the health care system of the De25 partment. 
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1 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to improve 

2 care for veterans by ensuring all data on veterans diagnosed 

3 with cancer are captured by the national cancer registry 

4 programs supported by the National Program of Cancer 

5 Registries of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

6 and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Pro7 gram of the National Cancer Institute. 

8 SEC. 503. REQUIREMENT THAT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

9 AFFAIRS SHARE DATA WITH STATE CANCER 

10 REGISTRIES. 

11 (a) SHARING OF DATA WITH STATE CANCER REG12 ISTRIES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 

14 title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 7330E. Sharing of data with State cancer registries 

17 ‘‘(a) SHARING BY THE DEPARTMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall share 

19 with the State cancer registry of each State, if such 

20 a registry exists, qualifying data for all individuals 

21 who are residents of the State and have received 

22 health care under the laws administered by the Sec23 retary. 

24 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DATA

25 SHARED.—In sharing data under paragraph (1) with 
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1 a State cancer registry, the Secretary shall comply 

2 with the requirements for non-Department facilities to 

3 report data, in a manner that is as complete and 

4 timely as possible, without requiring a data use 

5 agreement in place between the Department and each 

6 State cancer registry— 

7 ‘‘(A) to State cancer registries that are sup8 ported by the National Program of Cancer Reg9 istries of the Centers for Disease Control and 

10 Prevention under section 399B of the Public 

11 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e); 

12 ‘‘(B) to State cancer registries that are sup13 ported by the Surveillance Epidemiology and 

14 End Results Program of the National Cancer In15 stitute authorized under the National Cancer Act 

16 of 1971 (Public Law 92–218); and 

17 ‘‘(C) to State cancer registries as set forth 

18 in relevant State laws and regulations that au19 thorize a cancer registry. 

20 ‘‘(b) QUALIFYING DATA DEFINED.—In this section, the 

21 term ‘qualifying data’, with respect to a State cancer reg22 istry, means all data required to be provided to the registry 

23 pursuant to the authorities specified in subparagraphs (A) 

24 through (C) of subsection (a)(2).’’. 
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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions at the beginning of subchapter II of such chap3 ter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

4 section 7330D the following new item: 

‘‘7330E. Sharing of data with State cancer registries.’’. 

5 (b) SHARING BY STATE CANCER REGISTRIES.—The 

6 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

7 shall assist State cancer registries described in subpara8 graphs (A) and (B) of section 7330E(a)(2) of title 38, 

9 United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), in facili10 tating, to the extent allowed under State laws regulating 

11 the cancer registry program, the sharing with the Secretary 

12 of Veterans Affairs of data in the possession of each such 

13 registry regarding diagnosis of cancer for each veteran— 

14 (1) enrolled in the system of annual patient en15 rollment established and operated under section 

16 1705(a) of such title; or 

17 (2) registered to receive care from the Depart18 ment of Veterans Affairs under section 17.37 of title 

19 38, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regula20 tions. 

21 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc22 tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria23 tions Act, 2024’’. 
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1 DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE2 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN3 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 

5 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

6 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag7 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra8 tion, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep9 tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 

10 TITLE I 

11 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

12 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

13 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

16 $65,067,000 of which not to exceed $7,432,000 shall be 

17 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

18 exceed $1,396,000 shall be available for the Office of Home19 land Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be available 

20 for the Office of Tribal Relations, of which $1,000,000 shall 

21 be to continue a Tribal Public Health Resource Center at 

22 a land grant university with existing indigenous public 

23 health expertise to expand current partnerships and collabo24 rative efforts with indigenous groups, including but not 

25 limited to, tribal organizations and institutions such as 
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1 tribal colleges, tribal technical colleges, tribal community 

2 colleges and tribal universities, to improve the delivery of 

3 culturally appropriate public health services and functions 

4 in American Indian communities focusing on indigenous 

5 food sovereignty; not to exceed $9,280,000 shall be available 

6 for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of 

7 which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to 

8 exceed $28,422,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

9 Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which 

10 $26,716,000 shall be available for Departmental Adminis11 tration to provide for necessary expenses for management 

12 support services to offices of the Department and for general 

13 administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

14 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

15 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 

16 Department: Provided, That funds made available by this 

17 Act to an agency in the Administration mission area for 

18 salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one ad19 ministrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed 

20 $4,609,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Sec21 retary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental 

22 Affairs to carry out the programs funded by this Act, in23 cluding programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 

24 liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 

25 $8,738,000 shall be available for the Office of Communica-
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1 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

2 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

3 of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 

4 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

5 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 

6 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of 

7 the amount made available under this paragraph for the 

8 immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi9 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

10 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur11 ther, That the amount made available under this heading 

12 for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from 

13 applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses in14 cident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 

15 551–558: Provided further, That funds made available 

16 under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

17 for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs 

18 shall be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri19 culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 

20 agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail21 able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 

22 for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days 

23 from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 

24 has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

25 Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
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1 USDA agency: Provided further, That during any 30 day 

2 notification period referenced in section 716 of this Act, the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture shall take no action to begin imple4 mentation of the action that is subject to section 716 of this 

5 Act or make any public announcement of such action in 

6 any form. 

7 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo10 mist, $30,181,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants 

11 or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 

12 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

13 under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for an interdiscipli14 nary center based at a land grant university focused on 

15 agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest region which 

16 will provide private entities, policymakers, and the public 

17 with timely insights and targeted economic solutions: Pro18 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

19 this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry out sec20 tion 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Re21 organization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by 

22 section 12504 of Public Law 115–334. 

23 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

25 Appeals, $16,703,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro3 gram Analysis, $14,967,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor6 mation Officer, $92,284,000, of which not less than 

7 $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart8 ment. 

9 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan11 cial Officer, $7,367,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

13 RIGHTS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

15 Secretary for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That 

16 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 

17 Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

18 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

19 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

21 $37,595,000. 

22 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu25 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
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1 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

2 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

3 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart4 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 

5 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen6 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit7 able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 

8 and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re9 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 

10 costs, $36,081,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri14 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

15 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 6901 et seq.), $6,586,000, to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

19 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Manage20 ment may be transferred to any agency of the Department 

21 for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the 

22 above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 

23 OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 

25 and Protection, $21,800,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen3 eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen4 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 

5 $111,561,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

6 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

7 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In8 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. 

9 App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con10 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in11 formants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspec12 tor General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 

13 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of 

14 the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

17 Counsel, $60,537,000. 

18 OFFICE OF ETHICS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

20 $5,556,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

22 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec24 retary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

25 $2,384,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
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1 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Econom2 ics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 

3 fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office: 

4 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

5 under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available for 

6 the Office of the Chief Scientist. 

7 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

8 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv9 ice, $92,183,000. 

10 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

12 Statistics Service, $200,563,000, of which up to $55,900,000 

13 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri14 culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 

15 Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In16 dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 

17 (f). 

18 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

21 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

22 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 

23 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

24 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 

25 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 
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1 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 

2 $1,792,879,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

3 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air4 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

5 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

6 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 

7 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

8 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

9 building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses 

10 or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, 

11 except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at 

12 a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four 

13 buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed 

14 $5,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 

15 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur16 rent replacement value of the building or $500,000, which17 ever is greater: Provided further, That appropriations here18 under shall be available for entering into lease agreements 

19 at any Agricultural Research Service location for the con20 struction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for 

21 use by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition 

22 of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, oper23 ated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall 

24 be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

25 agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
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1 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza2 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary3 land: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

4 shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 

5 Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 

6 foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of 

7 buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 

8 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations here9 under shall be available for granting easements at any Ag10 ricultural Research Service location for the construction of 

11 a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and 

12 acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a con13 dition of the easements shall be that upon completion the 

14 facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the 

15 availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that ac16 ceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United 

17 States: Provided further, That funds may be received from 

18 any State, other political subdivision, organization, or in19 dividual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 

20 research facility or research project of the Agricultural Re21 search Service, as authorized by law. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im24 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

25 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricul-
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1 tural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

2 where not otherwise provided, $88,869,000 to remain avail3 able until expended, of which $47,464,000 shall be for the 

4 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 

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

6 report accompanying this Act. 

7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

8 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

9 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

10 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

11 for other expenses, $1,084,600,000 which shall be for the 

12 purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

13 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 

14 Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

15 Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 institu16 tions, education grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic 

17 serving institutions education grants, capacity building for 

18 non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and 

19 food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repay20 ment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and insti21 tution challenge grants, grants management systems, tribal 

22 colleges education equity grants, and scholarships at 1890 

23 institutions shall remain available until expended: Pro24 vided further, That each institution eligible to receive funds 

25 under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than 
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1 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for education 

2 grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving in3 stitutions be made available to individual eligible institu4 tions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds award5 ed equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Pro6 vided further, That funds for providing grants for food and 

7 agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Native Hawai8 ian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 

10 funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be 

11 made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 

12 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not 

13 more than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this 

14 or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food 

15 Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained 

16 by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 

17 incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

19 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

20 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

21 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

23 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

24 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 

25 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $567,410,000 
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1 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci2 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri3 culture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accompanying 

4 this Act: Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 

5 institutions and for facility improvements at 1890 institu6 tions shall remain available until expended: Provided fur7 ther, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

8 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 

9 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative ex10 tension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act 

11 (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 

12 93–471 shall be available for retirement and employees’ 

13 compensation costs for extension agents. 

14 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

15 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

16 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex17 penses, $41,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

18 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti19 tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 

20 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the 

21 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain avail22 able until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That not23 withstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall 

24 not be charged against any Extension Implementation Pro-
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1 gram Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 

2 Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

4 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: 

7 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

8 agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission 

9 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

10 one administrative support staff for the Office. 

11 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

15 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep16 resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 

17 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

18 $1,185,967,000 of which up to $14,276,000 shall be for the 

19 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 

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

21 report accompanying this Act, and of which $6,000,000 

22 shall be for the suppression and control of Mormon crickets 

23 in western States, and of which $750,000, to remain avail24 able until expended, shall be for invasive catfish control; 

25 of which $514,000, to remain available until expended, 
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1 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, 

2 plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest ani3 mals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary 

4 to meet emergency conditions; of which $15,450,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be used for the cotton 

6 pests program, including for cost share purposes or for debt 

7 retirement for active eradication zones; of which 

8 $39,183,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

9 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $4,096,000 

10 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Pro11 tection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 

12 $64,930,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to re14 main available until expended, shall be for information 

15 technology infrastructure; of which $217,904,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests, 

17 of which $8,500,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2025, shall be for one-time control and management and 

19 associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency 

20 response to citrus greening; of which, $13,986,000, to re21 main available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

22 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $21,567,000, to remain 

23 available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease man24 agement; of which $48,067,000, to remain available until 

25 expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and response; 
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1 of which $62,562,000, to remain available until expended, 

2 shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, to 

3 remain available until expended, shall be for the National 

4 Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 

5 available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program 

6 for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available 

7 until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage manage8 ment program for aviation safety: Provided, That of 

9 amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 

10 methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available 

11 until expended: Provided further, That of amounts available 

12 under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 

13 shall remain available until expended; of which 

14 $24,527,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

15 used to carry out the science program and transition activi16 ties for the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located 

17 in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no funds 

18 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi19 cation program for the current fiscal year that does not re20 quire minimum matching by the States of at least 40 per21 cent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

22 available for the purchase, replacement, operation, and 

23 maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, That in addi24 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agri25 cultural production industry of the United States, the Sec-
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1 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

2 available to the agencies or corporations of the Department 

3 such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only 

4 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con5 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 

6 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 

7 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 

9 Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any 

10 unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer11 gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged 

12 with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap13 propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law 

14 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 

15 buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided 

16 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

17 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

18 of the building. 

19 In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect 

20 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 

21 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub22 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

23 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 

24 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 

25 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
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1 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

2 be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex3 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

4 assistance, goods, or services. 

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte7 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al8 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

9 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

10 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain avail11 able until expended. 

12 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

13 MARKETING SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

15 Service, $229,891,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be avail16 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

17 79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the pur18 poses of section 779 of division A of Public Law 117–103: 

19 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

20 heading, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

21 shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115–334, 

22 of which $14,000,000 shall be for dairy business innovation 

23 initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and the Sec24 retary shall take measures to ensure an equal distribution 

25 of funds between these three regional innovation initiatives: 
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1 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

2 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and re3 pair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

4 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 

5 percent of the current replacement value of the building. 

6 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

7 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

8 U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to the 

9 development or maintenance of grain standards under the 

10 United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

11 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

12 Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be 

13 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

14 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 

15 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

16 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

18 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

19 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

22 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 

23 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

24 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart25 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
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1 Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 

2 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $21,501,000 

3 for formulation and administration of marketing agree4 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

5 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 

6 (Public Law 87–128). 

7 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

8 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

9 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar10 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

11 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 

12 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

13 EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 

15 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

16 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

17 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un18 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

19 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec23 retary for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds 

24 made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety 
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1 mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

2 up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

3 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

5 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

6 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in7 cluding not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 

8 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 

9 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,205,009,000; and in 

10 addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

11 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au12 thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva13 tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 

14 funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 

15 Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex16 pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 

17 equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 

18 2024 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en19 forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 

20 (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That the Food 

21 Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa22 tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further 

23 clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Pub24 lic Law 113–79: Provided further, That this appropriation 

25 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
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1 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

2 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

3 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

4 of the building. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

5 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec7 retary for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,727,000: 

8 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

9 agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission 

10 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

11 one administrative support staff for the Office. 

12 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

13 CENTER

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

17 Conservation Business Center, $249,684,000, of which 

18 $1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 

19 of Public Law 117–328: Provided, That $60,228,000 of 

20 amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 

21 to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest22 ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 

23 to and merged with this account. 
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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

5 $1,215,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 

6 for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and antici7 pated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices and 

8 farm loan officers and shall be available until September 

9 30, 2025: Provided, That not more than 50 percent of the 

10 funding made available under this heading for information 

11 technology related to farm program delivery may be obli12 gated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Ap13 propriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives writ14 ten or electronic notification of receipt from such Commit15 tees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 

16 project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and per17 formance capabilities to be delivered and the mission bene18 fits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 

19 entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for 

20 development as well as maintenance and operations, and 

21 (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 

22 project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 

23 Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being man24 aged in accordance with applicable lifecycle management 

25 policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable De-
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1 partment’s capital planning and investment control re2 quirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 

3 Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur5 ther, That the agency shall submit a report by the end of 

6 the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office, 

8 that identifies for each project/investment that is oper9 ational (a) current performance against key indicators of 

10 customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service 

11 level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current per12 formance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a de13 tailed breakdown of current and planned spending on oper14 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

15 of whether the investment continues to meet business needs 

16 as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 

18 services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of 

19 the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay20 ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro21 vided further, That other funds made available to the Agen22 cy for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged 

23 with this account: Provided further, That of the amount ap24 propriated under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made 

25 available to county offices, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the pre2 ceding proviso, any funds made available to county offices 

3 in the current fiscal year that the Administrator of the 

4 Farm Service Agency deems to exceed or not meet the 

5 amount needed for the county offices may be transferred to 

6 or from the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses: 

7 Provided further, That none of the funds available to the 

8 Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 

9 Agency county offices: Provided further, That none of the 

10 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

11 to permanently relocate county based employees that would 

12 result in an office with two or fewer employees without 

13 prior notification and approval of the Committees on Ap14 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

15 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

16 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul17 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

18 $7,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

19 may determine that United States territories and Federally 

20 recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for the purposes of 

21 Subtitle A of such Act. 

22 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

24 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
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1 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

2 $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

6 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

7 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

8 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

10 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de11 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

12 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria13 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

14 12). 

15 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND

16 RANCHERS

17 For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimburse18 ment payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers 

19 and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, 

20 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $4,000,000, to 

21 remain available until expended. 
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1 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 

6 and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 

7 loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 

8 loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 

9 guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), re10 lending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly 

11 fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available 

12 from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as 

13 follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership 

14 loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 

15 $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 

16 and $1,633,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

17 loans, $37,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

18 $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 

19 relending program, $61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated 

20 land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication pro21 gram loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

22 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 

23 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

24 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 

25 including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
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1 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 

2 $3,507,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until 

3 expended; and $27,598,000 for direct farm operating loans, 

4 $1,483,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating 

5 loans, $19,368,000 for the relending program, $1,577,000 

6 for Indian highly fractionated land loans, and $258,000 for 

7 boll weevil eradication program loans. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $341,871,000: Provided, That of this amount, $321,621,000 

11 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

12 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

13 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

14 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op15 erating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans 

16 may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans19 fer. 

20 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen23 cy, $66,870,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount 

24 appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be avail25 able for compliance and integrity activities required under 
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1 section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 

2 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to 

3 amounts otherwise provided for such purpose: Provided fur4 ther, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 

5 reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 

6 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

7 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

8 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 

10 of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 

11 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

12 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga13 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 

14 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

15 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul16 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

17 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis18 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

19 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

20 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 

21 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 

22 2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

23 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

24 maintenance of aircraft, $922,151,000, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That appropriations 
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1 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 

2 construction and improvement of buildings and public im3 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 

4 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 

5 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro6 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are 

7 erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 

8 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur9 ther, That of the total amount available under this heading, 

10 $8,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry out the 

11 Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program 

12 under section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the Department 

13 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), 

14 as amended by section 12302 of Public Law 115–334. 

15 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

16 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas17 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga18 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

19 changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 

20 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 

21 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provisions of 

22 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

23 $90,405,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

24 up to $20,405,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 

25 amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Con-
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1 gressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report accom2 panying this Act: Provided, That for funds provided by this 

3 Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the 

4 size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred 

5 and fifty thousand acres in which such activities can be 

6 undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 

7 the primary purpose of flood prevention (including struc8 tural and land treatment measures): Provided further, That 

9 of the amounts made available under this heading, 

10 $5,000,000 shall be allocated to projects and activities that 

11 can commence promptly following enactment; that address 

12 regional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 

13 management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild14 life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address author15 ized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 of 

16 the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 

17 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protection 

18 by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing stream 

19 channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion and sedi20 ment transport: Provided further, That of the amounts 

21 made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be al22 located to multi-benefit irrigation modernization projects 

23 and activities that increase fish or wildlife habitat, reduce 

24 drought impact, improve water quality or instream flow, 

25 or provide off-channel renewable energy production. 
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1 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

2 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

3 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $2,000,000 is pro4 vided. 

5 CORPORATIONS 

6 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au7 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

8 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 

9 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

10 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

11 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

12 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro13 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

14 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

15 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

16 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed17 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

18 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

19 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

20 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec23 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

24 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

25 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
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1 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 

2 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 

3 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 

4 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri5 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 

6 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa7 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul8 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor9 poration business: Provided further, That the Secretary 

10 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 and Senate in writing 15 days prior to the obligation or 

12 commitment of any emergency funds from the Commodity 

13 Credit Corporation. 

14 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

15 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

16 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor17 poration shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site 

18 investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

19 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

20 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re21 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That 

7 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Rural 

8 Development mission area for salaries and expenses are 

9 available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

10 the Office. 

11 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis15 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro16 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

17 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and 

18 for cooperative agreements; $351,087,000: Provided, That of 

19 the amount made available under this heading, up to 

20 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 

21 shall be for the Rural Partners Network activities of the 

22 Department of Agriculture, and may be transferred to other 

23 agencies of the Department for such purpose, consistent 

24 with the missions and authorities of such agencies: Provided 

25 further, That of the amount made available under this head-
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1 ing, no less than $100,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended, shall be used for information technology expenses: 

3 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used 

5 for advertising and promotional activities that support 

6 Rural Development programs: Provided further, That in 

7 addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes au8 thorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section, 

10 as amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to 

11 this account and will remain available until expended for 

12 such purposes. 

13 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

18 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 

19 housing insurance fund, as follows: $850,000,000 shall be 

20 for direct loans, $7,500,000 shall be for a Single Family 

21 Housing Relending demonstration program for Native 

22 American Tribes; and $30,000,000,000, which shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2025 shall be for unsubsidized 

24 guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 housing re25 pair loans; $60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
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1 $400,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family hous2 ing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family hous3 ing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 

4 housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 

5 524 site development loans. 

6 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

7 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

8 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

9 502 loans, $62,637,000 shall be for direct loans; Single 

10 Family Housing Relending demonstration program for Na11 tive American Tribes, $3,432,000; section 504 housing re12 pair loans, $4,858,000; section 523 self-help housing land 

13 development loans, $637,000; section 524 site development 

14 loans, $477,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new con15 struction of section 515 rental housing, $20,988,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That to support 

17 the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans 

18 made available under this heading the Secretary may 

19 charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such 

20 loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit 

21 Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

22 on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That 

23 applicants in communities that have a current rural area 

24 waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 
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1 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided under 

2 this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts avail3 able under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no 

4 less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 

5 individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a pro6 gram funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant au7 thorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until 

8 June 1, 2024: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

9 implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit or10 ganizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the 

11 acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 

12 housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and 

13 public housing authorities that commit to keep such prop14 erties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a pe15 riod of time as determined by the Secretary, with such in16 centives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 

17 allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authorities 

18 to earn a Return on Investment on their own resources to 

19 include proceeds from low income housing tax credit syn20 dication, own contributions, grants, and developer loans at 

21 favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and allow 

22 reimbursement of organizational costs associated with own23 er’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management 

24 Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 
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1 In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 

2 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $35,000,000, 

4 to remain available until expended, for a demonstration 

5 program for the preservation and revitalization of the sec6 tions 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop7 erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing 

8 loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 

9 purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 

10 preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 

11 affordable housing for low-income residents and farm labor12 ers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring 

13 loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing 

14 loan debt; and other financial assistance including ad15 vances, payments and incentives (including the ability of 

16 owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 

17 by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as 

18 part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, ob19 tain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms 

20 of the restructuring. 

21 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 

22 contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 

23 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $18,703,000, 

24 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
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1 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

2 contracts. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

5 $412,254,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 

6 Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

7 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re9 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

10 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in 

11 lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 

12 as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act 

13 of 1949, $1,608,000,000, and in addition such sums as may 

14 be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 

15 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

16 out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) 

17 of the Act: Provided, That amounts made available under 

18 this heading shall be available for renewal of rental assist19 ance agreements for a maximum of 15,000 units where the 

20 Secretary determines that a maturing loan for a project 

21 cannot reasonably be restructured with another USDA loan 

22 or modification and the project was operating with rental 

23 assistance under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into rental 

25 assistance contracts in maturing properties with existing 
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1 rental assistance agreements notwithstanding any provision 

2 of section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of 

3 at least 10 years but not more than 20 years: Provided fur4 ther, That any agreement to enter into a rental assistance 

5 contract under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for 

6 a maturing property shall obligate the owner to continue 

7 to maintain the project as decent, safe, and sanitary hous8 ing and to operate the development in accordance with the 

9 Housing Act of 1949, except that initial rents shall be based 

10 on the budget-based needs of the project: Provided further, 

11 That annual rent adjustments shall be based on the lesser 

12 of (1) the budget-based needs of the project, or (2) the oper13 ating cost adjustment factor as a payment standard as pro14 vided under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Hous15 ing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 

16 note): Provided further, That rental assistance agreements 

17 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 

18 be funded for a one year period: Provided further, That 

19 upon request by an owner under section 514 or 515 of the 

20 Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance agree21 ment for a period of 20 years or until the term of such 

22 loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: Pro23 vided further, That rental assistance agreements entered 

24 into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be fund25 ed for a one-year period: Provided further, That upon re-
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1 quest by an owner of a project financed by an existing loan 

2 under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may 

3 renew the rental assistance agreement for a period of 20 

4 years or until the term of such loan has expired, subject 

5 to annual appropriations: Provided further, That any un6 expended balances remaining at the end of such one-year 

7 agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any 

8 debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of 

9 any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance 

10 activities authorized under title V of the Act: Provided fur11 ther, That rental assistance provided under agreements en12 tered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a farm labor multi13 family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 

14 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project 

15 until such assistance has remained unused for a period of 

16 six consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list 

17 of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental 

18 assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist19 ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist20 ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 

21 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under sec22 tion 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That except 

23 as provided in the tenth proviso under this heading and 

24 notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Sec25 retary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
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1 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a 

2 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental 

3 assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs. 

4 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT

5 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

6 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith7 standing subsection (b) of such section, $48,000,000, to re8 main available until expended: Provided, That the funds 

9 made available under this heading shall be available for 

10 rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (in11 cluding those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 

12 a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 

13 prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005: 

14 Provided further, That the amount of such voucher shall be 

15 the difference between comparable market rent for the sec16 tion 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Pro17 vided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 

18 shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: 

19 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

20 extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 

21 regulations and administrative guidance applicable to sec22 tion 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of 

23 the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Pro24 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

25 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 
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1 total, from the program funds made available under this 

2 heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded 

3 under this heading. 

4 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

5 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

6 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

7 $32,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

10 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

11 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

12 $48,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di16 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 

17 described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 

18 and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans 

19 and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

20 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

21 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 

22 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 

23 rural community facilities programs as authorized by sec24 tion 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consoli25 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $253,134,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended, of which up to 

2 $205,134,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 

3 specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Congression4 ally Directed Spending’’ in the report accompanying this 

5 Act: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated 

6 under this heading shall be available for a Rural Commu7 nity Development Initiative: Provided further, That such 

8 funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability 

9 of private, nonprofit community-based housing and com10 munity development organizations, low-income rural com11 munities, and Federally Recognized Native American 

12 Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 

13 facilities, community and economic development projects in 

14 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

15 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

16 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro17 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur18 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

19 matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 

20 for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro21 vided: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 

22 from prior year appropriations under this heading for the 

23 cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including 

24 amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made available 

25 to cover the subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guar-
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1 antees under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided fur2 ther, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 

3 to the preceding proviso from amounts that were designated 

4 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

5 a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 

6 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or that 

7 were specified in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

8 Spending’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 

9 further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be available for community facili11 ties grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 

12 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 

13 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

14 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

15 available under this heading: Provided further, That not 

16 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

17 the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee 

18 on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Ap19 propriations of the House of Representatives a report on 

20 community facilities direct loan applicants for which there 

21 was a completed favorable analysis for eligibility but that 

22 were subsequently determined to be ineligible due to popu23 lation calculation changes or other modeling errors, includ24 ing a description of actions taken by the Department of Ag-
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1 riculture to minimize disruption to community planning 

2 initiatives and prevent future inaccurate determinations. 

3 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

4 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

6 rural business development programs authorized by section 

7 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of 

8 section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop9 ment Act, $77,728,000, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 

11 heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

12 one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

13 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

14 promote economic development and $12,000,000 shall be for 

15 grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa 

16 et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 

17 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest Border Regional Com18 mission (40 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), and the Appalachian Re19 gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural 

20 Community Advancement Program purpose as described in 

21 section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel22 opment Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 

23 for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

24 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

25 shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized 
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1 Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to 

2 a qualified national organization to provide technical as3 sistance for rural transportation in order to promote eco4 nomic development: Provided further, That sections 381E– 

5 H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop6 ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under 

7 this heading. 

8 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

11 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

12 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

13 For the cost of direct loans, $5,733,000, as authorized 

14 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

15 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $573,000 shall be available through 

16 June 30, 2024, for Federally Recognized Native American 

17 Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be available through 

18 June 30, 2024, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

19 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro20 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

21 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

22 Budget Act of 1974. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex2 penses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

6 under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 

7 the purpose of promoting rural economic development and 

8 job creation projects, $75,000,000. 

9 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 

10 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro11 moting rural economic development and job creation 

12 projects shall not exceed $15,000,000. 

13 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

14 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

15 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

16 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,300,000, of which 

17 $3,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap18 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro19 vided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for 

20 cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or 

21 groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 

22 groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov23 erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who 

24 are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which 

25 $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
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1 for value-added agricultural product market development 

2 grants, as authorized by section 210A of the Agricultural 

3 Marketing Act of 1946, of which $3,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innova5 tion Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public 

6 Law 107–171. 

7 RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized 

9 by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel10 opment Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000. 

11 For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under the 

12 same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E 

13 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

14 U.S.C. 2008s). 

15 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

16 For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under 

17 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

18 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

19 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000. 

20 HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE

21 For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 

22 section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 

23 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), 

24 as added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, 

25 for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 
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1 that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, 

2 to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low3 income communities, $1,000,000, to remain available until 

4 expended: Provided, That such costs of loans, including the 

5 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

6 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

7 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

8 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di11 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 

12 described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 

13 and Rural Development Act, as follows: $880,000,000 for 

14 direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

15 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and 

16 grants, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 

17 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 

18 rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 

19 management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 

20 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 

21 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli22 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $671,560,000, to 

23 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

24 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

25 described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided, 
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1 That not to exceed $20,000,000 of the amount appropriated 

2 under this heading shall be available for the rural utilities 

3 program described in section 306E of such Act, of which 

4 not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to provide subgrants 

5 to eligible individuals for the construction, refurbishing, 

6 and servicing of individually owned household decentralized 

7 wastewater systems: Provided further, That not to exceed 

8 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

9 shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the 

10 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition 

11 to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: 

12 Provided further, That $70,000,000 of the amount appro13 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 

14 including water and waste disposal systems grants author15 ized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Con16 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally 

17 Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 

18 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian 

19 Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, 

20 That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

21 Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 

22 consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 

23 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent 

24 of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

25 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State 
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1 of Alaska for training and technical assistance programs 

2 and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for 

3 section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop4 ment Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 

5 to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and tech6 nical assistance programs: Provided further, That not to ex7 ceed $37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

8 heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural 

9 water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of 

10 such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex11 treme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be made available for 

12 a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional tech13 nical assistance organization, with experience in working 

14 with small communities on water and waste water prob15 lems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist 

16 rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in im17 proving the planning, financing, development, operation, 

18 and management of water and waste water systems, and 

19 of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified na20 tional Native American organization to provide technical 

21 assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities: 

22 Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 of the 

23 amount appropriated under this heading shall be for con24 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

25 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 
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1 water systems: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under this head3 ing shall be for solid waste management grants: Provided 

4 further, That not to exceed $8,085,000 of the amounts ap5 propriated under this heading shall be available as the Sec6 retary deems appropriate for water and waste direct one 

7 percent loans for distressed communities: Provided further, 

8 That if the Secretary determines that any portion of the 

9 amount made available for one percent loans is not needed 

10 for such loans, the Secretary may use such amounts for 

11 grants authorized by section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated 

12 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

13 if any funds made available for the direct loan subsidy costs 

14 remain unobligated after July 31, 2024, such unobligated 

15 balances may be used for grant programs funded under this 

16 heading: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount 

17 appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 

18 merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

19 Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 

20 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 

21 Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the 

22 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not ap23 plicable to the funds made available under this heading. 
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1 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees 

5 as authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of 

6 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 

7 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaranteed 

8 rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

9 Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made pursu10 ant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of one per11 cent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that 

12 Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursu13 ant to section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; and for cost14 of-money rural telecommunications loans made pursuant to 

15 section 305(d)(2) of that Act, $690,000,000: Provided, That 

16 up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, ac17 quisition, design, engineering or improvement of fossil18 fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) 

19 that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage sys20 tems. 

21 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

22 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

23 935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 

24 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 

25 of money rural telecommunications loans, $7,176,000. 
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1 In addition, $10,734,000 to remain available until ex2 pended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 

3 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, 

4 That the energy efficiency measures supported by the fund5 ing in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable 

6 way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

8 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

9 $33,270,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 

10 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

11 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

12 PROGRAM

13 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv14 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

15 seq., $62,721,000, to remain available until expended, of 

16 which up to $2,721,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 

17 the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 

18 ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the report accom19 panying this Act: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made 

20 available for grants authorized by section 379G of the Con21 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided fur22 ther, That funding provided under this heading for grants 

23 under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

24 Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet 
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1 all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as established 

2 by this section. 

3 For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant 

4 pilot program established by section 779 of division A of 

5 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

6 115–141) under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

7 amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $98,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 

9 award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural Elec10 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for 

11 the purposes of carrying out such pilot program: Provided 

12 further, That the cost of direct loans shall be defined in sec13 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

14 further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be 

15 served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 

16 program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access 

17 to broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such 

18 pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 

19 broadband shall be defined as twenty-five megabits per sec20 ond downstream and three megabits per second upstream: 

21 Provided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiv22 ing funds provided under the pilot program must build out 

23 service to at least one hundred megabits per second down24 stream, and twenty megabits per second upstream: Pro25 vided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant is 
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1 made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or 

2 grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a serv3 ice area by any entity that has received a broadband loan 

4 from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not 

5 provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 

6 service threshold: Provided further, That not more than four 

7 percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can 

8 be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot pro9 gram and up to three percent of funds made available in 

10 this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 

11 and pre-development planning activities to support the 

12 most rural communities: Provided further, That the Rural 

13 Utilities Service is directed to expedite program delivery 

14 methods that would implement this paragraph: Provided 

15 further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 

16 shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assess17 ment requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural 

18 Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc). 

19 In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended, for the Community Connect Grant Program au21 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

7 $1,376,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

8 Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 

9 Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail10 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 

11 Office. 

12 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

13 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

16 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 

17 except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 

19 $32,032,897,000 to remain available through September 30, 

20 2025, of which such sums as are made available under sec21 tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

22 of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 

23 shall be merged with and available for the same time period 

24 and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 

25 amount available, $20,162,000 shall be available to carry 
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1 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

2 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 

3 available, $21,876,000 shall be available to carry out stud4 ies and evaluations and shall remain available until ex5 pended: Provided further, That of the total amount avail6 able, $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

7 carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National 

8 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, 

9 That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 

10 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to a farm 

12 to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed 

13 $500,000: Provided further, That of the total amount avail14 able, $20,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive 

15 grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational 

16 agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a 

17 value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier 

18 meals, improve food safety, and to help support the estab19 lishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast 

20 program: Provided further, That of the total amount avail21 able, $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

22 carry out activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) and 

23 (e)(2) of section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National 

24 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): 

25 Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Rus-
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1 sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is 

2 amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 

3 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2025’’: Provided fur4 ther, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell Na5 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended 

6 in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’: Provided further, That 

8 section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

9 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first 

10 sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’. 

12 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

13 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple15 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

16 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

17 $6,300,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

18 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 

19 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 

20 not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding 

21 peer counselors and other related activities, and 

22 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided fur23 ther, That the Secretary shall use funds made available 

24 under this heading to increase the amount of a cash-value 

25 voucher for women and children participants to an amount 
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1 recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engi2 neering and Medicine and adjusted for inflation: Provided 

3 further, That none of the funds provided in this account 

4 shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except 

5 in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 

6 bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: 

7 Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 

8 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 

9 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 

10 authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

11 upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato12 rium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 

13 Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 

14 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 

15 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu17 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

18 $122,141,239,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

19 available through September 30, 2026, shall be placed in 

20 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 

21 may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

22 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 

23 accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

24 of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

25 under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutri-
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1 tion education services to State agencies and Federally Rec2 ognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Pro3 gram on Indian Reservations: Provided further, That of the 

4 funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000, to re5 main available until September 30, 2025, shall be used to 

6 carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–334 relating 

7 to demonstration projects for tribal organizations: Provided 

8 further, That of the funds made available under this head9 ing, $3,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 4208 of 

10 Public Law 115-334: Provided further, That this appro11 priation shall be subject to any work registration or 

12 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided 

13 further, That funds made available for Employment and 

14 Training under this heading shall remain available through 

15 September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds made 

16 available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 

17 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

18 2008 shall remain available through September 30, 2025: 

19 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

20 under this heading may be obligated or expended in con21 travention of section 213A of the Immigration and Nation22 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds 

23 made available under this heading may be used to enter 

24 into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evalua25 tions, or to conduct activities related to program integrity 
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1 provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and 

2 Nutrition Act of 2008. 

3 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

5 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au6 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 

7 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 

8 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu9 clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 

10 the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

11 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

12 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri13 tion Act of 1966, $501,070,000, to remain available through 

14 September 30, 2025: Provided, That none of these funds 

15 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor16 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 

17 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2024 to 

19 support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 

20 as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 

21 Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 

22 available through September 30, 2025: Provided further, 

23 That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of 

24 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), 
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1 the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for costs associated 

2 with the distribution of commodities. 

3 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 

5 Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 

6 assistance program, $184,348,000: Provided, That of the 

7 funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur8 poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 

9 by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

7 $932,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 

8 to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af9 fairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

10 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

11 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

13 Alimentarius, $4,922,000, including not to exceed $40,000 

14 for official reception and representation expenses. 

15 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

19 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 

20 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

21 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

22 $237,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2025, for overseas operations 

24 to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 

25 That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
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1 burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 

2 of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 

3 institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag4 ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 

5 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development: Provided fur7 ther, That funds made available for middle-income country 

8 training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 

9 International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow10 ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul11 tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offset12 ting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 

13 subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice, shall remain available until expended. 

15 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

16 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other17 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ18 ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

19 Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with 

20 dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

21 $1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

23 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

25 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
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1 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $248,331,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

3 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa4 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

5 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro6 vided herein: Provided further, That of the amount made 

7 available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but 

8 not less than $24,800,000, shall remain available until ex9 pended to purchase agricultural commodities as described 

10 in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural 

11 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 

12 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

13 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com16 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

17 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,063,000, to cover common over18 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

19 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

20 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be trans21 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign 

22 Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis9 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve10 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu11 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

12 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

13 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 

14 of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appro15 priated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out 

16 the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st 

17 Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous 

18 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author19 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

20 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

21 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

22 107–188; $6,625,030,000: Provided, That of the amount 

23 provided under this heading, $1,336,525,000 shall be de24 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

25 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and re-
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1 main available until expended; $331,273,000 shall be de2 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

3 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

4 available until expended; $594,150,000 shall be derived 

5 from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

6 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

7 available until expended; $42,432,000 shall be derived from 

8 biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 

9 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and 

10 remain available until expended; $33,500,000 shall be de11 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

12 379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

13 available until expended; $25,000,000 shall be derived from 

14 generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

15 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

16 available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 

17 from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

18 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

19 available until expended: Provided further, That in addi20 tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 

21 heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 

22 medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio23 similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 

24 and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re25 spective fiscal year 2024 limitations are appropriated and 
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1 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

2 expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip3 tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar 

4 biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal 

5 drug assessments for fiscal year 2024, including any such 

6 fees collected prior to fiscal year 2024 but credited for fiscal 

7 year 2024, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2024 limita8 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept pay9 ment during fiscal year 2024 of user fees specified under 

10 this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2025, prior to 

11 the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 

12 assessed for fiscal year 2025 for which the Secretary accepts 

13 payment in fiscal year 2024 shall not be included in 

14 amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 

15 of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate 

16 any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: 

17 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: 

18 (1) $1,198,263,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 

19 and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 

20 Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 

21 $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 

22 manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; 

23 (2) $2,326,206,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua24 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

25 of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 
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1 shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspec2 tions and shall remain available until expended; (3) 

3 $497,700,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua4 tion and Research and for related field activities in the Of5 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $286,633,000 shall be for the 

6 Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi7 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $739,543,000 

8 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health 

9 and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

10 Affairs; (6) $77,388,000 shall be for the National Center for 

11 Toxicological Research; (7) $679,965,000 shall be for the 

12 Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

13 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $217,357,000 shall 

14 be for Rent and Related activities, of which $56,411,000 

15 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

16 paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 

17 $244,587,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 

18 Administration for rent; and (10) $357,388,000 shall be for 

19 other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner 

20 of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, 

21 the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, 

22 and central services for these offices: Provided further, That 

23 not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 

24 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro25 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 
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1 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for 

2 the administration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 

3 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 

4 be from amounts made available under this heading for 

5 other activities and shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided 

6 further, That of the amounts that are made available under 

7 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 

8 from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 

9 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 

10 and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 

11 oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 

12 Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth13 erwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 

14 Administration: Provided further, That funds may be 

15 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 

16 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress. 

18 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

19 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 

20 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 

21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food rein22 spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 

23 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility 

24 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug 

25 wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees author-
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1 ized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 

2 licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

3 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 

4 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority review 

5 voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and 

6 fees relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs author7 ized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited to this account, 

8 to remain available until expended. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten11 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip12 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Adminis13 tration, where not otherwise provided, $12,788,000, to re14 main available until expended. 

15 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de18 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 

19 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 

20 under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000, 

21 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

22 amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated 

23 pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 

24 Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under sec25 tion 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by 
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1 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation 

2 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services Food and 

3 Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the 

4 purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon 

5 a determination by the Commissioner that funds trans6 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 

7 for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred 

8 back to the account: Provided further, That such transfer 

9 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

10 provided by law. 

11 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

12 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $94,300,000 (from assessments collected 

15 from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri16 cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 

17 the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au18 thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita19 tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver20 ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 

21 limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro23 vided further, That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) 

24 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 

25 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may ex-
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1 empt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the application 

2 of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 

3 described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner 

4 other than described in subclause (II) of the clause. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations 

5 made available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

6 Act to purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition 

7 to specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 

8 total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 does 

9 not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal 

10 year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional 

11 motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehi12 cles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper13 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

14 public safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 

15 increase the Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 

16 2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and re17 ceives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 both Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification. 

19 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

20 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 

21 balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 

22 or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 

23 that are remaining available of the Department of Agri24 culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 

25 property, plant and equipment and for the improvement, 
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1 delivery, and implementation of Department financial, and 

2 administrative information technology services, and other 

3 support systems necessary for the delivery of financial, ad4 ministrative, and information technology services, includ5 ing cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to 

6 the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such trans7 ferred funds to remain available until expended: Provided, 

8 That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 

9 other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

10 without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 

11 Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 

12 Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 

13 available for obligation without written notification to and 

14 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

16 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

17 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

18 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De19 partment’s National Finance Center without written notifi20 cation to and prior approval of the Committees on Appro21 priations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 

22 716 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act or made available to the Depart24 ment’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obliga25 tion or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, 
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1 or make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, 

2 missions, personnel, or functions of the offices of the Chief 

3 Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer, co-lo4 cated with or from the National Finance Center prior to 

5 written notification to and prior approval of the Committee 

6 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in ac7 cordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: 

8 Provided further, That the National Finance Center Infor9 mation Technology Services Division personnel and data 

10 center management responsibilities, and control of any 

11 functions, missions, and systems for current and future 

12 human resources management and integrated personnel and 

13 payroll systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief 

14 Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall 

15 remain in the National Finance Center and under the man16 agement responsibility and administrative control of the 

17 National Finance Center: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 

19 Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart20 ments and other government agencies National Finance 

21 Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 

22 financial management, and human capital shared services 

23 and allow the National Finance Center to perform tech24 nology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual income 

25 amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
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1 of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess of the 

2 true costs of the shared services provided by the National 

3 Finance Center and budgeted for the National Finance Cen4 ter, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for 

5 the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, includ6 ing equipment for the improvement, delivery, and imple7 mentation of financial, administrative, and information 

8 technology services, and other systems of the National Fi9 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

10 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

11 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga12 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 

13 obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 

15 on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congres16 sional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, 

17 as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to 

18 a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the 

19 operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate 

20 employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven 

21 to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 

22 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

2 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

3 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

4 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu5 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 

6 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange7 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

8 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay9 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

10 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

11 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

12 provided in this Act. 

13 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri14 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

15 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

16 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

17 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop18 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica19 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

20 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

21 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the De22 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

23 new information technology systems or significant up24 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

25 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
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1 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech2 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith3 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap4 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

5 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

6 without written notification to and the prior approval of 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con8 gress: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 

9 of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available 

10 to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 

11 shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements 

12 over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 

13 Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 

14 Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate 

15 funds without written approval from the Chief Information 

16 Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to 

17 $250,000 based upon the performance of an agency meas18 ured against the performance plan requirements described 

19 in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 

20 113–235. 

21 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 

22 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 

23 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex24 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

25 year. 
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1 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid 

3 or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 

4 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit util5 ity that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 

6 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

7 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 

8 under such Act. 

9 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

10 law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 

11 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex12 penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2025, for information tech14 nology expenses. 

15 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 

17 by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con18 travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

19 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

20 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 

21 amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

22 79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 

23 subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 

24 indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au-
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1 thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 

2 Commodity Credit Corporation— 

3 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 

4 related administrative expenses, including technical 

5 assistance, associated with the implementation of the 

6 program, without regard to the limitation on the total 

7 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

8 section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

9 Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

10 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

11 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

12 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

13 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

14 such section. 

15 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

16 more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex17 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan18 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri19 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

20 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

21 awarded grants. 

22 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net24 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

25 and exchanging of pornography. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

2 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

5 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

6 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

7 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 

8 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

9 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

10 personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the 

11 Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section re12 ferred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,573,666,000 (exclu13 sive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), 

14 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod15 ities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; 

16 Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Adminis17 tration of section 32 Commodity Purchases—$37,178,000: 

18 Provided, That, of the total funds made available in the 

19 matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on 

20 October 1, 2024, such unobligated balances shall carryover 

21 into fiscal year 2025 and shall remain available until ex22 pended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that 

23 any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause 

24 (3) of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may 

25 not be obligated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides 
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1 written notification of the expenditures to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least two 

3 weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with the excep4 tion of any available carryover funds authorized in any 

5 prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 

6 clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or 

7 otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be 

8 used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the 

9 Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 

10 32. 

11 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

12 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

13 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan14 guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 

15 Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro16 priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop17 ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen18 cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 

19 previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 

20 enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 

21 such budget submission identifies which additional spend22 ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro23 posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 

24 of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2024 appro25 priations Act. 
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1 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

2 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

3 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

4 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

5 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

6 available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail7 able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram8 ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 

9 by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 

10 Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec11 tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 

12 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 

13 106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

14 (1) creates new programs; 

15 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

16 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

17 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

18 denied or restricted; 

19 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

20 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 

21 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

22 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

23 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

24 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

25 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

2 in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 

3 of such authority. 

4 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

5 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

6 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

7 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

8 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

9 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

10 obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 

11 projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 

12 referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 

13 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

14 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac15 tivities; 

16 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist17 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per18 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

19 (3) results from any general savings from a re20 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

21 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap22 proved by Congress; 

23 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

24 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

25 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

2 in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 

3 or the use of such authority. 

4 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

6 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 both Houses of Congress before implementing any program 

8 or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 

9 unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or spe10 cifically funded by any other Act. 

11 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

12 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

13 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

14 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

15 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

16 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for— 

17 (1) modifying major capital investments funding 

18 levels, including information technology systems, that 

19 involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current 

20 fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of 

21 $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is 

22 less; 

23 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

24 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
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1 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

2 with ten or more personnel; or 

3 (3) carrying out activities or functions that were 

4 not described in the budget request; 

5 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

6 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con7 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

8 these purposes. 

9 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

10 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the 

11 Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from the 

12 Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

13 written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the no14 tification as required in this section. 

15 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

16 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

17 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 

18 guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 

19 does not exceed 4 percent of the guaranteed principal por20 tion of the loan. 

21 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 

23 and Drug Administration or the Farm Credit Administra24 tion shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available 

25 reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a result 
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1 of information requested for the appropriations hearing 

2 process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Depart3 ment of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit 

4 Administration employee. 

5 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

6 none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 

7 executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 

8 story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 

9 States unless the story includes a clear notification within 

10 the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 

11 prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex12 ecutive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri14 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

15 funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency 

16 or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 

17 fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of18 fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 

19 for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 

20 of assignment. 

21 SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en22 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com23 missioner of the Food and Drug Administration and the 

24 Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit 

25 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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1 gress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and ac2 tivity for all the funds made available under this Act in3 cluding appropriated user fees, as defined in the report ac4 companying this Act. 

5 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any 

7 rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing or 

8 requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

9 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 

10 subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

11 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to 

12 such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) 

13 unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or re14 quire such distribution. 

15 SEC. 723. For the purposes of determining eligibility 

16 or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 

17 programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated pris18 on populations. 

19 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

20 require budget authority and the program level has been 

21 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

22 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran23 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 

24 the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
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1 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 

3 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

4 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec5 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

6 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 

8 be available for obligation without written notification to, 

9 and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria10 tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 

11 or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 

12 only for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, 

13 including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 

14 implementation of Departmental financial management, 

15 information technology, and other support systems nec16 essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in17 formation technology services, including cloud adoption and 

18 migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Depart19 ment of Agriculture. 

20 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

22 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc23 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As24 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

25 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
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1 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture 

2 amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as defined in 

3 section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula4 tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term 

5 ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code 

6 of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that 

7 qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category 

8 so that the total number of such items in each staple food 

9 category exceeds the number of such items in each staple 

10 food category included in the final rule as published on De11 cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro12 mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 

13 apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 

14 breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro15 gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date 

16 of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 

17 Law 113–79). 

18 SEC. 727. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 

19 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary 

20 of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect 

21 to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders 

22 for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) 

23 and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with 

24 respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eli25 gible lenders for such loans. 
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1 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this Act shall be available for the United 

3 States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or im4 plement any regulation that would promulgate new user 

5 fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 729. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

8 made available for the Broadband Treasury Rate Loan pro9 gram, authorized in section 601 of the Rural Electrification 

10 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb), $9,156,000 are hereby perma11 nently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts shall be can12 celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

13 as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to 

14 the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any provision of law that 

17 regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holi18 day pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge es19 tablishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 

20 Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 

21 Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the 

22 Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for 

23 the cost of inspection services provided outside of an estab24 lishment’s approved inspection shifts, and for inspection 

25 services provided on Federal holidays: Provided, That any 
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1 sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed 

2 as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) of 

3 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 

4 2, 135 Stat. 242): Provided further, That sums received by 

5 the Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to 

6 other available funds, remain available until expended to 

7 the Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose 

8 of funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections. 

9 SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

10 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

11 the following factors in the country or region being 

12 audited, as applicable— 

13 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

14 (B) disease history and vaccination prac15 tices; 

16 (C) livestock demographics and traceability; 

17 (D) epidemiological separation from poten18 tial sources of infection; 

19 (E) surveillance practices; 

20 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

21 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

22 and 

23 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

24 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

25 to paragraph (1). 
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1 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con2 sistent with United States obligations under its inter3 national trade agreements. 

4 SEC. 732. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

5 made available in prior Acts for the rural housing voucher 

6 program authorized by section 542 of the Housing Act of 

7 1949, (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), as amended, $3,000,000 are 

8 hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts 

9 shall be cancelled from amounts that were designated by 

10 the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 

11 pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

13 1985. 

14 SEC. 733. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

15 made available in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Rural Co16 operative Development Grants’’ for Agriculture Innovation 

17 Centers authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security 

18 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b), as 

19 amended, $8,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled: 

20 Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled from amounts 

21 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or 

22 disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent reso23 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

2 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis3 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 

4 sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 

5 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

6 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 

7 alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or 

8 wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 

9 used in the project are produced in the United States. 

10 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

11 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

12 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

13 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 

14 clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 

15 precast concrete, and construction materials. 

16 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat17 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 

18 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of 

19 the Secretary finds that— 

20 (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 

21 with the public interest; 

22 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

23 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail24 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
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1 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 

2 in the United States will increase the cost of the over3 all project by more than 25 percent. 

4 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 

5 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 

6 shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 

7 copy of the request and information available to the Sec8 retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 

9 allow for informal public input on the request for at least 

10 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. 

11 The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 

12 accompanying information available by electronic means, 

13 including on the official public Internet Web site of the De14 partment. 

15 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con16 sistent with United States obligations under international 

17 agreements. 

18 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

19 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 

20 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac21 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub22 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require23 ments of this section. 

24 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

25 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
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1 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

2 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re3 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 

6 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 

7 the District of Columbia, and each Federally recognized In8 dian Tribe. 

9 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

11 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

12 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu13 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

14 1913. 

15 SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by this 

16 Act for direct loans and grants under the following head17 ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 

18 Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu19 tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 

20 Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Hous21 ing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Ac22 count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Busi23 ness Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Serv24 ice—Rural Economic Development Loans Program Ac25 count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Coop-
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1 erative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative 

2 Service—Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program’’; 

3 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

4 Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Elec5 trification and Telecommunications Loans Program Ac6 count’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, 

7 Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum 

8 extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allo9 cated for assistance in persistent poverty counties under 

10 this section, including, notwithstanding any other provision 

11 regarding population limits, any county seat of such a per12 sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 

13 exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 per14 cent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term 

15 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has 

16 had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty 

17 over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 

18 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community 

19 Survey 5-year average, or any territory or possession of the 

20 United States: Provided further, That with respect to spe21 cific activities for which program levels have been made 

22 available by this Act that are not supported by budget au23 thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied to 

24 such program level. 
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1 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl3 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investiga4 tional use of a drug or biological product under section 

5 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

6 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

7 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a 

8 human embryo is intentionally created or modified to in9 clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 

10 shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 

11 and the exemption may not go into effect. 

12 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro14 mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 

15 ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 

16 Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and pub17 lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 

18 of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, 

19 hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

20 SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 

21 remain available until September 30, 2025, for a pilot pro22 gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

23 to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 

24 and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 

25 opportunities for military veterans. 
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1 SEC. 740. For school years 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, 

2 none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

3 to implement or enforce the matter following the first 

4 comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 

5 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect 

6 to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 

7 breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child 

8 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

9 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act or any other Act may be used— 

11 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri12 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the 

13 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 

14 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 

15 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

16 sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 

17 grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 

18 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 

19 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside 

20 the State in which the hemp is grown or cultivated. 

21 SEC. 742. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 

22 matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Ag23 ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

24 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
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1 SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 

2 remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 

3 the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga4 nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech5 nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 

6 RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac7 quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 

8 where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 

9 housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 

10 housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 

11 keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro12 gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary. 

13 SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

14 made available in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Rural 

15 Housing Assistance Grants’’ for housing repair grants au16 thorized by section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

17 U.S.C. 1474), as amended, $30,000,000 are hereby perma18 nently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts shall be can19 celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

20 as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to 

21 the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

22 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 SEC. 745. Of the unobligated balances of the amounts 

24 made available for fiscal year 2022 for the ‘‘National Insti25 tute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Extension Ac-
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1 tivities’’, $307,526,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That 

2 no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des3 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur4 suant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 

7 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

8 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

9 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis10 trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 

11 received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 

12 food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap13 propriate purposes. 

14 SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod16 ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 

17 People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro18 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 

20 Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 

21 the Summer Food Service Program for Children under sec22 tion 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

23 program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1771 et seq.). 
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1 SEC. 748. For school year 2024–2025, only a school 

2 food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 

3 school food service account as of June 30, 2023, shall be 

4 required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 

5 with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 

6 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 

7 SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any 

8 other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 

9 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

10 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall 

11 be available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment re12 search: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 

13 funds among appropriations of the Department of Agri14 culture for purposes of making such grants. 

15 SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 no funds available to the Department of Agriculture may 

17 be used to move any staff office or any agency from the 

18 mission area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, 

19 to any other mission area or office within the Department 

20 in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation affirm21 ing such move. 

22 SEC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of 

23 the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 

24 appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the Water25 shed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 
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1 Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to 

2 the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

3 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Pro4 tection Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 

5 Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide 

6 technical services for such programs pursuant to section 

7 1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

8 3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section. 

9 SEC. 752. In administering the pilot program estab10 lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap11 propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec12 retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining enti13 ties eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 

14 which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, That not 

15 more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

16 the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 

17 Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot program 

18 established by section 779 of Public Law 115–141 may be 

19 used for this purpose. 

20 SEC. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

21 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

22 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to re23 main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 

24 agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 
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1 lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 

2 Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

3 SEC. 754. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 

4 and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis6 sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 

7 30, 2024, and following the review required under Executive 

8 Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 

9 planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro10 vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 

11 Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 

12 and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 

13 Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 

14 a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog15 nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net ef16 fects of seafood consumption. 

17 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, to carry out section 2103 

19 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

20 prioritize the wetland compliance needs of areas with sig21 nificant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, 

22 and conservation compliance requests. 

23 SEC. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 the acceptable market name of any engineered animal ap25 proved prior to the effective date of the National Bioengi-
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1 neered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall 

2 include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ prior to the ex3 isting acceptable market name. 

4 SEC. 757. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco5 nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 

6 2024, an amount of funds made available in title III under 

7 the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 

8 Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 

9 Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities 

10 Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural 

11 Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural 

12 Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the 

13 amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 

14 provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year 

15 any such funds were obligated under such headings for 

16 REAP Zones, excluding the funding provided through any 

17 Congressionally Directed Spending/Community Project 

18 Funding. 

19 SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 

20 carry out the duties of the working group established under 

21 section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

22 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro23 priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 

24 SEC. 759. For an additional amount for the Office of 

25 the Secretary, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships as 

2 established in section 778 of Public Law 117–103: Provided, 

3 That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall continue to 

4 dedicate resources to researching the causes and conditions 

5 of challenges facing rural areas, and develop community 

6 partnerships to address such challenges: Provided further, 

7 That administrative or other fees shall not exceed one per8 cent: Provided further, That such partnership shall coordi9 nate and publish an annual report. 

10 SEC. 760. Funds made available in the Consolidated 

11 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for the 

12 ‘‘Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’ under 

13 section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop14 ment Act, 7 U.S.C. 1926, for the principal amount of direct 

15 loans are to remain available through fiscal year 2028 for 

16 the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 

17 2018. 

18 SEC. 761. Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

19 U.S.C. 1490c) is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by strik20 ing ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 

21 SEC. 762. Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

22 U.S.C. 1490d) is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking 

23 ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 

24 SEC. 763. Section 592 of the Stewart B. McKinney 

25 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a) is amended— 
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1 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘FMHA’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘USDA’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a), by, in the matter preceding 

4 paragraph (1), striking ‘‘program and nonprogram’’; 

5 and 

6 (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—The priority uses of inventory prop9 erty under this section shall be given priority equal to or 

10 higher than the disposition of such property in accordance 

11 with priorities determined by the Secretary as necessary to 

12 protect the best interests of the Federal Government.’’. 

13 SEC. 764. Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 

14 Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 

15 paragraph (10) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Housing 

16 Urban Development’’ the following: ‘‘and the Secretary of 

17 Agriculture’’. 

18 SEC. 765. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 

19 remain available until September 30, 2025, for a Bison 

20 Production and Marketing Grant Program that the Agri21 cultural Marketing Service shall develop and maintain: 

22 Provided, That this program shall be similar, as determined 

23 by the Secretary, to the Sheep Production and Marketing 

24 Grant Program the Department of Agriculture currently 

25 maintains pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricultural 
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1 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and shall 

2 prioritize grants to national non-profits and federally char3 tered Tribal organizations that have expertise in bison pro4 duction or marketing. 

5 SEC. 766. Notwithstanding the Agricultural Marketing 

6 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, 

7 the Committee provides an additional $700,000 to the 

8 USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to cover vol9 untary meat inspection fees for the slaughtering or proc10 essing of bison/buffalo at Native American owned establish11 ments or establishments operating on tribal lands. 

12 SEC. 767. Of the unobligated balances available to the 

13 Department of Agriculture for the Rural Water Operation 

14 Program under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conserva15 tion Service—Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations’’ 

16 from prior appropriations Acts, $20,000,000 is hereby re17 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

18 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer19 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

20 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

21 Control Act of 1985. 

22 SEC. 768. If services performed by APHIS employees 

23 are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 

24 Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an ani25 mal disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, ei-
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1 ther directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted 

2 from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay cal3 culated under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, 

4 and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate 

5 amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar 

6 year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect as 

7 if enacted on January 1, 2023. 

8 SEC. 769. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by this or any other Act may be used by 

10 the Food Safety and Inspection Service to take any action 

11 that would result in the permanent relocation, demotion, 

12 or termination of any Supervisory Public Heath Veteri13 narian (SPHV), solely as result of the creation of the Dis14 trict Veterinary Medical Officer position, prior to com15 pleting a 1010 package and cost-benefit analysis, and brief16 ing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

17 Congress. 

18 SEC. 770. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

19 made available by this or any other Act may be used to 

20 purchase, deploy, or train third parties on the use of M– 

21 44 sodium cyanide ejector devices (‘‘M–44s’’), including any 

22 components or parts, or sodium fluoroacetate (‘‘Compound 

23 1080’’), except for activities directly related to the removal 

24 of M–44s that have been placed on Federal, Tribal, State 

25 and private land. 
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1 SEC. 771. Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the 

2 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans 

3 made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 

4 Agriculture may provide the borrower with assistance in 

5 the form of credits so as to reduce the effective interest rate 

6 to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 

7 periods of time as the Secretary may determine for appli8 cants described in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 

9 1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such assistance such applicants 

10 could not afford the dwelling or make payments on the in11 debtedness of the rental or cooperative housing. 

12 SEC. 772. Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or 

13 regarding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Pro14 grams: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 

15 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) shall 

16 allow and provide meal reimbursement for (or ‘‘low fat or 

17 fat free’’) flavored milk in National School Lunch Program 

18 and School Breakfast Program for grades Kindergarten 

19 through 12th grade and in Child and Adult Care Food Pro20 gram for participants 5 years of age and older, and for 

21 any other program complying with the meal pattern re22 quirements covered in such final rule. 

23 SEC. 773. Weekly sodium limits that may be included 

24 in any rule-making, notice or guidance of or regarding 

25 USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revi-
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1 sions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary 

2 Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) shall exclude 

3 sodium used for food safety and functional purposes in 

4 cheese-making, as determined by the Secretary, in consulta5 tion with FDA. Sodium limits will not take effect until the 

6 Secretary determines the amounts which shall be excluded. 

7 SEC. 774. Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the 

8 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans 

9 made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 

10 Agriculture may provide the borrower with assistance in 

11 the form of credits so as to reduce the effective interest rate 

12 to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 

13 periods of time as the Secretary may determine for appli14 cants described in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 

15 1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such assistance such applicants 

16 could not afford the dwelling or make payments on the in17 debtedness of the rental or cooperative housing. 

18 SEC. 775. Section 542(b)(2) of the Housing Act, (42 

19 U.S.C. 1490r), is amended by striking ‘‘5,000’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘10,000’’. 

21 SEC. 776. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per23 sonnel— 

24 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed25 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
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1 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

2 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

3 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

4 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

5 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

6 regulation). 

7 SEC. 777. (a) There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the 

8 emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assist9 ance grant program established under section 12502(b) of 

10 the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 

11 20127). 

12 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

13 the total amount rescinded in section 745 is increased by 

14 $3,000,000. 

15 SEC. 778. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Agricul16 tural Programs—Agricultural Research Service—Salaries 

17 and Expenses’’, there is appropriated, out of amounts in 

18 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to re19 main available until expended, for research on East Coast 

20 shellfish. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

22 the amount made available by this Act under the heading 

23 ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Programs—Farm 

24 Service Agency—State Mediation Grants’’ in title II shall 

25 be $6,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 779. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Agricul2 tural Programs—Agricultural Research Service—Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’, there is appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended, for cooperative agreements with 

5 qualified nonprofit organizations to expedite research using 

6 plant genomics to develop drought- and disease-resistant 

7 peanut varieties and other crops. 

8 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

9 the amount appropriated by this Act under the heading 

10 ‘‘Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research, and Mar11 keting—Office of the Secretary’’ in title I for the Office of 

12 Communications shall be reduced by $1,000,000. 

13 SEC. 780. For an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 

14 Programs—National Institute of Food and Agriculture— 

15 Research and Education Activities’’, for competitive grants 

16 to assist in the facility construction, alteration, acquisition, 

17 modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural 

18 research facilities, as authorized by the Research Facilities 

19 Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.), there is hereby appropriated, 

20 and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Agricul21 tural Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing— 

22 Office of the Secretary’’ is hereby reduced by, $2,000,000. 

23 SEC. 781. Not later than 90 days after the date of en24 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall sub25 mit to Congress a report describing a plan for improving 
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1 staffing at the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Re2 sources Conservation Service at the county level, including 

3 recommendations for actions that Congress may take. 

4 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 

5 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

6 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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1 DIVISION C—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 

2 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE3 LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

4 ACT, 2024 

5 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

6 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

7 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

8 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

9 September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 

10 TITLE I 

11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

15 $191,295,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

16 under this heading— 

17 (1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the imme18 diate Office of the Secretary; 

19 (2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the imme20 diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 

21 (3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office 

22 of the General Counsel; 

23 (4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office 

24 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 

25 of which $2,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 
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1 Freight Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That the 

2 Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval from 

3 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

4 under section 405 of this Act prior to executing the 

5 authorities of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of title 49, United 

6 States Code; 

7 (5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office 

8 of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; 

9 (6) $7,138,000,000 shall be available for the Of10 fice of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Af11 fairs; 

12 (7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office 

13 of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 

14 (8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office of 

15 Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 

16 (9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office of 

17 the Executive Secretariat; 

18 (10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Office 

19 of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 

20 (11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Office 

21 of the Chief Information Officer; and 

22 (12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office 

23 of Tribal Government Affairs: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation (re25 ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to 
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1 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of 

2 the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Sec3 retary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any of4 fice shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent 

5 by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any 

6 change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted 

7 for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Ap8 propriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 

9 shall be for allocation within the Department for official 

10 reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 

11 determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro13 priation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 

14 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

15 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As16 sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

17 $51,358,000, of which $35,745,000 shall remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That of such amounts that are 

19 available until expended, $14,750,000 shall be for necessary 

20 expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Infra21 structure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 119 of title 

22 49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 

23 funds made available under the previous proviso, not less 

24 than $8,000,000 shall be available for research on dura25 bility, resiliency, and sustainability of bridges and other 
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1 infrastructure and shall be directed to an accredited univer2 sity of higher education in the northeast United States that 

3 has experience leading a regional University Transpor4 tation Center and a proven record of developing, patenting, 

5 deploying, and commercializing innovative composite mate6 rials and technologies for bridge and other transportation 

7 applications, as well as conducting research and developing 

8 prototypes using very large-scale polymer-based additive 

9 manufacturing: Provided further, That there may be cred10 ited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 

11 funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 

12 public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred 

13 for training: Provided further, That any reference in law, 

14 regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Re15 search and Innovative Technology Administration shall 

16 continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 

17 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the De18 partment of Transportation. 

19 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out a local and re22 gional project assistance grant program under section 6702 

23 of title 49, United States Code, $800,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended: Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) 

25 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
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1 made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 

2 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

3 heading in this Act, not less than $20,000,000 shall be 

4 awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged commu5 nities or areas of persistent poverty as defined under section 

6 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

7 That section 6702(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall 

8 not apply to amounts made available under this heading 

9 in this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

10 available under this heading in this Act, not less than 5 

11 percent shall be made available for the planning, prepara12 tion, or design of eligible projects: Provided further, That 

13 grants awarded under this heading in this Act for eligible 

14 projects for planning, preparation, or design shall not be 

15 subject to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That 

16 in distributing amounts made available under this heading 

17 in this Act, the Secretary shall take such measures so as 

18 to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 

19 appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and 

20 rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the investment in 

21 a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That 

22 section 6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall 

23 not apply to amounts made available under this heading 

24 in this Act: Provided further, That a grant award under 

25 this heading in this Act shall be not greater than 
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1 $45,000,000: Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of 

2 title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 

3 made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 

4 further, That not more than 15 percent of the amounts made 

5 available under this heading in this Act may be awarded 

6 to projects in a single State: Provided further, That for 

7 amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 

8 Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a con9 tribution of Federal funds in order to complete an overall 

10 financing package: Provided further, That section 

11 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 

12 to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 

13 Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under this 

14 heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be allo15 cated for eligible projects located in rural areas and not 

16 more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects 

17 located in urbanized areas: Provided further, That for the 

18 purpose of determining if an award for planning, prepara19 tion, or design under this heading in this Act is an urban 

20 award, the project location is the location of the project 

21 being planned, prepared, or designed: Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of the 

23 amounts made available under this heading in this Act, and 

24 may transfer portions of such amounts to the Administra25 tors of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal 
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1 Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra2 tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mari3 time Administration to fund the award and oversight of 

4 grants and credit assistance made under the program au5 thorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code: 

6 Provided further, That for amounts made available under 

7 this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider and 

8 award projects based solely on the selection criteria as iden9 tified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 

10 United States Code. 

11 NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE

12 FINANCE BUREAU

13 For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans14 portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 

15 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, to remain available until ex16 pended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 

17 fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 

18 the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 

19 the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 

20 underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 

21 and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government 

22 of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 

23 such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 

24 Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to 

25 other amounts made available for such purposes and are 
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1 not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation 

2 on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 

3 United States Code. 

4 RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT

5 For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal 

6 infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 21205 

7 of Public Law 117–58, $25,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary 

9 may enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic 

10 entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal agencies, 

11 State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 

12 Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, to provide 

13 such technical assistance, planning, and capacity building 

14 to State, local, or Tribal governments, United States terri15 tories, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agen16 cies, or other political subdivisions of State or local govern17 ments. 

18 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING

19 PROGRAM

20 The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 

21 loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United 

22 States Code, and such authority shall exist as long as any 

23 such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

2 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

3 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

4 re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 

5 available through September 30, 2025. 

6 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

7 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

8 including necessary upgrades to network and information 

9 technology infrastructure, improvement of identity manage10 ment and authentication capabilities, securing and pro11 tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini12 tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 

13 on agency computers and mobile devices, $49,000,000, to 

14 remain available until September 30, 2025. 

15 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

17 $18,228,000. 

18 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

19 DEVELOPMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

22 planning, research, systems development, development ac23 tivities, and making grants, $24,069,000, to remain avail24 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

25 $5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
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1 Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 

2 Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap3 propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 

4 transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses in5 curred under this heading for IIPIC activities not related 

6 to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the 

7 tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 

8 to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 

9 major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 

10 only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide fund11 ing to the Department in accordance with the preceding 

12 proviso: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail13 able under this heading, $3,443,000 shall be made available 

14 for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression15 ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congression16 ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report accom17 panying this Act. 

18 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

21 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

22 $522,165,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

23 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

24 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

25 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 

2 on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 

3 to the Department of Transportation or for funds provided 

4 in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no funds 

5 made available by this Act to an agency of the Department 

6 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 

7 majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering 

8 Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, 

9 That no assessments may be levied against any program, 

10 budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 

11 unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are 

12 presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appro13 priations and are approved by such Committees. 

14 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

15 OUTREACH

16 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

17 business utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 

19 notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code, 

20 such amounts may be used for business opportunities re21 lated to any mode of transportation: Provided further, That 

22 appropriations made available under this heading shall be 

23 available for any purpose consistent with prior year appro24 priations that were made available under the heading ‘‘Of-
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1 fice of the Secretary—Minority Business Resource Center 

2 Program’’. 

3 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 In addition to funds made available from any other 

6 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

7 sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 

8 Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air9 way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That in determining between or among carriers com11 peting to provide service to a community, the Secretary 

12 may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the car13 riers: Provided further, That basic essential air service min14 imum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger ca15 pacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, 

16 United States Code: Provided further, That amounts au17 thorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro18 gram under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

19 shall be made available immediately from amounts other20 wise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

21 Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator 

22 may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the ac23 count established under section 45303 of title 49, United 

24 States Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec25 tion 41733 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 
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1 2024, the requirements established under subparagraphs 

2 (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States 

3 Code, and the subsidy cap established by section 332 of the 

4 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap5 propriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain eligi6 bility under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 OF TRANSPORTATION

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

13 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

14 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

15 appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, 

16 except for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

17 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com18 pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 

19 notification. 

20 SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site of 

21 the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 

22 of the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda 

23 for each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and 

24 Finance to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. 
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1 SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 

2 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Work3 ing Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full 

4 payments in advance and accept subsequent reimburse5 ments from all Federal agencies from available funds for 

6 transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to 

7 carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

8 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and sec9 tion 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Pro10 vided, That the Department shall maintain a reasonable 

11 operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be ex12 pended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits 

13 to Government employees: Provided further, That such re14 serve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may 

15 be used only for the purpose of providing for the continu16 ation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working 

17 Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by each customer 

18 agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 

19 benefit. 

20 SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s Work21 ing Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 

22 United States Code, for unused transit and van pool bene23 fits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 

24 2023 collections, shall be available until expended in the 

25 Department’s Working Capital Fund to provide contractual 
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1 services in support of section 189 of this Act: Provided, That 

2 obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such collections shall not 

3 exceed $1,000,000. 

4 SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli5 gated or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses 

6 for an employee of the Department of Transportation with7 out the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary 

8 for Administration. 

9 SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 

10 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad11 ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to 

12 transfer information technology equipment, software, and 

13 systems from Departmental sources or other entities and 

14 collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return 

15 full cost of transferred assets. 

16 SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

17 the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 

18 credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap19 plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec20 tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec21 retary provides notification in writing to the following com22 mittees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropria23 tions; the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

24 and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Af25 fairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 
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1 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro2 vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim3 ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 

4 the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 

5 a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 

6 amount of credit assistance. 

7 SEC. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary 

8 of Transportation or the Department of Transportation’s 

9 operating administrations in this Act for the costs of award, 

10 administration, or oversight of financial assistance under 

11 the programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred 

12 to the account identified in section 801 of division J of Pub13 lic Law 117–58, to remain available until expended, for 

14 the necessary expenses of award, administration, or over15 sight of any financial assistance programs in the Depart16 ment of Transportation. 

17 (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 

18 section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 

19 available for such purpose. 

20 (c) The program from which funds made available 

21 under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 

22 are— 

23 (1) the local and regional project assistance pro24 gram under section 6702 of title 49, United States 

25 Code; and 
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1 (2) the university transportation centers pro2 gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 

3 Code. 

4 SEC. 109. Of the amounts made available under the 

5 heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’, up to 

6 $75,000,000 shall be available— 

7 (1) First, to fully fund the projects at the 

8 amounts for which they applied under section 109B 

9 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (divi10 sion L of Public Law 117–328) and were not fully 

11 funded; and 

12 (2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure 

13 projects for which the initial grant agreement was ex14 ecuted between January 14, 2021 and February 14, 

15 2021 for awards made from the National Infrastruc16 ture Investments program under title I of division G 

17 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public 

18 Law 116–6): Provided, That sponsors of projects eligi19 ble for funds made available under subsection shall 

20 provide sufficient written justification describing, at 

21 a minimum, the current project cost estimate, why 

22 the project cannot be completed with the obligated 

23 grant amount, and any other relevant information, as 

24 determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

25 funds made available under this subsection shall be 
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1 allocated to projects eligible to receive funding under 

2 this section in order of the date the grant agreements 

3 were initially executed: Provided further, That the al4 location under the previous proviso will be for the 

5 amounts necessary to cover increases to eligible 

6 project costs since the grant was obligated, based on 

7 the information provided: Provided further, That sec8 tion 200.204 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, 

9 shall not apply to amounts made available under this 

10 section: Provided further, That the amounts made 

11 available under this section shall not be subject to 

12 limitations under section 6702(c) of title 49, United 

13 States Code: Provided further, That the amounts 

14 made available under this section shall not be part of 

15 the Federal share of total project costs under section 

16 6702(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

17 further, That section 6702(f) of title 49, United States 

18 Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 

19 under this section: Provided further, That the Office 

20 of the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the 

21 amounts allocated to projects under this section no 

22 later than 120 days after the date the sufficient writ23 ten justifications required under this section have 

24 been submitted. 
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1 SEC. 109A. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 

2 available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 

3 Financing Program’’ in section 109 of division L of Public 

4 Law 117–103, $8,973,000 are hereby permanently re5 scinded. 

6 SEC. 109B. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 

7 and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 

8 117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ for 

9 ‘‘40 percent’’. 

10 SEC. 109C. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 

11 September 30, 2024, from amounts made available for the 

12 ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 

13 National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division L of the 

14 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 

15 260) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of 

16 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

17 rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, 

18 to remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall 

19 be available, without additional competition, for completing 

20 the funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 

21 2021 national infrastructure investments program, in addi22 tion to other funds as may be available for such purposes: 

23 Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

24 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re25 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
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1 et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

2 Act of 1985. 

3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin7 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

8 and research activities related to commercial space trans9 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop10 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper11 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub12 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 

13 the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

14 for replacement only, $12,740,627,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2025, of which $12,103,596,000 to be 

16 derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro17 vided, That of the amounts made available under this head18 ing— 

19 (1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be avail20 able for aviation safety activities; 

21 (2) $9,444,828,000 shall be available for air traf22 fic organization activities; 

23 (3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial 

24 space transportation activities; 
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1 (4) $949,376,000 shall be available for finance 

2 and management activities; 

3 (5) $70,097,000 shall be available for NextGen 

4 and operations planning activities; 

5 (6) $163,951,000 shall be available for security 

6 and hazardous materials safety activities; and 

7 (7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff of8 fices: 

9 Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 

10 activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 

11 transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Pro12 vided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 

13 any appropriation under this heading by more than 5 per14 cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 per15 cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

16 section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga17 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce18 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 

19 later than 60 days after the submission of the budget re20 quest, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis21 tration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the 

22 report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant 

23 to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reau24 thorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): Provided further, 

25 That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
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1 be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days after 

2 the submission of the budget request that such report has 

3 not been transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That 

4 not later than 60 days after the submission of the budget 

5 request, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a 

6 companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy 

7 for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and air8 craft certification staff in a format similar to the one uti9 lized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attri10 tion estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: 

11 Provided further, That the amounts made available under 

12 this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 

13 the date that is 60 days after the submission of the budget 

14 request that such report has not been submitted to Congress: 

15 Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a 

16 grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organi17 zation to assist in the development of aviation safety stand18 ards: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail19 able by this Act shall be available for new applicants for 

20 the second career training program: Provided further, That 

21 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be avail22 able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or 

23 implement any regulation that would promulgate new avia24 tion user fees not specifically authorized by law after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
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1 there may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting 

2 collections, funds received from States, counties, munici3 palities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and 

4 private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of 

5 agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and 

6 operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, re7 newal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

8 aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 

9 thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 

10 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

11 under this heading, not less than $194,000,000 shall be used 

12 to fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 

13 towers in the contract tower program, including the con14 tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 

15 currently qualified or that will qualify for the program dur16 ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds 

17 made available by this Act for aeronautical charting and 

18 cartography are available for activities conducted by, or co19 ordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided 

20 further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

21 made available by this Act or any other Act may be used 

22 to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program at 

23 any airport. 
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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

4 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im5 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

6 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip7 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

8 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec9 essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test10 ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 

11 of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur12 nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 

13 and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta14 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

15 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 

16 from funds made available under this heading, including 

17 aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be de18 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

19 $3,429,000,000, of which $635,000,000 is for personnel and 

20 related expenses and shall remain available until September 

21 30, 2025, $2,692,000,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2026, and $102,000,000 is for terminal facilities 

23 and shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Pro24 vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 

25 funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
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1 public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in2 curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza3 tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 

4 not later than 60 days after submission of the budget re5 quest, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the 

6 Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Ad7 ministration which includes funding for each budget line 

8 item for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, with total funding 

9 for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets 

10 for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of 

11 Management and Budget: Provided further, That section 

12 405 of this Act shall apply to amounts made available 

13 under this heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Invest14 ments and Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public 

15 Law 117–58): Provided further, That the amounts in the 

16 table entitled ‘‘Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and 

17 Equipment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

18 Act—Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this 

19 Act shall be the baseline for application of reprogramming 

20 and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant 

21 to paragraph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred 

22 to in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, not23 withstanding paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, 

24 unless prior approval is received from the House and Sen25 ate Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent 
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1 of any funding level specified for projects and activities in 

2 the table referred to in the preceding proviso may be trans3 ferred to any other funding level specified for projects and 

4 activities in such table and no transfer of such funding lev5 els may increase or decrease any funding level in such table 

6 by more than 10 percent: Provided further, That of the 

7 amounts made available under this heading for terminal 

8 facilities, $15,000,000 shall be made available for the pur9 poses, and in amounts, specified for Congressionally Di10 rected Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Di11 rected Spending’’ included in the report accompanying this 

12 Act: Provided further, That, of the amounts made available 

13 under this heading in this Act, $469,000,000 is designated 

14 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur15 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

20 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

21 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

22 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui23 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $260,000,000, to 

24 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

25 to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
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1 That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset2 ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu3 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 

4 which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 

5 engineering, and development: Provided further, That 

6 amounts made available under this heading shall be used 

7 in accordance with the report accompanying this Act: Pro8 vided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding 

9 level specified under this heading in the report accom10 panying this Act may be transferred to any other funding 

11 level specified under this heading in the report accom12 panying this Act: Provided further, That no transfer may 

13 increase or decrease any funding level by more than 10 per14 cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 

15 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

16 section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga17 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce18 dures set forth in that section. 

19 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in25 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
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1 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub2 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

3 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author4 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

5 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

6 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

7 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in8 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro9 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi10 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

11 $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

12 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That none of the amounts made available under this 

14 heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 

15 programs the obligations for which are in excess of 

16 $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding sec17 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the amounts made available under this 

19 heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 

20 conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage 

21 areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary to 

22 install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, 

23 That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United 

24 States Code, the Government’s share of allowable project 

25 costs under paragraph (2) of such section for subgrants or 
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1 paragraph (3) of such section shall be 95 percent for a 

2 project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 

3 is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 

4 for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 

5 2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts 

7 limited under this heading, not less than $157,475,000 shall 

8 be available for administration, $15,000,000 shall be avail9 able for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 

10 $41,801,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re11 search, and $10,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the 

13 Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small 

14 Community Air Service Development Program: Provided 

15 further, That in addition to airports eligible under section 

16 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such program may 

17 include the participation of an airport that serves a com18 munity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub 

19 airport, according to FAA hub classifications effective at 

20 the time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for pro21 posals. 

22 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air24 ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

25 grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 
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1 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 

2 States Code, $500,728,000, to remain available through 

3 September 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made avail4 able under this heading shall be derived from the general 

5 fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 

6 formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 

7 percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, United States 

8 Code: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 

9 under this heading— 

10 (1) $200,728,000 shall be made available for the 

11 purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression12 ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congres13 sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the report 

14 accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds made 

15 available under this section shall not be subject to or 

16 considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) of title 49, 

17 United States Code; 

18 (2) up to $300,000,000 shall be made available 

19 to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants 

20 to airports, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall 

21 be made available to any commercial service airport, 

22 notwithstanding the requirement for the airport to be 

23 located in an air quality nonattainment or mainte24 nance area or to be able to receive emission credits in 

25 section 47102(3)(K) and 47102(3)(L) of title 49, 
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1 United States Code, for work necessary to construct or 

2 modify airport facilities to provide low-emission fuel 

3 systems, gate electrification, other related air quality 

4 improvements, acquisition of airport-owned vehicles 

5 or ground support equipment with low-emission tech6 nology; and 

7 (3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail8 able for two remaining projects under section 190 of 

9 the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 

10 115–254): Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection 

11 (j)(2) of section 190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 

12 of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), such grants shall be 

13 made available for conducting testing activities in 

14 support of studying the effectiveness of existing feder15 ally funded sound insulation in residential areas lo16 cated within the 65 DNL noise contour of a large-hub 

17 airport that will facilitate future environmental miti18 gation projects in these areas: Provided further, That, 

19 with respect to a project funded under the previous 

20 proviso, the allowable project cost for such project 

21 shall be calculated without consideration of any costs 

22 that were previously paid by the Government: 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary may make discre24 tionary grants to primary airports for airport-owned infra25 structure required for the on-airport distribution or storage 
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1 of sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at least a 50 per2 cent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, using 

3 a methodology determined by the Secretary, including, but 

4 not limited to, on-airport construction or expansion of pipe5 lines, rail lines and spurs, loading and off-loading facilities, 

6 blending facilities, and storage tanks: Provided further, 

7 That the Secretary may make discretionary grants with 

8 funds made available under this heading to primary or 

9 nonprimary airports for the acquisition or construction 

10 costs related to airport-owned, revenue-producing aero11 nautical fuel farms and fueling systems, including mobile 

12 systems, that the Secretary determines will promote the use 

13 of unleaded or sustainable aviation fuels on a non-exclusive 

14 basis: Provided further, That the Secretary may make dis15 cretionary grants for airport development improvements of 

16 primary runways, taxiways, and aprons necessary at a 

17 nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or large hub airport to 

18 increase operational resilience for the purpose of resuming 

19 commercial service flight operations following flooding, high 

20 water, hurricane, storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsu21 nami, wind driven water, or winter storms: Provided fur22 ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 

23 shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the 

24 Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: 

25 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 
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1 Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of 

2 the amounts made available under this heading to fund the 

3 award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made 

4 under this heading. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

9 Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 

10 staff-years under the federally funded research and develop11 ment center contract between the Federal Aviation Admin12 istration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems 

13 Development during fiscal year 2024. 

14 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula16 tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration without cost building construc18 tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air19 port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 

20 traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro21 vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this sec22 tion does not apply to negotiations between the agency and 

23 airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ 

24 rates for these items or to grant assurances that require air-
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1 port sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal 

2 Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities. 

3 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

4 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

5 satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 

6 from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, and any amount remaining in such account 

8 at the close of any fiscal year may be made available to 

9 satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 

10 for the subsequent fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

12 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro13 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

14 and available for the same purposes as such appropriation. 

15 SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec17 tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 

18 Aviation Administration employee unless such employee ac19 tually performed work during the time corresponding to 

20 such premium pay. 

21 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 

23 Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 

24 card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 

25 credit card. 
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1 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds made available under this Act or any 

3 prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im4 plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper5 ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 

6 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 

7 blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 

8 number, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, call 

9 sign, or similar identifying information from any ground 

10 based display to the public that would allow the real-time 

11 or near real-time flight tracking of that aircraft’s move12 ments, except data made available to a Government agency, 

13 for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator. 

14 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 

16 nine political and Presidential appointees in the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration. 

18 SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 

20 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 

21 Administration provides to the House and Senate Commit22 tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 

23 to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 

24 fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642. 
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1 SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 

3 the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 

4 unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 

5 Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full business 

6 days in advance. 

7 SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 

8 limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric9 tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

10 Teterboro, New Jersey. 

11 SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia13 tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 

14 approval any new application for participation in the Con15 tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Pro16 gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Adminis17 tration has received an application from the airport, and 

18 so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi19 ble using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Adminis20 tration published establishment criteria. 

21 SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, 

23 or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or 

24 the technical center unless the Administrator submits a re-
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1 quest for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of 

2 this Act. 

3 SEC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad4 ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 

5 after performance or paid in advance from funds available 

6 to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 

7 agencies for which the Fund performs services. 

8 SEC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available to the FAA may be used to carry out 

10 the FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, 

11 United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system 

12 or equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 

13 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased by 

14 the transferor airport— 

15 (1) during the period of time beginning on Octo16 ber 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 

17 (2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 

18 airports located in a non-contiguous States. 

19 SEC. 119F. Of the unobligated balances available to 

20 the Federal Aviation Administration, the following funds 

21 are hereby permanently rescinded: 

22 (1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available for 

23 ‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 

24 Equipment’’, which were to remain available until 

25 expended, by title I of Public Law 104–50; and 
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1 (2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for 

2 ‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 

3 Equipment’’ by chapter 10, division B, of Public Law 

4 108–324. 

5 SEC. 119G. None of the funds made available in this 

6 or any other Act shall be used to facilitate the assignment 

7 of individuals from a private-sector organization to the 

8 FAA to serve on a temporary basis. 

9 SEC. 119H. Using amounts made available for the 

10 Federal Aviation Administration under this Act that are 

11 not otherwise obligated, the Secretary of Transportation 

12 shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees 

13 on Appropriations on whether, and the degree to which, the 

14 Federal Aviation Administration’s workforce development 

15 programs authorized in section 625 of the FAA Reauthor16 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) have: (1) helped 

17 to expand the pool of prospective applicants to the industry; 

18 (2) strengthened aviation programs at minority-serving in19 stitutions, public institutions of higher education, women20 focused institutions, and public postsecondary vocational 

21 institutions; and (3) encouraged the participation of popu22 lations that are underrepresented in the aviation workforce, 

23 including women, minorities, and individuals in economi24 cally disadvantaged geographic areas and rural commu25 nities. In submitting this report, the Federal Aviation Ad-
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1 ministration shall also provide recommendations on how it 

2 can better use its workforce development grant programs to: 

3 (1) expand the pool of prospective applicants to the indus4 try; (2) strengthen aviation programs at minority-serving 

5 institutions, public institutions of higher education, 

6 women-focused institutions, and public postsecondary voca7 tional institutions; and (3) encourage the participation of 

8 populations that are underrepresented in the aviation work9 force, including women, minorities, and individuals in eco10 nomically disadvantaged geographic areas and rural com11 munities. 

12 SEC. 119I. Of the funds made available in this Act 

13 under the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—Fed14 eral Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equipment’’, 

15 $29,350,000 shall be for the aeronautical information man16 agement program, which includes Federal notices to air 

17 missions (‘‘NOTAM’’) sustainment, enhancements, and 

18 modernization in support of the NOTAM Improvement Act 

19 of 2023 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 

20 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

21 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances and 

25 reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Adminis-
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1 tration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for admin2 istration and operation of the Federal Highway Adminis3 tration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall be 

4 transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in ac5 cordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. 

6 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

7 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

10 of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety con11 struction programs shall not exceed total obligations of 

12 $60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the 

13 limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 

14 apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 

15 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), unless 

16 otherwise specified in law. 

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

20 out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

21 construction programs, $60,792,659,888 shall be derived 

22 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

23 Account), to remain available until expended. 
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1 HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 

4 $2,046,738,000: Provided, That the funds made available 

5 under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 

6 shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 

7 2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High8 ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; (2) 

9 the Appalachian Development Highway System as author10 ized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; (3) the 

11 nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects 

12 program under section 1123 of the FAST Act, as amended 

13 (23 U.S.C. 201 note); (4) the Northern Border Regional 

14 Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or (5) the Denali 

15 Commission, and shall not affect the distribution or amount 

16 of funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That, 

17 except for the funds made available under this heading for 

18 the Northern Border Regional Commission and the Denali 

19 Commission, section 11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 shall 

20 apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 

21 further, That unless otherwise specified, amounts made 

22 available under this heading shall be available until Sep23 tember 30, 2027, and shall not be subject to any limitation 

24 on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety 

25 construction programs set forth in any Act making annual 
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1 appropriations: Provided further, That of the sums appro2 priated under this heading— 

3 (1) $701,738,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

4 in the amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed 

5 Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Di6 rected Spending’’ included in the report accom7 panying this Act: Provided, That, except as otherwise 

8 provided under this heading, the funds made avail9 able under this paragraph shall be administered as if 

10 apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

11 Code: Provided further, That funds made available 

12 under this paragraph that are used for Tribal projects 

13 shall be administered as if allocated under chapter 2 

14 of title 23, United States Code, except that the set15 asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 

16 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and sub17 sections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 of such title, 

18 and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as amended by 

19 Public Law 117–58), shall not apply to such funds; 

20 (2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 

21 for construction of the Appalachian Development 

22 Highway System, as authorized under section 

23 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 

24 the purposes of funds made available under this para25 graph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State 
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1 that contains 1 or more counties (including any polit2 ical subdivision located within the area) in the Appa3 lachian region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 

4 40, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 

5 made available under this heading for construction of 

6 the Appalachian Development Highway System shall 

7 remain available until expended: Provided further, 

8 That, except as provided in the following proviso, 

9 funds made available under this heading for construc10 tion of the Appalachian Development Highway Sys11 tem shall be administered as if apportioned under 

12 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 

13 further, That a project carried out with funds made 

14 available under this heading for construction of the 

15 Appalachian Development Highway System shall be 

16 carried out in the same manner as a project under 

17 section 14501 of title 40, United States Code: Pro18 vided further, That subject to the following proviso, 

19 funds made available under this heading for construc20 tion of the Appalachian Development Highway Sys21 tem shall be apportioned to Appalachian States ac22 cording to the percentages derived from the 2012 Ap23 palachian Development Highway System Cost-to24 Complete Estimate, adopted in Appalachian Regional 

25 Commission Resolution Number 736, and confirmed 
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1 as each Appalachian State’s relative share of the esti2 mated remaining need to complete the Appalachian 

3 Development Highway System, adjusted to exclude 

4 those corridors that such States have no current plans 

5 to complete, as reported in the 2013 Appalachian De6 velopment Highway System Completion Report, un7 less those States have modified and assigned a higher 

8 priority for completion of an Appalachian Develop9 ment Highway System corridor, as reported in the 

10 2020 Appalachian Development Highway System Fu11 ture Outlook: Provided further, That the Secretary 

12 shall adjust apportionments made under the pre13 ceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be 

14 apportioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 

15 amount made available for construction of the Appa16 lachian Development Highway System under this 

17 heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

18 consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission 

19 in making adjustments under the preceding two pro20 visos: Provided further, That the Federal share of the 

21 costs for which an expenditure is made for construc22 tion of the Appalachian Development Highway Sys23 tem under this heading shall be up to 100 percent; 

24 (3) $10,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig25 nificant Federal lands and Tribal projects program 
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1 under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 

2 note); 

3 (4) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the North4 ern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et 

5 seq.) to make grants, in addition to amounts other6 wise made available to the Northern Border Regional 

7 Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot 

8 projects that demonstrate the capabilities of wood9 based infrastructure projects: Provided, That a grant 

10 made with funds made available under this para11 graph shall be administered in the same manner as 

12 a grant made under subtitle V of title 40, United 

13 States Code; 

14 (5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 

15 Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) 

16 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 

17 3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Provided, That 

18 funds made available under this paragraph shall not 

19 be subject to section 311 of such Act: Provided further, 

20 That except as otherwise provided under section 

21 307(e) of such Act or this heading, funds made avail22 able under this paragraph shall be administered as if 

23 directly appropriated to the Denali Commission and 

24 subject to applicable provisions of such Act, including 

25 the requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that the 
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1 local community provides a 10 percent non-Federal 

2 match in the form of any necessary land or planning 

3 and design funds: Provided further, That such funds 

4 shall be available until expended: Provided further, 

5 That the Federal share of the costs for which an ex6 penditure is made with funds transferred under this 

7 paragraph shall be up to 90 percent; 

8 (6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 

9 Commission to carry out the Denali Access System 

10 Program under section 309 of the Denali Commission 

11 Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105– 

12 277): Provided, That a transfer under this paragraph 

13 shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act: Pro14 vided further, That except as otherwise provided 

15 under this heading, funds made available under this 

16 paragraph shall be administered as if directly appro17 priated to the Denali Commission and subject to ap18 plicable provisions of such Act: Provided further, That 

19 funds made available under this paragraph shall not 

20 be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act: Provided 

21 further, That funds made available under this para22 graph shall be available until expended: Provided fur23 ther, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 

24 expenditure is made with funds transferred under this 

25 paragraph shall be up to 100 percent; 
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1 (7) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infra2 structure accelerator demonstration program author3 ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 

4 601 note): Provided, That for funds made available 

5 under this paragraph, the Federal share of the costs 

6 shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 per7 cent; 

8 (8) $45,000,000 shall be for the active transpor9 tation infrastructure investment program under sec10 tion 11529 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

11 Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note): Provided, That except as 

12 otherwise provided under such section or this heading, 

13 the funds made available under this paragraph shall 

14 be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 

15 title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That 

16 funds made available under this paragraph shall re17 main available until expended; 

18 (9) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the Polli19 nator-Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway 

20 Rights-of-Way Program under section 332 of title 23, 

21 United States Code; 

22 (10) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge replace23 ment and rehabilitation program: Provided, That, for 

24 the purposes of funds made available under this para25 graph, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States 
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1 or the District of Columbia and the term ‘‘qualifying 

2 State’’ means any State in which the percentage of 

3 total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condi4 tion in such State is at least 5 percent or in which 

5 the percentage of total bridges classified as in poor 

6 condition in such State is at least 5 percent: Provided 

7 further, That, of the funds made available under this 

8 paragraph, the Secretary shall reserve $6,000,000 for 

9 each State that does not meet the definition of a 

10 qualifying State: Provided further, That, after mak11 ing the reservations under the preceding proviso, the 

12 Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds made 

13 available under this paragraph to each qualifying 

14 State by the proportion that the percentage of total 

15 deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition in 

16 such qualifying State bears to the sum of the percent17 ages of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor 

18 condition in all qualifying States: Provided further, 

19 That, of the funds made available under this para20 graph— 

21 (A) no qualifying State shall receive more 

22 than $60,000,000; 

23 (B) each State shall receive an amount not 

24 less than $6,000,000; and 
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1 (C) after calculating the distribution of 

2 funds pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 

3 amount in excess of $60,000,000 shall be redis4 tributed equally among each State that does not 

5 meet the Definition of a qualifying State: 

6 Provided further, That the funds made available 

7 under this paragraph shall be used for highway 

8 bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on pub9 lic roads: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

10 paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the percent11 ages of total deck area of bridges (including the per12 centages of total deck area classified as in poor condi13 tion) and the percentages of total bridge counts (in14 cluding the percentages of total bridges classified as 

15 in poor condition) based on the National Bridge In16 ventory as of December 31, 2018: Provided further, 

17 That, except as otherwise provided under this head18 ing, the funds made available under this paragraph 

19 shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 

20 1 of title 23, United States Code. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 

6 Transportation shall— 

7 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

8 for Federal-aid highways— 

9 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

10 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 

11 23, United States Code; and 

12 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

13 Transportation Statistics; 

14 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

15 limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 

16 the unobligated balance of amounts— 

17 (A) made available from the Highway Trust 

18 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 

19 Federal-aid highway and highway safety con20 struction programs for previous fiscal years the 

21 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 

22 (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 

23 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 

24 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

25 provided in a previous fiscal year; 
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1 (3) determine the proportion that— 

2 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

3 highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis4 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

5 subsection; bears to 

6 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

7 appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 

8 highway safety construction programs (other 

9 than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro10 visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

11 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author12 ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 

13 23, United States Code, equal to the amount re14 ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 

15 year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis16 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

17 subsection; 

18 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed19 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis20 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 

21 programs (other than programs to which paragraph 

22 (1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 

23 authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

24 construction programs, or apportioned by the Sec-
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1 retary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

2 States Code, by multiplying— 

3 (A) the proportion determined under para4 graph (3); by 

5 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro6 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

7 year; and 

8 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed9 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis10 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 

11 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed12 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 

13 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

14 under title 23, United States Code (other than the 

15 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per16 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

17 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

18 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor19 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 

20 proportion that— 

21 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

22 for the programs that are apportioned under title 

23 23, United States Code, to each State for such 

24 fiscal year; bears to 
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1 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

2 be appropriated for the programs that are ap3 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

4 all States for such fiscal year. 

5 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

6 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

7 not apply to obligations under or for— 

8 (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

9 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As10 sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 

11 2714); 

12 (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 

13 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

14 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

15 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

16 Stat. 2119); 

17 (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 

18 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As19 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

20 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 

21 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 

22 Stat. 2027); 

23 (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 

24 (as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
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1 (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

2 (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 

3 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

4 those fiscal years); 

5 (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob6 ligation authority was made available under the 

7 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 

8 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 

9 remain available until expended, but only to the ex10 tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 

11 been used; 

12 (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

13 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 

14 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

15 those fiscal years); 

16 (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

17 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob18 ligated in accordance with that section were not sub19 ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 

20 which the funds were initially made available for ob21 ligation; and 

22 (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

23 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, only 

24 in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
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1 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU2 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

3 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

4 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita5 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

6 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

7 fiscal year; and 

8 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 

9 able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre10 viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri11 ority to those States having large unobligated bal12 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

13 effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub14 lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 

15 Code. 

16 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

17 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

20 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans21 portation research programs carried out under— 

22 (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 

23 Code; 

24 (B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 

25 Transportation Act; and 
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1 (C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc2 ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 

3 58). 

4 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

5 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

6 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 

7 years; and 

8 (B) be in addition to the amount of any 

9 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal10 aid highway and highway safety construction 

11 programs for future fiscal years. 

12 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

13 FUNDS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

15 the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 

16 subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the 

17 States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 

18 program under section 202 of title 23, United States 

19 Code) that— 

20 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

21 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro22 grams; and 

23 (B) the Secretary determines will not be al24 located to the States (or will not be apportioned 

25 to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
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1 United States Code), and will not be available 

2 for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 

3 imposition of any obligation limitation for such 

4 fiscal year. 

5 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

6 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu7 tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 

8 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

9 State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 

10 purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 

11 States Code. 

12 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re13 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

14 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur15 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

16 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur17 pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 

18 SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

19 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re20 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 

21 of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 

22 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 

23 the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall post 

24 on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 

25 requirements. 
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1 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to make a grant for a project under section 

3 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, 

4 at least 60 days before making a grant under that section, 

5 provides written notification to the House and Senate Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including 

7 an evaluation and justification for the project and the 

8 amount of the proposed grant award. 

9 SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 

10 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 

11 eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 

12 title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 

13 territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli14 gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans15 portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 

16 amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 

17 Secretary of its intent to use its authority under this section 

18 and submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying 

19 the projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwith20 standing the original period of availability of funds to be 

21 obligated under this section, such funds and associated obli22 gation limitation shall remain available for obligation for 

23 a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the 

24 Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
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1 project carried out with funds made available under this 

2 section shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 

3 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 

4 means— 

5 (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 

6 in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 

7 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

8 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

9 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

10 the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed11 eral Highway Administration; or 

12 (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 

13 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 

14 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

15 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

16 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

17 the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed18 eral Highway Administration. 

19 (c) The authority under subsection (a) shall be applied 

20 to projects within the same general geographic area within 

21 25 miles for which the funding was designated. 

22 (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 

23 the information provided by the States and territories an24 nually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria25 tions. 
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1 SEC. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated bal2 ances available to the Federal Highway Administration, the 

3 following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, subject 

4 to subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and 

5 programs in the specified amounts: 

6 (1) $33,437,074.13 from funds available in the 

7 ‘‘Surface Transportation Priorities’’ account (69 X 

8 0538) (other than funds made available for projects in 

9 Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, or West Virginia); 

10 (2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the 

11 ‘‘Delta Regional Transportation Development Pro12 gram’’ account (69 X 0551); 

13 (3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 

14 ‘‘Appalachian Development Highway System’’ ac15 count (69 X 0640); 

16 (4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ‘‘High17 way Beautification’’ account (69 X 0540); 

18 (5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the 

19 ‘‘State Infrastructure Banks’’ account (69 X 0549); 

20 (6) $90,435 from funds available in the ‘‘Rail21 road-Highway Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ ac22 count (69 X 0557); 

23 (7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the 

24 ‘‘Interstate Transfer Grants—Highway’’ account (69 

25 X 0560); 
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1 (8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the 

2 ‘‘Kentucky Bridge Project’’ account (69 X 0572); 

3 (9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ‘‘High4 way Demonstration Project—Preliminary Engineer5 ing’’ account (69 X 0583); 

6 (10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the 

7 ‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ account (69 X 

8 0598); 

9 (11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the 

10 ‘‘Miscellaneous Highway Projects’’ account (69 X 

11 0641); 

12 (b) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection (a) 

13 from any funds for which a State exercised its authority 

14 under section 125 of division L of Public Law 114–113, 

15 section 422 of division K of Public Law 115–31, section 

16 126 of division L of Public Law 115–141, section 125 of 

17 division G of Public Law 116–6, section 125 of division 

18 H of Public Law 116–94, section 124 of division L of Public 

19 Law 116–260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 117– 

20 103, or section 124 of division L of Public Law 117–328. 

21 (c) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection (a) 

22 from any amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

23 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu24 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 SEC. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, of the funds described in subsection (b)— 

3 (1) $20,000,000 shall be made available to the 

4 Secretary to carry out the national scenic byways 

5 program under section 162 of title 23, United States 

6 Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 

7 under this section, the funds made available under 

8 this paragraph shall be administered as if appor9 tioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

10 Code: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Pub11 lic Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available 

12 under this paragraph; 

13 (2) $30,000,000 shall be made available to the 

14 Secretary to carry out the nationally significant Fed15 eral lands and Tribal projects program under section 

16 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 note); and 

17 (3) $150,000,000 shall be made available to the 

18 Secretary for competitive awards for activities eligible 

19 under section 176(d)(4) of title 23, United States 

20 Code, of which $125,000,000 shall be for such activi21 ties eligible under subparagraph (A) of such section 

22 and $25,000,000 shall be for such activities eligible 

23 under subparagraph (C) of such section: Provided, 

24 That, except as otherwise provided under this section, 

25 the funds made available under this paragraph shall 
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1 be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 

2 title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That, 

3 except as otherwise provided under this section, funds 

4 made available under this paragraph shall be admin5 istered as if made available to carry out section 

6 176(d) of such title: Provided further, That, for pur7 poses of the calculation under section 176(d)(5)(G)(ii) 

8 of such title, amounts made available under this 

9 paragraph shall be included in the calculation of the 

10 total amount provided for fiscal year 2024 under sec11 tion 176(d) of such title: Provided further, That for 

12 purposes of applying the set-asides under section 

13 176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) of such title, amounts made 

14 available under this paragraph for competitive 

15 awards for activities eligible under sections 

16 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title shall be 

17 included in the calculation of the amounts made 

18 available to carry out section 176(d) of such title for 

19 fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That, the Sec20 retary may retain not more than a total of 5 percent 

21 of the amounts made available under this paragraph 

22 to carry out this paragraph and to review applica23 tions for grants under this paragraph, and may 

24 transfer portions of the funds retained under this pro25 viso to the relevant Administrators to fund the award 
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1 and oversight of grants provided under this para2 graph: Provided further, That a project assisted with 

3 funds made available under this paragraph shall be 

4 treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway: Pro5 vided further, That section 11101(e) of Public Law 

6 117–58 shall apply to funds made available under 

7 this paragraph. 

8 (b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds 

9 that— 

10 (1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of 

11 this Act; and 

12 (2) were made available for credit assistance 

13 under— 

14 (A) the transportation infrastructure fi15 nance and innovation program under subchapter 

16 II of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 

17 as in effect prior to August 10, 2005; or 

18 (B) the transportation infrastructure fi19 nance and innovation program under chapter 6 

20 of title 23, United States Code. 

21 (c) Funds made available under subsection (a) shall— 

22 (1) be subject to the obligation limitation for 

23 Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

24 programs; and 
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1 (2) unless otherwise specified under this section, 

2 be available until September 30, 2027. 

3 SEC. 127. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, 

4 is amended by inserting at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(x) CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES IN THE

6 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State of Mississippi 

8 may allow, by special permit, the operation of a cov9 ered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate System in 

10 the State of Mississippi if such vehicle does not ex11 ceed— 

12 ‘‘(A) a gross vehicle weight of 88,000 

13 pounds; and 

14 ‘‘(B) 110 percent of the maximum weight 

15 on any axle or axle group described in subsection 

16 (a)(2), including any enforcement tolerance. 

17 ‘‘(2) COVERED AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE DE18 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered agricul19 tural vehicle’ means a vehicle that is transporting un20 processed agricultural crops used for food, feed or 

21 fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including 

22 logs, pulpwood, biomass or wood chips. 

23 ‘‘(y) OPERATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES IN WEST VIR24 GINIA.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State of West Virginia 

2 may allow, by special permit, the operation of a vehi3 cle that is transporting materials and equipment on 

4 the Interstate System in the State of West Virginia if 

5 such vehicle does not exceed 110 percent of the max6 imum weight on any axle or axle group described in 

7 subsection (a)(2), including any enforcement toler8 ance, provided the remaining gross vehicle weight re9 quirements of subsection (a) are met. 

10 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

11 ‘materials and equipment’ means materials and 

12 equipment that are used on a project eligible under 

13 this chapter.’’. 

14 SEC. 128. EVACUATION ROUTE PLANNING. Using 

15 amounts made available for the Federal Highway Adminis16 tration under this Act that are not otherwise obligated, the 

17 Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Ad18 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

19 shall develop and publish guidelines and best practices for 

20 States, Indian Tribes, and units of local government to use 

21 when conducting local emergency evacuation route plan22 ning, including routing of emergency response supplies, 

23 equipment, and workers, as part of natural disaster pre24 paredness efforts. 
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1 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

2 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

3 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen8 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe9 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 

10 title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastruc11 ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 

12 $346,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

13 (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with ad14 vances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 

15 Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re16 main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail17 able for implementation, execution, or administration of 

18 motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 

19 under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 

20 obligations of $435,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Op21 erations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2024, of which 

22 $60,000,000 is to be transferred and made available from 

23 prior year unobligated contract authority provided for 

24 Motor Carrier Safety Grants or Motor Carrier Safety Oper25 ations and Programs in the current or prior appropriations 
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1 or authorization Acts: Provided further, That of the sums 

2 appropriated under this heading: 

3 (1) $14,073,000, to remain available for obliga4 tion until September 30, 2026, is for the research and 

5 technology program; 

6 (2) not less than $99,098,000, to remain avail7 able for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for 

8 development, modernization, enhancement, and con9 tinued operation and maintenance of information 

10 technology and information management; and 

11 (3) not less than $24,000,000, to remain avail12 able for obligation until expended, is for a study of 

13 the causal factors of fatal medium-duty truck crashes: 

14 Provided, That the activities funded by the previous 

15 proviso may be accomplished through direct expendi16 ture, direct research activities, grants, cooperative 

17 agreements, contracts, intra- or inter agency agree18 ments, or other agreements with public organizations: 

19 Provided further, That such amounts, payments, and 

20 obligation limitation as may be necessary to carry 

21 out the study of the causal factors of fatal medium 

22 duty truck crashes may be transferred and credited to 

23 appropriate accounts of other participating Federal 

24 agencies. 
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1 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, $516,300,000, to be derived from the Highway 

8 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to 

9 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

10 available for the implementation or execution of motor car11 rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 

12 $516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

13 Grants’’: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail14 able under this heading— 

15 (1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obliga16 tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the motor 

17 carrier safety assistance program; 

18 (2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obliga19 tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com20 mercial driver’s license program implementation pro21 gram; 

22 (3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obliga23 tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the high 

24 priority program; 
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1 (4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obliga2 tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com3 mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 

4 (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga5 tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com6 mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup7 port grant program. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

9 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

10 SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis11 tration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code 

12 of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, reg13 istered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 

14 the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the 

15 violations. 

16 SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available to the Department of Transportation by this 

18 Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to imple19 ment, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 

20 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation 

21 issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with re22 spect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators 

23 of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) 

24 of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602 
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1 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 

2 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 

3 SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used to require the use of inward 

5 facing cameras or require a motor carrier to register an 

6 apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as 

7 a condition for participation in the Safe Driver Appren8 ticeship Pilot Program. 

9 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

11 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 

12 Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, au13 thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 

14 title 49, United States Code, $222,000,000, to remain avail15 able through September 30, 2025. 

16 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

21 the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 

22 including behavioral research on Automated Driving Sys23 tems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and improv24 ing consumer responses to safety recalls, section 25024 of 

25 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
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1 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 

2 $201,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

3 (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain avail4 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in 

5 this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 

6 programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 

7 2024, are in excess of $201,200,000: Provided further, That 

8 of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

9 (1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs author10 ized under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 

11 including behavioral research on Automated Driving 

12 Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 

13 and improving consumer responses to safety recalls, 

14 and section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment 

15 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 

16 (2) $7,200,000 shall be for the National Driver 

17 Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 

18 United States Code: 

19 Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation 

20 limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 

21 remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall be 

22 in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 

23 obligations for future years: Provided further, That 

24 amounts for behavioral research on Automated Driving 

25 Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
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1 proving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 

2 to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 

3 year 2024 in this Act. 

4 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

9 provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 

10 States Code, and grant administration expenses under 

11 chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain avail12 able until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from the 

13 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac14 count): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

15 be available for the planning or execution of programs for 

16 which the total obligations in fiscal year 2024 are in excess 

17 of $813,300,800 for programs authorized under sections 

18 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant 

19 administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 

20 States Code: Provided further, That of the sums appro21 priated under this heading— 

22 (1) $378,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 

23 Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 

24 States Code; 
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1 (2) $353,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority 

2 Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, 

3 United States Code; 

4 (3) $40,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility 

5 Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of title 23, 

6 United States Code; and 

7 (4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative 

8 expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 

9 Code: 

10 Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 

11 construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of12 fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 

13 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 

14 $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority 

15 Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, United 

16 States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as 

17 described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available 

18 for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That 

19 with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under section 

20 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts 

21 transferred to increase the amounts made available under 

22 section 402 shall include the obligation authority for such 

23 amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator shall 

24 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

25 of any exercise of the authority granted under the preceding 
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1 proviso or under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States 

2 Code, within 5 days. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

4 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail6 able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra7 tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 

8 United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 

9 for State management reviews and to pay for core com10 petency development training and related expenses for high11 way safety staff. 

12 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro13 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra14 tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 

15 obligation authority was made available in previous public 

16 laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 

17 has not lapsed or been used. 

18 SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act or any other 

19 Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 

20 405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 

21 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

22 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin24 istration, not otherwise provided for, $267,799,000, of which 

25 $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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1 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel3 opment, $59,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

4 Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 

5 up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section 

6 20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the construc7 tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements 

8 at the Transportation Technology Center. 

9 FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER

10 RAIL

11 For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part12 nership for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as authorized 

13 by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 

14 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent 

16 of the amounts made available under this heading in this 

17 Act for the costs of award and project management oversight 

18 of grants carried out under title 49, United States Code. 

19 CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY

20 IMPROVEMENTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 

23 Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as author24 ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 

25 $572,861,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That of the amounts made available under this head2 ing in this Act— 

3 (1) $72,861,000 shall be made available for the 

4 purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression5 ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congres6 sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the report 

7 accompanying this Act: Provided further, That re8 quirements under subsections (g) and (l) of section 

9 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 

10 to the preceding proviso: Provided further, That any 

11 remaining funds available after the distribution of the 

12 Congressionally Directed Spending described in this 

13 paragraph shall be available to the Secretary to dis14 tribute as discretionary grants under this heading; 

15 and 

16 (2) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 

17 workforce development and training activities as au18 thorized under section 22907(c)(13) of title 49, United 

19 States Code: 

20 Provided further, That for amounts made available under 

21 this heading in this Act, eligible projects under section 

22 22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, shall also in23 clude railroad systems planning (including the preparation 

24 of regional intercity passenger rail plans and State Rail 

25 Plans) and railroad project development activities (includ-
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1 ing railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, de2 sign, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the de3 velopment and analysis of project alternatives): Provided 

4 further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States 

5 Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 

6 heading in this Act for projects that implement or sustain 

7 positive train control systems otherwise eligible under sec8 tion 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

9 further, That amounts made available under this heading 

10 in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail passenger 

11 transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after 

12 selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered in 

13 accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: 

14 Provided further, That for amounts made available under 

15 this heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 

16 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include 

17 any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III 

18 railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102 of title 

19 49, United States Code): Provided further, That section 

20 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 

21 apply to amounts made available under this heading in this 

22 Act: Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 

23 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 

24 available under this heading in previous fiscal years if such 

25 funds are announced in a notice of funding opportunity 
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1 that includes funds made available under this heading in 

2 this Act: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 

3 not apply to funds made available under this heading in 

4 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of 

5 Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobligated 

6 balances remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment 

7 of this Act may be used for any eligible project under section 

8 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the 

10 amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 

11 the costs of award and project management oversight of 

12 grants carried out under title 49, United States Code. 

13 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

14 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

15 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

16 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

17 activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as author18 ized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 

19 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to re20 main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec21 retary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 

22 amounts made available under both this heading in this 

23 Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 

24 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 

25 fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-
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1 tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure 

2 Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided 

3 further, That in addition to the project management over4 sight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the Infra5 structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 

6 the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 

7 of the amounts made available under this heading in this 

8 Act to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor 

9 Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, 

10 United States Code. 

11 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

12 PASSENGER CORPORATION

13 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

14 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

15 activities associated with the National Network as author16 ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 

17 and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), 

18 $1,313,033,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

20 $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in this 

21 Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Supported 

22 Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 

23 49, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

24 funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be used 

25 by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (c) of sec-
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1 tion 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to 

2 long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 

3 United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 

4 on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 

5 is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer6 gency or during maintenance or construction outages im7 pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the fre8 quency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail 

9 service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 

10 2018, including implementation of service permitted by sec11 tion 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 

12 of rail service: Provided further, That the National Rail13 road Passenger Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of 

14 the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 

15 for corridor development activities as authorized by section 

16 22101(h) of division B of Public Law 117–58. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 150. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor23 poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 

24 Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
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1 SEC. 151. The amounts made available to the Sec2 retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 

3 costs of award, administration, and project management 

4 oversight of financial assistance which are administered by 

5 the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 

6 Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis7 tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 

8 Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 

9 the award, administration, project management oversight, 

10 and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis11 tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 

12 manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro13 vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 

14 were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 

15 requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 

16 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con17 trol Act of 1985. 

18 SEC. 152. Of the unobligated balances of funds remain19 ing from— 

20 (1) ‘‘Northeast Corridor Improvement Program’’ 

21 account totaling $126,348 appropriated by Public 

22 Law 114–113 is hereby permanently rescinded; 

23 (2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 

24 $81,257.66 appropriated by Public Law 113–235 is 

25 hereby permanently rescinded; 
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1 (3) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 

2 Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac3 count totaling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Public 

4 Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 

5 (4) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ account 

6 totaling $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 108–447 

7 is hereby permanently rescinded; and 

8 (5) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 

9 Corporation’’ account totaling $678.16 appropriated 

10 by Public Law 108–447. 

11 SEC. 153. None of the funds made available to the Na12 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund 

13 any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 

14 employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may 

15 waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific em16 ployees when the President of Amtrak determines such a 

17 cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of 

18 the system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

19 shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations no later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred 

22 by Amtrak for 2023 and the 3 prior calendar years: Pro23 vided further, That such summary shall include the total 

24 number of employees that received waivers and the total 

25 overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving 
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1 waivers for each month for 2023 and for the 3 prior cal2 endar years. 

3 SEC. 154. It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 

5 much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid6 ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu7 larly important in rural areas; and 

8 (2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv9 ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity 

10 throughout the National Network (as defined in sec11 tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 

12 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

13 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

18 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 

19 and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

20 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 

21 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

22 section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 

23 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, $13,990,000,000, to be de24 rived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 

25 Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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1 That funds available for the implementation or execution 

2 of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 

3 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 

4 and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 

5 section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, shall not exceed total 

6 obligations of $13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024. 

7 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

8 For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 

9 grants under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

10 low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such 

11 title, ferry boats grants under section 5307(h) of such title, 

12 bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such title, accel13 erating innovative mobility initiative grants under section 

14 5312 of such title, accelerating the adoption of zero emission 

15 buses under section 5312 of such title, Congressionally Di16 rected Spending for projects and activities eligible under 

17 chapter 53 of such title, and ferry service for rural commu18 nities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117– 

19 58, $268,261,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That of the sums provided under this heading in this 

21 Act— 

22 (1) $80,000,000 shall be available for buses and 

23 bus facilities competitive grants as authorized under 

24 section 5339(b) of such title; 
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1 (2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the low or 

2 no emission grants as authorized under section 

3 5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the minimum 

4 grant award shall be not less than $750,000; 

5 (3) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat 

6 grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such 

7 title: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 

8 this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 

9 available for low or zero emission ferries or ferries 

10 using electric battery or fuel cell components and the 

11 infrastructure to support such ferries; 

12 (4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the oper13 ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities se14 lected under section 5318 of such title; 

15 (5) $82,247,000 shall be available for the pur16 poses, and in amounts, specified for Congressionally 

17 Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congression18 ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report ac19 companying this Act: Provided, That unless otherwise 

20 specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53 of 

21 title 49, United States Code, shall apply to amounts 

22 made available in this paragraph, except that the 

23 Federal share of the costs for a project in this para24 graph shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of 

25 the net costs of the project, unless the Secretary ap-
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1 proves a higher maximum Federal share of the net 

2 costs of the project consistent with administration of 

3 similar projects funded under chapter 53 of title 49, 

4 United States Code; 

5 (6) $23,014,000 shall be available for ferry serv6 ice for rural communities under section 71103 of di7 vision G of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for 

8 amounts made available in this paragraph, notwith9 standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall 

10 include passenger ferry service that serves at least two 

11 rural areas with a single segment over 15 miles be12 tween the two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible 

13 under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: 

14 Provided further, That entities that provide eligible 

15 service pursuant to the preceding proviso may use 

16 amounts made available in this paragraph for public 

17 transportation capital projects to support any ferry 

18 service between two rural areas: Provided further, 

19 That entities eligible for amounts made available in 

20 this paragraph shall only provide ferry service to 

21 rural areas; 

22 (7) $10,000,000 shall be for the accelerating in23 novative mobility initiative as authorized under sec24 tion 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 

25 That such amounts shall be available for competitive 
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1 grants or demonstration projects that improve mobil2 ity and operational effectiveness, enhance the rider ex3 perience, create innovative service delivery models, or 

4 develop integrated payment solutions in order to help 

5 disseminate proven innovation mobility practices 

6 throughout the public transportation industry; and 

7 (8) $5,000,000 shall be available to support tech8 nical assistance, research, demonstration, or deploy9 ment activities or projects to accelerate the adoption 

10 of zero emission buses in public transit as authorized 

11 under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 

12 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

13 heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 

14 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

15 heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation 

16 on obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any 

17 other Act. 

18 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

19 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 

20 title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail21 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the assist22 ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the ac23 tivities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, United 

24 States Code: Provided further, That amounts made avail25 able under this heading are in addition to any other 
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1 amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur2 ther, That amounts made available under this heading shall 

3 not be subject to any limitation on obligations set forth in 

4 this or any other Act. 

5 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

6 For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 

7 capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 

8 United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

9 America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 

10 94), $2,450,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

11 Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 

12 in this Act— 

13 (1) $1,910,000,000 shall be available for projects 

14 authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 

15 States Code; 

16 (2) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 

17 projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 

18 United States Code; 

19 (3) $340,000,000 shall be available for projects 

20 authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 

21 States Code; and 

22 (4) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 

23 projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fix24 ing America’s Surface Transportation Act: 
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1 Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to ad2 minister the capital investment grants program in accord3 ance with the procedural and substantive requirements of 

4 section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 

5 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

6 Act: Provided further, That projects that receive a grant 

7 agreement under the Expedited Project Delivery for Capital 

8 Investment Grants Pilot Program under section 3005(b) of 

9 the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act shall be 

10 deemed eligible for funding provided for projects under sec11 tion 5309 of title 49, United States Code, without further 

12 evaluation or rating under such section: Provided further, 

13 That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share under 

14 section 3005(b): Provided further, That funds allocated to 

15 any project during fiscal years 2015, 2016, or 2017 pursu16 ant to section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, shall 

17 remain allocated to that project through fiscal year 2024: 

18 Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress of 

19 the fiscal year 2025 President’s budget, the Secretary of 

20 Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual re21 port on capital investment grants, including proposed allo22 cations for fiscal year 2025. 
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1 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

2 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

3 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran4 sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 

5 B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act 

6 of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 

8 Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre9 ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Met10 ropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and 

11 reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided fur12 ther, That the Secretary shall determine that the Wash13 ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the 

14 highest priority on those investments that will improve the 

15 safety of the system before approving such grants. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro21 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

22 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

23 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre24 viously made available for obligation. 
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1 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 

3 ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal Transit Ad4 ministration for projects specified in this Act not obligated 

5 by September 30, 2027, and other recoveries, shall be di6 rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 

7 for which they were originally provided. 

8 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 any funds appropriated before October 1, 2023, under any 

10 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 

11 remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 

12 administered under the most recent appropriation heading 

13 for any such section. 

14 SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments 

16 or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant to section 

17 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

18 9503(e)(4)). 

19 SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 

21 project advancement or approval for any project seeking a 

22 Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 

23 program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as au24 thorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 165. Of the unobligated balances made available 

2 before October 1, 2013 for ‘‘Transit Research’’ in Treasury 

3 Account 69–X–1137, $581,046 is hereby permanently re4 scinded. 

5 SEC. 166. (a) Of the unobligated balances made avail6 able for the ‘‘Clean Fuels Grant Program’’ under section 

7 5308 of title 49, United States Code, $4,009,637 shall be 

8 transferred to and administered under section 5339(c) of 

9 title 49, United States Code. 

10 (b) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 

11 ‘‘Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive Program’’ 

12 under section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, $4,072,214 

13 shall be transferred to and administered under section 5311 

14 of title 49, United States Code. 

15 (c) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 

16 ‘‘Alternatives Analysis Program’’ under section 5339 of title 

17 49, United States Code, $1,975,409 shall be transferred to 

18 and administered under section 5305 of title 49, United 

19 States Code. 

20 (d) Of the unobligated balances made available for ‘‘Al21 ternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands’’ 

22 under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, 

23 $2,148,414 shall be transferred to and administered under 

24 section 5311 of title 49, United States Code. 
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1 (e) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

2 ‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants’’ under 

3 section 5316 of title 49, United States Code, $45,187,599 

4 shall be available for competitive grants to eligible entities 

5 to assist areas of persistent poverty as defined under section 

6 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, or historically 

7 disadvantaged communities, for the same purposes for 

8 which amounts were provided for grants to areas of per9 sistent poverty under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Admin10 istration—Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in the Consoli11 dated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103). 

12 (f) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

13 ‘‘New Freedom’’ under section 5317 of title 49, United 

14 States Code, $40,536,306 shall be transferred and adminis15 tered under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code. 

16 (g) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

17 ‘‘Bus Capital’’ under section 5039 if title 49, United States 

18 Code, $81,863,444 shall be transferred and administered 

19 under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 167. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2024 for 

21 grants under sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United 

22 States Code, may be used for up to 100 percent of the eligi23 ble net costs of a project, notwithstanding subsection (d) of 

24 section 5310 and subsection (g) of section 5311 of such title. 
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1 (b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 49, 

2 United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which 

3 an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized 

4 Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 

5 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the op6 tion of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 

7 (c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, 

8 United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which 

9 an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized 

10 Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 

11 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the op12 tion of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 

13 SEC. 168. Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, 

14 is amended in subsection (q)— 

15 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

16 striking ‘‘CORRIDOR PRESERVATION’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘right-of-way’’ each time it 

20 appears and inserting ‘‘real property interests’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘acquired’’ after ‘‘may use 

23 the’’; and 

24 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Right-of-way’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘Real property interests’’. 
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1 GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

2 CORPORATION

3 The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 

4 Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi5 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

6 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

7 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

8 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 

9 title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car10 rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget 

11 for the current fiscal year. 

12 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

13 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

14 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

15 maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por16 tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 

17 maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De18 velopment Corporation, $40,288,000, to be derived from the 

19 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 

20 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

21 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

22 this heading, not less than $16,300,000 shall be for the sea23 way infrastructure program. 
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

4 U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 

5 of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national security 

6 needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain avail7 able until expended. 

8 CABLE SECURITY FLEET

9 For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 

10 under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 

11 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM

13 For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 

14 under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 

15 $120,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

17 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac18 tivities authorized by law, $283,546,000: Provided, That of 

19 the sums appropriated under this heading— 

20 (1) $103,500,000 shall remain available until 

21 September 30, 2025, for the operations of the United 

22 States Merchant Marine Academy; 

23 (2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex24 pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
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1 equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 

2 Academy; 

3 (3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until ex4 pended for capital improvements at the United States 

5 Merchant Marine Academy; 

6 (4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2025, for the Maritime Environmental 

8 and Technical Assistance program authorized under 

9 section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 

10 (5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex11 pended, for the United States Marine Highway Pro12 gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 

13 under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 

14 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 

15 Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 

16 Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 

17 assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer18 chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 

19 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 

20 year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That avail21 able balances under this heading for the Short Sea Trans22 portation Program or America’s Marine Highway Program 

23 (now known as the United States Marine Highway Pro24 gram) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry 
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1 out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 46, 

2 United States Code. 

3 STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 

5 training activities for State Maritime Academies, 

6 $131,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

7 under this heading— 

8 (1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex9 pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 

10 training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 

11 (2) $91,800,000 shall remain available until ex12 pended for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel 

13 Program, including funds for construction, planning, 

14 administration, and design of school ships and, as de15 termined by the Secretary, necessary expenses to de16 sign, plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase 

17 equipment necessary to berth such ships, of which up 

18 to $8,900,000 may be used for expenses related to the 

19 oversight and management of school ships to include 

20 the purchase of equipment and the repair and main21 tenance of training vessels: Provided, That such funds 

22 may be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies 

23 for costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of 

24 this Act; 
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1 (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2028, for the Student Incentive Program; 

3 (4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until ex4 pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 

5 (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2025, for direct payments for State Mari7 time Academies. 

8 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

9 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

10 under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 

11 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 SHIP DISPOSAL

13 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso14 lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar15 itime Administration, $6,021,000, to remain available 

16 until expended. 

17 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

18 ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $103,020,000, of 

21 which $100,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

22 Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 

23 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres24 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

25 That not to exceed $3,020,000 shall be for administrative 
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1 expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which 

2 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 

3 for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations and Train4 ing’’. 

5 PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

6 To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 

7 under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 

8 $213,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That projects eligible for amounts made available 

10 under this heading in this Act shall be projects for coastal 

11 seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided 

12 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

13 heading in this Act, not less than $188,000,000 shall be for 

14 coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, 

15 That the requirements under section 3501(a)(9) of the Na16 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Pub17 lic Law 117–263) shall apply to amounts made available 

18 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That for 

19 grants awarded under this heading in this Act, the min20 imum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided further, That 

21 for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 

22 the requirement under section 54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of title 46, 

23 United States Code, shall not apply to projects located in 

24 noncontiguous States or territories. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

3 Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 

4 Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv5 ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 

6 lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop7 erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro8 vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 

9 the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 

10 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

11 rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu12 pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 

13 shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous re14 ceipts. 

15 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

18 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 

19 Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $31,681,000, 

20 of which $4,500,000 shall remain available until September 

21 30, 2026. 

22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

23 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma24 terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma25 terials Safety Administration, $74,556,000, of which 
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1 $12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car3 rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 

4 Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec5 tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be depos6 ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re7 ceipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 

8 appropriation, to be available until expended, funds re9 ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 

10 authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 

11 training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for 

12 travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous mate13 rials exemptions and approvals functions. 

14 PIPELINE SAFETY

15 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

16 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

17 For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 

18 program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United 

19 States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program respon20 sibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

21 380), $226,228,000, to remain available until September 

22 30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the 

23 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $188,828,000 shall 

24 be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which 

25 $400,000 shall be derived from the fees collected under sec-
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1 tion 60303 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited 

2 in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance 

3 reviews of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which 

4 $7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under section 

5 60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 

6 Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 

7 for the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of title 49, 

8 United States Code: Provided, That not less than 

9 $1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this head10 ing shall be for the One-Call State grant program: Provided 

11 further, That any amounts made available under this head12 ing in this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, 

13 grants, cooperative agreements or research other trans14 actions agreements (‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notifica15 tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions not less than 3 full business days before such research 

17 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research OTAs 

18 are announced by the Department of Transportation: Pro19 vided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to the 

20 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the report 

21 on pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pursu22 ant to section 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of 

23 Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R 

24 of Public Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Sec25 retary may obligate amounts made available under this 
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1 heading to engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or 

2 make any other public improvements for research facilities 

3 at the Transportation Technology Center after the Secretary 

4 submits an updated research plan and the report in the pre5 ceding proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Ap6 propriations and after such plan and report in the pre7 ceding proviso are approved by the House and Senate Com8 mittees on Appropriations. 

9 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 

13 Preparedness Grants program, not more than $46,825,000 

14 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, from 

15 amounts made available by section 5116(h) and subsections 

16 (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code: 

17 Provided, That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 

18 49, United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the 

19 amounts made available from this account shall be avail20 able to pay the administrative costs of carrying out sections 

21 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States 

22 Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsections 

23 (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, 

24 and the limitation on obligations provided under this head25 ing, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
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1 shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous mate2 rials emergency response training for emergency responders, 

3 including response activities for the transportation of crude 

4 oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com5 modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 

6 Association standards, and to make such training available 

7 through an electronic format: Provided further, That the 

8 prior year recoveries made available under this heading 

9 shall also be available to carry out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 

10 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 49, United 

11 States Code. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen15 eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 

16 Act of 1978, as amended, $116,452,000: Provided, That the 

17 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car18 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

19 as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to investigate allegations of 

20 fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

21 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

22 regulation by the Department of Transportation. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

2 TRANSPORTATION

3 SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica4 ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 

5 shall be available for maintenance and operation of air6 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur7 chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in 

8 foreign countries on official department business; and uni9 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 

10 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

11 (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro12 priations to the Department and its operating administra13 tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, oper14 ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that 

15 advance the missions of the Department of Transportation 

16 or an operating administration of the Department of 

17 Transportation. 

18 (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro19 cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the date 

20 of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized by Con21 gress as if this provision was in effect when the system was 

22 purchased, procured, or contracted for. 

23 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 

24 Department of Transportation shall be available for services 

25 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
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1 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

2 equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

3 SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 

4 by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de5 fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 

6 obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec7 tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 

8 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as provided 

9 in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for a use 

10 permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States 

11 Code. 

12 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

13 not withhold amounts made available by this Act for any 

14 grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

15 SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 

17 125 political and Presidential appointees in the Depart18 ment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the per19 sonnel covered by this provision may be assigned on tem20 porary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 

21 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad22 ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 

23 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

24 and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 

25 be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
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1 tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed2 eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 

3 account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 

4 in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United 

5 States Code. 

6 SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 

8 to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 

9 a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, feder10 ally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant agree11 ment, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Trans12 portation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Ap13 propriations not less than 3 full business days before any 

14 project competitively selected to receive any discretionary 

15 grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guar16 antee commitment, line of credit commitment, federally 

17 funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agree18 ment is announced by the Department or its operating ad19 ministrations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor20 tation shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 

21 Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all such loans, 

22 loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of intent, federally 

23 funded cooperative agreements, full funding grant agree24 ments, and discretionary grants prior to the notification 

25 required under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
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1 That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the 

2 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any 

3 ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: 

4 Provided further, That no notification shall involve funds 

5 that are not available for obligation. 

6 SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 

7 fees, and other funds received by the Department of Trans8 portation from travel management centers, charge card pro9 grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 

10 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart11 ment of Transportation and allocated to organizational 

12 units of the Department of Transportation using fair and 

13 equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until 

14 expended. 

15 SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject 

17 to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro18 vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria19 tions, transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be 

20 provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap21 propriations, and such reprogramming action shall be ap22 proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit23 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

24 Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 

25 committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
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1 tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 

2 sooner than 30 days after the date on which the reprogram3 ming action has been approved or denied by the House and 

4 Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

5 SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the oper6 ating administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 

7 Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reimburs8 able agreements only when such amounts are for the costs 

9 of goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 

10 benefit to the applicable operating administration or ad11 ministrations. 

12 SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author13 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand14 ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 

15 transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 

16 United States Code, including distribution of transit bene17 fits by various paper and electronic media. 

18 SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may use 

19 funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 

20 contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code uti21 lizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference 

22 not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regula23 tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a 

24 Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad25 ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
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1 on a contract or construction project with which the De2 partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 

3 recipient certifies the following: 

4 (1) that except with respect to apprentices or 

5 trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 

6 individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil7 ity to perform the work that the contract requires re8 sides in the jurisdiction; 

9 (2) that the grant recipient will include appro10 priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 

11 the contractor does not displace any of its existing 

12 employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 

13 and 

14 (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train15 ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 

16 preference does not delay or displace any transpor17 tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor18 tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im19 provement Program. 

20 SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co21 ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure 

22 that best practices for Industrial Control Systems Procure23 ment are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems procured 

24 with funds provided under this title were procured using 

25 such practices. 
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1 SEC. 192. None of the funds appropriated or made 

2 available by this division for the Department of Transpor3 tation for fiscal year 2024 may be used to enforce a mask 

4 mandate in response to the COVID–19 virus. 

5 SEC. 193. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act for the Federal Aviation Administration related to un7 manned aircraft systems may be used to make awards to 

8 any entity that, after the date of enactment of this Act, in9 tends to use such funds to partner with or otherwise trans10 act business related to unmanned aircraft systems with the 

11 People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Is12 lamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic 

13 of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Re14 public of Cuba. No such entity may receive awards for any 

15 project related to unmanned aircraft systems if the entity 

16 is: 

17 (1) included on the Consolidated Screening List 

18 maintained by the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

19 International Trade; 

20 (2) domiciled in the People’s Republic of China, 

21 the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 

22 the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 

23 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic of 

24 Cuba; 
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1 (3) subject to influence or control by the govern2 ment of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian 

3 Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Demo4 cratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Re5 public of Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba; or 

6 (4) owned by the People’s Republic of China, the 

7 Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 

8 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 

9 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic of 

10 Cuba. 

11 SEC. 194. None of the funds made available by the Act 

12 for the Federal Aviation Administration related to un13 manned aircraft systems may be used by the Secretary of 

14 Transportation to operate an unmanned aircraft system or 

15 to enter into, extend, or renew a contract for the procure16 ment of an unmanned aircraft system or a contract with 

17 an entity that operates an unmanned aircraft system in 

18 the performance of any Department of Transportation con19 tract if the unmanned aircraft system is manufactured by 

20 an entity that is included on the Consolidated Screening 

21 List maintained by the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

22 International Trade, domiciled in the People’s Republic of 

23 China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of 

24 Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the 

25 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba, 
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1 subject to influence or control by the government of any such 

2 country, or owned by any such country unless— 

3 (1) the operation, procurement, or contracting 

4 action is for the purpose of— 

5 (A) detection or counter-UAS system surro6 gate testing and training (including at Federal 

7 Aviation Administration-approved testing sites); 

8 (B) intelligence, electronic warfare, cyberse9 curity, and information warfare operations, test10 ing (including at Federal Aviation Administra11 tion-approved testing sites), analysis, and train12 ing; or 

13 (C) research to inform unmanned aircraft 

14 system data-driven policy decisions, safety as15 sessments, procedures, rulemaking, and stand16 ards to safely integrate emerging entrants into 

17 the national airspace system (including at Fed18 eral Aviation Administration-approved testing 

19 sites); and 

20 (2) the Secretary of Transportation, on a case21 by-case basis, certifies in writing to the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security, the Committee on Commerce, 

23 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

24 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

25 the House of Representatives that such operation, pro-
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1 curement, or contracting action is required in the 

2 public interest. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans4 portation Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of7 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 

8 Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 

9 and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 

10 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 

11 Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $19,400,000, 

12 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 

13 That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 

14 under this heading shall be available to the Secretary of 

15 Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this title 

16 as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and representation 

17 expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

19 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 

20 Support Offices, $698,200,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appro22 priated under this heading— 

23 (1) $95,200,000 shall be available for the Office 

24 of the Chief Financial Officer; 
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1 (2) $127,400,000 shall be available for the Office 

2 of the General Counsel, of which not less than 

3 $21,700,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce4 ment Center; 

5 (3) $241,800,000 shall be available for the Office 

6 of Administration; 

7 (4) $55,800,000 shall be available for the Office 

8 of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 

9 (5) $32,400,000 shall be available for the Office 

10 of the Chief Procurement Officer; 

11 (6) $68,300,000 shall be available for the Office 

12 of Field Policy and Management; 

13 (7) $4,900,000 shall be available for the Office of 

14 Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 

15 (8) $72,400,000 shall be available for the Office 

16 of the Chief Information Officer: 

17 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

18 heading may be used for necessary administrative and non19 administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise 

20 provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances 

21 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

22 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

24 States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

25 other provision of law, funds appropriated under this head-
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1 ing may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

2 that directly support program activities funded in this title: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the 

4 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly 

5 written notification regarding the status of pending con6 gressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary 

7 shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 

8 by Congress. 

9 PROGRAM OFFICES

10 For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of11 fices, $1,114,100,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 

13 this heading— 

14 (1) $288,500,000 shall be available for the Office 

15 of Public and Indian Housing; 

16 (2) $170,500,000 shall be available for the Office 

17 of Community Planning and Development; 

18 (3) $497,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

19 of Housing; 

20 (4) $44,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

21 of Policy Development and Research; 

22 (5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Office 

23 of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 

24 (6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office 

25 of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
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1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the working capital fund for the Department of 

4 Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para5 graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 

6 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reim8 bursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this 

9 heading shall be available only for Federal shared services 

10 used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any 

11 such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 

12 management, space renovation, furniture, or supply serv13 ices the Secretary has determined shall be provided through 

14 the Fund, and the operational expenses of the Fund: Pro15 vided, That amounts within the Fund shall not be available 

16 to provide services not specifically authorized under this 

17 heading: Provided further, That upon a determination by 

18 the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) au19 thorized under this heading shall be provided through the 

20 Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries and 

21 expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis22 trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Govern23 ment National Mortgage Association’’, for such services 

24 shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until 

25 expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
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1 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its 

2 plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in ad3 vance of such transfers. 

4 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

5 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

6 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten7 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

9 et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 

10 $27,737,961,000, to remain available until expended, which 

11 shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the 

12 $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 

13 that shall be available on October 1, 2023), and 

14 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 

15 shall be available on October 1, 2024: Provided, That of the 

16 sums appropriated under this heading— 

17 (1) $27,765,512,000 shall be available for renew18 als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con19 tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 

20 vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 

21 assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ22 ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 

23 vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, from amounts provided under this 

25 paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
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1 calendar year 2024 funding cycle shall provide re2 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

3 on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas4 ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 

5 applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec6 retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 

7 and by making any necessary adjustments for the 

8 costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch9 ers under this paragraph including tenant protection 

10 and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 

11 That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 

12 may be used to fund a total number of unit months 

13 under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 

14 authorized level of units under contract, except for 

15 public housing agencies participating in the Moving 

16 to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead 

17 governed in accordance with the requirements of the 

18 MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree19 ments, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 

20 shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 

21 amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth22 erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 

23 public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab24 lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 

25 That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
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1 entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 

2 as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 

3 obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 

4 allocation and pro rata method described above, and 

5 the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 

6 their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en7 actment of this Act or March 1, 2024: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 

9 period only after the House and Senate Committees 

10 on Appropriations are notified at least 10 business 

11 days in advance of the extension: Provided further, 

12 That public housing agencies participating in the 

13 MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 

14 with the requirements of the MTW demonstration pro15 gram or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be 

16 subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the 

17 preceding provisos: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary may offset public housing agencies’ calendar 

19 year 2024 allocations based on the excess amounts of 

20 public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 

21 including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in ac22 cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2023 that 

23 is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec24 retary: Provided further, That public housing agencies 

25 participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be 
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1 subject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, 

2 excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 

3 authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from 

4 the agencies’ calendar year 2024 MTW funding allo5 cation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 

6 any offset referred to in the preceding two provisos 

7 throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi8 nation of rental assistance for families as the result 

9 of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec10 retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re11 newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 

12 to $200,000,000 shall be available only: 

13 (A) for adjustments in the allocations for 

14 public housing agencies, after application for an 

15 adjustment by a public housing agency that ex16 perienced a significant increase, as determined 

17 by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers re18 sulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 

19 portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 

20 (B) for vouchers that were not in use during 

21 the previous 12-month period in order to be 

22 available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec23 tion 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for a 

24 funding obligation not yet expended in the pre25 vious calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity 
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1 to develop affordable housing for an agency 

2 added to the MTW demonstration under the ex3 pansion authority provided in section 239 of the 

4 Transportation, Housing and Urban Develop5 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

6 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 

7 (C) for adjustments for costs associated with 

8 HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 

9 (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 

10 (D) for public housing agencies that despite 

11 taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de12 termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 

13 required to terminate rental assistance for fami14 lies as a result of insufficient funding; 

15 (E) for adjustments in the allocations for 

16 public housing agencies that— 

17 (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 

18 percentage of their authorized vouchers, 

19 (ii) have low amounts of budget au20 thority in their net restricted assets ac21 counts and HUD-held programmatic re22 serves, relative to other agencies, and 

23 (iii) are not participating in the Mov24 ing to Work demonstration, to enable such 

25 agencies to lease more vouchers; 
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1 (F) for withheld payments in accordance 

2 with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months 

3 in the previous calendar year that were subse4 quently paid by the public housing agency after 

5 the agency’s actual costs were validated; and 

6 (G) for public housing agencies that have 

7 experienced increased costs or loss of units in an 

8 area for which the President declared a disaster 

9 under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

10 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 5170 et seq.): 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

13 amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 

14 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

15 That the Secretary may establish a demonstration 

16 program to continue through fiscal year 2027 at up 

17 to 8 public housing agencies in difficult rental mar18 kets, as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose 

19 of testing whether the provision of additional assist20 ance to facilitate leasing increases the ability of fami21 lies participating in the program to lease a unit: Pro22 vided further, That amounts made available under 

23 this paragraph in this and prior Acts to public hous24 ing agencies participating in such demonstration pro25 gram shall be available for making utility and secu-
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1 rity deposit assistance payments (including last 

2 month’s rent) and other costs consistent with the 

3 terms of the demonstration, in addition to the pur4 poses for which such funds were appropriated and ob5 ligated and in addition to amounts for administra6 tive and other expenses otherwise available for such 

7 payments and costs: Provided further, That any such 

8 utility or security deposit payments returned to the 

9 public housing agency, including any interest earned 

10 while such amounts were held by the owner, shall be 

11 available only for future housing assistance payment 

12 expenses (including eligible uses during the term of 

13 the demonstration): Provided further, That of the 

14 amounts provided under this paragraph, 

15 $5,289,210,000 is designated by the Congress as being 

16 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985; 

19 (2) $445,000,000 shall be available for section 8 

20 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 

21 housing units that are demolished or disposed of pur22 suant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 

23 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relocation of 

24 witnesses (including victims of violent crimes) in con25 nection with efforts to combat crime in public and as-
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1 sisted housing pursuant to a request from a law en2 forcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 

3 under any provision of law authorizing such assist4 ance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighbor5 hood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 

6 and tenant protection assistance including replace7 ment and relocation assistance or for project-based as8 sistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted el9 derly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop10 erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi11 nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend12 ed, or under the authority as provided under this Act: 

13 Provided, That when a public housing development is 

14 submitted for demolition or disposition under section 

15 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 

16 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent 

17 health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 

18 That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as19 sistance from amounts made available under this 

20 paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 

21 subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 

22 Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 

23 owner has received a Notice of Default and the units 

24 pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 

25 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
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1 under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may be 

2 available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 

3 otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 

4 residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to 

5 pay rents greater than 30 percent of household in6 come, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD7 insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires 

8 the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepay9 ment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance con10 tract for which the tenants are not eligible for en11 hanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 

12 existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability re13 strictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation 

14 program administered by the Secretary: Provided fur15 ther, That such tenant protection assistance made 

16 available under the preceding proviso may be pro17 vided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 

18 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That any tenant 

19 protection voucher made available from amounts 

20 under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 

21 public housing agency, except the replacement vouch22 ers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the 

23 initial family that received any such voucher no 

24 longer receives such voucher, and the authority for 

25 any public housing agency to issue any such voucher 
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1 shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary may only provide replacement vouchers for 

3 units that were occupied within the previous 24 

4 months that cease to be available as assisted housing, 

5 subject only to the availability of funds; 

6 (3) $2,781,449,000 shall be available for admin7 istrative and other expenses of public housing agencies 

8 in administering the section 8 tenant-based rental as9 sistance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be 

10 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous11 ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 

12 their section 8 programs, including fees associated 

13 with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 

14 administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD– 

15 VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incre16 mental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 

17 $2,751,449,000 of the amount provided in this para18 graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 

19 the calendar year 2024 funding cycle based on section 

20 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi21 sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 

22 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 

23 of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 

24 That if the amounts made available under this para25 graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
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1 under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may de2 crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 

3 percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund4 ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec5 essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 

6 under the preceding proviso, utilize unobligated bal7 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 

8 from funds appropriated under this heading from 

9 prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 

10 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

11 were appropriated: Provided further, That all public 

12 housing agencies participating in the MTW dem13 onstration shall be funded in accordance with the re14 quirements of the MTW demonstration program or 

15 their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject to 

16 the same uniform percentage decrease as under the 

17 preceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts 

18 provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac19 tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 

20 assistance authorized under section 8, including re21 lated development activities; 

22 (4) $686,000,000 shall be available for the re23 newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under sec24 tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

25 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
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1 administrative expenses: Provided, That administra2 tive and other expenses of public housing agencies in 

3 administering the special purpose vouchers in this 

4 paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and 

5 be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per6 cent decrease for administrative and other expenses to 

7 public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this 

8 heading: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 

9 shall be available only— 

10 (A) for adjustments in the allocation for 

11 public housing agencies, after applications for an 

12 adjustment by a public housing agency that ex13 perienced a significant increase, as determined 

14 by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal costs 

15 resulting from unforeseen circumstances; and 

16 (B) for public housing agencies that despite 

17 taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de18 termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 

19 required to terminate the rental assistance for 

20 Mainstream families as a result of insufficient 

21 funding: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

23 amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 

24 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

25 That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
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1 vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 

2 Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 

3 be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 

4 (5) of the amounts provided under paragraph 

5 (1), up to $7,500,000 shall be available for rental as6 sistance and associated administrative fees for Tribal 

7 HUD–VASH to serve Native American veterans that 

8 are homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or 

9 near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, 

10 That such amount shall be made available for renewal 

11 grants to recipients that received assistance under 

12 prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 

13 Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author14 ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 

15 data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 

16 recipients: Provided further, That such assistance 

17 shall be administered in accordance with program re18 quirements under the Native American Housing As19 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and 

20 modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided 

21 further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 

22 waive, or specify alternative requirements for any 

23 provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec24 retary administers in connection with the use of 

25 funds made available under this paragraph (except 
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1 for requirements related to fair housing, non2 discrimination, labor standards, and the environ3 ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 

4 waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 

5 the effective delivery and administration of such as6 sistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall 

7 report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental 

8 assistance and other program data, as prescribed by 

9 the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 

10 may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, 

11 amounts returned or recaptured from awards under 

12 the Tribal HUD–VASH program under prior Acts to 

13 existing recipients under the Tribal HUD–VASH 

14 program; 

15 (6) $30,000,000 shall be available for incre16 mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 

17 supported housing program administered in conjunc18 tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au19 thorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 

20 Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of 

21 Housing and Urban Development shall make such 

22 funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (com23 petition provision) of this title, to public housing 

24 agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Cen25 ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 
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1 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geo2 graphical need for such assistance as identified by the 

3 Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pub4 lic housing agency administrative performance, and 

5 other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing 

6 and Urban Development in consultation with the Sec7 retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 

9 Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative 

10 requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary 

11 of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision 

12 of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 

13 Housing and Urban Development administers in con14 nection with the use of funds made available under 

15 this paragraph (except for requirements related to 

16 fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and 

17 the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary 

18 that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 

19 necessary for the effective delivery and administration 

20 of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That as21 sistance made available under this paragraph shall 

22 continue to remain available for homeless veterans 

23 upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total 

24 amount made available under this paragraph, up to 

25 $10,000,000 may be for additional fees established by 
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1 and allocated pursuant to a method determined by the 

2 Secretary for administrative and other expenses (in3 cluding those eligible activities defined by notice to fa4 cilitate leasing, such as security deposit assistance 

5 and costs related to the retention and support of par6 ticipating owners) of public housing agencies in ad7 ministering HUD–VASH vouchers; 

8 (7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family 

9 unification program as authorized under section 8(x) 

10 of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made avail11 able under this paragraph are provided as follows: 

12 (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 

13 incremental voucher assistance, which shall con14 tinue to remain available for family unification 

15 upon turnover; and 

16 (B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 

17 incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 

18 youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 

19 the Act, which shall continue to remain available 

20 for such eligible youth upon turnover: Provided, 

21 That such amounts shall be available on a non22 competitive basis to public housing agencies that 

23 partner with public child welfare agencies to 

24 identify such eligible youth, that request such as25 sistance to timely assist such eligible youth, and 
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1 that meet any other criteria as specified by the 

2 Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 

3 shall review utilization of such assistance and 

4 assistance originating from appropriations made 

5 available for youth under this heading in any 

6 prior Act that the Secretary made available on 

7 a noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be de8 termined by the Secretary, and unutilized vouch9 er assistance that is no longer needed based on 

10 such review shall be recaptured by the Secretary 

11 and reallocated pursuant to the preceding pro12 viso: 

13 Provided further, That any public housing agency ad14 ministering new incremental voucher assistance origi15 nating from appropriations made available for the 

16 family unification program under this heading in 

17 this or any prior Act that the Secretary made avail18 able on a competitive basis that determines it no 

19 longer has an identified need for such assistance upon 

20 turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary 

21 shall recapture such assistance from the agency and 

22 reallocate it to any other public housing agency or 

23 agencies based on need for voucher assistance in con24 nection with such specified program or eligible youth, 

25 as applicable; and 
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1 (8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe2 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

3 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

5 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry6 over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart7 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head8 ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous9 ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 

10 for fiscal year 2024 and prior years may be used for re11 newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 

12 and for performance-based contract administrators, not13 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro14 priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 

15 authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 

16 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 

17 That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 

18 the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con19 tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 

20 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 

21 new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 

22 is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 

23 for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 

24 to amounts otherwise available. 
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1 PUBLIC HOUSING FUND

2 For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the 

3 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

4 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out capital 

6 and management activities for public housing agencies, as 

7 authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1437g(d)), $8,875,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

10 under this heading— 

11 (1) $5,530,000,000 shall be available for the Sec12 retary to allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund 

13 formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regu14 lations, for 2024 payments; 

15 (2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the Sec16 retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica17 tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 

18 and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 

19 public housing agencies that experience, or are at risk 

20 of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the Sec21 retary: Provided, That after all such shortfall needs 

22 are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining 

23 funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 

24 basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula; 
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1 (3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Sec2 retary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund for3 mula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal 

4 Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided under 

5 this paragraph, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of 

6 the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the 

7 Secretary may waive the limitation in the preceding 

8 proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund ac9 tivities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify pub11 lic housing agencies requesting waivers under the pre12 ceding proviso if the request is approved or denied 

13 within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided 

14 further, That from the funds made available under 

15 this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide bonus 

16 awards in fiscal year 2024 to public housing agencies 

17 that are designated high performers: Provided further, 

18 That the Department shall notify public housing 

19 agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of 

20 enactment of this Act; 

21 (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec22 retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of 

23 this title, to public housing agencies for emergency 

24 capital needs, including safety and security measures 

25 necessary to address crime and drug-related activity, 
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1 as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpre2 ventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 

3 Presidentially declared emergencies and natural dis4 asters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

5 and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occur6 ring in fiscal year 2024: Provided, That of the 

7 amount made available under this paragraph, not 

8 less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 

9 measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 

10 amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and 

11 security measures, any amounts that remain avail12 able, after all applications received on or before Sep13 tember 30, 2025, for emergency capital needs have 

14 been processed, shall be allocated to public housing 

15 agencies for such safety and security measures; 

16 (5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive 

17 grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and re18 duce residential health hazards in public housing, in19 cluding lead-based paint (by carrying out the activi20 ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim con21 trols, as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the 

22 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

23 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, 

24 radon, and fire safety: Provided, That not less than 

25 $25,000,000 of the amounts provided under this para-
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1 graph shall be awarded for evaluating and reducing 

2 lead-based paint hazards: Provided further, That for 

3 purposes of environmental review, a grant under this 

4 paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 

5 activities under title I of the Act for purposes of sec6 tion 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be sub7 ject to the regulations implementing such section; and 

8 (6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the 

9 costs of administrative and judicial receiverships and 

10 for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, des11 ignated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, 

12 as determined by the Secretary, for costs associated 

13 with public housing asset improvement, in addition 

14 to other amounts for that purpose provided under any 

15 heading under this title: 

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary 

18 of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to 

19 any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 

20 and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 

21 any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the 

22 Act regarding the extension of the time periods under such 

23 section: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

24 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
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1 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

2 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future. 

3 ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS

4 For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro5 grams, including travel, training, and program support 

6 contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until September 

7 30, 2025: Provided, That unobligated balances, including 

8 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro9 priated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ to sup10 port ongoing public housing financial and physical assess11 ment activities shall be available for the purposes author12 ized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 

13 which such funds originally were appropriated. 

14 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

15 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 

16 Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous17 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ‘‘Act’’) unless other18 wise specified under this heading), for transformation, re19 habilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public 

20 and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods 

21 of poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income 

22 neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public as23 sets, transportation, and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 

25 grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
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1 ices, community development, and affordable housing needs 

2 in the community, and for conversion of vacant or fore3 closed properties to affordable housing: Provided further, 

4 That the use of amounts made available under this heading 

5 shall not be deemed to be for public housing, notwith6 standing section 3(b)(1) of the Act: Provided further, That 

7 grantees shall commit to an additional period of afford8 ability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 

9 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a 

10 match in State, local, other Federal, or private funds: Pro11 vided further, That grantees may include local governments, 

12 Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and nonprofit or13 ganizations: Provided further, That for-profit developers 

14 may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, 

15 That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall 

16 be treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 

17 the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts 

18 available under this heading shall be subject to the regula19 tions issued by the Secretary to implement such section: 

20 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

21 under this heading, not less than $75,000,000 shall be 

22 awarded to public housing agencies: Provided further, That 

23 such grantees shall create partnerships with other local or24 ganizations, including assisted housing owners, service 

25 agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, 
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1 That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of 

2 Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 

3 Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 

4 and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

5 Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed6 eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 

7 $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this head8 ing may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 

9 local planning with input from residents and the commu10 nity: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail11 able under this heading may be obligated for main street 

12 housing grants under section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 1437v(n)): Provided further, That unobligated balances, in14 cluding recaptures, remaining from amounts made avail15 able under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis16 tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 

17 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 

18 heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

19 amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary shall make grant awards not later than 1 year after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts that the 

22 Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith23 standing section 24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the 

24 Secretary may, until September 30, 2024, obligate any 
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1 available unobligated balances made available under this 

2 heading in this or any prior Act. 

3 SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS

4 For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency 

5 Programs, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 

6 $198,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

7 under this heading— 

8 (1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the Fam9 ily Self-Sufficiency program to support family self10 sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

11 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

12 1437u), to promote the development of local strategies 

13 to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 

14 and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, 

15 and enable eligible families to achieve economic inde16 pendence and self-sufficiency; 

17 (2) $42,500,000 shall be available for the Resi18 dent Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to 

19 provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 

20 and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of 

21 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assist23 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

24 4101 et seq.); and 
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1 (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a Jobs-Plus 

2 Initiative, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: 

3 Provided, That funding provided under this para4 graph shall be available for competitive grants to 

5 partnerships between public housing authorities, local 

6 workforce investment boards established under section 

7 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

8 of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and or9 ganizations that provide support to help public hous10 ing residents obtain employment and increase earn11 ings: Provided further, That applicants must dem12 onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, 

13 partner with workforce investment boards, and lever14 age service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary may allow public housing agencies to request 

16 exemptions from rent and income limitation require17 ments under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 

18 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as 

19 necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on 

20 such terms and conditions as the Secretary may ap21 prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 

22 waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 

23 the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus Initia24 tive as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in 
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1 the Federal Register any waivers or alternative re2 quirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no later 

3 than 10 days before the effective date of such notice. 

4 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

5 For activities and assistance authorized under title I 

6 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter7 mination Act of 1996 (in this heading ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 

8 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community 

9 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with re10 spect to Indian tribes, and related training and technical 

11 assistance, $1,081,625,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

13 under this heading— 

14 (1) $848,625,000 shall be available for the Native 

15 American Housing Block Grants program, as author16 ized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not17 withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of 

18 the allocation under title I of such Act for each In19 dian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

20 under section 302 of such Act with the need compo21 nent based on single-race census data and with the 

22 need component based on multi-race census data, and 

23 the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe 

24 shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 

25 amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
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1 notify grantees of their formula allocation not later 

2 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 

3 (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competi4 tive grants under the Native American Housing Block 

5 Grants program, as authorized under title I of 

6 NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli7 gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible re8 cipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for 

9 funds: Provided further, That in awarding amounts 

10 made available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

11 consider need and administrative capacity, and shall 

12 give priority to projects that will spur construction 

13 and rehabilitation of housing: Provided further, That 

14 a grant funded pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

15 in an amount not greater than $10,000,000: Provided 

16 further, That any amounts transferred for the nec17 essary costs of administering and overseeing the obli18 gation and expenditure of such additional amounts in 

19 prior Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of 

20 administering and overseeing such additional 

21 amount; 

22 (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 

23 guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 

24 by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 

25 including the cost of modifying such notes and other 
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1 obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): 

3 Provided further, That amounts made available in 

4 this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed 

5 notes and other obligations that are unobligated, in6 cluding recaptures and carryover, shall be available to 

7 subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 

8 other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran9 teed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2025; 

11 (4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to 

12 Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian Community 

13 Development Block Grant program under title I of the 

14 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 

15 notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 

16 which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

17 (including section 203 of this Act), not more than 

18 $5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that con19 stitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro20 vided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 

21 made with amounts made available in this paragraph 

22 shall be expended for planning and management de23 velopment and administration; and 

24 (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise 

25 available for such purpose, shall be available for pro-
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1 viding training and technical assistance to Indian 

2 tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des3 ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 

4 Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 

5 training and technical assistance related to amounts 

6 made available under this heading and other headings 

7 in this Act for the needs of Native American families 

8 and Indian country: Provided, That of the amounts 

9 made available in this paragraph, not less than 

10 $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization as au11 thorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 

12 4212): Provided further, That amounts made avail13 able in this paragraph may be used, contracted, or 

14 competed as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, 

16 United States Code (commonly known as the Federal 

17 Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977), the 

18 amounts made available in this paragraph may be 

19 used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agree20 ments with public and private organizations, agen21 cies, institutions, and other technical assistance pro22 viders to support the administration of negotiated 

23 rulemaking under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 

24 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the allocation for25 mula under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
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1 4152), and the administration of performance track2 ing and reporting under section 407 of NAHASDA 

3 (25 U.S.C. 4167). 

4 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec7 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

8 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $905,700, to remain avail9 able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 

10 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec11 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

12 661a): Provided further, That amounts made available in 

13 this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, as au14 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community De15 velopment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), that are un16 obligated, including recaptures and carryover, shall be 

17 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 

18 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,400,000,000, to 

19 remain available until September 30, 2025. 

20 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

21 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro22 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 

23 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 

24 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2028: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
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1 tion 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 

2 Lands may not invest grant amounts made available under 

3 this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 

4 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

5 heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to pro6 vide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 

7 both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwith8 standing any other provision of law: Provided further, That 

9 up to $1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 

10 heading may be for training and technical assistance re11 lated to amounts made available under this heading and 

12 other headings in this Act for the needs of Native Hawai13 ians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. 

14 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 

17 by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop18 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of which 

19 is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total 

20 loan principal, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2025: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into commit22 ments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
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1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

2 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

3 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per4 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous5 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

6 $505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2027: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 

8 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

9 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 

10 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

11 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re12 quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 

13 such section: Provided further, That the process for submit14 ting amendments and approving replacement contracts 

15 shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: Provided 

16 further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

17 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

19 For assistance to States and units of general local gov20 ernment, and other entities, for economic and community 

21 development activities, and other purposes, $4,491,483,000, 

22 to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 

23 That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

24 (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car25 rying out the community development block grant 
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1 program under title I of the Housing and Community 

2 Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

3 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): Provided, 

4 That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 

5 funds made available under this paragraph shall be 

6 expended for planning and management development 

7 and administration: Provided further, That a metro8 politan city, urban county, unit of general local gov9 ernment, or insular area that directly or indirectly 

10 receives funds under this paragraph may not sell, 

11 trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 

12 funds to another such entity in exchange for any 

13 other funds, credits, or non-Federal considerations, 

14 but shall use such funds for activities eligible under 

15 title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwith16 standing section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made 

17 available under this paragraph may be provided to a 

18 for-profit entity for an economic development project 

19 under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been 

20 evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 

21 required under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 

22 (2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Sec23 retary to award grants on a competitive basis to 

24 State and local governments, metropolitan planning 

25 organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for ad-
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1 ditional activities under title I of the Act for the iden2 tification and removal of barriers to affordable hous3 ing production and preservation: Provided, That eli4 gible uses of such grants include activities to further 

5 develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 

6 plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate af7 fordable housing production and preservation: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize ap9 plicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress and 

10 a commitment to overcoming local barriers to facili11 tate the increase in affordable housing production and 

12 preservation; and (B) demonstrate an acute need for 

13 housing affordable to households with incomes below 

14 100 percent of the area median income: Provided fur15 ther, That funds allocated for such grants shall not 

16 adversely affect the amount of any formula assistance 

17 received by a jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of this 

18 heading: Provided further, That in administering 

19 such amounts the Secretary may waive or specify al20 ternative requirements for any provision of such title 

21 I except for requirements related to fair housing, non22 discrimination, labor standards, the environment, 

23 and requirements that activities benefit persons of 

24 low- and moderate-income, upon a finding that any 

25 such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
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1 essary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 

2 amounts; 

3 (3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 

4 authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 

5 Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 

6 271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to this 

7 paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount of 

8 any formula assistance received by a State under 

9 paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, That 

10 the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activi11 ties based on the notice establishing the funding for12 mula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) ex13 cept that the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of 

14 drug overdose deaths for 2021 based on data from the 

15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and 

16 (4) $1,061,483,000 shall be available for grants 

17 for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for 

18 the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congres19 sionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Con20 gressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re21 port accompanying this Act: Provided, That eligible 

22 expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts may 

23 include administrative, planning, operations and 

24 maintenance, and other costs: Provided further, That 

25 such grants for the EDI shall be available for reim-
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1 bursement of otherwise eligible expenses incurred on 

2 or after the date of enactment of this Act and prior 

3 to the date of grant execution: Provided further, That 

4 none of the amounts made available under this para5 graph for grants for the EDI shall be used for reim6 bursement of expenses incurred prior to the date of 

7 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That grants 

8 for the EDI authorized under this heading in the De9 partment of Housing and Urban Development Appro10 priations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) shall also 

11 be available hereafter for reimbursement of otherwise 

12 eligible expenses (including those eligible expenses 

13 identified in the first proviso of this paragraph) in14 curred on or after the date of enactment of such Act 

15 and prior to the date of grant execution, and shall 

16 hereafter not be subject to the second proviso under 

17 such heading in such Act: 

18 Provided further, That for amounts made available under 

19 paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 

20 of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 

21 this Act. 

22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

24 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

25 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2024, commit-
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1 ments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing 

2 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

3 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed 

4 a total principal amount of $400,000,000, notwithstanding 

5 any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guar6 anteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

7 the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith8 standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 

9 a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 

10 and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with sec11 tion 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro12 vided further, That such commitment authority funded by 

13 fees may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to 

14 guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any State 

15 on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in 

16 accordance with the requirements of such section 108: Pro17 vided further, That any State receiving such a guarantee 

18 or commitment under the preceding proviso shall distribute 

19 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

20 local government in non-entitlement areas that received the 

21 commitment. 

22 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

23 For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 

24 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

25 Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
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1 seq.), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 

2 30, 2027: Provided, That the Department shall notify 

3 grantees of their formula allocations within 60 days after 

4 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) 

5 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re6 spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its 

7 HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or 

8 would expire in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 

9 under that section: Provided further, That section 231(b) 

10 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any 

11 uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or would be 

12 deducted from the line of credit in the participating juris13 diction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in any calendar 

14 year from 2018 through 2026 under that section. 

15 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

16 PROGRAM

17 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op18 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

19 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 

20 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist21 ance, $61,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 

23 heading— 
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1 (1) $13,500,000 shall be available for the Self2 Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au3 thorized under such section 11; 

4 (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, 

5 third, and fourth capacity building entities specified 

6 in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 

7 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 

8 $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity building activi9 ties: Provided, That for purposes of awarding grants 

10 from amounts made available in this paragraph, the 

11 Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as 

12 appropriate, subject to the availability of annual ap13 propriations; and 

14 (3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity 

15 building by national rural housing organizations 

16 having experience assessing national rural conditions 

17 and providing financing, training, technical assist18 ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or19 ganizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes 

20 serving high need rural communities. 

21 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

22 For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

23 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for 

24 related activities and assistance, $3,908,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 

2 sums appropriated under this heading— 

3 (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the Emer4 gency Solutions Grants program authorized under 

5 subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): 

6 Provided, That the Department shall notify grantees 

7 of their formula allocation from amounts allocated 

8 (which may represent initial or final amounts allo9 cated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 

10 not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act; 

11 (2) $3,401,000,000 shall be available for the Con12 tinuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C 

13 of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the 

14 Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs author15 ized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 

16 11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize 

17 funding under the Continuum of Care program to 

18 continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity 

19 to reallocate funding from lower performing projects 

20 to higher performing projects: Provided further, That 

21 the Secretary may make reasonable adjustments to re22 newal amounts to enable renewal projects to operate 

23 at substantially the same levels, including cost-of-liv24 ing adjustments for supportive services from the prior 

25 grant: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro-
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1 vide incentives to create projects that coordinate with 

2 housing providers and healthcare organizations to 

3 provide permanent supportive housing and rapid re4 housing services: Provided further, That of the 

5 amounts made available for the Continuum of Care 

6 program under this paragraph, $25,000,000 shall be 

7 for additional non-renewable grants to improve co8 ordination and establish partnerships between or 

9 among housing providers, homeless services providers, 

10 healthcare organizations, and government entities to 

11 address housing-related supportive services needs or 

12 improve access to health services for chronically home13 less individuals and other homeless individuals: Pro14 vided further, That amounts in the previous proviso 

15 may be awarded only to applicants that identify sig16 nificant available resources that could be leveraged to 

17 assist people transitioning from homelessness to per18 manent community-based housing: Provided further, 

19 That the Secretary may establish by notice an alter20 native maximum amount for administrative costs re21 lated to the requirements described in sections 

22 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV 

23 of no more than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is 

24 greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in 

25 section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That of the amounts made available for the Con2 tinuum of Care program under this paragraph, 

3 $52,000,000 shall be for grants for new rapid re-hous4 ing projects and supportive service projects providing 

5 coordinated entry, and for eligible activities that the 

6 Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 

7 survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

8 assault, or stalking, except that the Secretary may 

9 make additional grants for such projects and purposes 

10 from amounts made available for such Continuum of 

11 Care program: Provided further, That amounts made 

12 available for the Continuum of Care program under 

13 this paragraph and any remaining unobligated bal14 ances under this heading in prior Acts may be used 

15 to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace 

16 grants for youth homeless demonstration projects 

17 under the Continuum of Care program, notwith18 standing any conflict with the requirements of the 

19 Continuum of Care program; 

20 (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the na21 tional homeless data analysis project: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant 

23 and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 

24 6301–6308), the amounts made available under this 

25 paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 
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1 under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts 

2 may be used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative 

3 agreements with such entities as may be determined 

4 by the Secretary, including public and private orga5 nizations, agencies, and institutions; 

6 (4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement 

7 projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive ap8 proach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, 

9 in up to 25 communities with a priority for commu10 nities with substantial rural populations in up to 

11 eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth home12 lessness: Provided, That of the amount made available 

13 under this paragraph, not less than $25,000,000 shall 

14 be for youth homelessness system improvement grants 

15 to support communities, including but not limited to 

16 the communities assisted under the matter preceding 

17 this proviso, in establishing and implementing a re18 sponse system for youth homelessness, or for improv19 ing their existing system: Provided further, That of 

20 the amount made available under this paragraph, up 

21 to $10,000,000 shall be to provide technical assistance 

22 to communities, including but not limited to the com23 munities assisted in the preceding proviso and the 

24 matter preceding such proviso, on improving system 

25 responses to youth homelessness, and collection, anal-
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1 ysis, use, and reporting of data and performance 

2 measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve 

3 homeless youth, in addition to and in coordination 

4 with other technical assistance funds provided under 

5 this title: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

6 use up to 10 percent of the amount made available 

7 under the preceding proviso to build the capacity of 

8 current technical assistance providers or to train new 

9 technical assistance providers with verifiable prior ex10 perience with systems and programs for youth experi11 encing homelessness; and 

12 (5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time 

13 awards under the Continuum of Care program for 

14 new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of 

15 new permanent supportive housing, of which not more 

16 than 20 percent of such awards may be used for other 

17 Continuum of Care eligible activities associated with 

18 such projects and not more than 10 percent of such 

19 awards may be used for project administration: Pro20 vided, That these amounts shall be awarded on a com21 petitive basis, based on need and other factors to be 

22 determined by the Secretary, including incentives to 

23 establish projects that coordinate with housing pro24 viders, healthcare organizations and social service 

25 providers: Provided further, That not less than 
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1 $35,000,000 shall be awarded to applicants for 

2 projects within States with populations less than 

3 2,500,000, except that if such amount is undersub4 scribed any remaining amounts may be awarded to 

5 qualified applicants for projects in any State: Pro6 vided further, That the grants for ongoing costs asso7 ciated with such projects shall be eligible for renewal 

8 under the Continuum of Care program subject to the 

9 same terms and conditions as other renewal appli10 cants: 

11 Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 

12 assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro13 vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 

14 under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKinney15 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to receive 

16 services: Provided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 

17 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and 

18 under who are living in unsafe situations may be served 

19 by youth-serving providers funded under this heading: Pro20 vided further, That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) 

21 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be 

22 served by any project funded under this heading to provide 

23 both transitional housing and rapid re-housing: Provided 

24 further, That for all matching funds requirements applica25 ble to funds made available under this heading for this fis-
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1 cal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could 

2 have used) as a source of match funds other funds adminis3 tered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 

4 there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any 

5 such use of any such funds: Provided further, That none 

6 of the funds made available under this heading shall be 

7 available to provide funding for new projects, except for 

8 projects created through reallocation, unless the Secretary 

9 determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated 

10 that projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree 

11 to which they improve the continuum of care’s system per12 formance: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 

13 remaining from funds made available under this heading 

14 in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 

15 assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant 

16 terms may be used for purposes under this heading, not17 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro18 priated: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in19 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

20 transferred to or appropriated under this heading in fiscal 

21 year 2019 or prior years, except for rental assistance 

22 amounts that were recaptured and made available until ex23 pended, shall be available for the current purposes author24 ized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 

25 which such funds originally were appropriated. 
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

4 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 

6 not otherwise provided for, $15,390,924,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 

8 2023 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro9 priated under this heading that became available October 

10 1, 2023), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, shall be available on October 1, 2024: Provided, 

12 That the amounts made available under this heading shall 

13 be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project14 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha15 bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project16 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha17 bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

18 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 

20 units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

21 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 

22 Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 

23 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra24 tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi25 ties and assistance funded under this heading: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That of the total amounts provided under this heading, 

2 not to exceed $448,000,000 shall be available for perform3 ance-based contract administrators for section 8 project4 based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Pro5 vided further, That the Secretary may also use such 

6 amounts in the preceding proviso for performance-based 

7 contract administrators for the administration of: interest 

8 reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na9 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple10 ment payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 

11 Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 

12 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

13 1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 

14 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

15 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for sup16 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

17 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

18 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance con19 tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 

20 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 

21 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 

22 Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured 

23 under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for 

24 Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 

25 Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec-
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1 tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based con2 tract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 

3 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

4 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the 

5 request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in resid6 ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 

7 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 

8 authorizes the Department or a housing finance agency to 

9 require that surplus project funds be deposited in an inter10 est-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess 

11 of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be 

12 remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 

13 to be available until expended: Provided further, That 

14 amounts deposited pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 

15 be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

16 by this heading for uses authorized under this heading: Pro17 vided further, That of the total amounts provided under this 

18 heading, $32,924,000 shall be available for rent adjustments 

19 as authorized by section 515(d) of the Multifamily Assisted 

20 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1437f note): Provided further, That of the amounts made 

22 available under this heading, $5,081,790,000 is designated 

23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur24 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

2 For capital advances, including amendments to cap3 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au4 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

5 U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly 

6 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments 

7 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con8 tracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for senior 

9 preservation rental assistance contracts, including renew10 als, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Home11 ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 

12 U.S.C. 1701q note), and for supportive services associated 

13 with the housing, $1,075,000,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made 

15 available under this heading, up to $120,000,000 shall be 

16 for service coordinators and the continuation of existing 

17 congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 

18 projects: Provided further, That any funding for existing 

19 service coordinators under the preceding proviso shall be 

20 provided within 120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

21 further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of sec22 tion 202 governing the terms and conditions of project rent23 al assistance, except that the initial contract term for such 

24 assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided 

25 further, That upon request of the Secretary, project funds 
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1 that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 

2 subject to a section 202 project rental assistance contract, 

3 and that upon termination of such contract are in excess 

4 of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be 

5 remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 

6 to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided fur7 ther, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to 

8 the preceding proviso shall be available, in addition to the 

9 amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the pur10 poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, That 

11 unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

12 remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 

13 this heading shall be available for the current purposes au14 thorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 

15 which such funds originally were appropriated: Provided 

16 further, That for the purposes of the preceding proviso the 

17 Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements 

18 for, any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 

19 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in order to facilitate the development of 

20 such units, except for requirements related to fair housing, 

21 nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment: 

22 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

23 under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be used by the 

24 Secretary to support preservation transactions of housing 

25 for the elderly originally developed with a capital advance 
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1 and assisted by a project rental assistance contract under 

2 the provisions of section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959. 

3 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

4 For capital advances, including amendments to cap5 ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 

6 with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran7 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive housing 

9 for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 

10 Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant to subsection 

11 (h) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added 

12 by section 205(a) of the Housing and Community Develop13 ment Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 

14 2090), including amendments to contracts for such assist15 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

16 for up to a 5-year term, for project rental assistance to 

17 State housing finance agencies and other appropriate enti18 ties as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston19 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and for sup20 portive services associated with the housing for persons with 

21 disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

22 $360,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2027: Provided, That, upon the request of the Secretary, 

24 project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for 

25 any project subject to a section 811 project rental assistance 
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1 contract, and that upon termination of such contract are 

2 in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 

3 shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 

4 account, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro5 vided further, That amounts deposited in this account pur6 suant to the preceding proviso shall be available in addition 

7 to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the 

8 purposes authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

9 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry10 over, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 

11 under this heading shall be used for the current purposes 

12 authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes 

13 for which such funds originally were appropriated. 

14 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

15 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

16 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

17 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $57,500,000, 

18 to remain available until September 30, 2025, including 

19 up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro20 vided, That funds shall be used for providing counseling 

21 and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and 

22 prospective, with respect to property maintenance, finan23 cial management or literacy, and such other matters as 

24 may be appropriate to assist them in improving their hous25 ing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling 
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1 the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for pro2 gram administration; and for housing counselor training: 

3 Provided further, That for purposes of awarding grants 

4 from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 

5 may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, sub6 ject to the availability of annual appropriations. 

7 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

8 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

9 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 

10 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $14,000,000, 

11 to remain available until expended, of which $14,000,000 

12 shall be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

13 Fund (established under section 620(e) of such Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 5419(e)): Provided, That not to exceed the total 

15 amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

16 from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec17 essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 

18 the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 

19 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 

20 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

21 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal year 

22 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropria23 tion from the general fund estimated at zero, and fees pur24 suant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary 

25 to ensure such a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation: Pro-
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1 vided further, That for the dispute resolution and installa2 tion programs, the Secretary may assess and collect fees 

3 from any program participant: Provided further, That such 

4 collections shall be deposited into the Trust Fund, and the 

5 Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as 

6 well as fees collected under section 620 of such Act, for nec7 essary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, not8 withstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, 

9 the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Sec10 retary under such Act through the use of approved service 

11 providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their 

12 services. 

13 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

14 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 New commitments to guarantee single family loans in16 sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 

17 exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, 

19 obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 

20 of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 

21 shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That the fore22 going amount in the preceding proviso shall be for loans 

23 to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 

24 sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 

25 and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
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1 Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract 

2 expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, 

3 $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2025: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 

5 commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

6 2024, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex7 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

8 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

9 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

10 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

11 $30,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

12 limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the Na13 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal 

14 year 2024 the Secretary may insure and enter into new 

15 commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of the 

16 National Housing Act only to the extent that the net credit 

17 subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero. 

18 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

20 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author21 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

22 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

23 $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

24 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2025: Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, gross ob-
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1 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au2 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the 

3 National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, which 

4 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

5 in connection with the sale of single family real properties 

6 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 

7 Act. 

8 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

9 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

10 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

12 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 

13 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

14 $900,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2025: Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2025, shall be for necessary salaries 

17 and expenses of the Government National Mortgage Associa18 tion: Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed 

19 loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before 

20 April 1, 2024, an additional $100 for necessary salaries 

21 and expenses shall be available until expended for each 

22 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

23 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

24 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

25 this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That re-
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1 ceipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pur2 suant to title III of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

3 1716 et seq.) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 

4 account. 

5 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

6 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

7 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro8 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

9 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

10 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

11 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 

12 the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel13 opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 

14 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $125,400,000, to re15 main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 

16 with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 

17 notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may 

18 enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic enti19 ties, other Federal agencies, State or local governments and 

20 their agencies, Indian Tribes, tribally designated housing 

21 entities, colleges or universities, or international organiza22 tions for research projects: Provided further, That with re23 spect to the preceding proviso, such partners to the coopera24 tive agreements shall contribute at least a 50 percent match 

25 toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for 
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1 non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with 

2 the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply with 

3 section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

4 Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. 

5 note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the 

6 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 

7 Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to docu8 mentation of award decisions: Provided further, That prior 

9 to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary 

10 shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees 

11 on Appropriations on how the Secretary will allocate fund12 ing for this activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: 

13 Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 

14 this heading may be available for the doctoral dissertation 

15 research grant program: Provided further, That an addi16 tional $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2026, shall be for competitive grants to nonprofit or govern18 mental entities to provide legal assistance (including assist19 ance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, post-trial 

20 activities and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to 

21 eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction: 

22 Provided further, That in awarding grants under the pre23 ceding proviso, the Secretary shall give preference to appli24 cants that include a marketing strategy for residents of 

25 areas with high rates of eviction, have experience providing 
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1 no-cost legal assistance to low-income individuals, includ2 ing those with limited English proficiency or disabilities, 

3 and have sufficient capacity to administer such assistance: 

4 Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to the ex5 tent practicable, that the proportion of eligible tenants liv6 ing in rural areas who will receive legal assistance with 

7 grant funds made available under this heading is not less 

8 than the overall proportion of eligible tenants who live in 

9 rural areas. 

10 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

11 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

12 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other13 wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

14 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 

15 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

16 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $86,355,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding 

18 section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 

19 may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair 

20 Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to 

21 develop on-line courses and provide such training: Provided 

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

23 heading may be used to lobby the executive or legislative 

24 branches of the Federal Government in connection with a 

25 specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That of 
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1 the funds made available under this heading, $1,355,000 

2 shall be available to the Secretary for the creation and pro3 motion of translated materials and other programs that 

4 support the assistance of persons with limited English pro5 ficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart6 ment of Housing and Urban Development. 

7 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

8 HOMES

9 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author12 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

13 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the 

14 Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 

15 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 

16 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 and 1701z–2), and for related activities 

17 and assistance, $350,000,000, to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2026: Provided, That the amounts made 

19 available under this heading are provided as follows— 

20 (1) $245,000,000 shall be for the award of grants 

21 pursuant to such section 1011, of which not less than 

22 $105,000,000 shall be provided to areas with the high23 est lead-based paint abatement needs; 

24 (2) $105,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 

25 Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 
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1 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, which 

2 shall include research, studies, testing, and dem3 onstration efforts, including education and outreach 

4 concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 

5 housing-related diseases and hazards, and mitigating 

6 housing-related health and safety hazards in housing 

7 of low-income families, of which— 

8 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implementa9 tion of projects in communities that are served 

10 by both the Healthy Homes Initiative and the 

11 Department of Energy weatherization programs 

12 to demonstrate whether the coordination of 

13 Healthy Homes remediation activities with 

14 weatherization activities achieves cost savings 

15 and better outcomes in improving the safety and 

16 quality of homes; and 

17 (B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to expe18 rienced non-profit organizations, States, local 

19 governments, or public housing agencies for safe20 ty and functional home modification repairs and 

21 renovations to meet the needs of low-income sen22 iors to enable them to remain in their primary 

23 residence: Provided, That of the total amount 

24 made available under this subparagraph no less 

25 than $10,000,000 shall be available to meet such 
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1 needs in communities with substantial rural 

2 populations; and 

3 (3) Up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts 

4 made available under paragraph (2) may be trans5 ferred to the heading ‘‘Research and Technology’’ for 

6 the purposes of conducting research and studies and 

7 for use in accordance with the provisos under that 

8 heading for non-competitive agreements: 

9 Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re10 view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

11 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 

12 law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 

13 the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Stud14 ies program, or other demonstrations or programs under 

15 this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 

16 purposes under this heading, or under the heading ‘‘Hous17 ing for the Elderly’’ under prior Appropriations Acts, shall 

18 be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes 

19 of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Dis20 position Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That each 

21 applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under this 

22 heading shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable 

23 to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pur24 suant to a notice of funding opportunity: Provided further, 

25 That amounts made available under this heading, except 
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1 for amounts in paragraph (2)(B) for home modification re2 pairs and renovations, in this or prior appropriations Acts, 

3 still remaining available, may be used for any purpose 

4 under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which 

5 such amounts were appropriated if a program competition 

6 is undersubscribed and there are other program competi7 tions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

9 For Department-wide and program-specific informa10 tion technology systems and infrastructure, $374,750,000, 

11 to remain available until September 30, 2026, of which up 

12 to $23,950,000 shall be for development, modernization, and 

13 enhancement projects, including planning for such projects: 

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

15 quarter, the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate 

16 Committees on Appropriations on all information tech17 nology modernization efforts as required by the report ac18 companying this Act. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In21 spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 

22 of 1978, as amended, $152,924,000: Provided, That the In23 spector General shall have independent authority over all 

24 personnel issues within this office. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au6 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

7 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

8 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

9 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 

11 cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 

12 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 

13 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

14 finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen15 cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

16 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 

17 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith18 standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 

19 up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 

20 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 

21 project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 

22 a lower interest rate. 

23 SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 

25 Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by 
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1 one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 

2 of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for 

3 the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Govern4 ment official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

5 SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

6 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur7 suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 

8 basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 

9 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 

10 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

11 SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

12 Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 

13 Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 

14 be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis15 trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 

16 and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa17 cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov18 ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

19 Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed20 eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 

21 Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 

22 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 

23 (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

24 SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

25 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
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1 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De2 velopment shall be available for any program, project or 

3 activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti4 mates submitted to Congress. 

5 SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart6 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 

7 to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au8 thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 

9 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor10 poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

11 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

12 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

13 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

14 forth in the budget for 2024 for such corporation or agency 

15 except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 

16 of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 

17 or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex18 pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 

19 support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or 

20 prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 

21 not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 

22 of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 

23 are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 

24 States Government. 
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1 SEC. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly re2 ports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured 

4 and excess funds in each program and activity within the 

5 jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, 

6 updated budget information to these Committees upon re7 quest. 

8 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available by this 

9 title may be used for an audit of the Government National 

10 Mortgage Association that makes applicable requirements 

11 under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 

12 et seq.). 

13 SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 

15 fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary of Housing and 

16 Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 

17 all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec18 retary and statutorily required low-income and very low19 income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 

20 multifamily housing project or projects to another multi21 family housing project or projects. 

22 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 

23 assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac24 commodate the financing and other requirements related to 

25 rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
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1 which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 

2 project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 

3 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 

4 to the following conditions: 

5 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

6 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

7 project: The number of low-income and very low8 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed9 room size) provided by the transferring project 

10 shall be no less than when transferred to the re11 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

12 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

13 transferring project shall remain the same in the 

14 receiving project or projects. 

15 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer16 ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re17 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

18 receiving project or projects to allow for a recon19 figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar20 ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 

21 provided there is no increase in the project-based 

22 assistance budget authority. 

23 (2) The transferring project shall, as determined 

24 by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco25 nomically nonviable, or be reasonably expected to be-
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1 come economically nonviable when complying with 

2 State or Federal requirements for community integra3 tion and reduced concentration of individuals with 

4 disabilities. 

5 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 

6 exceed applicable physical standards established by 

7 the Secretary. 

8 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

9 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re10 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer11 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern12 mental officials. 

13 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

14 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re15 ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va16 cate their units in the transferring project or projects 

17 until new units in the receiving project are available 

18 for occupancy. 

19 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 

20 in the best interest of the tenants. 

21 (7) If either the transferring project or the re22 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci23 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 

24 project resulting from additional financing obtained 

25 by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
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1 sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 

2 project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 

3 may waive this requirement upon determination that 

4 such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 

5 of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 

6 the receiving project or projects. 

7 (8) If the transferring project meets the require8 ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 

9 the receiving project or projects shall execute and 

10 record either a continuation of the existing use agree11 ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 

12 in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 

13 are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric14 tions. 

15 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

17 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-insured mort18 gage, except to the extent that appropriations are pro19 vided in advance for the amount of any such in20 creased cost. 

21 (d) For purposes of this section— 

22 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in23 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 

24 and/or regulations governing the program under 

25 which the project is insured or assisted; 
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1 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

2 means housing that meets one of the following condi3 tions— 

4 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

5 insured under the National Housing Act; 

6 (B) housing that has project-based assist7 ance attached to the structure including projects 

8 undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 

9 under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

10 and Affordability Housing Act; 

11 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

12 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

13 1701q); 

14 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

15 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

16 1701q), as such section existed before the enact17 ment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford18 able Housing Act; 

19 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

20 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford21 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 

22 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

23 to a use agreement; 

24 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
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1 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 

4 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

5 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 

6 provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 

7 such section existed immediately before October 

8 1, 1983); 

9 (C) rent supplement payments under sec10 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

11 Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

12 (D) interest reduction payments under sec13 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

14 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 

15 Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

16 (E) assistance payments made under sec17 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

18 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 

19 (F) assistance payments made under section 

20 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af21 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 

22 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

23 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

24 which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 
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1 and statutorily required low-income and very low-in2 come use restrictions are to be transferred; 

3 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

4 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

5 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

6 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in7 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

8 projects; and 

9 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

10 Housing and Urban Development. 

11 (e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct 

12 an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 

13 including the effect of such transfers on the operational effi14 ciency, contract rents, physical and financial conditions, 

15 and long-term preservation of the affected properties. 

16 SEC. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

17 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

19 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

20 higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 

21 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

22 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

23 (3) is not a veteran; 

24 (4) is unmarried; 

25 (5) does not have a dependent child; 
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1 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

2 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

3 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

5 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 

6 (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 

7 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 

8 (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

9 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

10 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

11 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

12 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per13 son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as15 sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 

16 other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 

17 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 

18 et seq.), from private sources, or from an institution of high19 er education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 

20 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid21 ered income to that individual, except for a person over the 

22 age of 23 with dependent children. 

23 SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alas24 kans under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native Amer25 ican Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to 
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1 the same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

2 received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only such recipients 

3 shall be eligible to apply for funds made available under 

4 paragraph (2) of such heading. 

5 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 in fiscal year 2024, in managing and disposing of any mul7 tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 

8 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur9 ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con10 tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 

11 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or 

12 any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain 

13 any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that 

15 are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 

16 extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the 

17 tenants and the local government that such a multifamily 

18 property owned or having a mortgage held by the Secretary 

19 is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 

20 under such section 8 or other programs, based on consider21 ation of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 

22 property and all available Federal, State, and local re23 sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 

24 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 

25 Act of 1997 (in this section ‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
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1 note), and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be rem2 edied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in con3 sultation with the tenants of that property, contract for 

4 project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or 

5 owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other 

6 rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate 

7 steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect 

8 prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual 

9 abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for immi10 nent major threats to health and safety after written notice 

11 to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of 

12 other available remedies, such as partial abatements or re13 ceivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 

14 described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 

15 levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements 

16 under section 524 of MAHRAA. 

17 SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper18 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 

19 from any asset management requirement imposed by the 

20 Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule: Pro21 vided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduc22 tion of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not 

23 be exempt from asset management requirements. 

24 SEC. 214. With respect to the use of amounts provided 

25 in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
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1 improvement, and management of public housing as au2 thorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

3 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Sec4 retary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relat5 ing to asset management that restricts or limits in any way 

6 the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to 

7 paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United States 

8 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, 

9 That a public housing agency may not use capital funds 

10 authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible 

11 under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the op12 erating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under 

13 paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g). 

14 SEC. 215. No official or employee of the Department 

15 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 

16 an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

17 Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im18 plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re19 ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 

20 The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 

21 trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation 

22 under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative 

23 Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Government Na24 tional Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage25 Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 

2 Housing and Urban Development. 

3 SEC. 216. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, 

4 notify the public through the Federal Register and other 

5 means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no6 tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 

7 opportunity (NOFO) for any program or discretionary 

8 fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi9 tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary may make the 

11 NOFO available only on the Internet at the appropriate 

12 Government website or through other electronic media, as 

13 determined by the Secretary. 

14 SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 

15 litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 

16 and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appro17 priations. 

18 SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 

19 to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds ap20 propriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Administra21 tive Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any other 

22 such office under such headings: Provided, That no appro23 priation for any such office under such headings shall be 

24 increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or 

25 $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-
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1 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria2 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide no3 tification to such Committees 3 business days in advance 

4 of any such transfers under this section up to 10 percent 

5 or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 

6 SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 

7 payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi8 tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with any 

9 standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, ordi10 nances, or regulations relating to the physical condition of 

11 any property covered under a housing assistance payment 

12 contract. 

13 (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 

14 (c) when a multifamily housing project with a contract 

15 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

16 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 

17 assistance— 

18 (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform 

19 Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor 

20 standard; or 

21 (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 

22 within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de23 ficiencies, or those deficiencies requiring correction 

24 within 24 hours, identified by the inspector at the 

25 project have been corrected. 
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1 Such requirements shall apply to insured and non2 insured projects with assistance attached to the units under 

3 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

4 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units assisted 

5 under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 

6 or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating 

7 funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 

8 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

9 (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Es10 tate Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Secretary 

11 shall provide the owner with a Notice of Default with a 

12 specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for cor13 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide a copy 

14 of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local government, 

15 any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the 

16 owner’s appeal results in a passing score, the Secretary may 

17 withdraw the Notice of Default. 

18 (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all defi19 ciencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails 

20 to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 

21 (A) require immediate replacement of project 

22 management with a management agent approved by 

23 the Secretary; 

24 (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 

25 used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
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1 sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des2 ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 

3 tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 

4 (C) abate the section 8 contract, including par5 tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 

6 all deficiencies have been corrected; 

7 (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 

8 approved by the Secretary under established proce9 dures, who will be obligated to promptly make all re10 quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assistance 

11 contract if such renewal is offered; 

12 (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to an13 other project or projects and owner or owners; 

14 (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 

15 suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 

16 (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 

17 manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 

18 or seek a judicial order of specific performance requir19 ing the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 

20 (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related 

21 party to stabilize the property in an attempt to pre22 serve the property through compliance, transfer of 

23 ownership, or an infusion of capital provided by a 

24 third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
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1 (I) take any other regulatory or contractual rem2 edies available as deemed necessary and appropriate 

3 by the Secretary. 

4 (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en5 sure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 

6 to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 

7 relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 

8 after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 

9 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

10 and the local government, that the property is not feasible 

11 for continued rental assistance payments under such section 

12 8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 

13 (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 

14 property and all available Federal, State, and local 

15 resources, including rent adjustments under section 

16 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 

17 Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 

18 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be 

19 remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

20 may contract for project-based rental assistance pay21 ments with an owner or owners of other existing hous22 ing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 

23 (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 

24 properties covered by this section that are assessed through 

25 the Real Estate Assessment Center and have failing phys-
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1 ical inspection scores or have received an unsatisfactory 

2 management and occupancy review within the past 36 

3 months. The report shall include— 

4 (1) identification of the enforcement actions 

5 being taken to address such conditions, including im6 position of civil money penalties and termination of 

7 subsidies, and identification of properties that have 

8 such conditions multiple times; 

9 (2) identification of actions that the Department 

10 of Housing and Urban Development is taking to pro11 tect tenants of such identified properties; and 

12 (3) any administrative or legislative rec13 ommendations to further improve the living condi14 tions at properties covered under a housing assistance 

15 payment contract. 

16 The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 

17 House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 

18 days after the enactment of this Act, and the second report 

19 shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal of 

20 the first report. 

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

22 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 

23 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 

24 program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

25 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 
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1 housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo2 nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 

3 official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 

4 of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu5 tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen6 cy fiscal year 2024. 

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

8 Act and provided to the Department of Housing and Urban 

9 Development may be used to make a grant award unless 

10 the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on 

11 Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any 

12 project, State, locality, housing authority, Tribe, nonprofit 

13 organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant 

14 award is announced by the Department or its offices: Pro15 vided, That such notification shall list each grant award 

16 by State and congressional district. 

17 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

19 the Government National Mortgage Association, or the De20 partment of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 

21 securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 

22 or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re23 places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 

24 condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 

25 other political subdivision of a State. 
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1 SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 

3 local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec4 tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

5 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec6 tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

7 SEC. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that 

8 are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 

9 basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development and 

10 Research of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel11 opment and functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or 

12 statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at the time 

13 of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, 

14 may be deobligated and shall immediately become available 

15 and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent 

16 fiscal year for the research, evaluation, or statistical pur17 poses for which the amounts are made available to that Of18 fice subject to reprogramming requirements in section 405 

19 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or 

21 any other Act may be used for awards, including perform22 ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart23 ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to admin24 istrative discipline (including suspension from work), in 

25 this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effective 
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1 prior to the effective date of any such administrative dis2 cipline or after any final decision over-turning such dis3 cipline. 

4 SEC. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded 

5 under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal 

6 years 2015 through 2024 for the Continuum of Care (CoC) 

7 program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the 

8 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by 

9 program income of grant recipients may count toward 

10 meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, provided the 

11 costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s 

12 CoC program. 

13 SEC. 227. (a) From amounts made available under 

14 this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, 

15 the Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipi16 ents of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKin17 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 

18 seq.) to transition from one Continuum of Care program 

19 component to another. 

20 (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 

21 the funding recipient must have the consent of the con22 tinuum of care and meet standards determined by the Sec23 retary. 

24 SEC. 228. The Promise Zone designations and Promise 

25 Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
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1 designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, 

2 shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and con3 ditions of such agreements. 

4 SEC. 229. None of the amounts made available in this 

5 Act may be used to consider Family Self-Sufficiency per6 formance measures or performance scores in determining 

7 funding awards for programs receiving Family Self-Suffi8 ciency program coordinator funding provided in this Act. 

9 SEC. 230. Any public housing agency designated as a 

10 Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of division 

11 L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 

12 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds (except for 

13 special purpose funding, including special purpose vouch14 ers) previously allocated to any such public housing agency 

15 under section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 

16 1937, including any reserve funds held by the public hous17 ing agency or funds held by the Department of Housing 

18 and Urban Development, pursuant to the authority for use 

19 of section 8 or 9 funding provided under such section and 

20 section 204 of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

21 and Housing and Urban Development and Independent 

22 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 

23 110 Stat. 1321–28), notwithstanding the purposes for which 

24 such funds were appropriated. 
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1 SEC. 231. None of the amounts made available by this 

2 Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agency 

3 under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 

4 from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 

5 under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive 

6 grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 

7 this Act or that remain available and not awarded from 

8 prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public housing agency 

9 from using such funds to carry out any required work pur10 suant to a settlement agreement, consent decree, voluntary 

11 agreement, or similar document for a violation of the Lead 

12 Safe Housing or Lead Disclosure Rules. 

13 SEC. 232. (a) Funds previously made available in the 

14 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 

15 31) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 

16 available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to re17 main available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation 

18 of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 

19 2019. 

20 (b) Funds previously made available in the Consoli21 dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for 

22 the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 

23 for obligation through fiscal year 2020 are to remain avail24 able through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid 

25 obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2020. 
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1 (c) Funds previously made available in the Consoli2 dated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) for the 

3 ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available for 

4 obligation through fiscal year 2021 are to remain available 

5 through fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obliga6 tions incurred in fiscal years 2019 through 2021. 

7 (d) Funds previously made available in the Further 

8 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 

9 94) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 

10 available for obligation through fiscal year 2022 are to re11 main available through fiscal year 2028 for the liquidation 

12 of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2020 through 

13 2022. 

14 (e) Funds previously made available in the Consoli15 dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) for 

16 the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 

17 for obligation through fiscal year 2023 are to remain avail18 able through fiscal year 2029 for the liquidation of valid 

19 obligations incurred in fiscal years 2021 through 2023. 

20 SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used by the Department of Housing and Urban 

22 Development to direct a grantee to undertake specific 

23 changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the 

24 final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Hous25 ing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice 
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1 entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assess2 ment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 

3 SEC. 234. For fiscal year 2024, if the Secretary deter4 mines or has determined, for any prior formula grant allo5 cation administered by the Secretary through the Offices of 

6 Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning and De7 velopment, or Housing, that a recipient received an alloca8 tion greater than the amount such recipient should have 

9 received for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to applica10 ble statutes and regulations, the Secretary may adjust for 

11 any such funding error in the next applicable formula allo12 cation cycle by (a) offsetting each such recipient’s formula 

13 allocation (if eligible for a formula allocation in the next 

14 applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount of any 

15 such funding error, and (b) reallocating any available bal16 ances that are attributable to the offset to the recipient or 

17 recipients that would have been allocated additional funds 

18 in the formula allocation cycle in which any such error oc19 curred (if such recipient or recipients are eligible for a for20 mula allocation in the next applicable formula allocation 

21 cycle) in an amount proportionate to such recipient’s eligi22 bility under the next applicable formula allocation cycle: 

23 Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from such avail24 able balances shall be recorded against funds available for 

25 the next applicable formula allocation cycle: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the term ‘‘next applicable formula allocation 

2 cycle’’ means the first formula allocation cycle for a pro3 gram that is reasonably available for correction following 

4 such a Secretarial determination: Provided further, That 

5 if, upon request by a recipient and giving consideration to 

6 all Federal resources available to the recipient for the same 

7 grant purposes, the Secretary determines that the offset in 

8 the next applicable formula allocation cycle would critically 

9 impair the recipient’s ability to accomplish the purpose of 

10 the formula grant, the Secretary may adjust for the funding 

11 error across two or more formula allocation cycles. 

12 SEC. 235. The Secretary may transfer from amounts 

13 made available for salaries and expenses under this title 

14 (excluding amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Of15 fice of Inspector General’’) up to $500,000 from each office 

16 to the heading ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ for infor17 mation technology needs, including for additional develop18 ment, modernization, and enhancement, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the total 

20 amount of such transfers shall not exceed $5,000,000: Pro21 vided further, That this transfer authority shall not be used 

22 to fund information technology projects or activities that 

23 have known out-year development, modernization, or en24 hancement costs in excess of $500,000: Provided further, 

25 That the Secretary shall provide notification to the House 
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1 and Senate Committees on Appropriations no fewer than 

2 three business days in advance of any such transfer. 

3 SEC. 236. (a) Funds previously made available in the 

4 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 

5 31) for ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’ that were available for 

6 obligation through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available 

7 through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of valid obliga8 tions incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2018. 

9 (b) Funds previously made available in the Consoli10 dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for 

11 ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’ that were available for obliga12 tion through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available 

13 through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obliga14 tions incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2019. 

15 SEC. 237. The Secretary shall comply with all process 

16 requirements, including public notice and comment, when 

17 seeking to revise any annual contributions contract. 

18 SEC. 238. (a) Of the unobligated balances remaining 

19 from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Lead 

20 Hazard Reduction’’ in title II of division L of the Consoli21 dated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103), 

22 $65,000,000 is hereby rescinded, which shall be applied to 

23 the funds remaining available for activities under para24 graph (1) under such heading (excluding amounts for areas 

25 with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs). 
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1 (b) Of the unobligated balances remaining from 

2 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Lead Hazard 

3 Reduction’’ in title II of division L of the Consolidated Ap4 propriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) and in title 

5 II of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

6 2023 (Public Law 117–328), $49,400,000 is hereby re7 scinded, which shall be applied to the funds remaining 

8 available for activities under paragraph (5) under such 

9 headings. 

10 (c) Of the unobligated balances remaining from 

11 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Public Hous12 ing Fund’’ in title II of division L of the Consolidated Ap13 propriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), $20,000,000 

14 is hereby rescinded, which shall be applied to the funds re15 maining available for activities under paragraph (7) under 

16 such heading. 

17 (d) Any unobligated balances (including any unobli18 gated balances of contract authority) as of the date of enact19 ment of this Act included under Treasury Appropriation 

20 Fund Symbols 86 X 0129, 86 X 0148, 86 X 0197, 86 X 

21 0314, 86 X 0315, 86 X 0324, 86 X 0402, 86 X 4058 and 

22 86 X 8093 are hereby rescinded. 

23 SEC. 239. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental As24 sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and 

25 Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of 
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1 division C of Public Law 112–55), as most recently amend2 ed by Public Law 117–103, is further amended— 

3 (1) in the initial undesignated matter, by strik4 ing ‘‘and ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’ ’’ and in5 serting ‘‘, ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’, and 

6 ‘Public Housing Fund’ ’’; 

7 (2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2024’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 

9 (3) by striking the fourth proviso, and inserting 

10 the following new provisos: ‘‘Provided further, That at 

11 properties with assistance under section 9 of the Act 

12 requesting to partially convert such assistance, and 

13 where an event under section 18 of the Act occurs that 

14 results in the eligibility for tenant protection vouchers 

15 under section 8(o) of the Act, the Secretary may con16 vert the tenant protection voucher assistance to assist17 ance under a project-based subsidy contract under 

18 section 8 of the Act, which shall be eligible for renewal 

19 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Hous20 ing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, or assist21 ance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, so long as the 

22 property meets any additional requirements estab23 lished by the Secretary to facilitate conversion: Pro24 vided further, That to facilitate the conversion of as25 sistance under the previous proviso, the Secretary 
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1 may transfer an amount equal to the total amount 

2 that would have been allocated for tenant protection 

3 voucher assistance for properties that have requested 

4 such conversions from amounts made available for 

5 tenant protection voucher assistance under the head6 ing ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ to the heading 

7 ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’: Provided further, 

8 That at properties with assistance previously con9 verted hereunder to assistance under the heading 

10 ‘Project Based Rental Assistance,’ which are also sep11 arately assisted under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the 

12 Secretary may, with the consent of the public housing 

13 agency and owner, terminate such project-based sub14 sidy contracts and immediately enter into one new 

15 project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the 

16 Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under section 

17 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 

18 Affordability Act of 1997, subject to the requirement 

19 that any residents assisted under section 8(o)(13) of 

20 the Act at the time of such termination of such 

21 project-based subsidy contract shall retain all rights 

22 accrued under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the Act under 

23 the new project-based subsidy contract and section 

24 8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act shall not apply: Provided 

25 further, That to carry out the previous proviso, the 
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1 Secretary may transfer from the heading ‘Tenant2 Based Rental Assistance’ to the heading ‘Project3 Based Rental Assistance’ an amount equal to the 

4 amounts associated with such terminating contract 

5 under section 8(o)(13) of the Act:’’; 

6 (4) in the thirteenth proviso, as reordered above, 

7 by— 

8 (A) inserting ‘‘ ‘Public Housing Fund’, 

9 ‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’, ‘Family Self-Suffi10 ciency’ ’’ following ‘‘ ‘Public Housing Operating 

11 Fund’,’’; and 

12 (B) inserting ‘‘or the ongoing availability of 

13 services for residents’’ after ‘‘effective conversion 

14 of assistance under the demonstration’’; 

15 (5) after the twenty-third proviso, as reordered 

16 above, by inserting the following proviso: ‘‘Provided 

17 further, That owners of properties with a senior pres18 ervation rental assistance contract under section 811 

19 of the American Homeownership and Economic Op20 portunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), shall 

21 be eligible, subject to requirements established by the 

22 Secretary as necessary to facilitate the conversion of 

23 assistance while maintaining the affordability period 

24 and the designation of the property as serving elderly 

25 families, and tenant consultation procedures, for con-
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1 version of assistance available for such assistance con2 tracts to assistance under a long-term project-based 

3 subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act:’’; 

4 (6) in the twenty-eighth proviso, as reordered 

5 above, by inserting ‘‘, section 811 of the American 

6 Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 

7 2000,’’ after ‘‘Housing Act of 1959’’; and 

8 (7) in the thirty-third proviso, as reordered 

9 above, by striking ‘‘any section 202 project rental as10 sistance contract or section 811 project rental assist11 ance contract conversions’’ and inserting ‘‘the conver12 sion of assistance from section 202(c)(2) of the Hous13 ing Act of 1959, section 811 of the American Home14 ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, or 

15 section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

16 Affordable Housing Act’’. 

17 SEC. 240. There is hereby established in the Treasury 

18 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Department 

19 of Housing and Urban Development Nonrecurring Expenses 

20 Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of 

21 expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any 

22 succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treas23 ury to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

24 by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than 

25 the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for 
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1 which such funds are available for the purposes for which 

2 they were appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, 

3 That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until 

4 expended, in addition to such other funds as may be avail5 able for such purposes, for capital needs of the Department, 

6 including facilities infrastructure and information tech7 nology infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office of 

8 Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts 

9 in the Fund may be obligated only after the House and 

10 Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 

11 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds. 

12 SEC. 241. Amounts made available for the Office of 

13 Housing under the heading ‘‘Program Offices’’ in this and 

14 prior Acts shall also be available, without additional com15 petition, for cooperative agreements with Participating Ad16 ministrative Entities that have been selected under section 

17 513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af18 fordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) (MAHRAA) 

19 to provide direct support, including carrying out due dili20 gence and underwriting functions for owners and for tech21 nical assistance activities, on conditions established by the 

22 Secretary for small properties and owners converting assist23 ance under the First Component or the Second Component 

24 under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in 

25 the Department of Housing and Urban Development Ap-
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1 propriations Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 

2 112–55). 

3 SEC. 242. Of the amounts made available for the Office 

4 of Policy Development and Research under the heading 

5 ‘‘Program Offices’’, up to $3,500,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2026, may be transferred to the heading 

7 ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ to be available for the 

8 needs of the Chief Data Officer, in addition to amounts oth9 erwise available, including for additional development, 

10 modernization, and enhancement: Provided, That the Sec11 retary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

12 Appropriations no fewer than three business days in ad13 vance of any such transfer. 

14 SEC. 243. For fiscal year 2024, the costs of any rent 

15 incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative 

16 requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 

17 the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall not be 

18 charged against the competitive grant amounts made avail19 able under such heading: Provided, That the amount of any 

20 forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to the imple21 mentation of such rent incentives shall be factored into the 

22 public housing agency’s general operating fund eligibility 

23 pursuant to the formula under the heading ‘‘Public Hous24 ing Fund’’: Provided further, That the amount of any fore25 gone increases in tenant rent payments due to the imple-
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1 mentation of such rent incentives implemented on behalf of 

2 residents of a project with assistance converted from public 

3 housing to project-based rental assistance under section 8 

4 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 

5 or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the 

6 heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Depart7 ment of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 

8 Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112–55), 

9 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into 

10 (A) housing assistance payments made pursuant to project11 based subsidy contracts provided under the heading 

12 ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’; and (B) housing assist13 ance payments made by public housing agencies pursuant 

14 to project-based assistance contracts under section 8(o)(13) 

15 of such Act, with these costs being renewed under the head16 ing ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’. 

17 SEC. 244. (a) With respect to the funds made available 

18 for the Continuum of Care program authorized under sub19 title C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist20 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading 

21 ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ in this and prior Acts and 

22 under section 231 of the Department of Housing and Urban 

23 Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 

24 11364a)— 
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1 (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

2 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil 

3 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall not 

4 apply to applications by or awards for projects to be 

5 carried out— 

6 (A) on or off reservation or trust lands for 

7 awards made to Indian tribes or tribally des8 ignated housing entities; or 

9 (B) on reservation or trust lands for awards 

10 made to eligible entities as defined in section 401 

11 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 11360); 

13 (2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing 

14 entities shall also be eligible to administer permanent 

15 housing rental assistance under section 423(g) of the 

16 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 11383(g)). 

18 (b) With respect to funds made available for the Con19 tinuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C of title 

20 IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assist22 ance Grants’’ in this title or under section 231 of the De23 partment of Housing and Urban Development Appropria24 tions Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)— 
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1 (1) applications for projects to be carried out on 

2 reservations or trust land shall contain a certification 

3 of consistency with an approved Indian housing plan 

4 developed under section 102 of the Native American 

5 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

6 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112), notwithstanding sec7 tion 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

8 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) and section 403 of the 

9 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 11361); 

11 (2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing 

12 entities that are recipients of awards for projects on 

13 reservations or trust land shall certify that they are 

14 following an approved housing plan developed under 

15 section 102 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4112); and 

16 (3) a collaborative applicant for a Continuum of 

17 Care whose geographic area includes only reservation 

18 and trust land is not required to meet the require19 ment in section 402(f)(2) of the McKinney-Vento 

20 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360a(f)(2)). 

21 SEC. 245. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and Com22 munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(a)) 

23 is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To provide access to sources of pri25 vate financing to Indian families, Indian housing authori-
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1 ties, and Indian tribes, who otherwise could not acquire 

2 housing financing because of the unique legal status of In3 dian lands and the unique nature of tribal economies; and 

4 to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian families, 

5 Indian housing authorities and Indian tribes on fee simple 

6 lands, the Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 per7 cent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan 

8 eligible under subsection (b) made to an Indian family, In9 dian housing authority, or Indian tribe on trust land and 

10 fee simple land.’’. 

11 (b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community 

12 Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(b)(2)) is 

13 amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 

15 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- 

16 to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 

17 (c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community De18 velopment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, and to ex20 pand homeownership opportunities to Native Hawai21 ian families who are eligible to receive a homestead 

22 under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 

23 (42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the State of Ha24 waii’’ after ‘‘markets’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 

2 and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 

4 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- 

5 to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 

6 SEC. 246. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing and 

7 Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

8 13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(5) TERMS.—The loan shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 

11 years, except as determined by the Secretary, 

12 when there is a loan modification under sub13 section (h)(1)(B), the loan shall not exceed 40 

14 years;’’. 

15 (b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Commu16 nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

17 13b(c)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(5) TERMS.—The loan shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 

20 years; except, as determined by the Secretary, 

21 when there is a loan modification under sub22 section (i)(1)(B) the term of the loan shall not 

23 exceed 40 years;’’. 
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1 SEC. 247. Section 105 of the Housing and Community 

2 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(j) SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN TRIBES.—Indian 

5 tribes receiving grants under section 5306(a)(1) of this title 

6 (section 106(a)(1) of this Act) shall be authorized to carry 

7 out activities described in subsection (a)(15) directly.’’. 

8 SEC. 248. Section 184A(c) of the Housing and Com9 munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b(c)) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following new para11 graph: 

12 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING.—Notwith13 standing any other provision of law, no property with 

14 a loan guaranteed under this section shall be subject 

15 to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy 

16 (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing 

17 without the PACE loan or equivalent financing pro18 vider obtaining prior written consent from the Sec19 retary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 

20 Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE 

21 or R-PACE loan or equivalent financing that is en22 tered into by a PACE Provider absent such consent 

23 shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE Pro24 vider shall bear all costs associated with the trans25 actions with no recourse against the borrower result-
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1 ing from the PACE transaction, including all costs 

2 incurred by any holder of a guaranteed loan or the 

3 Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.’’. 

4 SEC. 249. Section 184(b) of the Housing and Commu5 nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(b)) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING.—Notwith8 standing any other provision of law, no property with 

9 a loan guaranteed under this section, shall be subject 

10 to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy 

11 (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing 

12 without the PACE loan or equivalent financing pro13 vider obtaining prior written consent from the Sec14 retary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 

15 Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE 

16 or R-PACE loan or equivalent financing that is en17 tered into by a PACE Provider absent such consent 

18 shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE Pro19 vider shall bear all costs associated with the trans20 actions with no recourse against the borrower result21 ing from the PACE transaction, including all costs 

22 incurred by any holder of a guaranteed loan or the 

23 Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.’’. 
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1 SEC. 250. Title V of the National Housing Act (12 

2 U.S.C. 1731a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following new section: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 543. PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING. 

5 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ6 ing section 208 of this Act, no 1 to 4 unit property with 

7 a mortgage insured, guaranteed, made, or held by the Sec8 retary after the date of enactment of this section, shall be 

9 subject to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy 

10 (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing without 

11 the PACE loan or equivalent financing provider obtaining 

12 prior written consent from the Secretary, subject to such 

13 terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Any 

14 new PACE or R-PACE loan or equivalent financing that 

15 is entered into by a PACE provider absent such consent 

16 shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE provider shall 

17 bear all costs associated with the transactions with no re18 course against the homeowner resulting from the PACE 

19 transaction, including all costs incurred by any holder of 

20 an insured or guaranteed mortgage or the Secretary in ob21 taining good and marketable title.’’. 

22 SEC. 251. Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of the 

23 United States Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) and chapter 

24 63 of title 31, United States Code, amounts made available 

25 to the Secretary in this or any prior Act under the headings 
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1 ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Housing Certificate 

2 Fund’’ for performance-based contract administrators to 

3 carry out section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as imple4 mented by the Secretary in chapter VIII of title 24, Code 

5 of Federal Regulations, may be awarded through a Notice 

6 of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) not subject to procure7 ment laws or regulations: Provided, That such awards shall 

8 be deemed for all purposes to be cooperative agreements: 

9 Provided further, That for purposes of such NOFO, eligible 

10 applicants are public housing agencies as defined by section 

11 3(b)(6)(A) of the Act and nonprofits of such agencies when 

12 operating outside of the State or territory in which such 

13 agency is established, notwithstanding any provisions of 

14 such section 8(b) to the contrary: Provided further, That 

15 the Secretary shall award one cooperative agreement for 

16 each State or territory, except that the Secretary may 

17 award more than one agreement for a State or territory 

18 if the population of such State or territory exceeds 

19 35,000,000: Provided further, That any cooperative agree20 ments issued by the Secretary shall, at minimum, assign 

21 the rights and responsibilities as provided in section 8 of 

22 the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall assign 

23 such rights and responsibilities to the furthest extent pos24 sible to ensure effective and efficient program oversight and 

25 monitoring: Provided further, That when selecting a per-
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1 formance-based contract administrator, the Secretary shall 

2 provide a preference to applicants that have demonstrated 

3 experience with properties receiving project-based assist4 ance, experience in multifamily housing preservation, ad5 dressing the concerns of low-income tenants, making assist6 ance payments to owners, and performing the other func7 tions assigned to a public housing agency under section 8(b) 

8 of the Act: Provided further, That if no qualified applicant 

9 applies under NOFO, the Secretary may utilize a procure10 ment contract subject to all procurement laws and regula11 tions to assist in carrying out section 8 of the Act: Provided 

12 further, That the Secretary shall provide for incentive-based 

13 fees as part of such awards. 

14 SEC. 252. Section 239 of division L of the Consolidated 

15 Appropriations Act, 2016 is amended by striking ‘‘2028’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘2043’’. 

17 SEC. 253. For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Sec18 retary may issue a 2-year notification of funding oppor19 tunity, including any alternative procedures or require20 ments as may be necessary to allocate future appropriations 

21 in the second year, for the award of amounts made available 

22 for the Continuum of Care program under subtitle C of title 

23 IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), notwithstanding any conflict with the 

25 requirements of the Continuum of Care program. 
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1 SEC. 254. The Secretary may, upon a finding that a 

2 waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for the effec3 tive delivery and administration of funds made available 

4 for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals for the 

5 Mainstream program and the family unification program 

6 (including the Foster Youth to Independence program) in 

7 this and prior Acts, waive or specify alternative require8 ments, other than requirements related to tenant rights and 

9 protections, rent setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, 

10 labor standards, and the environment, for— 

11 (1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Hous12 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regu13 latory provisions related to the administration of 

14 waiting lists, local preferences, and the initial term 

15 and extensions of tenant-based vouchers; and 

16 (2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing 

17 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the 

18 timing of referral of youth leaving foster care. 

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

20 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 ACCESS BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author6 ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

7 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

9 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

10 expenses. 

11 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com14 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 

15 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), including 

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

17 States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

18 by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; and uni19 forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 

20 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $43,720,000, 

21 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

22 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for 

23 official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen5 eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 

6 carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

7 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $29,240,000: Provided, That the 

8 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car9 rying out the duties specified in such Act, to investigate 

10 allegations of fraud, including false statements to the Gov11 ernment under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 

12 by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the 

13 National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur14 ther, That the Inspector General may enter into contracts 

15 and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and 

16 other services with public agencies and with private per17 sons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 

18 govern the obtaining of such services within the National 

19 Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the 

20 Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ such of21 ficers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 

22 the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector 

23 General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 

24 govern such selections, appointments, and employment 

25 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
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1 vided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 

2 request for fiscal year 2025, the Inspector General shall sub3 mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

4 a budget request for fiscal year 2025 in similar format and 

5 substance to budget requests submitted by executive agencies 

6 of the Federal Government. 

7 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

10 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

11 and aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

12 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 

13 exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS– 

14 15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec15 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 

16 $134,300,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 

17 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

18 That the amounts made available to the National Transpor19 tation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary 

20 to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 

21 year 2001 for a capital lease. 
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 

6 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $168,000,000: Provided, That 

8 an additional $2,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2027, shall be for the promotion and development 

10 of shared equity housing models. 

11 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 

14 Board, including services authorized by section 3109 of title 

15 5, United States Code, $47,452,000: Provided, That, not16 withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 

17 $1,250,000 from fees established by the Surface Transpor18 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off19 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

20 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

21 amounts made available under this heading from the gen22 eral fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 

23 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

24 2024, to result in a final appropriation from the general 

25 fund estimated at not more than $46,202,000. 
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1 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

2 HOMELESSNESS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries, 

5 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent6 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

7 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, of the United States Interagency Council on Home9 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 

10 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend11 ed, $4,300,000. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

3 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

5 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

6 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund7 ed in this Act. 

8 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

9 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis10 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria11 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

13 this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 

14 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi16 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

17 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

18 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

19 existing law. 

20 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 

22 that— 

23 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

24 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform25 ance of official duties; 
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1 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

2 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

3 participants; 

4 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

5 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

6 and written end of course evaluation; 

7 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

8 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

9 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ10 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

11 dated September 2, 1988; or 

12 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici13 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work14 place. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

16 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

18 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

19 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 

20 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 

21 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

22 in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the 

23 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 

24 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
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1 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

2 that— 

3 (1) creates a new program; 

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

5 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro6 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

8 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

9 activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 

10 Appropriations for a different purpose; 

11 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac12 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which13 ever is less; 

14 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi15 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

16 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 

17 division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 

18 administration, or department different from the 

19 budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 

20 Appropriations or the report accompanying this Act, 

21 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

22 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

23 Appropriations: 

24 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en25 actment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
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1 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the 

3 baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au4 thorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 

5 the report shall include— 

6 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

7 separate column to display the prior year en8 acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust9 ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en10 acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 

11 year enacted level; 

12 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap13 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

14 level by object class and program, project, and 

15 activity as detailed in this Act, the table in the 

16 report accompanying this Act, accompanying re17 ports of the House and Senate Committee on Ap18 propriations, or in the budget appendix for the 

19 respective appropriations, whichever is more de20 tailed, and shall apply to all items for which a 

21 dollar amount is specified and to all programs 

22 for which new budget (obligational) authority is 

23 provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 

24 discretionary grant allocations; and 
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1 (C) an identification of items of special con2 gressional interest. 

3 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

4 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re5 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from ap6 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

7 fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through 

8 September 30, 2025 for each such account for the purposes 

9 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

10 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 

11 approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

12 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

13 with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 

14 Act. 

15 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 

16 any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 

17 power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em18 ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 

19 of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 

20 economic development that primarily benefits private enti21 ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran22 sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 

23 as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 

24 (including energy-related, communication-related, water-re25 lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
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1 tures designated for use by the general public or which have 

2 other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 

3 the general public and are subject to regulation and over4 sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 

5 immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields 

6 as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 

7 Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 

8 be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 

9 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in11 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur12 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

13 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

14 SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

15 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

16 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec17 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

18 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

19 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

20 available under this Act shall be made available to any per21 son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 

22 American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 

23 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
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1 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

2 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

5 of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 

6 of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 

7 United States, at any single international conference unless 

8 the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 

9 Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 

10 that such attendance is important to the national interest: 

11 Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter12 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out13 side of the United States attended by representatives of the 

14 United States Government and of foreign governments, 

15 international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza16 tions. 

17 SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

18 made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 

19 Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 

20 rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an 

21 amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court 

22 civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 

23 States Code. 

24 SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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1 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

2 and exchanging of pornography. 

3 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

4 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

5 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi6 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

7 SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 

9 this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 

10 materials available to the department or agency over which 

11 that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In12 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 

13 or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 

14 documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 

15 except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec16 tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 

17 right of access. 

18 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 

19 shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 

20 records, documents, and other materials in a timely man21 ner. 

22 (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 

23 with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in24 formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
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1 spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

2 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

3 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

4 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 

6 days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

7 SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

9 incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 

10 judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 

11 or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 

12 unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 

13 due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 

14 changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 

15 the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 

16 fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisi17 tion Regulations. 

18 SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

20 filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

21 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

22 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 

23 or her period of active military or naval service, and has 

24 within 90 days after his or her release from such service 

25 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
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1 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora2 tion to his or her former position and has been certified 

3 by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 

4 perform the duties of his or her former position and has 

5 not been restored thereto. 

6 SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per8 mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 

9 States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 

10 of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera11 tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.- 

12 E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such 

13 approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 

14 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree15 ment. 

16 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

17 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

18 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

19 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

20 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree21 ment and United States law. 

22 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act to the Department of Transportation may be used in 

24 contravention of section 306108 of title 54, United States 

25 Code. 
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1 SEC. 420. In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 

2 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in3 cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 

4 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re5 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of 

6 Public Law 117–328) the item relating to ‘‘B–360 Edu7 cational Campus’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘I 

8 Am Mentality, Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘B–360 Baltimore, 

9 Inc.’’. 

10 SEC. 421. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

11 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, 

14 if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des15 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 

16 to the Congress. 

17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 

18 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

19 Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 4366 

AMENDMENT